Winter Jobs in warm climate..

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Permalink Reply by NJL on July 14, 2009 at 2:45am

Tell me a little about Rancho de los Caballeros, it keeps kind of pulling me after looking at their pics. I am 57, would I be too old to work there? Is it mainly just young people. I wouldn't want to feel isolated. I have read other posts on here that says it's a party place. I don't mind that if there are any people close to my age that I could talk to & make friends with. I know one guy who has worked there several years, but don't know if he's still with them or not. Mike Hobbs, I worked with him at another location, but he worked for Rancho from October through May. Did you know him? Not sure what his title was there.

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Menezes on May 17, 2009 at 7:16pm

I think when it comes to Hawaii you usually have to move there before getting a job. Most of them want you to have a Hawaii address when you apply. I have a couple friends from Hawaii who have worked at resorts there and I think they made $15/hour as pool attendants so that's pretty good.

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Permalink Reply by akscootr on May 17, 2009 at 9:52pm

I tried Hawaii and Lisa is generally correct; They want to talk to you in a personal interview. You could always save your $$$ up and then just go and see what transpires. Craigslist has a lot jobs advertised...
Hawaii is a destination vacation spot so it might be a bit slower than the lower 48 however; Good luck in your choices. Tucson, btw, has tone of golf resorts so there will be many job opportunities.

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Permalink Reply by Dominic on May 18, 2009 at 1:35pm

Its amazingly cheap to fly from Alaska to Hawaii, I think I might plan on taking a vactaion there and see if I can land a job.

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Permalink Reply by Sarah Norton on May 20, 2009 at 3:40pm

I'm wwoofing in hawaii this winter!

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Permalink Reply by LiLo on May 21, 2009 at 9:17pm

I wwoofed hawaii last winter. amazing weather and beautiful place!

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Permalink Reply by Dominic on May 21, 2009 at 10:28pm

WWOOFED???

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Menezes on May 21, 2009 at 11:24pm

WWOOF stands for World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms. You can volunteer on farms in exchange for room and board.

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Permalink Reply by Lucy on June 3, 2009 at 11:30am

Hello!! This is sooo funny. I am also looking for a good winter job in a warm climate, so I put "winter job hawaii" into a search engine (as I often do, with no good results) and I came across this thread. I am Kathy's friend who just spent the winter volunteering at Kalani Oceanside Retreat Center on the Big Island of Hawaii and before that I did two winter seasons at Rancho de los Caballeros!! I loved it in both places. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. And if you find any other good, warm, winter jobs, let me know!! Good luck... :)

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Permalink Reply by Kathi on June 3, 2009 at 12:37pm

Hey Lucy,
Check out the Circle Z for this winter. I've heard it's a great place, and we could play together! It's only 5 miles for Patagonia. :)

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Permalink Reply by Lucy on June 3, 2009 at 5:29pm

Cool Kathi (oops sorry I spelled your name wrong earlier!) I will check it out!

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Permalink Reply by De Anna L. Sanchez on July 8, 2009 at 12:22pm

Why don't you think about going to work for NCL out of Honolulu, Hawaii, or try Big Bend National Park, there are many ways to spend the winter in a warm climate. Maybe Florida, or Puerto Rico.

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