Fulltimer50
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This sort of came up in another topic and rather than interfere with that one I am starting a new one.
What do you look for first when looking at HELP WANTED ads for workamping? What is the order of importance?
Is location important? Pay? Number of hours? ......? Something else?
George
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mtnman1989
Mortimer, NC
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The general location would be nice to know such as the state.
I would not be interested in south Florida during the summer months.
I would not want to be in Colorado in the winter.
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Hoops
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We usually don't work for pay, but do work for full hookups that include electric and the number of hours worked. And the very first thing we look for is the location we want.
The Hoops. ED and Becky
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HarryWM
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Only you can set your priorities. Would you rather be in a neat place or make more money in a not so interesting place. Pay and hours relate; if paid hourly you want better pay rate and more hours. If fixed pay rate, you probably want less hours. What sort of site and hookups. Is it hard labor or administrative. In your mind is the pay and value of your site worth the work expected? and your cost of getting there? As others above, we volunteer and are interested mainly in location, the job, and the site offered (hookups etc.)
Harry
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ORbiker
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I haven't started fulltiming yet, bet want to. I have been looking at job/volunteering. Some of the places want a lot for little or nothing. IE; BLM in a very remote campground want the bathrooms cleaned, campsites picked up, fees collected and all that was offered was site with water and $10.00 dollars a day. Tuesday and Wednesdays off.
Remote is good, but after a month or so the fishing or hiking might not be that good any more.
I (2-10-05) bought a 2002 F350 CC SWD PSD and a new 2003 Citation 10'8. Rancho 9000X & Toyo M55's.I have been a tent camper all my life. I wanted more comfort while doing my Willamette Backcountry Ski Patrol & Crater Lake Ski Patrol duties.11
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Jayco-noslide
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For us its location, location, location. The whole point is to spend a long time at a place we would love to be at(usually a western national park) if not working and go home with money in our pocket. Otherwise, we would just stay home and get part-time jobs. Secondly, we have so far looked only at jobs that actually pay for all hours worked and supplement our income. It's not "about the money" and yet the money is important to us. We wouldn't mind less than 40 hours but not too much less. Climate goes along with location but we like excaping the mid-western humidity. The type of work is important to some degree. For example, would much rather do cashiering than stocking. Last thing I'll mention is the length of time the employer requires. We don't want to do a whole summer season and some employers do require it so make sure you don't committ to a time which might be too long.
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newk
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1. General location (state, region)
2. Hours required for hook-up
3. Pay scale for extra hours
4. Type of work
5. Exact location (specific campground)
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debandi
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We go for location then comes the job itself. You have to decide on where and what you want to be. After a few tries, you will probably find the correct combination.
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Lou3NLyn1
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Location first, then type of job, then compensation package, last is length of commitment.
Lou
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Kirk
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I think that the location has to be of primary importance to most people. We do what we do in order to see the country and to follow good weather. What comes second would depend upon the reason that you choose to live this lifestyle.
If you need the income in order to pay the bills and buy groceries, then the pay has to come next, but if you are like us and are looking for volunteer locations, then it has no bearing at all. The best answer that I can give is to explain how we approach things and the reason for the priorities.
After location, we then consider what we will be doing for our site. The reason is that since we do not receive pay, we want duties that we will enjoy, which will give us new experiences and where we will learn new things. We do not do public restroom cleaning, but we will work fairly long hours if the work is enjoyable for us. Staying active and involved is one of our reasons for work-camping so hours are not a major issue, as long as we get at least three days per week off to see the area.
The next issue for us is the facilities where we will stay. We look for full hook-ups and for a private and scenic RV site. One of our reasons for work-camping is that we tire quickly of living in RV parks and most volunteer positions have large sites that are well spaced and in many places that we choose, there is only one or two RV sites to consider. Other amenities such as laundry equipment and park passes are often part of the package and those too play a part in our location selection.
Probably the next issue for us is that the organization we are to volunteer with must be one which we believe in. We wish to feel a real belief in and support of the goals of the people that we work for and with.
We always ask about the hours required and time off. Even though we do not have any required relation to wages/hour, like most volunteers we do expect to be given ample time off to see the local area and even to take short trips over night. In most cases, we put in more than the minimum required hours, most weeks. But we also expect to have the right to take off when something is important to us.
One thing that we have found with volunteer positions is that the position level of the volunteer coordinator is a good indication of the value that the organization puts in volunteer service. When the coordinator is a site manager or assistant manager, that is an indication of a staff who places great value on the time given by the volunteers and who have real respect for those who come. If the volunteer coordinator work is done as some extra duty that is assigned to the most junior of employees, that frequently means that they consider most volunteers to be worth little more than the pay that they receive. We always choose locations where the manager is involved with volunteers over others.
Good travelin! ........Kirk
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