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Workamping, a contraction of "work camping" is a form of RV camping involving singles, couples or families who work part-time or full-time. The people who are Workamping can be called Workampers. The term "Workamper" was coined by and is a registered trademark of Workamper News.〔http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=74143892&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch〕 A Workamper combines part-time or full-time paid or volunteer work with RV camping. Workampers generally receive compensation in the form of a free campsite, usually with free utilities (electricity, water, and sewer hookups) and additional wages. Workamping positions can include working at campgrounds, RV resorts, mobile home communities, Christmas tree or pumpkin sales lots, amusement parks, motels/hotels, national parks, state parks, U.S. Army Corps of Engineer locations, national monuments, lighthouses, retail stores, food service, sales and more. Many Workamping positions are filled by couples who can share the labor, though having a partner is not a requirement. Workamping is particularly popular among retirees. But some workamper jobs are low-paid, hard work, and some workampers travel around the country because they can't find work any other way.〔(I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave: ) My brief, backbreaking, rage-inducing, low-paying, dildo-packing time inside the online-shipping machine. By Mac McClelland, Mother Jones, March/April 2012〕 While year round Workamping jobs do exist, the majority of Workamping positions are seasonal—from March/April/May to September/October in northern states or at high altitudes, and during the winter for southern climates, including Florida, Texas and the Southwest. ==Camp Hosts== Volunteer camp hosts generally trade their labor for a free campsite, without any additional compensation. Because of minimum wage restrictions set by the Fair Labor Standards Act, volunteer camp host positions are generally limited to government-run campgrounds. The National Park Service, National Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Corps of Engineers all use work-campers to staff many of their campgrounds. Work campers can also volunteer their time at charitable organizations like education facilities, children's homes/camps, animal shelters, etc. Volunteer camp hosts who work at campgrounds are typically expected to work 10 to 20 hours per week. Their responsibilities can vary by location, but typically these camp hosts collect fees from campers, help campers find available sites, answer questions, and watch for problems. Camp hosts often are given a well-marked and highly visible site near the front of a campground, so visitors can find them easily. Though camp hosts may only have to work a few hours total during the day, this work can be spread out in short increments from early in the morning to late at night. Camp hosts must be comfortable having strangers knocking at their door at odd hours. The average workamper would both be described as "people persons" who likes to meet and interact with others. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Workamping」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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