Getting paid while travelling.....

Tweet

I had read about this organization WWOOF some time back and then yesterday I decided to look it up on the internet. THey have a really big site and have listings of so many countries around the world. It is something like, they help you get short term jobs with different people in different countries, like say a fruit-picking job somehwere in Europe, caring for an old couple in England etc. where you have to put in minimum of a three or four day and then can extend if you like. In return you get free lodging and boarding, some may even give you food, although places you have to manage it on your own, some may even pay you some cash. I am very interested in this concept, I think that this will help you absorb more of the local culture and tradition than you would while on a casual guided tour. For me, the kind of job I would want to do is on some farm planting trees, helping in weeding pruning etc. caring for livestock etc. Although going for such unknown places where you are probably going to be all alone from your country has some risks of its own or the probability of not meeting your expectations, but would you rather just do it as an adventure? What interested me more is that some farms take in families too, altrhough I don't think my husband would be much interested in it! How interesting/exciting do you think this is? and would you do such a thing if you were given the invitation?