Oyster Worldwide Reviews 

Highly recommended! We had a brilliant experience with Oyster from our first initial contact to the end of our trip. My teenage son and I opted for the turtle conservation project in Costa Rica. It was a truly life-changing experience for both of us! The team at Oyster HQ and on the project were fantastic and everything was well organised and we felt safe throughout. We're looking forward to our next trip with Oyster as soon as possible!

A fantastic and varied volunteering experience that far exceeded my expectations. I cannot fault Oyster for their organisation and communications. I'm recommending them to everyone!

From the very start Oyster provided loads of information all of which was useful. Any e mails were answered quickly and there were phone calls to ensure all went smoothly. Even whilst away contact was maintained via e mail. The holiday/volunteering was fabulous with great accommodation and facilities and a fantastic experience for me. We had a really knowledgable group leader and there was a volunteer coordinator on site who really helped resolving any small issues. On return the support continued with post experience advice ad support. The company made me feel very safe and fully informed. Special thanks go to Ann and Laurie.

The Oyster team cover pretty much every angle; they are organized, supportive, friendly, well informed about the programs you get involved in and confident about where they are sending you. They are great with follow up and do honestly care that you have a good time and get as much out of your experience as possible. They were a great organization to work with, and I hope to have to opportunity to do so again in the future.

I booked a medical internship in Romania with Oyster, and they did an excellent job arranging everything from accommodation to volunteer work. I had everything on quite a tight schedule, but Anne was helpful and she helped streamline the process, answered my enquiries quickly and sent me regular reminders for the documents as well. The post-trip follow-up, which included recommendations in case you needed one, is also well done. Would highly recommend.

We found and booked a volunteering trip with oyster and they made the whole process very easy. There was support from beginning to end of our trip - and lots of well-received help when we had to postpone our original trip for one year.

When we had questions in the run up to the trip Georgie at oyster answered promptly and with lots of detail. We would highly recommended if you're planning that type of trip for the first time!

Contact with Oyster was efficient, they were helpful when needed. But the actual value for money was terrible. Spent just under £1000 on 'helping me settle' in Sydney, Australia. The actual value was less than £500. I thought I would 'have an instant social life on arrival by joining a group of like-minded young travellers', this wasn't true as Oyster outsourced to third party companies which meant that there was no guarantee to have an instant social scene. I did enjoy the surfing weekend and the blue mountain tour but still was not value for money, for the same price I could have got a surf camp for a week. The package also included a work n holiday basic package, with was pretty useless. The hostel Oyster booked me with was nice but nothing special. Overall, maybe I was a bit naive in what I thought the package was going to have but I feel that I was mislead in the value of the package and cannot stress enough to NOT BUY the Australia package. Everything they arranged are things you can do yourself for a cheaper price and better quality.

Oyster Worldwide is a wonderful company, who effortlessly work to make sure that your experience is everything you want it to be. All you need to do is be communicative, honest, and readily available, and they will work everything out for you. They are willing to answer any questions, solve any issues, and take any feedback, so do so!

The help pre departure was amazing. Anne would email me to remind me that I still had forms to fill out online. I was given every contact number I would need while I was out there and told what to do if anything happened to go wrong.

As a family we ration our flying for climate change reasons, so when we do fly we want to do some meaningful on our trip. After searching for volunteer opportunities, we were excited at the chance to help with the Turtle Trax conservation project in Costa Rica. Anne at Oyster was brilliant at answering all our questions beforehand - including full transparency on where our money would go (the bulk of it to the project and local people) - and the lovely local team were equally supportive while we were there. We had a fabulous time at the centre itself as well as volunteering to help tree planting at the local school and visiting other villages. And of course the location and wildlife were stunning, providing much enjoyment during our downtime. Special mention and big thanks to the local ladies who fed us sumptuously with simple but delicious freshly cooked food everyday.

Very good website and organisation informing you on the most updated Information in regards to the project of your choice, the location of the project and other important things. Lots of ways to keep in touch in case you have any troubles or need advice along the way. Would recommend

The staff at Oyster was very helpful with all my questions. I worked with several different people due to vacation schedules, but they didn't miss a beat! Someone always responded quickly to my emails and kept me informed the whole way through the process.

Oyster were absolutely amazing when i did my two month course in South Africa! Georgie helped me through the whole process and made sure i felt comfortable throughout the whole experience which i meant i was never that nervous and i was excited the whole time! Oyster made it a seamless trip for me and it was the best two months of my life! Big thanks to Oyster for allowing me this life changing experience! i will definitely be using them again!

OysterWorldwide provided me with the opportunity to go to Thailand for 2 weeks to work at an elephant sanctuary, and this was a truly incredible experience and something I'll never forget! This involved feeding and walking rescued elephants in a new country I'd never been too.

OysterWorldwide were incredibly helpful beforehand as they phone you to see if you have any questions, you can send them emails and they have lots of information. I wouldnt have found this experience without them.

I would highly recommend

I booked a volunteering trip to a Kwantu Game Reserve in South Africa through Oyster and they were brilliant every step of the way. My supervisor made sure that I had all the relevant documents and papers to enter the country and gave me advice on what to pack for the time of year I was going in. They made sure I was prepared for anything and I felt very confident to leave for my trip even though I was going to be on my own for a month.

Great service. On time responses. I booked my volunteering experience last minute and ANNE was still able to accommodate me! Thank you Oyster!

I booked a trip with oyster worldwide and I cannot fault the service I got. They were so helpful both before, during and after my trip, their response to queries was so quick. I would definitely use oyster again and encourage others to give them a try.

Oyster was very helpful and I would definitely recommend them for this type of travel. Anne was easy to communicate with and answered all of my questions. We had a great experience!

Everything went really well, starting with the transport from the airport and the Samesung Hostel, I really appreciate the help we got with the social security number and all the stuff with canadian offices. In short everything that could be arranged went well.

Had a great experience with Oyster, who were extremely helpful in me booking my trip and giving me all the information I asked for. Would recommend.