J1 OceanCity Maryland (merged)

Sinead.m93

Evening sirs,
Me and my friends are booking our j1 this week and we are thinking of heading to Ocean City in Mary land ? 3 girls and 2 boys
Just wondering if anyone has been before, is it good craic, easy to get jobs etc??
Also if anyone is thinking of heading out there for a j1.

OC_J1

Hey,

I'm heading over with 4 or 5 mates all lads.
Haven't been before but it looks amazing. Going at the start of June

I also heard its very easy to get jobs!!

Sinead.m93

Awh cool where abouts are you from?
Do you know anyone who has been before?
looks class hopefully get a job handy enough !!

Cliffy085

There is 4 of us all girls thinking of heading out.. Any chance ye know any facebook pages that would help with jobs and places to stay? Thanks 😄

OC_J1

Ye search Ocean City 2015 I'm sure they will start posting stuff soon. Can't wait 😀

Cliffy085

Have ye started looking for accom or jobs yet??

OC_J1

Cliffy085 wrote: »

Have ye started looking for accom or jobs yet??

We have looked for accommodation not jobs, haven't booked any accommodation yet though! Link me your Facebook in PM if yas want to discuss it more

Cliffy085

send ya a private message there

Danmoore06

OC_J1 wrote: »

Hey,

I'm heading over with 4 or 5 mates all lads.
Haven't been before but it looks amazing. Going at the start of June

I also heard its very easy to get jobs!!

I'm heading over myself to Ocean City was wondering if you'd be looking for an extra person for accommodation pm your Facebook and I'll add you

nikaykay94

hey guys!! Myself and 2 other girls(21,20 and 19) all heading out from the 24th of may looking to share a house too!

Gary994

Hey! I'm looking for people to share accommodation with. I was meant to be going with two of my friends both they pulled out so I'm just going to go ahead myself anyway. Get back to me if your interested. Thanks

Shinnaynay

So who's going to Ocean City this summer?

rorrissey

Hey! I just replied to you over on the San Diego thread ahahaha! Basically I'm going over with 5 or 6 other girls and we are all over the place in terms of organisation. Booked with USIT in hopes of getting a California job, but we're too late so I'd say we'll end up in Ocean City! Supposed to be a good spot in terms of house parties, etc... Which is good because we are all 19 - 20! I'm not 21 until July!

Have you jobs and accommodation sorted? I've booked a virtual interview with a pizza place!

Shinnaynay

Haha did you!! Ya same thing as ourselves, we got a job in San Diego after weeks upon weeks of phone calls and emails. But your man didn't have enough info to fill in our job application form this early. Sayit want it by end of this month. The pressure to find a job in Diego town is too much so Ocean City it is.

I've heard amazing things. My boyfriend went their last summer with all his friends and had a mental time. Plenty of jobs, house parties and things to do. I've applied to work in the waterpark (advised by those who went last year) as its great craic, along with other restaurants etc. Hoping to get the job in the water park, work for a month and then go for a restaurant to make sweet tips.

As of yet no jobs, accommodation to follow then once we get jobs.

Haha brilliant, is that Caruso Pizza by any chance?

rorrissey

Shinnaynay wrote: »

Haha did you!! Ya same thing as ourselves, we got a job in San Diego after weeks upon weeks of phone calls and emails. But your man didn't have enough info to fill in our job application form this early. Sayit want it by end of this month. The pressure to find a job in Diego town is too much so Ocean City it is.

I've heard amazing things. My boyfriend went their last summer with all his friends and had a mental time. Plenty of jobs, house parties and things to do. I've applied to work in the waterpark (advised by those who went last year) as its great craic, along with other restaurants etc. Hoping to get the job in the water park, work for a month and then go for a restaurant to make sweet tips.

As of yet no jobs, accommodation to follow then once we get jobs.

Haha brilliant, is that Caruso Pizza by any chance?

It's Pino's Pizza I think, what's the pay like at the water park do you know? The only reason I'm choosing waitressing at the moment is because of tips! :pac:

Shinnaynay

Pay is 7.25$, taking the low pay because its good fun and a relaxing job. Your dead right, hoping to work the second month as a waitress to boost up the funds :P

bennyl10

Shinnaynay wrote: »

So who's going to Ocean City this summer?

Hi! Myself and four other girls are heading there this summer! Are you sorted for accommodation yet?

Shinnaynay

bennyl10 wrote: »

Hi! Myself and four other girls are heading there this summer! Are you sorted for accommodation yet?

