Wildwood: Reiseführer, Preise und kostenlose Unterkunft · 2026

TITatiana Ivanovatanyaivans · 10.12.2019Lesen

I also want to talk about the house where I lived. A house with the most homey atmosphere, where the kindest and most fun guys lived, who gave me the most unforgettable summer and never let me get bored. Guys who will remain my friends for life. And where there was the kindest Landlord, who always helped in difficult moments and gave wonderful advice. This house is located in Wildwood, New Jersey. I won't write the address, but if you end up in this city and start looking for housing, I'm sure this house will be the first one you find! I also want to advise you to look for housing in advance; it's better to start at the end of winter or the beginning of spring, as housing in resort towns is snapped up quickly. One of my friends had to look for housing on the spot, and it's terrible because you'll be exhausted after the trip and will want to rest as soon as possible, and most importantly, she was lucky that she found it at all. So I advise you to take care of this early! Now about prices: the average price for housing is 100 dollars a week, so look for good conditions at an affordable price, don't overpay. Another case: my colleague rented housing for more than 100 dollars (I don't remember the exact price), but the conditions were terrible, so don't agree to the first offer you come across. Also, a point about your rights and responsibilities: don't forget to treat everyone in the house with respect, follow its rules, and most importantly, clean up after yourself! If you don't follow the rules, you can be evicted; that happened in our house too. Our house was often dirty, but our landlord Harry was very patient. Thank him so much! He also gave us bicycles for free because it was very far to work. We had our own refrigerators in the room. And in general, a tip on choosing a city: choose tourist cities, as there are many options and jobs in the summer, good tips, and many other students you can make friends with and go on trips together! I want to note that almost all the students in the house where I lived were Russian; this didn't give me the opportunity to practice the language, but it created an incredibly warm and family-like atmosphere. So the choice is yours! But know that so far from home, where you will be for a long time and get terribly tired at work, the main thing you will need is support!

VBValeryia Brazdetskayalera.brozdetskaya · 09.12.2019Lesen

We arrived quite late, and it was already dark outside. It's hard to find good accommodation for a reasonable price during peak season here, so we took care of it in advance. We took a taxi from the bus station, not knowing at the time that we were living on the next street over😅 We managed to find the house somehow, as it was very dark and we had only seen it once in a photo. After a short chat with the landlady and our new neighbors, we checked in successfully. We pay $100 per week per person for the accommodation. We have a room for two, a shared bathroom, a living room, a kitchen, and a balcony with a gorgeous view (my favorite place in the house). We live with guys who moved to the USA many years ago; they live in Philadelphia (a couple of hours' drive from our city) and come to Wildwood for seasonal work. Recently, our Russian-speaking friends moved in with us. In the end, we've become a big international family🤙🏼 By the way, the house's location is very convenient. The beach is ten minutes away, and our restaurant is about fifteen minutes away (but more on that later). What can I say about our town? A typical American tourist town located on the Atlantic Ocean coast. Wildwood is famous, first and foremost, for its huge beach with pristine white sand. The total length of the beach is 2.9 kilometers. Mostly, Americans from nearby states and Canadians vacation here. The most popular and noisy place in the city is the Boardwalk. It's an entire street (the local promenade) that is packed with various cafes, restaurants, souvenir shops, arcade games, etc. There are also three small amusement parks on it. Personally, I only managed to ride one roller coaster; the rest are still in the plans, and I had enough adrenaline (it seems I've become too timid lately🙊). Personally, my great love is the huge sandy beach and the pristine ocean. On the beach, I always feel like I'm in some American movie: waves, seagulls, handsome surfers 🏄‍♂️, and a bunch of Americans in swim trunks with the American flag😄 Every day you can see dolphins here, as they are practically not afraid of people, lots of crabs, and a couple of days ago I almost stepped on a stingray😟

