They include the Army Corps of Engineers, for campsite work; the Southern Cross Corporation, which hires people to walk and inspect its gas lines; Disney World; and Amazon, which needs help during its Christmas rush.
The National Trust's Stourhead is a short drive away, as is Longleat, but the picnic-friendly ruins of Farleigh Hungerford Castle are right on the doorstep, and the campsite works with activity operator Aveling Adventure to offer archery, circus skills and family-friendly challenges both on-site and off.
The National Trust is opening a new low-key campsite at working Chyvarloe Farm specially for festival goers (tents and camper vans only – no hook ups).
Ron Foley, Suffolk's parks commissioner, said that improving campsites was a work in progress.
Some even commute to work from campsites.
Jobs vary but include things like wristbanding, bar work, and providing campsite information.
While I'm not exactly known for packing light when I travel, my unusually cumbersome luggage for the festival contained the various gadgets and gizmos that would allow me to work from my campsite on the farm -- live blogging about the festival, complete with video, audio and photos, and the help of four Sojourners interns who were set to arrive Thursday afternoon.
The packages can be made up in advance and transported to your campsite in a cooler, so what little work they involve can be done at home.
Pitches from £7pp, Nov-Apr, campinglosalerces.com.ar 20 Lakeside Camping Hain, Tolhuin, Tierra del Fuego This site is as much a work of art as a campsite.
The tents, which are adorned with images of Ai's works, are distributed at 10 campsites between Gelsenkirchen and Dinslaken, and are intended as a commentary on the former manufacturing region's relationship to its natural environment.
