CampLeaders
reviews and complaints

judging by other people's reviews most of them weren't lucky enough and think they were scammed. Well, their thoughts are not without foundation.
I and three friends of mine went through the same and are ready to tell you about this experience.
Where to begin? I wanted to get some job for this summer. I don't know why I hadn't read those reviews, maybe I would have prevented myself from one of the biggest disappointment of this year.
I asked my three good friends to support me and we applied together and paid the money for this, of course. Even though we didn't know it wasn't free. But their ads promised that the percent of the placed ones was very high.
A little bit later we were invited to be interviewed, and then they said they would call us later. So that's all.
No one called us back, so we tried to contact them to get the refunds at least. Why would we pay for nothing? Not sure it's even legal. but they made everything much harder and refused to communicate with us.
We have been trying to get some justice. We can't afford to give up, we should be the voices of all the people who paid, but got nothing. It's called a scam and we have to stop it.

I spent plenty of time on this company that let me down. I entered as soon as they opened their applications. I've gone through all of their contests to hear that I was late and there's nothing they could do.
I'm sorry, lads, but don't you think that it's unfair?
I would like to be notified before applications, I'm sure you knew I would be late from the very start, but preferred to take my money and stay silent.
According to their rules and policies, my money can't be refunded. But you assured me that my dates were fine.
You're not trustful and absolutely unreliable.

My son sent an application to CampLeaders and passed the interview. He went to one of these camps in America and worked there. He was very disappointed and said that the whole thing was just a waste of time, they don't give that much of useful experience, payment is very low, working hours are too long. CampLeaders employees don't have much time to rest, they are always busy and there are a lot of work there.
CampLeaders just seemed too good to be true. Also my son had five days before leaving and he wanted to travel a bit. But these guys made him stay till the end and did not let him go.
Don't deal with this company.

I decided to try my hands at working as a camp leader in summer. I filled the form and provided my personal info to the rep from the company www.campleaders.com. I got the response that I needed to provide a payment for the registration in amount of £400, but after that the rep told me that they would contact me. It was lie, no one called me back and they took my payment. I sent emails and messages, but they ignored me and no idea how to get money back. I hoped that someone would help me.

I have used camp leaders for three years and given them thousands of pounds for a service which as, at best, severely shabby. There are hidden costs and unexpected hassles so let me just outline a few for those of you considering. Needless to say- this company and those like it (Camp America, etc) have monopolized to market so that if you want to work at a summer camp, you have to use the service. Let me go on.

As a first year user- you pay around £500 for a visa, flights and placement at camp. Not bad you say? They also shadily take away two thirds of your end salary without actually telling you in black and white. You think youve got $2000 to travel with? Try $700.
As a returner you pay them around £500 to... do... nothing. "admin". And then you have to book your own flights and visa. Sure! You get the full salary! But surely youre paying enough out before then for this to even merit.

The customer service is absolutely rubbish- I was told that the office had 'mislaid' my passport pictures meaning that my visa was delayed. A week before I flew I still didnt have flight details and when I emailed inquiring I was asked 'are you really desperate for them?'.

At the end of the day- its a great experience that I would recommend to anyone. However if you can find a non-profit organization offering the same services then would thoroughly recommend you go that way instead.