How Sarah landed her Work America job...on Shelter Island!

After falling in love with NYC, Sarah has bagged a job from Work America's online Job Zone in the perfect location, Shelter Island; far enough away to escape the city heat, close enough to hit the shops on days off!

How did you find out about BUNAC?

Posters up in my university advertising BUNAC, they caught my eye and made me want to go on the website to have look.

Why Work America?

I went to New York for ...

How Daniel landed his Work America job...in Cape Cod!

Already counting the days until June 1st, Daniel gives us the low-down on how he's landed his Work America summer job in the beautiful Cape Cod.

I decided I wanted to do Work America because I wanted a change. Having lived away from home at university for nearly three years I thought it was time to live abroad because I like the idea of working abroad. It was a decision I made at the start of my final year of university because my ultimate dream was to live and work in New York so applying for Work America became my stepping-stone.

The...

How Ellie landed her Work America job...on Nantucket!

Keeping it in the family, Ellie is prepping her own Work America adventure on the recommendation of her mum who also did it when she was a student! As they say, mums know best!

How did you find out about BUNAC?

I had heard from my mum that BUNAC was a reputable organisation as she had used it herself when she was a student and thought it was brilliant.

Why Work America?

I chose to do Work America as I've always wanted to go to America as it seems like such an interesting and bea...

How Roisin landed her Work America job...at Story Land, New Hampshire

Roisin has already bagged her job for Work America, using BUNAC's exclusive online Job Zone! See how she did it here!

How did you find out about BUNAC?

I first heard about BUNAC when I was looking for things to do in my Gap Year, but never got round to applying. When I was a student, I went back on the website to look at the student programs.

Why Work America?

I've been to America twice before and loved it so I really wanted to go back for longer and have a chance to actually wor...

How Rebecca landed her Work America job...at Story Land, New Hampshire!

How would it feel to have your summer sorted already? Rebecca has! A job, accommodation and a flight to the States...this isn't just any summer, it's a Work America summer! Find out how she did it!

How did you find out about BUNAC?

I discovered BUNAC in my first year of university at UCF. I attended a talk about Summer Camp USA, but unfortunately couldn’t afford it at that time.

Why Work America?

I really wanted to experience a new country and a different culture after finishi...

Serving up Cape Cod!

David spent last summer on the Work America programme, living up to the 'holiday' part of a working holiday visa in vacay hot-spot Cape Cod!

The Job

I worked as a cook in a seafood restaurant in the lower Cape. The restaurant served quality food like lobster and oysters and I was responsible for preparing much of the menu. The kitchen was a very high pressure environment to work in and when things started to get busy during August, I was cooking for upwards of a hundred people a night. Work normally finished quite late...

One Month In: My BUNAustralia Experience So Far!

As Charlotte begins her adventures Down-Under on Work Australia, she checks in with BUNAC HQ to tell us all about her trip over there, her Group Flight, the Hong Kong stopover and how she's already sure one year isn't enough!

Hello (or should I say G'day) from Australia! I can't believe it's been exactly one month since we landed in Sydney! Even talking about it now, we keep saying that one year won't be enough to see and do everything we want to!

Read on...

Teach Horse Riding at Summer Camp!

As Celia, from Edinburgh, gets ready to head back to camp she tells us about her first two summers teaching horse-riding on Summer Camp USA.

“I’m going to America for a quarter of a year...”

My thoughts exactly as I sat on the plane, ready for my first foray into the world of travel. Previously France had been my air mile limit, now it would be New York City, en route to New Hampshire. An all-girl camp, Camp Robindel, would be my home for the next 3 months. It was a big adventure!

Going for the first...

KAMP calling…again!

As Greg looks forward to his third summer on KAMP USA he gives us on insight on what keeps pulling him back again and again...and again!

“How would you like to spend a summer in the States working as a camp counsellor with BUNAC?” read the e-mail that had popped up in my inbox. Very much so! As I read on I was impressed with what I was reading, what was on offer, the costs, the pay, the opportunities for travel. I actually decided to apply to work in the office at a camp, through the KAMP USA programme, due to my lack of experience of worki...

You can't stop a boy from California dreamin'!

Scott, from Glasgow, found his first working abroad adventure a breeze with Work America.

The idea to travel and to break out of my comfort zone came to me while I was holidaying in Spain with friends at the age of 18. From that point it developed into a longing that I found myself unable to shake off and which made the prospect of organising yet another sun, sea and sangria extravaganza pretty much unbearable. It was after days of wondering where to begin organising a trip that didn’t come complete with an all-inclusive wrist-band that I came across BUNA...

Welcome to Middle Earth !

Evie joins us from the flip-side where she's having her very own Tolkien-esque adventure on Work New Zealand.

I am sat writing this in Taupo, Whakahoro National Park; quite possibly the greenest, most remote, peaceful and ‘natureful’ place I have ever seen! I’m totally having a Beatirx Potter moment, sat up in the hills, writing in the wilderness! However Beatrix got the Lake District and I get New Zealand! Just went for an amble alone and didn't see another human for at least 2 hours, a rare occurrence when travelling!

Now I suppose I sho...

Teach Tennis at Summer Camp!

Amy taught tennis, one of the in-demand 'Hot Activities' at a summer camp in Maine on Summer Camp USA.

‘I’m getting paid to do this?!’ This is the question I kept on asking myself throughout my 9 weeks spent at camp this summer! Located in a picturesque setting, surrounded by lush woods and pine trees, was my ‘office’ for the summer – the tennis courts. The clear blue sky, the warmth of the sun on your back, the trees rustling in the wind ...

Take off for Summer Camp USA!

Amy, studying at the University of Sunderland, never thought so much could happen in one little town in Maine, on her first summer on Summer Camp USA!

Although it has only been 2 months since my American adventure on BUNAC’s Summer Camp USA programme came to an end it feels much longer, and looking back at all the great memories leaves many fun stories to tell.

I was luckily enough to be placed at Kamp Kohut in Maine in March 2011 and not only that, I was going to be teaching a sport I loved all summer- tennis! Then it dawned on m...

Covered in mud, sweat and sand...but cleaner than ever!

James, from the University of Manchester, took a step outside his comfort zone and found himself working with the greatest view in the world on Volunteer USA!

After reading through the Volunteer USA description around 19 times, I decided to get a second opinion, enter Mum. Her only query, “James, you do realise you might have to go without a shower for up to a week?” Despite being a bit of a clean-freak, showering twice a day at the time, I applied for the Volunteer USA programme. The chance to go ‘au naturale’ seemed like a great ...

Find your inspiration, get inspired and GO GO GO!

10 years on, after doing Work America and Volunteer Ghana, Ross proves that once you've done a BUNAC programme, you'll never be the same.

I was huddled on a cramped seat in a lecture theatre at Glasgow University with some fellow wanderlust students one wet and cold Tuesday night in early winter 1998.  I was there to hear the Work America presentation.  This was where my BUNAC experience began.

If you...

KAMP: Coming for to carry me home...

Harriet, from the University of East Anglia, found out that KAMP USA (our Kitchen and Maintenance programme) was so much more than she expected it to be!

It all started quite unexceptionally in a dingy, little room at university, where I attended a BUNAC presentation on the various American programmes. KAMP USA appealed to me as it struck a balance between camp atmosphere and work experience, and I applied soon after the presentation to work in stables, had a BUNAC phone interview, a camp phone...