also called seasonal job · harvest work · ski season work · summer season work
Paid temporary employment tied to a busy season such as tourism, agriculture, or winter sports.
Paid temporary work tied to a busy season: tourism in summer, harvests, winter resorts. It can fund travel, and housing is sometimes thrown in, but the hours are hard and the contract ends when the season does. It differs from a work-exchange, where you trade a few hours of help for food and a bed rather than a wage; seasonal work actually pays money.
Someone funds a stretch of travel by taking a job at a ski resort for the winter, with a bunk included. The pay and the free bed cover the season, but the moment the snow clears the contract ends, and they need the next plan lined up before the money and the room disappear together.
A cash path to fund travel with housing sometimes included, but hours are hard and contracts are short.
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