VBValeryia Brazdetskayalera.brozdetskaya · 09.12.2019Lesen

To start, I want to tell you a little backstory... The idea💡 for this trip came to me back in my freshman year, but after consulting with my parents, I decided to go during my sophomore year. I went through the well-known Work and Travel🚘 program. Through this program, you can go not only to America but also to the UK, Germany, and even China. However, America remains the most popular destination. In the fall of 2018, I submitted my documents for the program. Only two challenges lay ahead: finding an employer in America and obtaining a visa. I bought the program with an independent job search. At the time, I thought finding a job in America would be a breeze, oh how wrong I was😅 I sent out about 200 messages to employers all over America, and only two replied. That’s when I started to panic, as it was already February, and in March I had to submit my job offer for verification (they check job invitations to ensure they aren't fake). In the end, my friend and I had to buy a job offer, but I didn't regret it at all, as we met some great people who not only sold us the job offers but also explained in great detail about our future work, the city, and how to get there. I bought my job offer at the standard price - $250💸 After that, the most nerve-wracking task remained: the interview at the US Embassy 🇺🇸. I think many of you have heard that getting a visa isn't that easy, especially in Belarus. But, fortunately, everything went smoothly for me🍀 The big day fell on May 31st. I was one of the few who were granted a visa that day. I was terribly nervous, but my consul turned out to be an incredibly sweet woman; we had a wonderful chat about my family, my studies, and my future life plans. After a short conversation, they took my fingerprints, and I heard the cherished words: Your visa is approved, I wish you a good summer🌊 My happiness knew no bounds! A couple of days later, I bought my plane tickets for the Minsk - Moscow - New York route✈️ We flew with Aeroflot. Even though I'm afraid of flying, the flight (or rather, the two of them) went very calmly. On June 24th, we landed in New York🐵🙉🙊 Unfortunately, we didn't get to walk around NY that day because we urgently needed to head to our city, Wildwood, NJ. We took a taxi from the airport to the bus station, caught a bus to Atlantic City, transferred to another bus, and by evening we were there... To be continued in the next article 👣

KBKatsiaryna Bohushms.drop55 · 29.11.2015Lesen

Upon arriving in the USA, we immediately headed to our small town of Wildwood, located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern New Jersey, where we had a job offer at a pizzeria. The town immediately surprised us with its cleanliness and beauty. Everything was just like in the movies, just like in pictures and in our imagination. People smiled, waved at us in a friendly way, and asked how we were doing—in general, they showed all those displays of friendliness that, unfortunately, we so often lack in our home country. After settling into our accommodation, the first thing we did was run to the ocean. It was unimaginable: after 10 years, I was wetting my feet in the Atlantic Ocean again and felt absolutely happy! I will never forget the inspired eyes of my friend, who was having her first encounter with the ocean. At the pizzeria, we were welcomed very well and in a friendly manner, as the managers of this restaurant already had experience working with international students from different countries and tried to help us with all our difficulties. Working was not easy, but at the same time, it was a lot of fun. I had never encountered so many international guys before, so I eagerly asked them about life in their countries, their culture, traditions, and why they, just like me, decided to spend this summer in the States. After all, reading about it in books and watching it on TV shows is one thing, but hearing it firsthand is something else entirely. I met a huge number of students from Kazakhstan, Turkey, the Czech Republic, Jamaica, Russia, Ukraine, Ireland, Poland, America, Azerbaijan, and many other countries. I clearly remember a conversation with an American student during a rare break at work, when he said with surprise and joy in his eyes how cool it was to communicate with a person from another continent, seemingly from another world, and to understand each other, to realize how similar we are in our aspirations and hobbies. Our very first trip to a large American city was a trip to Atlantic City with its chic casinos, boardwalk, sandy beach, tall buildings, and an immense number of brand-name stores, which personally, as a girl, made my head spin. Since Atlantic City was the closest city to us, we often went there with friends on our days off from work.

