First steps
Understand what Worldpackers is about and what the story is behind this community.
Worldpackers is a collaborative platform that connects you with hosts around the world where you can travel exchanging your skills for accommodation.
Whether it’s saving on your trip, immersing yourself in a local culture or developing new skills, you can use Worldpackers during your vacation time, backpacking trip or even taking a gap year. There are hostels, inns, NGOs, communities and ecological projects that you can help with and in exchange receive free stay, food and other benefits.
There are more than one million travelers and hosts from 170 countries that are part of our community!
Understand what Worldpackers is about and what the story is behind this community.
Stay in hostels or in family homes around the world exchanging skills for accommodation. Live with people from all over the world and learn new languages.
Help NGOs, social projects and communities around the world and make a difference on your next trip.
Learn step by step how to secure your trip. Create your profile, choose your host, and apply for the position and pack your bags!
Learn how to plan for your trip, calculate travel costs and prepare your itinerary.
Learn how to use the volunteer experience to get to know yourself better, develop new skills and come back a different person after your trip.
First time traveling alone? Travelers in the community share their experiences to give you that little push.