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WORKING HOLIDAYS 2015

  • 28-08-2014 11:50am
    #1
    stephen091011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭


    Hi all I'm just wondering where would be the best place for 2/3 Irish lads aged 18 to go and work for summer of 2015 and if anyone can help out with the details on accommodation and other details thanks
    Main places would be magaluf,Santa ponsa,Greece,Cyprus


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  • #2
    2Mad2BeMad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,792 ✭✭✭2Mad2BeMad


    I've done it before for 3 months when I was 18 (3 years ago)

    Loved it, but to be honest, if you're going their to "save" money, I wouldn't bother
    basicly on you're time off, all you will be doing is going out drinking :L
    its also barely liveable wages, you can eat, pay for accom week by week, and if you're doing pr work like I did ( Basically getting all the young crowed together doing pub crawls ) you get free drink :D

    good laugh, good memorie to have , but for saving money, I would not bother :D
    I'm in work now but when I'm home I will try and get the agencie I went with, they practically done everything for me, showed me accom, gave me 2 weeks free in that accom as well :)


  • #3
    stephen091011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭stephen091011


    Hi yeah were not going out to plan on save its kind off just to have the experience and be able to say we done it fo you have any idea on prices etc and what places to try organise it with thanks


  • #4
    fireworks94
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭fireworks94


    Worked the season in Santa Ponsa this summer - definitely the best experience of my life :D

    If yous are gonna head to Magaluf or Santa Ponsa definitely don't go with a company. Waaaaaaaaste of money. If yous head out mid-end of may ye'll get a job no problem if ye're really up for it :)

    What I did was book 2 weeks in a hotel at first, I stayed in the Deya, just to give enough time to find other accommodation and workers to share with (the more of yous there is squashed into a place the cheaper the rent will be ;)) Just have a wander around the place and look for apartments with 'en aquiler' or something like that, take the number and ask a manager to help (the people renting apartments usually only speak Spanish, so yous will need some help here)

    Booked a one way flight and I was off. I got a job my second night there. The jobs going will be PRs, waiters/waitresses and bar staff. Getting a job is simple, you just have to be really confident and chatty and bubbly, managers are looking for characters, someone memorable and who can obviously get customers in and keep them coming back.

    The main bars to try would be Manhattans, Greenhills, Dannys corner, Zanza, Saints and Kmss. Strings is a good bar as well if you can get a job behind the bar. As far as hours go you'll work anywhere between 7pm and 6am depending where you get a job. As far as pay goes you'll earn anywhere from 35-60 a night, again depending where you get a job :)

    Hope this helps :)


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