| Introduction | p. 11 |
| The Decision to Go | |
| Preparation | p. 11 |
| Money | |
| Baggage | |
| Health | |
| Insurance | |
| Qualifications | |
| Language | |
| Making Contacts | |
| Travelling Alone | |
| Travelling Companions | |
| Staying in Touch | |
| Red Tape | p. 22 |
| Passports and Work Visas | |
| Student Cards | |
| Bureaucracy at Large | |
| Getting a Job Before You Go | p. 24 |
| Employment Agencies | |
| International Placement Organisations | |
| Useful Sources of Information | |
| Advertisements | |
| Getting a Job on Arrival | p. 29 |
| Meeting People | |
| Chance | |
| Design | |
| Rewards and Risks | p. 33 |
| The Delights | |
| The Dangers | |
| Coming Home | |
| Conclusion | |
| Working a Passage | p. 37 |
| Sea | p. 37 |
| Commercial Shipping | |
| Cruise Liners | |
| Private Yachts | |
| Charming the Captain | |
| Crewing from Britain | |
| Crewing in the Mediterranean | |
| Crewing from the Caribbean | |
| Crewing from the Americas | |
| Crewing in the South Pacific | |
| Crewing from Other Countries | |
| Yacht Delivery | |
| Land | p. 49 |
| Overland Tours | |
| Expeditions | |
| Air Couriers | p. 51 |
| Travel | p. 54 |
| Hitch-hiking | |
| Driving | |
| Train | |
| Coach | |
| Air | |
| Bicycle | p. 54 |
| Europe | p. 61 |
| North America | p. 63 |
| Latin America | p. 64 |
| Africa | p. 65 |
| Asia | p. 65 |
| Australasia | p. 65 |
| Formalities at Borders | p. 67 |
| Visas | |
| Money | |
| Enterprise | p. 69 |
| Import/Export | p. 69 |
| Duty-Free | |
| Currency Exchange | |
| Second-hand Gear | |
| Spotting Local Opportunities | p. 71 |
| Homemade Handicrafts | |
| Beaches and Mobs | |
| Writing and the Media | |
| Photography | |
| Busking | |
| Artists | |
| Film Extras | |
| Odd Jobs | p. 79 |
| Gambling | p. 80 |
| EU Employment and Tax | p. 82 |
| National Employment Services in the EU | p. 83 |
| Jobs with EU Organisations | |
| Claiming Job-Seeker's Allowance in Europe | p. 85 |
| Claiming UK Job Seeker's Allowance in Europe | |
| Claiming Unemployment Benefit from another EU Country | |
| How Much? | |
| How to Claim Unemployment Benefit | |
| Tax | p. 90 |
| Why you can Reclaim Tax | |
| How to Minimise Tax | |
| How to Reclaim Tax | |
| Work your Way | |
| Tourism | p. 94 |
| Agencies | p. 94 |
| Hotels and Restaurants | p. 94 |
| Applications | |
| Advantages and Disadvantages | |
| Other Catering | |
| Other Opportunities Within Tourism | p. 97 |
| Pubs and Clubs | |
| Special Events | |
| Tour Operators | p. 99 |
| Campsite Couriers | |
| Activity Holidays | |
| Winter Resorts | p. 104 |
| Ski Holiday Companies | |
| Applying on the Spot | |
| Chalet Staff | |
| Ski Instructors | |
| Ski Resorts Worldwide | |
| Agriculture | p. 110 |
| Harvesting | p. 110 |
| Where to look for work | |
| Mechanisation | |
| Technique | |
| Equipment | |
| Farming | p. 113 |
| Advertising & the Internet | |
| Range of Opportunities | |
| Equestrian Work | |
| Gaining Experience | |
| WWOOF | |
| Communities | |
| Agricultural Exchanges | |
| Teaching English | p. 119 |
| TEFL Training | |
