Intro to my travels I used Worldpackers when I first started backpacking around Latin America almost 5 years ago. Being on a very low budget and not having any prior experience of solo travel, I used this platform to find hostels to volunteer at. It offered quite a few options and most of the hosts were very responsive. I'm truly grateful for the experience I've got to have thanks to Worldpackers!

Encounter of a 3rd kind volunteer/helper. I had a bad experience with a volunteer who came to help us a month ago, but honestly speaking I'd an encounter with a "Mafia like volunteer' He's a violent volunteer & he really scared me much because he easily got angry & screaming at me, about five of us presence. Neigbours were staring from three corners of the residence houses. We tried to calm down though he's still screaming at us. When he was not screaming at me anymore, he's threatening by ways of his body language. He banged my car so hard that the windscreen could have cracked!! The van that he borrowed from us, though his off day, was with petrol-empty & requested us to pull our van to the Petrol- station for refill. Later, I need to call a mechanic to repair as its engine was not functioning! These were some of the scary experiences but the rest I'll not write as it's very discouraging........ When he wrote review to Worldpackers.com Team about me it's untruth that he's presenting to the company team, saying that we didn't provide meals & not fulfilling our agreement & contract. Because of this reason, my Profile in worldpackers.com had gone down to 4 stars! So, this was a unreasonable, thoughtless, unfair & fraud review by a volunteer that came to my guesthouse. I hope worldpackers.com will look into this fraud review by a "gangster-like" volunteer.

I am travelling full time for one and a… I am travelling full time for one and a half years, almost exclusively using Worldpackers. It made travel affordable, safe and much more exciting. Most of my hosts were wonderful, and if not ,misunderstandings were managable. If you sign up and do 5 programs with positive reviews about you ,the next year is free. I payed much less for the second year, and now I can use it for free as I did over 12 programs. You have to always look up the reviews of hosts, and also don’t expect everyone to answer, but to my experience at least my second or third choices normally work out. I never had to leave an experience early, so I don’t know how is their support system with that, but the smaller issues I had they always replied me promptly. As with everything on the internet and travel, you have to be smart for yourself, trust your gut, be creative and ready to adapt. My hosts respected the agreement and worked with many volunteers before. I can recommend it if you want to travel sustainably and smartly.

Best Hostel Platform WorldPackers is the best platform to help with travelers figuring out ways to long term travel, especially if you are wanting to vagabond from 3 months, 6 months or longer staying 1 month or more in many places. This is the ONLY app/website I'll use to find hostel volunteer stays. They are the best!!

I traveled around France by bicycle I traveled around France by bicycle. I went from place to place about every two to three weeks. I was always warmly welcomed to each host place. Each one was different, which made it even more enjoyable. I am 65 and had no problem getting a placement. Each place even wanted me to continue staying and welcomed me back any time I was in the area. I met volunteers that were semi skilled down to novice. Each person was assigned a project that they could complete with ease. In Ireland I met some lifelong friends and hope to return at some point.