KBKatsiaryna Bohushms.drop55 · 29.11.2015Lesen

The next stop was Philadelphia. It was an amazing trip full of impressions and emotions. Museums, fountains, architecture, a huge number of universities, cute designer spots, cafes, diners, street art, surreal monuments that were hard to fully grasp, skyscrapers, and amazingly dressed passersby – all of this was absolutely thrilling! People seemed so free and open! Some were doing yoga in the park on their mats, some were just sunbathing, some were reading books, and some were feeding squirrels that, surprisingly, acted like they were tame – in that moment, I felt like a part of real American life. In the USA, I managed to celebrate my American coming-of-age – turning 21. It was incredibly fun, surrounded by all my new friends from different countries, including Americans. I can confidently say that it was my most unforgettable and unusual birthday! On days off from work, we would gather in the backyard, have a barbecue, roast American marshmallows over the fire, and share stories from our lives. The variety of goods in American supermarkets never ceased to amaze: the shelves were simply bursting with 'products for the lazy.' You could find everything and even a little bit more. Although I wasn't impressed by American food at all—in fact, I was a bit disappointed because it's very unhealthy and packed with chemicals—it was still easy to find some tasty treats in the stores. It was very surprising that fast food in America isn't actually that tasty, despite the fact that America is the birthplace of fast food worldwide. I remember Wildwood with special warmth and tenderness, as I spent most of my American trip there and got very used to Wawa – a chain of convenience stores where we would run for delicious self-made coffee, sandwiches, and chats with friendly American staff, to those cute streets and houses, to such a calm and measured life in a small town, to Dunkin’ Donuts with their tempting donuts. Oh, how I miss it! On the boardwalk, there was always something incredible happening. A huge number of locals, J-1 students, and just Americans who came to relax. You could play various games, feel like a gangster by dressing up in a costume, or test your luck with slot machines, ride roller coasters, spend a whole day at a water park, eat freshly made chocolate prepared right in front of you, impressive caramel apples, get a piercing or a tattoo, buy a T-shirt or a phone case with your photo in a couple of minutes, try the best pizza in town, or just take a walk, breathing in the ocean air.

DKDziyana Kuzmitskayakuzmadin · 14.12.2022Lesen

Everyone strives to change their life for the better, to discover something new by stepping out of their comfort zone, thereby proving to themselves that everything is possible, even if fear is present. In my opinion, this is exactly what youth travel and student exchange programs teach. If you look at participating in these programs from all angles, you won't find any downsides at all. By participating, you gain colossal experience living abroad; you learn to live independently, take responsibility for yourself, answer for your actions, and, of course, the most pleasant part: you earn money that you then spend with pleasure. My participation in the program was a spontaneous decision. Although, as long as I can remember, I always wanted to go to America and travel around it. I decided on this adventure after I heard that a girl from my year (my friend) was going. That was when I made the decision to participate in Work and Travel USA. I didn't want to miss such a chance, as I was already in my 3rd year (the penultimate one) of university. At that moment, I thought that at least it wouldn't be scary if there were two of us. But, in the end, she refused to participate at the last moment, and I decided to continue alone. And I didn't regret it at all. Although I was very nervous and, to be honest, it was a bit scary to go alone. For me, participating in the program was simply luck; I was just lucky. After all, having analyzed everything that was happening then, I could have not even made it to the visa interview at the US Embassy. The date and time of the interview coincided with the date and time of my coursework defense before the commission. I still remember calling my academic supervisor and tearfully trying to explain the whole situation and asking to reschedule the defense. And I just got lucky at that moment: I defended my coursework over the phone! I'm still in shock from that. Recalling my interview, I can say that I was lucky there too, and I got the consul I wanted (there were two consuls in total: the first one had many refusals, the second one didn't use the word 'No' as often). I ended up with the second one. I remember that I was number 38, and there were 5 refusals in a row before me. I was very worried and prayed to get the second consul. And that's what happened. He turned out to be a very cheerful person, we joked a lot. The consul asked me where I study and where I see myself in the future. I replied that since I am studying international relations, I want to work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to which he said: 'I hope that good relations will be established between the USA and Belarus, and you will contribute to this.' We all laughed together then, and he said that my visa was approved. That's how it was. Getting closer to my trip, I can say that it wasn't smooth. It taught me a lot: independence, responsibility; it led me to the realization that I am alone in another country and can only rely on myself. And I realized one most important thing: never trust anyone and always verify information. This is a story about how I lost $300 and lived for a week in terrible conditions. It all started when my employer sent me a job offer and options for where I could rent housing. I wrote to many people, and a woman replied. I liked the interior, the layout of the house, that is, everything was in order, nothing foreshadowed trouble. I arrived in Wildwood late in the evening – around 10:00 PM. It was dark, I didn't have an American SIM card, I couldn't call or go online. Honestly, at that moment, I didn't know what to do. And suddenly, guys from Thailand approached me, and one girl said that she was leaving soon and didn't need her SIM card, and she gave it to me. I was in shock and pleasantly surprised. This once again shows and proves that the world is not without kind people. After that, I found this ill-fated house. Arriving there, I was in terrible shock and didn't understand if I had come to the right place.