| What English Teaching Involves | p. 119 |
| Finding a Job | p. 122 |
| In Advance | |
| On the Spot | |
| Childcare | p. 126 |
| Pros and Cons | p. 126 |
| Pay | |
| Duties | |
| Applying | p. 128 |
| On the Spot | |
| Agencies | |
| The Internet | |
| Agencies in North America | p. 128 |
| Business and Industry | p. 132 |
| Shops | |
| Selling | |
| Market Research | |
| Commercial and Secretarial | |
| Other Opportunities in Business | |
| Labouring | |
| Factory Work | p. 132 |
| Volunteering | p. 138 |
| Sources of Information | |
| Pros and Cons | |
| Gap Year Placements | |
| Workcamps & Other Placement Organisations | |
| Archaeology | |
| Conservation | |
| Developing Countries | p. 138 |
| North American Opportunities | p. 146 |
| Going it alone | |
| Work Your Way in Europe | |
| United Kingdom | p. 151 |
| Red Tape | p. 151 |
| Working Holiday Visas | |
| Other Visas | |
| Special Schemes and Exchange Organisations | p. 154 |
| Working Holidays for Americans | |
| For Commonwealth Nationals | |
| Tax & Banking | |
| Claimants | |
| Employment Prospects | p. 158 |
| Agencies | |
| Newspapers and Books | |
| Jobcentres | |
| Harvests | p. 160 |
| Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme | |
| Fruit Farms | |
| Pay and Conditions | |
| Agricultural Agencies | |
| Hop-Picking | |
| Tourism and Catering | p. 166 |
| Pubs | |
| Scotland | |
| Channel Islands | |
| Holiday Camps and Activity Centres | |
| Youth Hostels | |
| Special Events | |
| Childcare and Domestic | p. 172 |
| Au Pairs | |
| Nannies | |
| Teaching | p. 173 |
| Applying Locally | p. 176 |
| Medical Experiments | |
| Job Creation | |
| Building and Other Seasonal Work | |
| London | p. 179 |
| Pubs | |
| Couriers | |
| Sales | |
| Accommodation | |
| Voluntary Opportunities | p. 183 |
| Ireland | p. 185 |
| Working Holiday Schemes | p. 185 |
| The Job Hunt | p. 186 |
| Tourism | |
| Dublin | |
| Au Pairing | |
| Agriculture | |
| Fishing | |
| Voluntary Opportunities | |
| Netherlands | p. 190 |
| Regulations | p. 190 |
| EU Nationals | |
| Non-EU Nationals | |
| Red Tape | |
| Private Employment Agencies | |
| State Employment Service | p. 194 |
| The Bulb Industry | p. 195 |
| Finding the Work | |
| Pay and Conditions | |
| Agriculture | p. 198 |
| Limburg | |
| Westland | |
| Food Processing | |
| Tourism | p. 200 |
| Other Work | p. 201 |
| Teaching | |
| Amsterdam | |
| Au Pairs | |
| Voluntary Opportunities | |
| Belgium | p. 204 |
| Regulations | |
| Seasonal Work | |
| Au Pairs | |
| Teaching | |
| Contacts | |
| Voluntary Opportunities | p. 204 |
| Luxembourg | p. 207 |
| The Range of Jobs | |
| Helpful Organisations | |
| Grape-Picking | |
| France | p. 209 |
| Regulations | p. 209 |
| For EU Nationals | |
| Non-EU Formalities | |
| Special Schemes for Americans | |
| The Job Hunt | p. 213 |
| ANPE | |
| CIJ | |
| Private Employment Agencies | |
| Tourism | p. 215 |
| Hotels and Restaurants | |
| Campsites | |
| Holiday Centres | |
| Ski Resorts | |
| Selling to Tourists | |
| Yachts | |
| Barges | |
| Grape-Picking | p. 222 |
