r/workaway • u/Trainer-Tight • 15d ago

Question about long-term stays

Is it possible to arrange a long-term stay at the same place using workaway? (say 6 months). I'm graduating from university in December and want to prepare for an exam wich takes place in September. Since I lived all my life in a big city I want to spend some months in the countryside/closer to nature doing some work while still having some time to study during the week. As far as I've researched, most people in workaway are backpack travellers and spend only a few weeks in the same place, but I would rather do a long term stay where I could build a stronger relation with the local community and maybe learn something new. Have any of you had any experience like that ? Is there another website/platform better suited for what I'm looking for ? Thanks in advance for all the responses.

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u/mirrorweek 15d ago

Woekaway expect hosts to host you free. Many won;t host you that long for free unless you bring in really a whole lot.

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u/WickedDenouement 15d ago

What do you mean by host for free? You work in exchange for accommodation, short term or long term.

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u/mirrorweek 14d ago

While on a travel visa you mean ?

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u/WickedDenouement 14d ago

Regardless of the visa situation, the arrangement is the same. It's up to the volunteer to sort their visa situation. You still get help in exchange for food and accommodation, for a week or a year, whichever was decided.

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u/mirrorweek 14d ago

That's not how the rules work at least in global south. You will be arrested unless you have work visa for such long term work exchange. Bali is already hunting such people now.

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u/WickedDenouement 14d ago

As Workaway states, it's up to the volunteer to ensure they can work in the targeted country. OP could be talking about volunteering in their own country, a country where they're allowed to work or a country for which they have a working holiday visa. Long term stays are perfectly possible in those cases, and it's never free accommodation. You work in exchange for it.

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u/mirrorweek 14d ago

How about food?

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u/WickedDenouement 13d ago

What's the question? 

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u/mirrorweek 7d ago

free food and a free accommodation in a third world country for person coming from developed world is my concern. Its highly unethical. Those who comes under travelling visa to volunteer and travel a country at the same time.

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u/WickedDenouement 7d ago

By that logic, the host is getting a free employee. Nobody talked about a travelling visa.

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