Free volunteering glamping holiday 2013 in N Yorkshire with JollyDays

jap200

I just had an email from JollyDays - luxury camping specialists in North Yorkshire (apologies for duplicate post - put this in overseas forum by mistake first and have asked for it to be removed):

Volunteering holiday... how does that work?

Stay in a cosy tent with wood burner, bed and the rest of Jollydays luxury, in exchange for 20 hours work, spaced out over your stay (mainly Fri-Mon) in a magical woodland; it's as simple as that!

You can stay in a Bell Tent (sleeps up to 4) for a week or longer. Weeks roll Thursday-Thursday and some of the jobs are:

· Chopping/gathering logs for the campfire

· Changing bed linens
· Help on change over days

· Painting

· Installing bird boxes

The holiday part...

For the rest of your stay you can do whatever you want! Visit the beautiful surrounding area, shop in the cosmopolitan City of York, or stay in the woodland and relax with a nice book and the soundtrack of bird song in the background.

We have regular returning volunteers that come back every year to take advantage of this great opportunity.

Here are some comments from past volunteers,

· "I visited as a volunteer in October for a month, and felt like part of the Jollydays family by the time i left!" Michael Lusty, Surrey

· "My Third stay as a volunteer and the perfect antidote for the stress of the real world...Loved the work as it's not real work pushing a wheelbarrow!" Alistair Potter

· "Had a superb week as volunteers, both now experienced 'brashers!' thank you so much for making us feel welcome" Penny, Lincoln

So come and experience a volunteer holiday at Jollydays; people do say it feels like a free holiay - who can say no to that?

Go to our volunteering page for more information.

Tel: 01759 371 776 | Web: www.jollydaysluxurycamping.co.uk

Fruball

That looks amazing and I would love to go but I don't think you can bring children if you are getting a freebie/volunteering

Looks magical though

claire21

Not for me but what a good offer.

Perhaps post on the freebies board too, I am sure that this could help someone out for a holiday this year.

jap200

Fruball wrote: »

That looks amazing and I would love to go but I don't think you can bring children if you are getting a freebie/volunteering

Looks magical though

Ha Ha, yes that was my first thought too and I have 3 boys aged between 10 and 14 and have paid a fortune for glamping in the past. However when I looked at the details on the website it did say that if was for individuals or groups of up to 4 people and that the minimum age was 18.

Great for students though.

unoriginal_uk

Sounds like a great idea but I think asking for 5 hours work a day is a bit much....my holidays are for getting away from work and relaxing

jap200

unoriginal_uk wrote: »

Sounds like a great idea but I think asking for 5 hours work a day is a bit much....my holidays are for getting away from work and relaxing

20 hours per week (7 days) spaced out over Monday to Friday is approx 4 hours per weekday with a free weekend. Not everyone's idea of a holiday, but I would have jumped at the chance to do this with a group of friends when I was young, free and single (with virtually no money)!

icclesuzie

This looks amazing, I'd really like to do it, but I don't think anyone else I know would! Do you think you can go alone?