| Work and Conditions | |
| How to Find Work | |
| Other Harvests | p. 227 |
| The Avignon Region | |
| The Loire Valley | |
| Organic Farms | |
| Teaching | |
| Childcare | |
| Business and Industry | p. 230 |
| Voluntary Opportunities | p. 234 |
| Archaeology | |
| Conservation | |
| Paris | p. 235 |
| The Grapevine | |
| Disneyland | |
| Specific Jobs | |
| Survival | |
| Corsica | p. 239 |
| Tourism | |
| Farm Work | |
| Germany | p. 241 |
| Regulations | |
| Special Schemes | |
| Tax | |
| German National Employment Service | |
| Other Sources of Work | |
| Accommodation | p. 241 |
| Tourism and Catering | p. 247 |
| Winter Resorts | |
| Work on Military Bases | |
| Special Events | |
| Business and Industry | p. 251 |
| Teaching | p. 251 |
| Childcare and Domestic | |
| Farm Work | p. 253 |
| Voluntary Opportunities | p. 255 |
| Survival | |
| Greece | p. 257 |
| Regulations | p. 258 |
| Non-EU Nationals | |
| Tourism | p. 260 |
| Hostels | |
| Selling and Enterprise | |
| Boating | |
| Agriculture | p. 265 |
| Crete and the Islands | |
| Northern Greece | |
| Other Work | p. 268 |
| Childcare | |
| Teaching English | |
| Volunteering | |
| Cyprus | p. 271 |
| Regulations | |
| The Tourist Industry | |
| Outdoor Work | |
| Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | p. 273 |
| Tour Companies | |
| Red Tape | |
| Italy | p. 275 |
| Regulations | p. 275 |
| Finding Work | p. 278 |
| The Employment Service | |
| Contacts | |
| Tourism | p. 280 |
| Hostels | |
| Winter Resorts | |
| Au Pairs | p. 283 |
| Teaching | p. 285 |
| Agriculture | p. 287 |
| Val di Non Apple Harvest | |
| Grape-Picking | |
| Voluntary Opportunities | p. 288 |
| Malta | p. 289 |
| Tourist Industry | |
| Teaching | |
| Scandinavia | p. 291 |
| Denmark | p. 292 |
| Regulations | |
| Copenhagen | |
| Agriculture | |
| Voluntary Opportunities | |
| Survival | |
| Finland | p. 299 |
| Teaching | |
| Casual Work | |
| Voluntary Opportunities | |
| Iceland | p. 300 |
| Au Pairing | |
| The Fishing Industry | |
| Fish Processing | |
| Other | |
| Norway | p. 302 |
| Tourism | |
| Norwegian Working Guest Programme | |
| Outdoor Work | |
| Au Pairs | |
| Voluntary Opportunities | |
| Sweden | p. 307 |
| Casual Work | |
| Au Pairs | |
| Teaching | |
| Voluntary Opportunities | |
| Survival | |
| Spain and Portugal | p. 310 |
| Regulations in Spain | p. 310 |
| Teeming Tourism | p. 311 |
| Odd Jobs and Touting | |
| Exploiting the Tourist Market | |
| Boats | |
| Teaching English | p. 316 |
| Job Hunting on-the-Spot | |
| In Advance | |
| Conditions of Work | |
| Private Tutoring | |
| Au Pairs | p. 319 |
| Agriculture | p. 320 |
| Volunteering | p. 321 |
| Gibraltar | p. 322 |
| Accommodation | |
| Portugal | p. 323 |
| Regulations | |
| Tourism | |
| Teaching | |
| Business | |
| Agriculture | |
| Voluntary and Au Pair | |
| Switzerland and Austria | p. 327 |
| Regulations in Switzerland | |
| Casual Work | p. 328 |
| Tourism | p. 330 |
| The Job Hunt | |
| On-the-Spot | |
| Agriculture | p. 333 |
| Official Schemes | |
| Unofficial Work | |
