Volunteer, Work and Travel as a Family
Workaway for travelling families
Broaden your horizons by travelling around the world as a family! Get involved in Workaway's countless family-friendly experiences, explore the idea of world schooling, and immerse in different learning opportunities through volunteering abroad, sharing, and cultural exchange.
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Popular hosts and organizations for travelling families
Top tips and advice for travelling families
Immerse in a new culture
Travel deeper and experience alternative lifestyles with your local host as a family.
Learn beyond the classroom
Discover unique learning opportunities by immersing in different Workaway projects.
Give back as you travel
Offer your help to communities, projects, and causes (yes, even your kids can help!).
Practice a new language
Learn effectively by immersing into local life and practising the language daily.
Explore the world together
Strengthen your family bond by creating irreplaceable travel memories together.
Keep travel costs down
Save up on accommodation and food by staying with local welcoming Workaway hosts.
How to Workaway
Join the community
Create a great profile, we will verify you within 24 hours
Connect with hosts
Contact your favourite hosts, discuss your stay and what is expected in return
Travel like a local
Discover new cultures, friends, places and skills
their presence made us even more focussed to do it. At their age, there’s no barrier between people yet. Children’s games are universal. Language is secondary. They will be able to create strong bonds with people of all backgrounds."
-- Workaway family Guillaume & Gaëlle + kids (Yohan, Chloé, Eléonore), France
One of our goals is to really get to know the country and get to know the people instead of just hearing from the news, which are usually sensationalised or negative. With Workaway, we could get to know the local people, and do activities we normally won’t be able to do as tourists. We have travelled to 72 countries, as a family. It’s been wonderful to be able to see the world together with my wife and my children and now because of Workaway, our experience has been so much richer.
-- Su family (Jonathan & Annie + kids), United States
It's all possible. I'm choosing workaways in the garden, with animals or other kids so my daughter can help or just play nearby.
-- workawayer Leonina, Germany
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Any questions?
When you sign up as a Workawayer you can access the host list and contact host families, NGOs or projects directly for one year to offer your help. You will also be able to find travel buddies, or contact other Workawayers for meet up or language exchange.
Workaway is a cultural exchange, you offer a few hours of help in exchange of food and accommodation.Take a look at the info on the site here again and if you have any more questions drop us a line.
To register as a Workawayer: https://www.workaway.info/en/signup/workawayer
Couple accounts are made for either friends, couples or families etc that ALWAYS travel together. It means you can share the cost rather than signing up as two individual members!
When you sign up to Workaway as a couple you should both fill in your details in the profile, but it's important to understand that any enquiry you make means you are applying for two.
If you are planning to travel just for a short while with your friend, we recommend that you sign up as individuals and link your profiles together so hosts know you are travelling together for that period of time.
Here at Workaway safety is our top priority. We strive to provide all the resources for our community members to feel as safe as possible during their Workaway trips.
For more details about our safety measures please read our notes on safety: https://www.workaway.info/en/info/safety
You will also find some more advice and recommendation on how to travel safely as a workawayer: https://www.workaway.info/en/info/safety/traveladvice
More about Workaway
As a community based on learning, sharing and exploring new ways of life, what makes Workaway work is the spirit and dedication of our members in providing positive cultural exchange experiences.