Nope not yet, I've been given landlords and houses to contact. But I think we are going to sort our job first and then look into accommodation afterwards. You?

jem92

would anyone be up for sharing accommodation..? theres only two of us going so we're going to need a heap more people to join if we wanted it anyway cheaper.. ha

shannon240

hey im going over with my friend for the summer to ocean city. We booked through Sayit and got waitressing jobs! only issue is we are both 20 and just worried about not getting in anywhere. other than that i cant wait to have an optimistically unbelievable summer !!

Shinnaynay

jem92 wrote: »

would anyone be up for sharing accommodation..? theres only two of us going so we're going to need a heap more people to join if we wanted it anyway cheaper.. ha

Ya we will be looking for people to share with too!!

Shinnaynay

shannon240 wrote: »

hey im going over with my friend for the summer to ocean city. We booked through Sayit and got waitressing jobs! only issue is we are both 20 and just worried about not getting in anywhere. other than that i cant wait to have an optimistically unbelievable summer !!

You don't need to be 21 to have a good time in Ocean City Everyone I know who went last year were also 20, they had unbelievable craic!

jem92

Shinnaynay wrote: »

Ya we will be looking for people to share with too!!

definitely.. we're easy going so we will stay anywhere!! gonna try and sort out work this week too.. how many of yous are going over?

foneill100

Hey I was supposed to be heading over with 10 lads and now it could be 2 others but I'm worried that the others might back out I really really really want to go and I'm not backing out now so would be anyone be cool with me potentially joining anyone? I know it sounds weird me saying this on my own but after saving up so much and my girlfriend going over I feel so stuck on what to do Buuuuut I'm very outgoing and make friends quick and in general a good room mate so if anyone needs an extra room mate just let me know

foneill100

Soooo basically I had been planning a j1 trip this summer to Ocean City Maryland. It all looked well and good but pretty suddenly the group dynamic fell apart and all my mates backed out(too much cost,internships etc). Now I'm basically left on my own.

I could stay in Ireland for the summer, but I have wanted this for aaaaages and won't get the chance next summer. As well as that my girlfriend is going over too and really want to see her for the summer.

I don't know what to do now,so I guess I'm:
A. Looking for advice,maybe from someone who's been in this position before.

B.Looking to see if there are any group of people going over who need someone else for accommodation? I know it seems sad one guy going on his own and looking for strangers but I'm a pretty normal decent student who just had some bad luck! I'm 20 years old and studying at UCC and willing to live with any group who are friendly and outgoing

so if you need a roomate let me know!!

Shinnaynay

Well we will definitely want male house mates, currently there are six of us (all female) and I personally could not hack living with just girls. Ideally would love to live with a load of lads, so even 4 lads would make the balance ALOT better. And rent cheaper :P

foneill100

Ah yeah a fair balance of male/female normally makes things a bit less hectic :P If your interested anyway just PM me on this or something! Promise I'm a good clean roomate

jem92

we would be up for sharing too.. me and one of my friends heading over.. and hes a boy so its always better craic with a mixture of ones

cian casey

Is there a J1 facebook group for ocean city this year ??

Shinnaynay

cian casey wrote: »

Is there a J1 facebook group for ocean city this year ??

There is ya, but none of them seem to be ran by Irish or have much Irish input at the moment. If anyone decides to set one up let me know. Here are all the ones I'm part of:

h tt ps: / /w ww.facebook.com/groups/529805983827698/
ht tps /ww w.facebook.com/groups/700614720033232/
htt ps:/ /ww w .facebook.com/groups/OC2015OFFICIAL/
ht tps: / / w ww.facebook.com/groups/bgisland/

foneill100

I know of one for UCC if anyone needs is going there

Shinnaynay

Send us on the link for that please foneill100 I'm from cork! But when you send it put gaps in it in random places, boards doesn't allow the sharing of links

mb_kk1

Hey!
A group of 4 of us are heading to ocean city maryland on our J1 at the end of may and are looking to share with others for accommodation?

Shinnaynay

Anyone recommend any apartments ye stayed in last summer?

Shinnaynay

Any get accommodation sorted yet? I've got my DS160 form to fill in and Sayit said once I've that filled in I have 10 days to book my flights :O Anyone else in this situation yet

Shinnaynay

Hey so are we! There are six of us (girls), from Cork. I've been emailing landlords and stuff, rent is fairly expensive so definitely an apartment with 10 would cut the cost between us all nicely

rorrissey

There's 6 of us as well all girls from Cork, I'd say all of Cork City will be in Ocean City this summer! Still haven't found a job, so stressful.

Shinnaynay

rorrissey wrote: »

There's 6 of us as well all girls from Cork, I'd say all of Cork City will be in Ocean City this summer! Still haven't found a job, so stressful.

