Lodges in Yellowstone

Company Description:

Spend your summer in the world’s first National Park! If you like nature, hiking, camping, and enjoying the outdoors, Yellowstone might be the perfect summer experience for you! You will live and work in one of the 6 remote villages within Yellowstone National Park with other Work and Travel students and employees from the United States. All villages have their own Employee Dining Rooms and recreational activities.

Retail Sales workers

Retail Sales workers sell a wide range of merchandise including books, games, clothing, pottery, and multiple souvenirs.
Duties include:
+ Providing excellent, courteous guest service in greeting and assisting customers
+ Working at the cash register
+ Must have knowledge of American currency and be able to count correct change back to the guest, as well as following credit card procedures
+ Assisting guests with their purchases including suggesting items for purchase (up-sell)
+ Maintaining store displays – keeping them well stocked, neat, and clean
+ Maintaining a safe work area by keeping the sale floors clean; including sweeping, vacuuming, dusting, mopping, and trash removal.
+ Assist the Gift Shop Manager with inventory and merchandise displays
+ Communicate any guest problems or concerns and alert managers of theft
+ Give accurate, helpful information to guests

Server Assistants

Server Assistants are required to perform various duties:
+ Provide excellent guest service in our restaurants
+ Serve and refill drinks for guests, setting and clearing tables. Meeting the service, sanitation, safety and environmental company standards
+ Carry dirty dishes from the dining room to the kitchen dish drop, scrape plates, empty glasses, and assist with washing if needed
+ Empty garbage, including separating compostable and non-compostable items in the bins provided
+ Maintain service areas in a clean, organized, and well stocked manner
+ Assist Servers upon request
+ Knowledge of menu items for guest questions
+ Maintain appearance and uniform standards
+ Be a positive team worker
+ Declare 100% of cash tips you receive

Hospitality Crew

As a part of the Hospitality Crew, you will be placed in a kitchen or housekeeping job. Your job assignment is decided during check-in at Yellowstone and is based on which department is in need of more employees at that time. Both positions are difficult and can be tiring; expect to be working and on your feet for the duration of your shifts.

Working in the kitchen can include dishwashing, preparing food, cleaning the kitchen, and serving food in the employee or guest cafeterias. If you’re assigned a kitchen crew position, you will then get a more specified role from your direct manager since there are many different duties within the kitchen. If you are going to work as a HOUSEKEEPER, you will clean guest rooms and/or public areas.

Retail Sales workers – 14,25 USD
Server Assistants – 8 USD + TIPS
Hospitality Crew – 14,25 USD

Estimated average number of hours per week: 34

Meal Plan: Mandatory
Estimated Cost Per Day: $15

There is a mandatory deduction for the park medical clinics. The cost in 2022 was about $1.11 per day (could change for 2023). All seasonal employees must pay this, even if they have insurance. It allows for reduced rates at all park clinics.

Employer Guarantees employer – owned or employer – arranged housing to all hired participants. Required to stay.

Dorms house 2 to 3 employees per room with a community bathroom down the hall. Quiet hours in all employee housing are from 10:00p.m. to 7:00 a.m., but there are some dorms which are fulltime quiet dorms. All employees must be respectful of other residents regardless of what time of day it is, and continued or excessive dorm issues can result in documentation up to and including terminationfrom your job. Please expect to share a room with other Yellowstone employees, you may not get to room with your friends if there isn’t a room available to accommodate you when you arrive. There is a manager on site with Residence Coordinators at each dormitory and security officers available 24 hours. Amenities include: laundry facilities, uniforms, utilities, blankets, and sheets. Please bring your own towel and pillow. Room & board costs are based on HOURS WORKED, not per day. At 56+ hours over two weeks, you will pay the full amount for a 2 week pay period – about $220.00 plus taxes (about $110/week). Less than 56 hours for two weeks, you are prorated on housing & food costs.

YOU CANNOT CHECK-IN TO HOUSING BEFORE YOUR DS 2019 START DATE!

**This price is from the 2022 season and could change for 2023**

Yellowstone National Park features over 1,000 miles of hiking trails, mountains, rivers, and streams, wildlife, and geological features including geysers, hot springs, and more. Our jobs are similar to many other places in the U.S., but this is a very special place located in the middle of the wilderness.

You will live and work in one of the 6 remote villages within Yellowstone National Park with other Work and Travel students and employees from the United States. All villages have their own Employee Dining Rooms and recreational activities.

Suggested Arrival Airport:
Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport, BZN, Over 50 miles

Estimated cost of transportation to worksite from suggested airports: More than $200

We will pick you up at a specific hotel location. You MUST be prepared to arrive in Bozeman the day before your start date, spend the night at a hotel, and be prepared for pick up the next day, on your start date.

Yellowstone National Park features over 1,000 miles of hiking trails, mountains, rivers, and streams, wildlife, and geological features including geysers, hot springs, and more.