Unethical business Be careful with what you read online about Worldpackers - these guys are paying people to post good reviews about them online. I am a micro travel influencer and was approached by them to do sponsored post. I have no previous experience with their website so have signed up to their platform, and I was shocked to find out that there’s absolutely no control of host qualities. Many of their hosts are businesses and they are blatantly using travellers to replace cheap labours. Worldpackers do not give a s*** … There are way better companies out there offering much more genuine services in the same industry.

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.

Use workaway for better and more opportunities Must take lots of time creating a detailed profile. Must pay some money. I reached out to quite a few in different countries for different types of jobs. Either few responses, rejections or moved to another platform and ghosted. Don't want to pay anymore. Not easy to cancel it's not just deactivate or delete. You must contact someone. And they told me I can only get refunded in credits since I've used it. Thats pretty much a scam to me. Ensure proper client to vendor transparency as a platform if your charging money and requiring us to fill out lots of information about ourselves in profiles and in volunteer apps.

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.

A great community for anyone interested in solo traveling I first started using Worldpackers as a solo female traveler at 19. It allowed for me to meet people and live life in new ways I probably wouldn’t have gotten the chance to. I have learned so much and connected with amazing travelers and projects along the way. I also really appreciate the information we have access to on the website. There are a variety of different videos you can watch about traveling, agriculture, and so much more. Overall It is a great way to start traveling and to meet people with a strong desire to make a meaningful impact in their communities and the world.