Haha 100%, It'll be like walking down Patricks street! How did that interview with the Pizza place go?

foneill100

I got a job sorted in powerhouse gym anyway

shannon240

foneill100 wrote: »

I got a job sorted in powerhouse gym anyway

I think im gonna join that gym while im over there Any chance of a friendly Irish discount? :P
Only messing, but fair play for getting a job at a gym!

foneill100

hahaha I could see what I could do when I'm over there sooo who here is interested in getting some accommodation? It might save some time if we make a group now as most houses there tend to hold around 8-12 people each! If you're all interested I was thinking of making a facebook or whatsapp group chat for it

ocj116

A group of three need more people to make the accommodation we are looking at cheaper. Heading over the end of May so we want to get accommodation sorted as soon as possible. If any group is interested, let me know!

Shinnaynay

ocj116 wrote: »

A group of three need more people to make the accommodation we are looking at cheaper. Heading over the end of May so we want to get accommodation sorted as soon as possible. If any group is interested, let me know!

We will be looking for roommates to share accommodation with too, just not ready to organise right now as not all of us have jobs yet

ocj116

ok grand, we need like 5 or 6 more because we have found accommodation for 8 people that will be like 1200 each including utilities, wifi etc and its in a good location too!

Shinnaynay

ocj116 wrote: »

ok grand, we need like 5 or 6 more because we have found accommodation for 8 people that will be like 1200 each including utilities, wifi etc and its in a good location too!

There are six of us as it stands so it would be ideal. Is this with pirates cove rentals or seagate by any chance?:)

ocj116

It was with Pirates Cove, my friend actually got the price wrong! Still looking for a place as the ones that are left in pirates cove would be like 1750 each and that's too expensive so going to look somewhere else! What date are ye heading over? if ye find accommodation and need three more can you let us know?

rorrissey

Shinnaynay wrote: »

Haha 100%, It'll be like walking down Patricks street! How did that interview with the Pizza place go?

Pizza interview never happened for me or any of my friends. The guy added us all on Facebook, posted inappropriate comments on old pictures of us and only offered interviews to the best looking girls with no experience. From his Facebook it seemed as though he was a racist, trump supporting creep. He was sending me, my friends and other girls I got in contact with, aggressive messages. It was really strange, we reported him to USIT... Really strange experience.

Anyways I have another interview later with a hotel and one on Monday in a place I found myself through indeed.com, so hopefully they work out! :P

Shinnaynay

rorrissey wrote: »

Pizza interview never happened for me or any of my friends. The guy added us all on Facebook, posted inappropriate comments on old pictures of us and only offered interviews to the best looking girls with no experience. From his Facebook it seemed as though he was a racist, trump supporting creep. He was sending me, my friends and other girls I got in contact with, aggressive messages. It was really strange, we reported him to USIT... Really strange experience.

Anyways I have another interview later with a hotel and one on Monday in a place I found myself through indeed.com, so hopefully they work out! :P

Omg that is mental!! I'll be sure to tell people to stay away from that place :O Brilliant well done! I didn't think of searching for a job via a website like indeed. Didn't think they would be posting summer vacancies yet. Ill give that a search, good luck in the interviews

rorrissey

Shinnaynay wrote: »

Omg that is mental!! I'll be sure to tell people to stay away from that place :O Brilliant well done! I didn't think of searching for a job via a website like indeed. Didn't think they would be posting summer vacancies yet. Ill give that a search, good luck in the interviews

The hotel hired me and all my friends thank god! Now we're on search for accommodation!

Definitely go apply for the pizza place on indeed because me and my friend both emailed him cancelling our interviews so it might be worth a shot! It's called Squarz, should still be up!

G.I Joseph

Hey guys, chuffed to see some activity in this thread ! There are 4 of us heading over to OC ( three guys one girl) and are 100% up for sharing accommodation. We are all set (have our jobs,visas,flights etc.) just no where to live yet haha

So if anyone wants to bunk in with us let me know on this and we can set up a whatsapp or facebook group and get the ball rolling !

P.s
We're all bang on !

Shinnaynay

G.I Joseph wrote: »

Hey guys, chuffed to see some activity in this thread ! There are 4 of us heading over to OC ( three guys one girl) and are 100% up for sharing accommodation. We are all set (have our jobs,visas,flights etc.) just no where to live yet haha

So if anyone wants to bunk in with us let me know on this and we can set up a whatsapp or facebook group and get the ball rolling !

P.s
We're all bang on !

Haha brilliant! May take you up on that offer, just waiting for the rest of my crew to catch up There are six of us (girls) as of now. Did ye book yer airport transfer to OC? also when are ye heading?