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J1 2011- Wildwood New Jersey??
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16-11-2010 10:46pm#1Hey, 4/5 girls in Limerick doing the J1 next year and considering going to Wildwood New Jersey,
heard its easy enough to get jobs and accommodation and meant to be a good laugh aswell! was on the morey's piers website,
it says they hire a few hundred j1ers every year which sounds promising! :rolleyes:
we've looked online at accommodation but its all vacation rentals which are really expensive!!
anyone been there before (or going there) got any info about the place? your accommodation/job etc etc !! any info would be helpful !!
thanks!! 0
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No we havent contacted them yet but prob will soon, I looked on their website yesterday and its says their season is over now so maybe the staff are off and thats why they haven't gotten back tya.. we'll prob do that in the next few weeks though..
We plan on seeing the place aswell like trips to NY and Philly so hopefully we can get a couple days off in a row to do that !
Have you heard of or seen any accommodation online or wherever?
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Really?? See I was on their website and it says they organise day trips away to Philly, Baltimore, NYC etc etc which sounds cool cause we really wanna see the place yano... I hear that jobs arent exactly scarce on the boardwalk either which is also an option? The fact that its not too hard to get a job is one of the major pull factors for us i think... I suppose we'll see!! Did your GF get decent accommodation? 0
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Hi guys,Im actually thinking of heading to wildwood.I looked into it a month or so ago ie work & accomodation.At the moment I think it's only 3 of us going,3 lads that is now.I can forward you on some info if you's like cause it seems like a pretty cool spot,sun,sea and booze & near enough to travel around the other spots 0
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sideofbacon wrote: »Hi guys,Im actually thinking of heading to wildwood.I looked into it a month or so ago ie work & accomodation.At the moment I think it's only 3 of us going,3 lads that is now.I can forward you on some info if you's like cause it seems like a pretty cool spot,sun,sea and booze & near enough to travel around the other spots
what can you tell me about wildwood sir.. im very interested in going!
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sideofbacon wrote: »I can tell you with a name like hairy nipples you certainly wont be pulling any cailini:cool: I'll PM you some info if your actually interested?many of you's going?Perhaps we could get a frat house?provided your not a weirdo or smell:pac:
Girls prefer me for my rugid handsomness rather than my name SideofBacon
i am very interested, is Wildwood near where they filmed any of the sopranos episodes by any chance? 
im the cleanest person out of all my friends, in fact i always have my bed made (its a bit of an obsession) and make sure the dishe washer is turned on. I would love some info on a frat house mr Sideofbacon..thank you 0 -
Hairy Nipples 87 wrote: »Girls prefer me for my rugid handsomness rather than my name SideofBacon i am very interested, is Wildwood near where they filmed any of the sopranos episodes by any chance? im the cleanest person out of all my friends, in fact i always have my bed made (its a bit of an obsession) and make sure the dishe washer is turned on. I would love some info on a frat house mr Sideofbacon..thank you
No problemo il PM you now with a document I have done out,hopefully if you read it,it might be of some help to you 0 -
sideofbacon wrote: »No problemo il PM you now with a document I have done out,hopefully if you read it,it might be of some help to you
my friend sent me info on wildwood but havent got to reading it yet, do you want me to send it on to you and the 3 lads your going with? 0 -
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Hairy Nipples 87 wrote: »my friend sent me info on wildwood but havent got to reading it yet, do you want me to send it on to you and the 3 lads your going with?
Hey! any chance you could send me that info too?? 0 -
Tracy_Elle wrote: »Hey! any chance you could send me that info too??
Hey Tracy Elle, i didnt actually save the information unfort but there wasnt much there, the links that are in the previous comment from oxygen.ie are helpful, it has experiences from former wildwood j1ers and that. If i get any more info i will pass it on..0 -
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Hairy Nipples 87 wrote: »Would there not be any frat houses in Wildwood Cson?
i spent a year living in new jersey in 2004 on a h2b visa (not in wildwood but in other areas of the jersey shore such as belmar and even as far west as trenton, which is closer to philly)
i suspect that cson laughed at the notion of frat houses in wildwood due to the fact that the jersey shore has never been known for its universities.0 -
I was in Wildwood last summer on a J1. Jobs weren's as easy to come by as some here seem to think, if you really want one I'd advise going for the first week of june. I went a week or so later, which ended up making it difficult to get work.
Accomadation wasn't great at all really, could find somewhere for 100 bills a week. But some didn't come with aircon and some of the landlords left a lot to be desired.
Nightlife was so so. Good few Irish people, reckon 100 or so. North Wildwood was the only place worth going out in, very hard if not impossible to get in to the clubs if you're not 21 with a passport. Its a 45 min walk or 5 mins in a cab.The clubs in Wildwood itself aren't really worth talking about, although most are easy to get into compared to the North Wildwood ones.
I'll give any more info that's needed but overall I'd say that last summer was the best summer of my life, but not sure how much of that had to do with Wildwood. I mean it's grand, but jobs pay very little, are mostly on the boardwalk...which get's tiring very quickly! Accomadation is very hit and miss. Nightlife is grand..but getting the hour bus to Atlantic City was always the best nights out! Beach is grand and weather was mostly really really warm! New York, AC, Philly etc aren't too far away either.
Any questions just ask. 0 -
I was in Wildwood last summer on a J1. Jobs weren's as easy to come by as some here seem to think, if you really want one I'd advise going for the first week of june. I went a week or so later, which ended up making it difficult to get work.
