toshi 1,466 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Hi, I'm looking for information online about doing a working holiday and I'm just wondering if any of you on here have any information or have done one before. Ideally I'm looking to travel to USA - Los Angeles or New York. From Great Britain. I'd like to go for 1-2 months, its my first time so I don't want to go for too long so closer to 1 month would be better. I'm looking for a working holiday such as working as a life guard or working in a gym, or working as a receptionist maybe. Other than this I'd like to either work in the fashion industry like in a shop or something but I'm guessing that would be a lot harder but I'd be willing to do it as an intern, but otherwise I'd want a paid job whilst I was there. Also I'm no longer a student as I know some of them require you to be one, I've got a degree though. I've done some research online and I've found nothing just yet that I want to do, I'm prepared to spend money on this holiday but I need to make it back by working. I'm really nervous as I've never traveled on my own, but I feel I should do it because I'm getting nowhere trying to get friends to go away with me. Also I'm interested in performing arts so singing / dancing for me. I'd love to be able to go over and do something with that for a short time so anything anyone knows would be great. Also before any of you say, I've used google and I'm finding different things, I'm just looking for more options. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Teru 22,363 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I lived in NYC for 3 months in 2011 on a J1 visa just after I graduated from my BA, it was really fun but I had so much trouble trying to find a job and I was just looking for mediocre retail/admin stuff to help me get by so honestly you can't really be choosy unless you have it VERY planned out in advance (like, you have a job for sure secured before you travel, which could take a lot of time in itself) all I can say is if you go somewhere and don't want to be stuck doing something generic choose a less popular city I guess lol I'm also not sure how the US allocates working visas to UK citizens that aren't students (I'm an Irish citizen so I only know the stuff that applies to my country) so depending on how long it's been since you were a student I'm not sure if they'd give you a working visa just for a few months unless you're a recent (within a year) graduate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pineapple 7,592 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 All I could suggest is maybe looking into working on a cruise ship. You get to see different ports of call and depending which line you choose you can base out of the US. I can't tell you all of the logistics because I am neither from the USA or UK, but there are usually VISAs specific to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIM£ 2,060 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Oh em gee, I'm going to England this April till February for my gap year ^^^ Getting a cruise ship job is almost impossible without a lot of experience to back you up Do an American summer camp tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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