Everyone should work in hospo at least once in their lives — the skills, patience and pals you collect over the course of your career will be a life highlight, and forgive me for being so bold by saying it might just make it onto your end of life slideshow. However, not all hospo jobs are the same. For the best of both worlds (and speaking from experience), the best form of this type of work falls in the tourism sector.
Customers tend to be on better behaviour as they’re also travelling and seeing the sights, your coworkers are a bit chirpier because they’re also kinda getting an experience while they work, and the variety of your shifts is a far cry to tippy-typing away at a keyboard, being watched by the eyes of a dangling kitty on a motivational poster. Variety and environment aside, lifelong mates are all but guaranteed in the tourism sector. Come, let me show you anecdotal and, therefore, bulletproof evidence of what to expect.
Mates you never would’ve met in school Staying in the same friendship circles since your teen years is cool and all, but is it? Is it really? How are you supposed to expand your worldview if you’re stuck in an echo chamber consisting of the same people from the same neighbourhood with near-identical life experiences? Say, for example, you snag a job on an island resort. The chances of working alongside a group of people who all think alike is insanely low, so you’ll be able to rub shoulders with people from all walks of life. Best-case.