| Grape-Picking | |
| Building | p. 336 |
| Tutors and Au Pairs | p. 336 |
| Volunteering | p. 337 |
| Austria | p. 338 |
| The Job Hunt | |
| Tourism | |
| English Teaching | |
| Au Pairs | |
| Voluntary Opportunities | |
| Outdoor Work | |
| Central Europe & Russia | p. 343 |
| Teaching English | p. 344 |
| US Organisations | |
| Czech and Slovak Republics | p. 345 |
| Teaching in the Czech Republic | |
| Czech Regulations | |
| Teaching in Slovakia | |
| Hungary | p. 347 |
| Regulations | |
| Poland | p. 348 |
| On the Spot | |
| Regulations | |
| Russia & the Independent States | p. 350 |
| Finding a Job | |
| Regulations | |
| Baltic States | |
| Ukraine | p. 353 |
| Central Europe | |
| Romania | |
| Slovenia | |
| Albania | |
| Voluntary Opportunities | p. 355 |
| Workcamps | |
| Environmental Volunteering | |
| Social Projects | |
| Other Opportunities | p. 358 |
| Work Your Way Worldwide | |
| Australia | p. 360 |
| Working Holiday Visas | |
| Other Visas | |
| Pre-departure Schemes | |
| Backpacker Agencies | |
| Unofficial Work | |
| Tax | p. 361 |
| The Job Hunt | p. 368 |
| Employment National | |
| Private Employment Agencies | |
| Advertisements | |
| Hostels and Notice Boards | |
| The Internet | |
| Rural Australia and the Outback | p. 373 |
| Conservation Volunteers | |
| Fruit Picking | p. 377 |
| The Grape Harvest | |
| The Apple Harvest | |
| Other Harvests | p. 382 |
| Queensland | |
| New South Wales | |
| Victoria | |
| South Australia | |
| Western Australia | |
| Industry | p. 389 |
| Mining | |
| Construction and Labouring | |
| Driving and Vehicles | |
| Tourism and Catering | p. 391 |
| Queensland | |
| Diving and Watersports | |
| Ski | |
| Resorts | |
| Cities | |
| Holiday Language Courses | |
| Special Events | |
| The Interior | |
| The Australian Pub | |
| Childcare | |
| Fishing & Boating | |
| Conclusion | p. 398 |
| New Zealand | p. 401 |
| Regulations | |
| Special Schemes | |
| Tax | p. 401 |
| Casual Work | p. 405 |
| Rural and Conservation Volunteering | |
| Fruit Picking | p. 407 |
| Bay of Plenty | |
| Hawke Bay | |
| Northland | |
| Nelson/Motueka/Blenheim | |
| Other Farm Work | |
| Tourism | p. 410 |
| Queenstown and the South Island | |
| Ski Resorts | |
| Fishing | |
| Business and Industry | p. 412 |
| Antarctica | p. 413 |
| United States of America | p. 414 |
| Visas | p. 415 |
| Arrival | |
| Visa Extensions | |
| Work & Travel Programmes | p. 419 |
| Internships | |
| Summer Camps | p. 421 |
| BUNAC | |
| Camp America | |
| Other Summer Camp Organisations | |
| Casual Work | p. 424 |
| Documents | |
| Hostels | |
| Driveaways | |
| The Job Hunt | p. 428 |
| Tourism and Catering | p. 430 |
| Seaside Resorts | |
| Boats | |
| Ski Resorts | |
| Theme Parks | |
| Other Popular Jobs | p. 435 |
| Selling | |
| Fishing and Hunting | |
| Soccer Coaching | |
| Manual Work | |
| Medical | |
| Childcare and Domestic Work | p. 440 |
| Agriculture | p. 443 |
| Florida Harvests | |
| The Apple Harvest of Maine | |
| Volunteering | p. 447 |
| Canada | p. 450 |
| Red Tape | p. 450 |
