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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: Living the Dream
The Decision to Go
Preparation
Money
What to Take
Insurance
Security
Qualifications
Language
Making Contacts
Travelling Alone or in Company
Staying in Touch
Red Tape
Passports and Work Permits
Bureaucracy at Large
Getting a Job Before You Go
Employment Agencies
International Placement Organisations
Useful Sources of Information
Advertisements
Getting a Job on Arrival
Meeting People
Chance
Design
Rewards and Risks
The Delights
The Dangers
Coming Home
Travel
Air
Driving
Hitch-hiking
Train and Coach
Bicycle
Europe
North America
Latin America
Africa
Asia
Australasia
Travellers' Health
Specialist Advice
Malaria
Formalities at Borders
Visas
Money
Working a Passage
Sea
Cruise Liners
Private Yachts
Charming the Captain
Crewing in the Mediterranean
Crewing from the Caribbean
Note continued: Crewing from the Americas
Crewing in the South Pacific
Crewing from Other Countries
Land
Overland Tours
Expeditions
Air Couriers
Enterprise
Import/Export
Currency Exchange
Second-hand Gear
Spotting Local Opportunities
Home-made Handicrafts
Beaches and Mobs
Writing and the Media
Photography
Busking
Artists
Film Extras
Film-making
Odd Jobs
Business and Industry
Remote Working
Shops
Commercial and Secretarial
Gambling
EU Employment and Tax
National Employment Services in the EU
EU Exchanges
Claiming Jobseeker's Allowance in Europe
Tax
pt. 1 Work Your Way
Tourism
Agencies and Websites
Hotels and Restaurants
Catering Jobs
Other Opportunities Tourism
Pubs and Clubs
Special Events
Tour Operators
Campsite Couriers
Activity Holidays
Winter Resorts
Ski Holiday Companies
Applying on the Spot
Chalet Staff
Ski Instructors
Note continued: The Countryside
Harvesting
Where to Look for Work
Technique
Farming
Advertising and the Internet
Range of Opportunities
Equestrian and Other Rural Work
WWOOF
Communities
Agricultural Exchanges
Teaching English
ELT Training
What English Teaching Involves
Finding a Job
In Advance
North American Organisations
On the Spot
Childcare
Pros and Cons
Pay and Duties
Applying
The Internet
Agencies in the UK
Agencies Worldwide
Volunteering
Sources of Information
Pros and Cons
Gap Year and Career Break Placements
Workcamps and Other Placement Organisations
Archaeology
Conservation
Developing Countries
North American Opportunities
Going it Alone
pt. 2 Work Your Way in Europe
United Kingdom
Red Tape
Working Holiday Visas
Other Visas
Special Schemes and Exchange Organisations
Working Holidays for Americans
Tax
Employment Prospects
Note continued: Temp Agencies
Adverts
Harvests
Agricultural Agencies
Tourism and Catering
Pubs
Holiday Camps and Activity Centres
Youth Hostels
Special Events
Scotland
Childcare and Domestic
Teaching
Medical Experiments
Building and Other Seasonal Work
London
Pubs in the Capital
Couriers
Accommodation
Applying Locally
Voluntary Opportunities
Ireland
Working Holiday Schemes
The Job-Hunt
Tourism
Dublin
Au Pairing
Agriculture and Fishing
The Netherlands
Regulations
Non-EU Nationals
Red Tape
Private Employment Agencies
The Bulb Industry
Finding the Work
Pay and Conditions
Agriculture
Limburg and Brabant
Westland
Tourism
Other Work
Teaching
Amsterdam
Au Pairs
Belgium
Regulations
Seasonal Work
Au Pairs
Teaching
Contacts
Voluntary Opportunities
Luxembourg
Helpful Organisations
France
Regulations
EU Nationals
Note continued: Non-EU Formalities
Special Schemes for North Americans
The Job-Hunt
Pole Emploi
CIJ
Private Employment Agencies
Tourism
Hotels and Restaurants
Campsites
Holiday Centres
Ski Resorts
Yachts
Barges
Grape Picking
Work and Conditions
How to Find Work
Other Harvests
The Loire Valley
Organic Farms
Teaching
Childcare
Business And Industry
Volunteering
Archaeology
Conservation
Paris
The Grapevine
Disneyland Paris
Survival
Germany
Regulations
Special Schemes
Work Experience
German National Employment Service
Other Sources of Work
Tourism and Catering
Winter Resorts
Work on Military Bases
Special Events
Teaching
Childcare
Farm Work
Volunteering
Greece
Regulations
Non-EU Nationals
Tourism
Selling and Enterprise
Boating
Agriculture
Other Work
Childcare
Teaching English
Volunteering
Cyprus
Regulations
Note continued: The Tourist Industry
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Tour Companies
Red Tape
Italy
Regulations
Finding Work
Contacts
Tourism
Holiday Animators and Entertainers
Hostels
Winter Resorts
Au Pairs
Teaching
Agriculture
Val di Non Apple Harvest
Grape Picking
Voluntary Opportunities
Malta
Teaching
Scandinavia
Au Pairing
Denmark
Regulations
Copenhagen
Agriculture
Volunteering
Survival
Finland
Teaching
Casual Work
