How it works

New to Workaway? Here you’ll find all you need to know about our unique community.
A Workawayer is: a traveller who wants to give back to the communities and places they visit. Open to helping hosts and using the experience to learn and immerse in the local culture.

How to Workaway

Join the community

Create a great profile, we will verify you within 24 hours

Connect with hosts

Contact your favourite hosts, discuss your stay and what is expected in return

Travel like a local

Discover new cultures, friends, places and skills

How are you travelling?

Are you a solo traveller or looking to share your adventures with someone else?

Solo traveller

Sign up for a single profile

For people travelling individually. You can contact hosts just for yourself from a single profile.

Connect with a travel buddy

If you'd like to meet up with other travellers and share your journey, use the travel buddy feature and connect your profiles.

Travelling as a pair

Sign up or upgrade to a couple profile

Designed for either friends, couples or those that always travel and apply to hosts together.

Connect with a travel buddy

If you are travelling on single accounts, you can connect them to apply to hosts together.

Travelling with others

Travelling with kids

Sign up as two adults (couple account) or a single account for a single parent. Kids under 18 can be included in your account.

Travelling as a group

All group members must have a completed profile. Connect your accounts to contact hosts together.

What's included

A huge selection of hosts

Create a great profile, we will verify you within 24 hours

No hidden fees

Our membership fees are simple with no hidden costs. Simply join today and start connecting with hosts.

A truly global membership

Your membership is valid everywhere and allows you to connect with hosts anywhere in the world.

Connect with other travellers

Find a travel buddy to join you on your travel adventures.

Personal reference letters

Our personalised reference letters showcase the feedback left by your Workaway hosts.

Dedicated 24-hour support

Our team personally check every profile and provide advice. We’re also travellers and hosts, here to help.

Any questions?

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The Workaway philosophy

As a community based on learning, sharing and exploring new ways of life, what makes Workaway work is the spirit and dedication of our members in providing positive cultural exchange experiences.

Trusted and reviewed

We’ve been around since 2002 and are proud of the trust and respect that has developed in our community ever since!

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Safety, trust and respect

We’ve been around since 2002 and are proud of the trust

Safety, trust and respect

We’ve been around since 2002 and are proud of the trust

Workaway is the AirBnB of working holidays, with placements reviewed by past visitors.

If you dream of swapping the nine-to-five for more fulfilling work overseas… Workaway has placements across the globe.

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Join the Workaway community today to unlock unique travel experiences with over 50,000 opportunities around the globe.

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