About this app

Find the best jobs during your backpacking adventure, suggested by fellow backpackers. Or boost your backpacker cred by helping others with your job experiences or other good info about where best to sleep, remarkable food & drink spots, or exciting activities.

This app has been specially made for the backpacker community. In this app you will find tips from fellow backpackers who travelled your trail before. Are you looking for a job so you can continue traveling? Or are you looking for ways to boost your backpacking adventure? It’s all in here!
Not only do backpackers share their tips for the best job spots in the neighbourhood, they also share their hotspots where they: dream cheaply, eat heavenly food, explore nature and get stoked for riding perfect waves. In this app you will find all the information you need to keep on travelling, even if what you’re looking for is a travel buddy.
This app can only exist with input from backpackers. So help your fellow backpacker to reach your perfect hotspot. Share your tips on the app and become the ultimate globetrotter.

HOW IT WORKS

It’s easy! Go to the map and you can start searching for a job or new spots to explore. You can even fill in where you want to search; the map will show you pins where your next adventure might kick off.
Want to search by category? Just choose a spot you want to find, and the tips will immediately show up on your screen. For more info about the spot, click on the message and talk to the backpacker who uploaded his/her tip.
Are you thrilled about your working experience or other cool activities? Share! Click on the note, on the top right-hand corner, to post your spot.
Don’t forget to check the menu, swipe from left to right, for your community status and info.

WHO ARE WE?

Hi there! So good that you’re viewing our app.
We're two sisters who love to backpack, we're always looking for new places to explore and create a travel buzz around us. We're fortunate that we’ve seen so much of the world, beautiful places that took our breath away. But the backpacking was put on the back burner when we thought up this big idea for this amazing app. We’ve met so many wonderful people like you that we thought of bringing this community together, by inspiring fellow backpackers! And that became our top priority! We figured the best way of doing that is just to spread the word, and take beautiful pictures. We love social media, don’t we?! That’s why we built this app: Backpackyard. You can share all the info you like so much and update your own photo of your favourite hotspot.
Recognize the feeling when you’re at a hostel or a good bar speaking to other backpackers, and get psyched about all the info you just got? That's exactly when you will find yourself in the Backpackyard, and we only can say: Hello there and be welcome! Share your story with us!
We hope you like the app and find all the backpacking info you need and the best ways to share your lifetime of travel experience. There's nothing better than realizing that you can always count on other backpackers while travelling. So we really are curious to hear what you think of the app. We would love to get your suggestions and advice, your opinion means the world to us. So don’t hesitate and send one or both of us an e-mail: femke@backpackyard.com and/or marieke@backpackyard.com

Backpackyard uses the Apple EULA, found at http://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula/

New features

Bug fixes and minor updates :-)

App Permissions

Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.