Re: Question from Argentina I think it depends mainly on 2 things: 1) What type of position you are working. A lot of people are saying that if you work anything other than Food and Beverage, you probably won't be making that much. Also, it depends whether you are on the Cultural Representatvie Program because if you are, you will not be allowed to work overtime in other areas since you can only work in your pavillion. 2) Your spending habits. Even if you say you just want to spend enough for living, it may be pretty hard. You're gonna want to have fun while you're there so I would budget in a decent amount for that. Also, stupid question, but are you thinking $1000 USD or in Argentinian currency? I would say that it is possible, but I don't know by experience. Good luck with it!
Re: Question from Argentina Ya, I think you should be fine. At $6.40/ hour, saying you work an average of 40 hours per week and minus housing expenses, you'd make around $700 a month. So in 3 months you'd make $2100, minus taxes... maybe between $1900-$2000. So you would have $1000 saved and about $900 to spend on food and fun! Now if you are in food and beverage, and that's full food and bev. and not quick service, then you'll probably get tips in which you'll make a lot more! Anyone else who actually has done it? I'm going next month so I don't know any of this for sure, but I could definitely tell you afterwards!
Re: Question from Argentina Hmmm... :-\ Well to be honest I think you'll really struggle to make any money. :-\ Matt, you're absolutely right. If you are a server (which doesn't generally doesn't happen in 3 month long pograms) you can make alot of money and hence saving would be much easier. But... in any other position the only way to make decent money is to work looooong hours with plenty of over-time (50, 60, 70+ hrs). However, working those hours may well mean you'll have money but it will also mean you have no time. And that's when you'll have to weigh it up. :-\ Would it be worth it? The first few months of my year long contract involved consistantly long hours (60+) and I did manage to save a lot of money (no time to go anywhere to spend it! ;D) but had the rest of my year involved the same kind of hours, I'd not have been able to do most of the things that I did. :-\ But would that have made me regret going at all? Not a chance. Working normal hours (30 - 40) you will be able to be comfortable. But I'm not sure how much you'll be able to save. JMHO. :-\ Ona x P.S. Just curious, I take it the $2000 for visa/flights/insurance etc.?
Re: Question from Argentina No worries, I was just curious about the $2000 as from the UK I'm thinking it works out less than that. :-\ Ona x
Re: Question from Argentina Is there possibly a Visa Reciprocity Fee? In the Uk we lucky we don't have one. Its if the government of the country you coming from Issues US Cititzens a charge for issuing a visa to their country, then they will in turn charge citizens of that country a fee to issue the visue.. That could bump up the cost?
