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Pod Volunteer Reviews

4.7 Rating 430 Reviews

96 %

of reviewers recommend Pod Volunteer

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4.7

Based on 430 reviews


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About Pod Volunteer:

Pod Volunteer is an award winning non-profit organisation arranging ethical, inspiring and supported volunteering opportunities around the world since 2001

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5, Noverton Lane, Cheltenham
Prestbury
GL52 5BA

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“Our Project Manager Janice was helpful and friendly and spoke good english, she allowed us to be independent with her support as and when needed.”

Posted 7 years ago

“Pod is very friendly and helpful. You can ask anything you want and you will have a quick answer.”

Posted 7 years ago

“They were very organized, provided detailed information about the placement and kept in regular contact. I especially appreciated being able to phone them.”

Posted 7 years ago

“I ended up doing an amazing volunteer placement and everything ran smoothly.”

Posted 7 years ago

“It was easy to get in contact with people and i felt very supported throughout. As soon as I had a question it was answered.”

Posted 7 years ago

“The pod staff were always very friendly and happy to help with any questions I had.”

Posted 7 years ago

“Prompt response to the emails. Good communication. Helpful staff. Should make clearer that taxi fee from airport to the Centre is not included on the price. For what I paid for the placement I felt it should have been included. Overall good experience although a bit disappointed when I found out it was cheaper booking it straight through WFFT.”

Posted 7 years ago

“Pod volunteer were fantastic, they supported me throughout no matter how many phone calls I made and emails that I sent! I would recommend this experience to everyone, you have no idea of the things that you will see, the memories that you will make and what you would be missing out on. Yes its scary, believe me prior to flying there I was terrified, this was the first trip that I made independently, but going through this company allowed me to have support with the whole process and to feel that what was waiting out there for me was completely safe. I am already planing my next pod volunteer adventure!!”

Posted 7 years ago

“The experience was amazing and so well organised by Pod Volunteer. My only issue is that the experience was a lot more expensive than just going directly through the organisation.”

Posted 7 years ago

“Overall, I had a wonderful trip and experience! The food was great, I learned so much more about the Amazon than I expected and the staff was excellent. I felt mostly prepared for the trip, but feel like Pod could have done more to distinguish themselves from amongst other volunteer programs. Other volunteers that I worked with knew how many other people were in our volunteer group, who was picking them up from the airport, and had a list of items sold at the store within the Manu Learning Center and had the prices for the items listed as well prior to their departures. However, I felt secure planning this trip through Pod and would be willing to partake in another program with Pod in the future.”

Posted 7 years ago

“PoD was very supportive throughout the whole volunteering process (before, during and after). They answered all questions I had, and fully prepared me for my volunteering experience”

Posted 7 years ago

“Very fun!”

Posted 7 years ago

“I participated in the Thailand Marine Conservation Volunteering program. Learning to dive was a fun and rewarding experience, as was gaining insight and some practical experience in conservation practices such as crown of thorns collection, reef surveys and coral restoration. I felt it probably would have been a much better investment for longer periods. I'd recommend a minimum three weeks; you spend one week learning to dive (or I did anyway), and go from there. Two weeks definitely wasn't enough for the full experience; I'd learn a skill on one dive then never get to use it again (and who ever does things right the first time :P). The staff were knowledgeable and always happy to answer questions, sometimes in the space of time it took me to get a tan. Accommodation has a nice view, shower and soap, but I'd STRONGLY suggest bringing your own mosquito net, as I didn't have one, and you really need to leave the glass doors open to let in the cool air at night. Bloody hot! Beautiful area and sights, good experience. Watch out for the fruit loops that think we came from Mars.”

Posted 7 years ago

“Met lovely, like minded people on a fantastic trip to south Africa, couldn't of asked for more”

Posted 7 years ago

“This was my first time ever doing any type of volunteer work or traveling over seas! What an epic adventure this was to go experience South Africa and the elephants at Knysna Elephant Park. From beginning to end this adventure was seamless and smooth as silk. It was such a rich atmosphere to be volunteering with people from all around the world with similar interests. This program was well organized, friendly and very comfortable. I was pleasantly surprised at the weather and how comfortable it was and glad I brought some warm clothes as well since I thought it would be unbearably hot, but it was not at all, just very comfortable with realatively NO humidity which I was so thankful for.”

Posted 8 years ago

“4eeeks at knysna park S.A Volunteering with Elephants at a Research park. And it was a truely amazing experience. I was a little nervous travelling by myself but with POD's organisation and communication helping every step of the way it made the whole experience very easy. I would recommend anyone considering voluntary work. stop thinking about it and do it. I feel pretty proud and honoured to of participated in such worthy research I also got to meet some very nice people and see some of this beautiful country.”

Posted 8 years ago

“POD was an excellent organisation that helped me volunteer in South Africa. I chose POD because they pair up people with ethical and very worthwhile opportunities unlike many or most volunteer websites.”

Posted 8 years ago

“Good company although some information didn't quite match what actually happened at the site but it was still a good trip.”

Posted 8 years ago

“Pod Volunteer enabled me to experience a once in a lifetime opportunity. I went to work with cheetahs at The Dell Cheetah Centre in August 2015 for two weeks and my only complaint was that it wasn't for longer. The information Pod provides you beforehand is excellent and the organisation it set me up with was simply amazing. Thank you Pod.”

Posted 8 years ago

“Super helpful with lots of information about the projects. Fast response to emails”

Posted 8 years ago

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Pod Volunteer is rated 4.7 based on 430 reviews