Work and Travel in Bas-Rhin

WORK IN BAS-RHIN ALL YEAR ROUND

Please edit this section to tell travellers what kinds of short term work is available in Bas-Rhin all year round. Mention skills that are in demand here more than other places. If you can get some work as a translator in Bas-Rhin but it is as hard as anywhere else, please don't list it. If it is a region in China that cannot get enough English translators.... I think you get the idea.

SEASONAL WORK IN BAS-RHIN

SPRING

What kinds of work are available in the spring time in Bas-Rhin. Remember to keep work that is all year round in the section above and not mention it again here.

SUMMER

The work that is needed by hosts in the summer in Bas-Rhin

AUTUMN

In Autumn, grapes become ripe and have to be harvested, which is still mostly a man power requiring job, as machine damage grapes.
Thus, since Elsass is quite well known to be a white wine region, there are many farms that hire workers during that period, usually over 15 to 30 days, betweenn September and October. As vines also require some work after the harvest, people are also hired during later periods. Some farms collect late grapes, usually before winter, so a working period can go from Sept to Dec.

WINTER

Skiing in Bas-Rhin - does it exist? Is there plenty of opportunities for people to get work in Bas-Rhin in the winter? What kind of skills are needed at this time of year? Please update this section and let fellow travellers know what you have learnt if you have worked in Bas-Rhin in the winter or if you are a host and live here and can share your knowledge.

ATTITUDE TO FOREIGNERS WORKING IN BAS-RHIN

What is the attitude here? Are we all rich idiot tourists and if so, why on earth would we want to do some work? Or are we seen as western supremacists and viewed with suspicion? Let us know your thoughts and update them here.