Accomadation wasn't great at all really, could find somewhere for 100 bills a week. But some didn't come with aircon and some of the landlords left a lot to be desired.
Nightlife was so so. Good few Irish people, reckon 100 or so. North Wildwood was the only place worth going out in, very hard if not impossible to get in to the clubs if you're not 21 with a passport. Its a 45 min walk or 5 mins in a cab.The clubs in Wildwood itself aren't really worth talking about, although most are easy to get into compared to the North Wildwood ones.
I'll give any more info that's needed but overall I'd say that last summer was the best summer of my life, but not sure how much of that had to do with Wildwood. I mean it's grand, but jobs pay very little, are mostly on the boardwalk...which get's tiring very quickly! Accomadation is very hit and miss. Nightlife is grand..but getting the hour bus to Atlantic City was always the best nights out! Beach is grand and weather was mostly really really warm! New York, AC, Philly etc aren't too far away either.
Any questions just ask.
Hi mate, which company did you book your j1 with, did they not sort you out with employment options before you left? How many people did you head over with? Why would you recommend north wildwood clubs rather than south other that the issue with getting in? are the people friendly over there and how did you meet the other irish folks? sorry for the 20 questions here but as you can see we are very close to making this destination a permanent choice and we need all the facts. And finally in what aspect would you say it was the best summer of your life cos from your text it doesnt seem convincing that it was!
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I was in Wildwood last summer on a J1. Jobs weren's as easy to come by as some here seem to think, if you really want one I'd advise going for the first week of june. I went a week or so later, which ended up making it difficult to get work.
Accomadation wasn't great at all really, could find somewhere for 100 bills a week. But some didn't come with aircon and some of the landlords left a lot to be desired.
Nightlife was so so. Good few Irish people, reckon 100 or so. North Wildwood was the only place worth going out in, very hard if not impossible to get in to the clubs if you're not 21 with a passport. Its a 45 min walk or 5 mins in a cab.The clubs in Wildwood itself aren't really worth talking about, although most are easy to get into compared to the North Wildwood ones.
I'll give any more info that's needed but overall I'd say that last summer was the best summer of my life, but not sure how much of that had to do with Wildwood. I mean it's grand, but jobs pay very little, are mostly on the boardwalk...which get's tiring very quickly! Accomadation is very hit and miss. Nightlife is grand..but getting the hour bus to Atlantic City was always the best nights out! Beach is grand and weather was mostly really really warm! New York, AC, Philly etc aren't too far away either.
Any questions just ask.
Hey,If you mind me asking what age were you when you went over?did you manage to get a job at all over there?And where abouts did you end up living,was there many of you's in it etc?0 -
Oook well here's a few extra points!
- Yeah I was 21 so no bother with getting in anywhere, just needed to bring your passport all the time!
- North Wildwood had proper nightclubs where as the rest were mostly bars with small dancefloor, not much of an atmosphere. Grand for the first week but once you go north, they just dont cut it. Cant go there all summer!
- I went with go4less, no they don't get you employment before you leave. Got a job for a few weeks. But many of the employers there dont like the Irish. Some do some dont. Pay was brutal though and not many tips. If you're going I'll pm you with the places to look for jobs.
- In terms of accomadation there's not many nice places to live, but where we stayed there were a block of 5 apartments with all irish people. Weren't nice really, but good craic with all the irish people. Landlords were a disaster too. Again I can give you info if you're going.
People were, like everywhere else in the world, a mixture. I met some of the nicest, friendliest most helpful people I ever had the pleasure of meeting. But also met some of the most ignorant, unhelpful. You'll get it in most places! Mostly nice though..
Anything else you need to ask, fire away! What made it amazing was the nightlife, living away from home etc.. I've lived away from home before and traveled but not for such an extended period. The people we lived with, around were great. But wildwood itself like someone else said, is like a bigger slightly more exotic version of tramore. Every american you talk to always asks.. "Why did you come to wildwood???". I dont regret it, but there's certainly better places to go!0 -
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Oook well here's a few extra points!
- Yeah I was 21 so no bother with getting in anywhere, just needed to bring your passport all the time!
- North Wildwood had proper nightclubs where as the rest were mostly bars with small dancefloor, not much of an atmosphere. Grand for the first week but once you go north, they just dont cut it. Cant go there all summer!
- I went with go4less, no they don't get you employment before you leave. Got a job for a few weeks. But many of the employers there dont like the Irish. Some do some dont. Pay was brutal though and not many tips. If you're going I'll pm you with the places to look for jobs.
- In terms of accomadation there's not many nice places to live, but where we stayed there were a block of 5 apartments with all irish people. Weren't nice really, but good craic with all the irish people. Landlords were a disaster too. Again I can give you info if you're going.
People were, like everywhere else in the world, a mixture. I met some of the nicest, friendliest most helpful people I ever had the pleasure of meeting. But also met some of the most ignorant, unhelpful. You'll get it in most places! Mostly nice though..
Anything else you need to ask, fire away! What made it amazing was the nightlife, living away from home etc.. I've lived away from home before and traveled but not for such an extended period. The people we lived with, around were great. But wildwood itself like someone else said, is like a bigger slightly more exotic version of tramore. Every american you talk to always asks.. "Why did you come to wildwood???". I dont regret it, but there's certainly better places to go!
Hey Sútalún thanks for the reply! about the accommodation, i know you say it wasnt great but did they have the basics like we wouldnt be too fussy but dont wanna be livin in ****e either!!! also how was the cost of living? was it expensive or alright? and where did you end up working? 0 -
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