A bite to eat and a place to sleep
No knowledge of Spanish is required of the volunteers. This is apparent in the feedback: during the “Latin Season”, which refers to Latin America’s summer season, Spanish speaking customers wonder why the local language won’t get them served at the bar. According to Ferguson, 95 per cent of the customers speak English.
Ferguson says that in the future all of the hostel’s staff might be paid employees. None of the owners themselves are from South America, so they can’t or want to employ only foreigners, both for the sake of their reputation and because of the local laws.
There are other upsides for hiring local workers, too.
“You only have to train them once, they don’t get homesick, and they are familiar with the city. They can’t afford to fool around, because that would cost them their job.”
Examples of available workaway positions in Finland on workaway.info
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- Loki is a hostel chain that has three hostels in Peru, one in Bolivia and one, soon two, in Argentina.
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- Jesse Ferguson’s paid staff are locals. The volunteers stay in the bar.
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- Jeff Jones, FL, has worked in three Loki hostels.
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- Jeff Jones thinks that volunteer work is an easy way to work abroad, because visas or work permits aren’t needed.
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- People are busy drowning Bloodbomb shots in each and every Loki bar.