Pod Volunteer Reviews

Name: Pod Volunteer
Address: 5, Noverton Lane, Cheltenham, Prestbury
Rating: 4.79

4.8 Rating 580 Reviews

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4.8

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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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Pod Volunteer 5 star review on 4th October 2025

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“Volunteering with pod in Thailand over the summer was a life changing experience and one I will never forget. My first time travelling alone was made so easy thanks to pod staff and support from other volunteers, the trip has opened my eyes and I can’t wait to do it all again. I am so greatfull to Erin and Sarah for helping make the experience fun to the point where it didn’t even feel like work, I have truly fallen in love with Thailand and would highly recommend pod to anyone considering travelling/volunteering.”

Pod Volunteer 5 star review on 28th September 2017

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Posted 8 years ago

“The marine conservation project was amazing. great location, even better diving and lots of fun.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“I felt fully supported by the POD team, they were in constant contact before I went on my trip, and felt like friends more than an organisation, nothing was too much trouble and I felt fully supported”

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Posted 8 years ago

“As I had my birthday on the trip they bought me a cake and sang happy birthday at lunch. The whole group signed a notebook for me to write about my trip in. Seeing the elephants everyday was also a happy part for me as I knew I was helping them to become more healthy and more like their original self.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“My experience of POD Volunteer is one of consummate professionals. Information provided on the website and by POD Employees about POD and its projects is informative and, in situ, has proved highly accurate. All correspondence with POD has been prompt, helpful and enthusiastic. The projects I have been involved with - most recently English teaching in Madagascar, have been a privilege to have worked on.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“The Projects I participated in went above and beyond my initial expectation. I am so happy I chose to volunteer with Pod!”

Pod Volunteer 5 star review on 7th August 2017

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Posted 8 years ago

“The staff at pod volunteer were great from start to finish at helping me with everything I needed for my volunteer placement.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“They were very good at sorting out any issue. I would recommend pod volunteer to anyone”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Pod was an easy company to communicate with and provided you with all the essential information you needed to organise your trip successfully. The projects in Nepal (Pokhara) was amazing and proved to be a challenging but a perfect experience for my first time volunteering overseas! Volunteering with a non profit organisation like pod makes it more affordable and you can see that the projects you help out with are really making a difference!”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Pod helped me find this project doing diving in southern Belize, and then they were there to answer all my questions about the project and they gave a competitive price. The project with ReefCI was excellent so thanks to PoD for hooking me up with them!”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Even though you didn't have the space available, you found a way to Work with my schedule and also to put me with the ellies :) Communication was great with you guys. I am so happy I chose your agency! I ended up working 3 days with the ellies and 2 days with the wildlife. They really need help with the wildlife. I do have a suggestion: they need to offer tools to the volunteers to make our job more enjoyable, like some better gloves, the long rubber ones, (so we can wash them after each use) bc we do clean the animals feces and a lot of times there are vermes in the feces. Some people are doing the work with bear hands... yuck! The work is really hard and It's a 11 hour day with an hour lunch. A lot people felt overwhelmed with the rushed schedule. On my last day there I did promisse to send them a box with things they really need, like gloves, brushes (to scrub the pools) nuts for the animals, etc. and the person in charge told me that podvolunteer donated money that was used to better the place with new enclosures. That made my heart so happy! Thank you so much! I'll suggest your agency to anyone that wants to volunteer with the animals. Thank you so much again, Claudia Mello”

Pod Volunteer 5 star review on 4th July 2017

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Posted 8 years ago

“The team of Pod Volunteer were very cooperative and helpful for everything i needed, from the first moment! I didn't worry, i felt safe and i knew that if any problem arose during my program, they would help me immediately. That's very important! Thank you Ellie!”

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Posted 8 years ago

“POD were hugely supportive of me every step of the way. They helped me work out what I wanted to do during my volunteer experience and then they helped me arrange flights, a travel itinerary and arranged everything with my volunteer placement. They then stayed in constant contact to ensure that I was happy during the placement and followed up with me on my return for feedback. They were professional, friendly and reassuring throughout.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Pod was very well informed about each and every single project and could answer a lot of practical and organisational questions. Pod was very much engaged in adivising potential volunteers with respect to choosing the right project(s).”

Pod Volunteer 5 star review on 17th June 2017

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Posted 8 years ago

“Very friendly and easy to deal with!”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Pod Volunteer was simply amazing, everyone was so helpful. I have never felt less nervous and more excited to start an adventure and it is all because of Pod. They helped me every step of the way and even once I got there they were always an email away. My experience volunteering was amazing, I was treated like I've been there forever and made so many friends. I can't wait to go back. It was such a rewarding experience and I would recommend it for anyone.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“The were very responsive to my questions and helpful.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“POD makes me happy because I have confidence in them. The programs they represent are have been thoroughly vetted and volunteers can be confident they are going to a reputable program. Given PODS application process I am confident that my fellow volunteers have been thoroughly screened. I have confidence that all those involved with my volunteer stay, from drivers to guides to guest house hosts are professional. And I have confidence that were I to experience any difficulty POD has backup support within the community to come to my aid. All this gives me confidence in POD and makes me excited to volunteer through them.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Pod Volunteer are reliable, friendly and make everything easier for you :) Can't recommend them enough!”

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Posted 8 years ago

“I had a entirely positive experience volunteering with POD from start to finish. They were efficient and organised and always happy to help with any query no matter how big or small. I would definitely travel with POD again. Keep up the good work!”

Pod Volunteer 5 star review on 3rd May 2017

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Posted 8 years ago

Pod Volunteer is rated 4.8 based on 580 reviews