Volunteering
Iceland
Au Pairing
The Fishing Industry
Other Opportunities
Volunteering
Norway
Tourism
Norwegian Working Guest Programme
Outdoor Work
Au Pairs
Sweden
Casual Work
Au Pairs
Teaching
Voluntary Opportunities
Survival
Spain
Regulations
Teeming Tourism
Clubs
Tour Operators
Odd Jobs and Touting
Teaching English
Job-Hunting on the Spot
In Advance
Conditions of Work
Note continued: Private Tutoring
Au Pairs
Agriculture
Volunteering
Squats and Communities
Gibraltar
Accommodation
Portugal
Regulations
Tourism
Teaching
Business
Agriculture
Switzerland
Regulations
Casual Work
Tourism
The Job-Hunt
On the Spot
Agriculture
Official Schemes
Grape Picking
Tutors and Au Pairs
Volunteering
Austria
The Job-Hunt
Tourism
English Teaching
Au Pairs
Outdoor Work
Central Europe and Russia
Teaching English
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Hungary
Poland
On the Spot
Russian Federation
Finding a Job
Regulations
Baltic States
Ukraine
Georgia
Central Europe
Romania
Bulgaria
Slovenia
Albania
Voluntary Opportunities
Service Projects
Environmental Volunteering
Social Projects
Other Opportunities
pt. 3 Work Your Way Worldwide
Australia
Working Holiday Visas
Alternative Visas
Pre-departure Schemes
Note continued: Backpacker Agencies
Unofficial Work
Tax
The Job-Hunt
Private Employment Agencies
Hostels and Noticeboards
The Internet
Rural Australia and the Outback
Conservation Volunteers
Fruit Picking
The Grape Harvest
The Apple Harvest
Other Harvests
Queensland
New South Wales
Victoria
South Australia
Western Australia
Australian Harvests
Industry
Construction and Labouring
Tourism and Catering
Queensland
Diving and Watersports
Ski Resorts
The Interior
Cities
Holiday Language Courses
Special Events
The Australian Pub
Childcare
Fishing And Boating
Conclusion
New Zealand
Regulations
Special Schemes
Tax
Casual Work
Rural and Conservation Volunteering
Fruit Picking
Fruit and Vegetable Harvests
Bay of Plenty
Hawke's Bay
Northland
Nelson/Motueka/Blenheim
Southland
Tourism
Queenstown and the South Island
Ski Resorts
Fishing
Note continued: Busking
Business and Industry
Teaching and Au Pairing
Antarctica
United States of America
Visas
Other Visas (Non-J-1)
Arrival
Work and Travel Programmes
Internships
Summer Camps
BUNAC
Camp America
Other Summer Camp Organisations
Casual Work
Documents
Hostels
Drive-aways
The Job-Hunt
Tourism and Catering
Seaside Resorts
Boats
Ski Resorts
Theme Parks
Other Popular Jobs
Selling
Soccer Coaching
Manual Work
Medical
Alaskan Fishing
Childcare and Domestic Work
Agriculture
Volunteering
Conclusion
Canada
Red Tape
Special Schemes
Casual Work
The Job-Hunt
Tourism
Ski Resorts
Tree Planting
Fruit Picking
British Columbia
Ontario, Quebec and Eastern Canada
The Maritimes
Other Farm Work
Childcare and Summer Camps
Volunteering
Latin America
Teaching
The Job-Hunt
Red Tape
Mexico
Bolivia
Brazil
Argentina
Note continued: Chile
Ecuador
Peru
Venezuela
Central America
Volunteering
Guatemala
Conservation
Other Opportunities
Tourism
The Caribbean
Jobs Afloat
Cruise Ships
Charter Yachts
Jobs on Land
Africa
Teaching
Egypt
Ghana
Kenya
French West Africa
Tourism
Opportunities in South Africa
Red Tape
Volunteering
Tourism
Farm Work
Business and Industry
Volunteering
Sending Organisations
Short-term Projects
Grass-roots Organisations
Conservation and Wildlife
Israel and the Palestinian Territories
Regulations
Kibbutzim
Arranging a Job
Life on a Kibbutz
Tourism
Other Paid Work
Teaching
Voluntary Opportunities
Palestinian Projects
Jewish Projects
Archaeology
Asia
Teaching
Japan
Red Tape
Finding a Teaching Job
China
Taiwan
Visas
Korea
Thailand
Indonesia
Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos
Hong Kong
Regulations
Note continued: Teaching
Film Extras
Casual Opportunities
Entertainment
Hostessing
Modelling
Tourism and Business
Volunteering
India and Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
Maldives
Nepal
South-east Asia
Far East
The Middle East
Turkey
Teaching English
Childcare
Tourism
Voluntary Opportunities
In Extremis
Transferring Money
Embassies and Consulates
Legal Problems
Dire Straits
Appendices
Appendix 1 Some Useful Phrases
Appendix 2 Travel Itineraries
Appendix 3 Currency Conversion Chart
Appendix 4 International Dialling Codes.
Edition Notes
Previous edition: 2009.
"Vacation work, the gap year experts."
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Providing essential information for anyone working while they travel, from potential job opportunities to background information on culture and lifestyle in each country, plus all the vital advice covering work permits, visas and medical information.
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