Backpackers planning to fund their globe-trotting by fruit-picking have the option of buying
gap year travel insurance before they leave home.
Shelter Offshore reports that backpackers could fund their entire trip with the proceeds from regular fruit-picking work, as the differing global seasons mean there is always a crop somewhere in the world that needs attention.
With the Australasian summer running from around November through to February or March, backpackers could find work as strawberry pickers, with accommodation, trekking and even bike hire available in exchange for labour from places like Koogie Downs on the Sunshine Coast.
The middle of the year could be spent picking vegetables in Canada, while the autumn months bear the grape harvest in France.
Many people buy
backpacker travel insurance and aim to secure short-term work once or twice while overseas, but with planning fruit-picking can be a viable source of income.
The Dominion Post recently reported that businesses in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, are concerned the global downturn will reduce the number of seasonal workers available this year.
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