| Special Schemes | |
| Casual Work | p. 454 |
| The Job Hunt | p. 455 |
| Tourism | |
| Ski Resorts | |
| University Towns | |
| Tree-Planting | |
| Fruit Picking | p. 460 |
| British Columbia | |
| Ontario | |
| The Maritimes | |
| Other Farm Work | p. 464 |
| Tobacco | |
| Childcare | p. 465 |
| Volunteering | p. 466 |
| Latin America | p. 468 |
| Teaching | p. 468 |
| The Job Hunt | |
| Red Tape | |
| Mexico | |
| Bolivia | |
| Brazil | |
| Chile | |
| Ecuador | |
| Peru | |
| Venezuela | |
| Central America | |
| Volunteering | p. 477 |
| Conservation | |
| Other Opportunities | p. 481 |
| Tourism | |
| The Caribbean | p. 483 |
| Jobs Afloat | p. 484 |
| Cruise Ships | |
| Charter Yachts | |
| Jobs on Land | p. 485 |
| Africa | p. 487 |
| Teaching | p. 488 |
| Placement Organisations | |
| Egypt | |
| Ghana | |
| Kenya | |
| Morocco | |
| Tourism | p. 493 |
| Opportunities in South Africa | p. 495 |
| Red Tape | |
| Tourism | |
| Selling | |
| Farm Work | |
| Business and Industry | p. 498 |
| The Black Market | |
| Film Extras | |
| Volunteering | p. 500 |
| Sending Organisations | |
| Workcamps | |
| On-the-Ground Opportunities | |
| Grassroots Organisations | |
| Conservation and Wildlife | |
| Israel & the Palestinian-Governed Areas | p. 507 |
| Regulations | p. 507 |
| Kibbutzim and Moshavim | p. 508 |
| Arranging a Job in Advance | |
| Arranging a Job on the Spot | |
| Life on a Kibbutz | |
| Life on a Moshav | |
| Tourism | p. 514 |
| Eilat | |
| Tel Aviv | |
| Jerusalem | |
| Other Paid Work | p. 517 |
| Au Pairing | |
| Voluntary Opportunities | p. 519 |
| Palestinian Projects | |
| Jewish Projects | |
| Archaeology | |
| Asia | p. 521 |
| Teaching | p. 521 |
| Japan | |
| Taiwan | |
| Korea | |
| China | |
| Thailand | |
| Indonesia | |
| Indochina | |
| Hong Kong | p. 533 |
| Regulations | |
| Teaching | |
| Other Work | |
| Film Extras | |
| Casual Opportunities | |
| Entertainment | p. 536 |
| Hostessing | |
| Modelling | |
| Tourism | p. 538 |
| Volunteering | p. 539 |
| India & Bangladesh | |
| Sri Lanka | |
| Nepal | |
| Southeast Asia | |
| Far East | |
| The Middle East | p. 547 |
| Turkey | p. 549 |
| Teaching English | |
| Childcare | |
| Tourism | |
| Voluntary Opportunities | |
| In Extremis | p. 555 |
| Transferring Money | |
| Embassies and Consulates | |
| Legal Problems | |
| Dire Straits | p. 555 |
| Appendices | |
| Travellers' Itineraries | p. 562 |
| Some Useful Phrases | p. 566 |
| Currency Conversion Chart | p. 568 |
| Embassies/Consulates in London and Washington | p. 569 |
| Key Organisations | p. 573 |
| Charts | |
| Eligibility Requirements for Unemployment Benefit in the EU | p. 88 |
| Ski Resorts Worldwide | p. 109 |
| Grape Harvests--Australia | p. 380 |
| Fruit and Vegetable Harvests--Australia | p. 387 |
| Fruit and Vegetable Harvests--New Zealand | p. 407 |
| Fruit and Vegetable Harvests--USA | p. 445 |
| Fruit Harvests--British Columbia, Canada | p. 461 |
| Fruit and Vegetable Harvests--Ontario, Canada | p. 463 |
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