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Nearly all long-term backpackers experience road exhaustion - the need to relax, stay in one spot for a while, catch their breath, and establish better than just fleeting relationships with other budget travelers.
Unfortunately, vagabonding travel costs money, and it does not feel good to be spending cash and not wandering new places.
Living and working in one place is the greatest means to get deeper into the local life and to be accepted as more than someone who is just "passing through".
Hostel Jobs offer the perfect balance between traveling and living in one country for a while. The pay may be terrible, but you get a cheap location to eat and sleep.
Hostel jobs in developing countries are usually very informal and you may be given a free place to sleep, free food, and maybe even a little pay.
Types of jobs in hostels vary greatly, from painting to doing laundry to technical computer work.
If you have special talents such as building, cooking food, playing guitar, or painting you may have a better chance of turning up hostel jobs.
Sometimes only offering to wash dishes will get you a free meal - very helpful if you have a tight travel budget!
There are a handful of forums and websites for finding hostel jobs, but typically work is not advertised outside of posting a sign in the common area of the place.
You will have a hard time finding informal hostel work in places that are members of a big network. Branded logos on signs and association memberships are never a good bet! Jobs in hostels are best found in independent family owned guesthouses, bungalows, and hostels in developing places such as China, Southeast Asia, and South America.
Most backpackers do not realize how many times they could have slept for free had they just worked a couple of hours a day !
The author Greg Rodgers left the corporate world back in 2005 and has been traveling ever since! His blog is www.vagabondinglife.com
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