Hey guys, this post I will wrote about my working life in USA. Hope if you plan go for Work and Travel in USA, you can have a picture of how will be the 3.5 months life there.
Let's start for your frequent Q&A
How my employers ?
The fews reason I choose RR as my first employer:
1. They provided free accommodation: Yes, you not seeing wrong. Nothing need to be pay for our 3.5 months stay when working at RR, still the dormitory housing is super nice with all the facilities needed.
2. They provided daily breakfast cover for free : At first they mentioned in JD is cover one meals breakfast, but lastly they even cover our dinner sometimes.
3. Free Laundry Service: JD wrote need to charge around 5 USD per service but lastly no, we pay nothing.
4. The wages 10 USD / hours : This basic was consider very nice compared with other employer there especially when with free accommodation.
5. Second Jobs Opportunities: There are variety second jobs opportunity offer in Big Sky Town Area with free public transport - Bus.
But still have the Cons, RR did not cover any Ski-pass for employees. 🎿 If we hope to go for ski or snowboarding, we need bear the cost our own. While most of the employer at that area is actually cover their employees for this. So if you wish to go for ski experience, you might consider go for other employer.
How To Find Second Job?
Overall Living Expense in USA?
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Any Culture events/ trips that I joined/go for when working life at RR ?
Even our employer RR is no cover for ski-pass, but those culture events they still will organise for us as well, some cover by them while some cover by our own.
1. Yellowstone National Park Tours
- Old Faithful, the star of Yellowstone and the best-known geyser in the world. You can almost set your watch by the eruptions that occur about every 90 minutes—you won’t want to miss it.
- Lower Geyser Basin, home to geysers, hot springs and mud pools—including the often-photographed Fountain Paint Pots.
- Firehole Canyon, cut through 800-foot lava flows. In the summer, park visitors are drawn to the waterfall and swimming hole, but in winter it’s a quiet, beautiful place to explore.
- Price: 194.35 US$, Fee include tours & transport pick up at RR, exclude lunch. (Reservation Required)
2. Yellowstone Dog Sled Adventures 
- 2.5 hour dog-sledding trip, on private groomed trail network, in a beautiful and remote region located between Big Sky Resort and West Yellowstone, Montana.
- They provide a comfortable base-camp, of a heated canvas wall-tent, a roaring camp-fire and hot drinks and snacks for your enjoyment before, mid-way, and after your dog-sledding experience.
- Guests get the opportunity to learn to drive their own dog sled team, and/ or ride with a guide.
- PRICE : 235 US$ per adult / 150 US$ per child 12 & under (Reservations Required)
3. Lone Mountain Ranch Sleigh Ride Dinner
- Guests load up in a horse drawn sleigh and are taken on an enjoyable ride to an oil-lantern-lit cabin for a family-style prime rib dinner. It will be a dinner experience that you will never forget.
- Available December to March yearly.
- The menu includes sea salt dinner rolls, potato leek soup, and a full prime rib dinner with all the trimmings. Dessert (often huckleberry cobbler) is included, and beer and wine are available for purchase.
- Singer with nice music, good ambience.
- Price: Around 120 US$. (Reservation Required)
4. Gallatin Riverhouse Restaurant
- Prepared in the authentic Texas Hill Country style, their barbecue is dry rubbed with own house-made blend of seasonings and spices. It’s then slow smoked at a low temperature for 12 to 18 hours over hand-cut mesquite wood. Paired with homemade sides, like beans, corn, coleslaw and cornbread, it’s the perfect comfort food.
- You’ll find appetizers, burgers, BBQ sandwiches and massive BBQ entrees here. Their ribs are said to be the best outside of Texas.
- The Gallatin Riverhouse Grill sits right on the river, you won’t be able to get enough of the views.
- You can hear live local country music while you eat your dinner on Thursdays and Saturdays.
- The Gallatin Riverhouse Grill is open daily at 3PM.
- Price: Average 10 to 40 US$.
5. Christmas Party RR and BIG SKY CHRISTMAS STROLL
6. Winter Hotspring experience in RR
How Much I Had Earn ?
I earn more than I expected due to I work for 3 jobs, people will feel harsh after listening. But in facts, I am enjoying the working life there, not tired due to mindset problem I think. 😆 Before departure I just aim 8k USD, but final income is literally shocked me. Don't learn me, haha. I will work hard like this due to I plan go to Canada & Amsterdam after end my USA trips. At the same times I also hope cover back program fee I paid before departure, so excited at last I made it!! 👏
It's depend on what is your purpose of going there. My purpose last time of going there is plan to experience USA culture and working life, travel around USA in lowest budget. While some of my friend is more to "Once get earning, on the spot spent & enjoy". So when travelling they plan just travel 1-3 weeks rather than 1 months. It's depend on personal :)
So if you just plan travel 1-3 weeks, 8k USD is much enough to cover your whole trips and maybe you still able to bring back the money cover your program fee.
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