My Hostel Work Experience

Jazz working at the hostel

Introducing Jazz! Jazz is a scholarship winner who will be blogging about her placement in Esquel, Argentina…way down in the Patagonia! Welcome Jazz!

It is finally time to experience my REAL HOSTEL WORK placement.YAYYYY  I was accepted into the hostel work program with a placement working at the at reception desk in Esquel, Argentina and received a REAL BLOGGERS scholarship. It is an exciting process because of all the options to go to your preferred locations, what kind of hostel work you want to do, and the opportunity to publish your blog at www.realhostelwork.com .

My first step was to think about which cities and countries I wanted to travel to in South America. Yep, I have been in different cities in Argentina as a backpacker, but I have never been in Patagonia.  So, I filled in the application form and a letter (consisting of about 250 words) about why I wanted to work in South America. Then I was informed of a job vacancy which matched my location and abilities. I read different reviews of the hostel on different platforms and the content of the job that my advisor sent me, and decided that this was the hostel for me. My REAL advisor, gave me contact information for my possible employer to have an interview. That was very important to understand my new job responsibilities and meet my new colleagues. If you are fluent in speaking English and intermediate level in Spanish, you will have no problem being accepted into the program. The REAL hostel work exchange program was founded by backpackers...keep reading