Show HN: Use your skills to travel the world

worldpackers.com

24 points·soneca··10 comments

That is absolutelly great.... I am will add to my favorites and see it later...

Thanks! I imagined people on HN would like the idea as soon as I started working here.

I am an early employee at worldpackers, if you have any questions and all that stuff...

I loved the idea! Some questions:

1. Is the a way to search by number of hours required to work? 2. The "days off" are weekly? Depending on the minimum time? 3. The idea is that all skills are worth the same amount of hours, right? 4. Do you guys charge a fee to the travelers?

Best!

1. Not yet (better search is on the backlog)

2. Yes, days off are weekly, not depending on the minimum time.

3. Yes, but after application there is conversation between traveler and hosts where you can try to negotiate that.

4. Yes, there is a fee per trip confirmed (but there lots of ways of getting discounts from the original $50 fee - if you want one, my email is at my info)

Thanks!

I also love the idea. The closest thing they have to programmer is web developer though, which is unfortunate.

Yes, the issue is that is very rare for hospitality business need more than a website developer (still more specific than web dev).

I couldn't select the search box so it was impossible to do a search.

Instead I clicked "Web developer" and chose a random hostel, which offered me "reception work on my vacation". That seems kind of odd