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Solo Trips

Entry-level plan for budget travelers.

1 year

Benefits

Confirm your trip with peace of mind

Connect with the responsive hosts from our updated listings. If you don't get any replies within 30 days, you can get your money back. 97% of members who send 3 applications receive responses from hosts! Learn more.

Connect with thousands of verified hosts

Hundreds of projects join Worldpackers every month, all individually verified and monitored by our team to ensure positive experiences. You can find hosts in 140+ countries!

Rely on a transparent community

Have access to all 80,000 reviews, both good or bad, made by travelers about their volunteering experiences on our double-blind review process. 4.8/5 star average rating for hosts. Learn more.

Give back & make an impact

Support local communities by volunteering and joining the US$ 20,000 Worldpackers Social & Environmental Award based on the UN SDGs achievements. Our community has helped 2.5M hours of social & eco-impact help! Learn more.

We've got your back with WP Insurance & Support

Count on WP Insurance if your experience doesn't go as planned, our highly responsive support team is ready to help you 7 days a week. 93% of our travelers were satisfied with our assistance!

Chat with fellow travelers

Connect with other travelers, learn about their previous volunteering experiences, and share your adventures. There are 4M+ registered Worldpackers travelers around the world!

What thousands of Worldpackers are saying about it

Stephen

Ireland

Volunteering through Worldpackers has given me the greatest experiences of my life. I would scream it from the rooftops. Good job, guys; you're a blessing to the earth.

Nathalia

Brazil

The exchange that Worldpackers offers is very good. It's not just a considerable saving on accommodation, but a really cool network, connections, and unforgettable experiences away from home!

Dnyandeep

Germany

This was my first-ever Worldpacker experience. This is a great platform for the creative, young, budget, and aspiring travelers. I hope Worldpacker provides the great opportunities as well as provides the continuous support to maintain the quality of this excellent idea.

Niccolò

Italy

Because the staff is really kind. As soon as I had a problem, Jair didn't hesitate to contact me, and he was sincerely worried about it. And I think it is a great website. Thank you all, guys; you made me live one of the best experiences of my life.

Micaele

Brazil

I believe Worldpackers' special mission is to improve the world and motivate people to be happy, travel, and do good. Since I discovered Worldpackers, I highly recommend it to friends, family, and anyone with whom the subject comes up.

Emilio

Colombia

It is definitely worth exploring the world through some activity other than the tourism that we all know, and I think Worldpackers is the opportunity to do it. It is necessary to live with communities, learn from them, teach what we know and live other types of experiences although clearly it is the opportunity to know and enjoy. Excellent!

Yousra

Morocco

The support team is very responsive and provides assistance. The hosts are trustworthy, and there are so many options.

Aixa

Argentina

It allows you to travel economically, really get to know the culture of the place and most importantly: meet wonderful and different people, which allows you to open up and evolve in many ways!!

Li

Costa Rica

It is an excellent platform! Volunteering is a unique experience that every person should live at some point in their life.

Izabella

Brazil

Worldpackers has helped me a lot since I left home and decided to go backpacking, without this platform I don't know if I would have been able to get this far and have had all the experiences I have had <3

How do Worldpackers trips work?

Choose your plan to travel with Worldpackers as many times as you like.

Complete your profile, watch the video lessons in the Academy, and earn certificates to stand out to hosts.

Apply to as many positions as you like, and get in contact with our verified hosts.

If a host thinks you’re a good fit for their position, they’ll pre-approve you.

Get your documents and tickets ready for your volunteer trip.

Confirm your trip to enjoy all of the safety of Worldpackers.

Have a transformative experience and make a positive impact on the world.

If anything doesn’t go as planned with a host, count on WP Insurance and our highly responsive support team!

After volunteering, you and your host exchange reviews.

With positive reviews, you’ll stand out to hosts and get even more benefits.

How do we keep our community safe?

Our community has more than 9 years of history, more than 190.000 reviews exchanged, and hosts in more than 140 countries.

Verified and responsive hosts

Our team reviews each and every new host before approving them to join our community, and we keep an eye on them to guarantee their engagement and the quality of their exchanges.

Formal agreements

Confirm your trips and make a formal agreement with your host including dates, activities, hours, and benefits.

WP Insurance

If anything doesn’t go as you agreed to on our site, our team can help you to find a new host or reimburse you for accommodation in a hostel. Learn more.

Count on our support team

Here to help you before, during, and after your exchanges, 7 days a week in three languages.

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Our commitment to a better world

Part of your membership fee will be donated to support social and environmental impact projects in our community!

Increase your leverage as a Worldpackers member by voting in our Annual Host Award of USD $20,000 and contribute to our most impactful projects!

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yearly :) You only pay for your plan one time to get all of its benefits for the full validity of your plan.

Absolutely not. You won’t be charged anything else at all during the time you use Worldpackers, no matter how many applications you send out, the number of trips you take, or how much content you consume

Some specific hosts request an extra collaboration fee to contribute to their institution/NGO, or to help with costs to make your experience even more rewarding. Make sure to discuss this kind of information with your host before confirming your trip. Learn more.

Don’t worry. We’ll never renew your plan automatically, so you’ll only be charged one time. We’ll reach out to you when your plan is about to expire, and the decision to renew it or not is entirely up to you :)

The Couples/Friends plans were designed especially for those who want to volunteer together with a travel companion. Only one of you needs to pay, and then you can invite your companion. You will then both be able to apply to and confirm trips together during the full validity of your plan. In other words, you will not be able to apply individually.

You can see more details about the Couples/Friends plans here and find all of our open positions which accept multiple travelers here.

We work hard to make sure our community hosts are always responsive. However, they do receive a lot of applications, and they need to pick volunteers that are the best fit for their projects.

So to increase your chances of being accepted, make your profile nice and complete, earn certificates in our Academy, and apply to multiple hosts that you can identify with.

And of course, our support team can also help you to find new volunteer opportunities and give you more tips to increase your chances.

Our refund policy follows the same rules as our Worldpackers Trips cancelation policy. Click here to see all of the terms and conditions for our refund process.

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