Group Leader Review

Experience of a lifetime.

They put a lot of faith in you. You're all in the same boat, majority of you have never been away from home for this long (3months) so having each other as a support network is very beneficial. Your leaders at camp, understand the huge task at hand, being responsible for kids is not an easy job and they make it known when you have done a good job.

You are helped every minute of every day.

The job is basically 7am-10pm every day, with a day off a week. You are kept pretty busy.

Entrusted with kids lives is a massive responsibility

Maybe not so much assist me in my degree, however my confidence levels have increased massively, the ability to talk in front of a large audience and take the lead has certainly improved.

You are never in an office! Everyone is buoyant and lively. Come rain or shine, you will always see someone with a smile on their face. Everyone is put in an environment where they can make mistakes and learn from them.

Extremely well. Wild Packs sets up everything for your placement and are with you every step of the way. From weekly phone calls, to facebook messages, the guys at wild packs are amazing. If you ever run into any trouble when you are out in America, you can call the office and they will deal with it instantly.

You go through a whole 7 days of training before the kids arrive, depending on your position, it may even be two weeks. A lot of time is invested in you. It's also about the time of day you're given by your employers while at camp. Your division leaders will always have an ear for you and an eye on you, willing to help whenever.

Trying to get a permanent visa in America is extremely difficult. Future full-time employment is very very difficult and most of the time just not feasible. However, if you perform at the camp, you are more than likely to be offered a job the following summer and many returners go back year on year!

Excellent social scene. It's a social experience! Every day you are interacting with your friends and colleagues. The majority of people there are either young teachers, students or travellers. The range of people is massive. You get social time every night and usually a day off each week.

It's free. Absolutely free. Housing is free along with your meals every day. You will not have to pay a penny when your out there if need be. Obviously since the dollar has decreased against the pound, buying stuff out there is not as cheap as it used to be but on the whole evrything is around 15 percent cheaper than the UK.

Local bar and ice cream place within 10 min walk. Within 20 minutes of the camp there was a very popular tourist town, 4/5 nightclubs and plenty of restaurants and bars. Usually camp ran a bus every night so you could go and check out the nightlife outside of camp for a few hours. Camps are usually only a few hours drive away from a big city, we were 4 hours from NYC and only 3 hours south of Montreal, canada.

Outside every day! As you are in the camp environment, you spend the majority of your time outside during the day and evenings. The weather is great most of the time and if the odd storm does come around, camps tend to have indoor facilities and cabins that you can go into and still participate in games and activities. The oudoor experience is excellent and having the weather enables you to experience nature at its finest in the woods.