My minihostels travels

I’m an adventurer and a backpacking expert who loves living all over the world. I’m not a super traveler compared to other people but I have lived in a few countries and hostelling is my way of traveling. For example, I’ve traveled and lived in: Brazil, Chile, Panamá, Bolivia, Dominican Republic and now, Argentina. In Argentina something inexplicable occurred to me. For the first time I want to settle down and have a normal life as a contributing citizen of a foreign country. In order to do that you need a lot of self esteem, be innovative, restless, optimistic, a walking machine and other strengthening qualities. If you want to live in Argentina you need to get a job. Then qualities I stated above are essential for a job seeker in Argentina. You might ask yourself how to look for temporary work? There are ways and “ways” of getting a job. If you speak a language other than “Castilian” you can probably become a private tutor. There are plenty of English tutors in Buenos Aires, but still, the demand is in a constant growth. You will always find an English teaching gig. This can be divided into various categories. Teaching for private companies, tutoring kids at their house or at your home, assisting a professor, teach in a community center, teach for an English institute, teach in a private school, or translating documents for non legal purposes. All or most of these job positions are “en negro”. En negro means that you are working without taxation or employee benefits. Also, these jobs don’t necessarily get you a working visa. You can go online and search for more clever ideas of working while staying in a youth hostel. If you have a bike you can become a messenger for private companies that constantly send and receive documents for signing or simply for clerical and managerial purposes. Companies like banks, real estate agencies and universities use this service a lot. They have branches spread all over Buenos Aires which requires them to constantly send documents; they use bike messengers because faxing is more expensive. This is a great option because it keeps you in shape and you get to discover new routes and see areas that a regular tourist won’t. Remember to always have a particularly great attitude on the welcoming and receiving end. This will earn you “good points” that come in handy for future tips. I did this in Bolivia and it was a good experience. In Brazil I got a short term gig for this cheap hostel I was staying in. I was checking in and stayed taking to the owner for like 40 minutes. We talked about college, places I’ve visited and my education. When she found out about my education in programming and software she asked me if I could help here with the installation of a hostel reservation system. She offered me to stay for free and work at whatever time I wanted, I didn’t think twice. The computer was a bit old but I was in great condition. I simply replaced some parts and installed the software. The owner, Sasha, paid for the parts needed, gave me free breakfast and lunch or dinner and of course, didn’t charge me for the room. If you’re a student travelling abroad and don’t have mom’s or dad’s credit card to get by, thenyou need to get a job to at least buy food, cheap accommodation bed admissions for events, beers at a local bar. This is what I call a genuine inexpensive vacation. Budget travel doesn’t have to be poor and trashy. Online, you can find many youth hostel accommodations with or without a reservation system. If they don’t have a reservation system, keep their number incase the ones that do have a reservation system are completely booked. Some hostels are like inexpensive hotels. Hostels are for people who like to enjoy the country in a more intimate way and are not looking to throw all their vacation money in a fancy shmancy hotel. Having this said, if you still want to travel and earn some money while you experience real life not tourist life; by all means, go for it. You’ll get to meet regular people who looked for a hostel vacation and who share some of your views. If you don’t know were to start, you can contact student travel services and they will be able to help you.