J1 2009 in Ocean City, woo!

further to my last post,

jobs dry up quickly so dont feck around when ye get over, look for jobs straight away when ye get there!
try and sort something before ye go.....if ye booked through usit, the employers database on that is how we found our jobs in oc
try and get a job near where ye live, city is HUGE, u dont want a huge commute, altho bus runs really regularly, ye dont want 2 have to leave the beach 2 hours before work to have 2 go home and change and get to work!
tip: if ye are sneaky enough, the holiday inn's have free laundry facilities for their guests on every floor, after a few weeks of using launderettes we copped this, so if ye are discreet ye will get away with it! saves a fortune! this may be the case in other hotels too, but the holiday inn is where we used get away with it, coz its so big we went unnoticed
get ur social security cards sorted within the first couple of days, it requires a couple of trips to the townhall on 4th st, standing around in a que for a few hours, and takes a few weeks to come through, some employers wont let u work without this so sort it asap, others will let u work but youll be taxed really high til u get it
when ye get home, apply to taxback.com for yer tax refunds asap, takes 3 -4 months to process, i got like 300 euro back in time for xmas...nice!
it is what ye make it, i was a bit homesick for a while, missed my bf etc, but really got into the swing of things in d last few weeks n it was over before i knew it!
get GOOD fake i.ds if ye are under age!! very hard to get served bar the bearded clam and the dungeon, can recommend a good offy that will serve u if ye like! but dont go over there with nothing at all, because ye wont get in anywhere! we had panicked attempts writing home begging older sisters to send their passports and doing diy jobs on our own with clingfilm and nail varnish. this will be a huge killer of yer trip if one or two is holding the group back if the rest all have i.ds! warning about changing the dates on yer own passports....u cant change the visa, which is attached to ur passport, so all they have 2 do is flick back and see ur real date of birth on the visa, this happened to me....took me twenty mins of begging the manager of the bar to give me my passport back n not ring the police, they take that stuff very seriously!!
make friends with yer co-workers, house parties etc was what we usually did,
bring one or two jumpers, when we first got there (last wk in may) there was a couple of rainy days, and the nights get cold, but once it gets to mid june u wont need these!
try and get accom from about 28th street and below, otherwise u are heading too far away from the boardwalk and all the activity....if ye have any questions about places ye might be looking at and what to kno if its a good location, just pm me!

so think thats about all i can think to tell ye....ocean city is amazing n ye will have a ball, but as it is a resort, i dont know how the recession will have affected the job situation, so try and organise jobs now, or if all else fails, get on it the min u get there, in 07, all d jobs had dried up by the second week in june. alot of american college students come to oc to work for the summers too so ur in competition with them, we only met 2 or 3 other irish groups during our summer there, but didnt matter coz we made friends wit all our co-workers, our restaurant employed around 200 18-24 yr olds, so party central, we all lived in staff housing on d beach so it was like dirty dancing with a twist.

Me and 10 other lads have booked a 3 bedroom house for 12 nd id say we could fit another couple in if yee were up for it.. we cud fairly messy tho