DKDziyana Kuzmitskayakuzmadin · 14.12.2022Lesen

Every person strives to change their life for the better, to discover something new, stepping out of their comfort zone, thereby proving to oneself that everything is possible, even if fear is present. It is, in my opinion, what youth trips and student exchange programs teach. If you look at participation in these programs from every angle, you will find no drawbacks at all. By taking part in them, you gain a colossal experience of living abroad; you learn to live independently, to take responsibility for yourselves, to be accountable for your actions, deeds and, of course, the most pleasant thing, you earn money which you then happily spend. My participation in the program was a spontaneous decision. Although, as long as I can remember, I had always wanted to go to America and travel around it. I decided to take this gamble after I heard that one girl from my class (my friend) was going. That's when I decided to participate in work&travel USA. I didn't want to miss such a chance, since I was already in my 3rd year (the penultimate) of university. At that moment I thought that at least it wouldn't be scary to go together. But, in the end, she backed out at the last moment, and I decided to continue alone. And I didn't regret it at all. Although I was very nervous and, to be honest, it was scary to go alone. For me, participating in the program was simply luck; I was just lucky. After analyzing everything that happened back then, I might not even have made it to the visa interview at the US Embassy. The date and time of the interview coincided with the date and time of the defense of my course paper before the committee. I still remember calling my academic advisor and tearfully trying to explain the whole situation and asking to postpone the defense to another time. And I was simply lucky at that moment: I defended my course paper by phone! I am still shocked by that. Recalling my interview, I can say that I was lucky there too, and I got the consul I wanted (there were only two consuls: the first granted many refusals, the second did not say No so often). I got the second one. I remember that I was number 38, and there had been 5 refusals in a row before me. I was very anxious and prayed to get the second consul. And that is what happened. He turned out to be a very cheerful person; we joked a lot. The consul asked me where I study and what I see myself doing in the future. I then answered that, since I study international relations, I want to work at the foreign ministry, to which he said, "I hope that good relations will be established between the USA and Belarus, and that you will contribute to that." We all laughed together then, and he said that my visa was approved. Just like that. Moving closer to my trip, I can say that it was not smooth. It taught me a lot: independence, responsibility; it led me to realize that I am alone in another country and can only rely on myself. And I understood one, the most important thing: never trust anyone and always double-check information. This is the story of how I lost 300$ and lived for a week in horrible conditions. It all started when my employer sent me a job offer and options of where I could rent housing. I messaged many people and a woman replied. I liked the interior, the arrangement of the house, that is, everything seemed to be in order, nothing foreshadowed trouble. I arrived in Wildwood late in the evening – around 22:00. It was dark, I didn't have an American SIM card, I couldn't call or go online. To be honest, at that moment I didn't know what to do. And suddenly some guys from Thailand came up to me, and one girl said she was leaving soon and didn't need her SIM card and gave it to me. I was shocked and pleasantly surprised. This once again shows and proves that the world is not without kind people. After that I found that ill-fated house. Upon entering – I was horrified and didn't understand if I had come to the right place. There were 11 people on one floor, 4 smal