Travel.
Show up with a backpack. Trade a few hours behind the bar for a bed upstairs.This will be your map in a year.
Spixes is the free backpacker app: volunteer in hostels worldwide, match with travelers on your route, and build a passport map of every country you visit and every person you meet. Free for backpackers, free for hostels.
On your route right now
Paris 🇫🇷
Istanbul 🇹🇷
Bangkok 🇹🇭
Sydney 🇦🇺
Tokyo 🇯🇵Drop your stops. See who else is going.
Next month
Thailand route · 12 nights · 4 hostels
Bangkok
Chiang Mai
Koh Samui
Koh Tao
Type the cities, pick the dates, and Spixes surfaces the other backpackers heading to the same hostels on the same nights. The 14 spreadsheet tabs are someone else's problem now.
Invite your crew. The trip lands on their map too. Same dates, same hostels, no group chat to wrangle.
THAILAND · STOP 01
“Planned my Thailand loop and Spixes matched me with three people doing the same route. We did Koh Tao together.”Léa, 27 · Lyon
Koh Tao · 2024
“Planned my Thailand loop and Spixes matched me with three people doing the same route. We did Koh Tao together.”Léa, 27 · Lyon
Koh Tao · 2024
Philippines
Cloud 9 Hostel Siargao
The shift
Reception · 4h/day
In return
Bunk · breakfast · the rooftop
How long
7 nights min · arrive any Monday
Crew speaks
English · some Spanish · broken Tagalog
A typical day in Siargao
- 07:30 · pandesal on the porch, two other volunteers waxing their boards.
- 09:00 · open reception. Check in 4 surfers fresh off the morning ferry from Cebu.
- 13:00 · done. Tricycle to Cloud 9 with the kitchen crew.
- 21:00 · beers on the roof. Plan tomorrow.
PHILIPPINES · STOP 02
Siargao · 2025
“A month in Siargao. Learned to surf. Got tan lines I'll never lose.”Tomás, 24 · Bogotá
Help out a few hours a day. Sleep, eat, repeat. On the hostel.
Reception
Bar
Kitchen
Events
Photography
Surf school
Yoga
Social media
Tour guide
Repairs…and a hundred othersYou message the hostel direct. They say yes. You pack the bag. No agency in the middle, no commission, no email-thread limbo.
Post the day. Stamp who you met.
Drop travel stories from wherever you are, they live on your profile, not in a 24-hour timer. Scan a backpacker you click with and they land in your encounters with the hostel, the city, the date, the time.
Two years from now, you'll still know that you met Léa at Selina Hoi An, 17 March, 21:42.
Hostel
City
Date
Time
Their mapTravel stories · from the road
🇻🇳LéaHoi An
🇲🇽TomásTulum
🇯🇵KenjiTokyo
🇵🇹AdriLisbon
🇮🇳MayaDelhiScan a Spixes
📱 In the app
Point. Scan.
Léa
Selina Hoi An · 🇻🇳
17 Mar · 21:42
Pinned in your encounters
VIETNAM · STOP 03
Your encounters
📱 In the app- Mar 17 · 21:42
Léa · Selina Hoi An 🇻🇳
- Mar 14 · 18:30
Adri · Casa do Sol Lisbon 🇵🇹
Mar 10 · 11:15Diego · Surf Camp Bali 🇮🇩
- Mar 06 · 22:08
Sofia · Roman Hostel Rome 🇮🇹
Mar 02 · 19:00Tomás · Backpacker Tallinn 🇪🇪
Your passport, live
18 countries.
612 photos.
6 trips.
Your year · auto-written
2026 wrap-up18 countries. 612 photos. 47 backpackers.
A whole year on the road, summed up while you slept.
Top country
🇦🇺 Australia
156 photos
Longest stay
Wake Up! Sydney
28 nights
Most active
January
14 photos / day
Albums · auto-grouped
No taggingAustralia
156 ph
Vietnam
142 ph
Mexico
87 ph
Morocco
64 ph
Portugal
58 ph
Colombia
30 ph
Sydney · 2026
AUSTRALIA · STOP 04
“The album I never made. Three years of trips, sorted by country, ready to share.”Erwan, 25 · Sydney
Every country. Every photo. Your year, written for you.
Your passport map fills itself in. Every country you step into, every photo you take with Spixes open, every trip you finish, auto-grouped, no tagging, no folders to drag photos into.
At year's end Spixes writes your wrap-up: top country, longest stay, busiest month, route covered. One link to share the whole wall, your friends scroll a clean grid of every country you've been to, not 600 blurry camera-roll shots.
CountryTripHostelYearRecap
ShareThrow the backpack on. We've got the rest.
Sign up free in two minutes. Pick a country, browse volunteer hostels, message direct, pack the bag. No credit card, no upfront fees. Free for backpackers, free for hostels.
“Three weeks behind reception at Sunflower Hostel. Mornings checking in surfers, afternoons learning to roll bánh mì with the cook. Saved €1,200 and ate better than any backpacker has the right to.”
“Landed with no plan. Pulled three other backpackers heading to Tayrona out of the app in ten minutes. We hiked, we camped, we still WhatsApp every week. That trip wouldn't exist without Spixes.”
“I used to plan trips in 14 spreadsheet tabs. Now I drop the cities, Spixes shows who else is on the same dates, and the itinerary builds itself. The planner is what I was missing for ten years.”
Questions, answered.
Spixes is a free platform that connects backpackers with hostels worldwide for volunteer work-exchange, help a few hours a day, get free accommodation and meals, meet the road crew, plan the route, and keep the memories on one map.
What is Spixes?
Spixes is a free platform that connects backpackers with hostels worldwide. Backpackers volunteer a few hours a day in exchange for free accommodation and meals, while planning routes, meeting other travelers, and keeping their travel memories in one place.
How much does Spixes cost?
Spixes is free for backpackers to sign up and use. Hostels list volunteer positions for free too, no platform fee, no commission on swap nights. A Premium tier (€4.99/month) unlocks unlimited applications to volunteer positions; the rest of the app stays free.
How many hours do I need to volunteer per day?
Most hostels ask for 3 to 5 hours per day, 5 to 6 days a week. The exact schedule is shown on each listing along with the role, the perks, and the minimum stay.
What kind of work will I do?
Reception, bar, kitchen, events, cleaning, social media, photography, surf school, yoga, repairs, each listing specifies what the hostel needs. You pick what fits your skills and the country you want to travel to.
Do I need a work visa?
Volunteer work-exchange is typically not considered paid employment, but visa rules vary by country. Check the destination country's rules before you book. Most short-stay volunteers travel on regular tourist visas.
How is Spixes different from Workaway or Worldpackers?
Spixes is built for the hostel community specifically, with a mobile app, live group chats by city and hostel, an events feed, a trip planner that matches you with backpackers on the same route, and an auto-built passport map of every country you have been to and every person you have met.
Is it free for hostels?
Yes. Hostels list volunteer positions for free. There is no listing fee, no commission, and no platform fee on swap nights.
Where does Spixes operate?
Across 30+ countries and growing. Heaviest density right now in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Morocco, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, and Brazil.