Project Costs

The cost to join for the 3 night/4 day programme is 420 GBP pounds (£295 for a child/uni student under 21 yrs).
If you are a group of 6 people or more for the 6 night/7 day programme, the cost is 530 GBP per person.
The payment covers all your food, bottled water and accommodation during the project, pick up and drop off in Chiang Mai, project training and supervision and WorkingAbroad Projects backup and placement support.
Your airfare to and from Thailand, travel/medical insurance and personal expenses are not included within this price. It is mandatory for you to take out travel and medical insurance for the duration of your project.
For any questions on total prices for a family group, please contact info@workingabroad.com for more details.
Payment Terms & How to Apply

To book your family volunteer programme at our Ethical Elephant family volunteer programme in Thailand, one adult will need to fill out the application form on behalf of the whole family under APPLY NOW – please provide full names and DOBs for the other family members in the motivation letter section. You will be directed to our Ethical Elephant Thailand programme application form – so please select your family dates and proceed.
The payment is split into a downpayment which secures your family booking and the balance payment which is due 2 months before arrival. We are also happy to arrange payment plans if need be – please enquire.
Downpayment to secure your family booking:
The downpayment to book your family depends on adult/child numbers – please email here victoria.mcneil@workingabroad.com and we can confirm downpayment for different family configurations and send you the secure payment link to secure your family booking.

If for some reason, your family application is not accepted/or if we are fully booked, we would reimburse your application payment fully. Once your family place is confirmed on the programme, you will receive further detailed information and suggested items to bring, transfers, info on the programme and things to do in free time and so on.
Project Dates
Please note that the dates listed below are flexible, families can join the project starting on any Thursday and leaving on any Sunday throughout the year for the 4-day/3 night programme.
| Start | End | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| January 8th 2026 | January 11th 2026 | |
| January 15th 2026 | January 18th 2026 | |
| January 22nd 2026 | January 25th 2026 | |
| January 29th 2026 | February 1st 2026 | |
| February 5th 2026 | February 8th 2026 | |
| February 19th 2026 | February 22nd 2026 | |
| March 5th 2026 | March 8th 2026 | |
| March 19th 2026 | March 22nd 2026 | |
| April 2nd 2026 | April 5th 2026 | |
| April 16th 2026 | April 19th 2026 | |
| April 30th 2026 | May 3rd 2026 | |
| May 14th 2026 | May 17th 2026 | |
| May 18th 2026 | May 24th 2026 | **One week special project** |
| May 28th 2026 | May 31st 2026 | |
| June 8th 2026 | June 14th 2026 | **One week special project** |
| June 18th 2026 | June 21st 2026 | |
| June 25th 2026 | June 28th 2026 | |
| July 6th 2026 | July 12th 2026 | **One week special project** |
| July 16th 2026 | July 19th 2026 | |
| July 23rd 2026 | July 26th 2026 | |
| August 3rd 2026 | August 9th 2026 | **One week special project** |
| August 13th 2026 | August 16th 2026 | |
| August 17th 2026 | August 23rd 2026 | **One week special project** |
| August 27th 2026 | August 30th 2026 | |
| September 3rd 2026 | September 6th 2026 | |
| September 7th 2026 | September 13th 2026 | **One week special project** |
| November 19th 2026 | November 22nd 2026 |