Tourism, Catering & Hospitality
Jobs in Tourism
An overview of the sort of work available in the worlds largest industry.
Jobs in Catering
If you can feed others you can feed yourself. We take a look at how cooking and catering skills can bring rewards to worker travellers.
An Intrepid Tour Leader
Follow Marlo Perry's travels around Southeast Asia, leading her tour groups from one new year to the next for Intrepid Travel.
Adventure Tour Leaders
In this job you can get paid to watch sunsets over the Serengeti and the paying customers do all the washing up.
Working as a Holiday Rep
Natalie Peck gave up a well paid job and applied to an advertisement in the Jobs Abroad Bulletin. Two weeks later she started a job with Olympic Holidays in Faliraki, the liveliest resort on the island of Rhodes.
To be or Not to be.. a JMC Holiday Rep
Lucy Corne spent four months working as a children's rep in Gran Canaria. Here, she describes the highs and lows of the role.
A Life as a Rep
When people say "all you do is lie around in the sun" it makes Nicki Craven's blood boil because working as a rep is hard work. And though you have the best times and the worst times the bad is definitely outweighed by the good.
Cruising the World
In the last eight months Emma Jones has been to places most people only dream of and saved over £7000 in the process. All by working onboard a cruise ship.
Working on Private Yachts
After a ski season in the Alps, Chris Adler landed a job in the Caribbean catering aboard Jacques Villeneuve's private yacht.
Entertainment Jobs in Greece, Cyprus, Greece & Spain
Those with experience or the self confidence to learn will have an opportunity to coach sports, communicate in foreign languages, and act, dance or sing their way around the Mediterranean.
Lets Put on a Show Right Here
Openwide create and design entertainment programmes for cruise lines, tour operators, hotel chains and independent hotels throughout the Med and the Caribbean.
Head in the Clouds
Well sort of. Actually you'll be trundling along on the ground but as ground crew for a hot air balloon you will enjoy an unusual and exciting way to see Europe.
Use Catering Agencies to Secure Placements Abroad
Having armed yourself with the very best in cookery courses you now want to show the world your skills and make a living. The agencies listed here may be able to help with the next step.
Working in an American Theme Park
Theme parks are big business in the States; many employ thousands of seasonal staff each year. We look at Six Flags, Cedar Point, Disneyland and Dollywood.
Dress Up as a Giant Rodent
With thousands of seasonal and permanent contracts available each year, Disneyland Paris is a major employer of worker/travellers, though scruff bags needn't bother applying.
Ibiza Spotlight receive many emails asking for advice about working on this Spanish island. This guide to Jobs in Ibiza gives information on how to find a job, what qualifications are needed, when is the best time to apply, and how much can be earned.
Diving into Management Down Under
Dom Nemer had never worked in a hostel, knew nothing about diving, and had never managed anything in his life until he started working on North Stradbroke Island just off the coast of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia.
Frog Pubs: Bar Work in France
Beginning life as MBA homework, the first Frog Pub introduced warm flat beer to Parisians ten years ago. Now a small chain, they often look for bar and wait staff for shift work.
Sea Lion Island: Jobs in the Falklands
Tourism and catering jobs way off the beaten track on a twitcher's paradise island in the South Atlantic.
Adventures in the Holy Land
When the urge to travel overtook Jonathan Adams, he, and friend Mike, decided to pack their bags and head for Israel, for no other reason than they had heard it was somewhere that travellers went to.
Jobs Abroad with PGL
PGL employ over 2000 seasonal staff each year and take the business of online recruitment seriously. Learn more about applying for a job with PGL and read Stewart Hardie's experiences during his season at a PGL activity centre in the UK.
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