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Event host or hostess
Welcome and guide visitors at trade fairs, conferences, concerts or sports events, often for one or two days.
How to get started
- Sign up with hosting and event agencies in your region.
- Prepare smart, simple clothing and state clearly which languages you speak.
- Before each assignment, read the brief: venue, hours, map, instructions.
- Arrive early and keep the agency manager's contact details.
Skills needed
- Customer contact
- Languages
Tools and equipment needed
- Nothing in particular
Offers near you
Latest offers related to this idea. Choose your municipality to see the nearest ones.
Serveur Flexi-job – Réserve de recrutement (Horeca & Événementiel)
Proman Lem - Proman Lem
Verlaine (4537)
Posted 29 Oct 2026 · Until 10 Dec 2026
Source: Le Forem · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Updated 30 Oct 2026
Hote/ hotesse de caisse
Pouzac (65200)
Posted 29 Oct 2026
Source: France Travail (Hautes-Pyrénées) · Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) · Updated 30 Oct 2026
Hote/ hotesse de caisse
Bagnères-de-Bigorre (65200)
Posted 29 Oct 2026
Source: France Travail (Hautes-Pyrénées) · Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) · Updated 30 Oct 2026
See all offers Choose or change municipality
Sources: Le Forem (CC BY-SA 4.0), France Travail (Hautes-Pyrénées) (Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab)). Belgium: job offers in Wallonia (Le Forem). France: flea markets, car boot sales, second-hand fairs and markets everywhere (DATAtourisme); job offers only in Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Hautes-Pyrénées (France Travail), in Île-de-France (offers from the Region), in Tours (City and Metropole), plus Groupe BPCE offers across France. Brussels, Flanders and the rest of France will come later.
Good tips
- Large trade fairs recruit weeks in advance: check their calendar.
- English or Dutch open the door to the best-paid assignments.
Watch out for
- Days on your feet are long: ask about scheduled breaks.
- Check whether the outfit is provided or at your own expense.
Rules to know
France
Usually a short contract (CDD or intérim) with an agency; students can combine it with their studies.
Belgium
Student contract, temporary agency work or a short employment contract. Students can work 650 hours a year with reduced social contributions.
Rules to know in the guide
Simplified summary: check the official websites before you start.
How much it pays
Indicative amount, varies with region, experience and demand. Before tax and social contributions.
France
Estimate From €12.31 gross per hour
Legal minimum for a short contract with a hosting agency: the Smic.
Indicative example: about €430 gross per month for 8 h per week.
By region
- Mayotte: From €9.56 gross per hour. In Mayotte, the Smic is €9.56 gross per hour.
Source: Service-Public.fr: French minimum wage (Smic) from 1 June 2026 · Checked on 24 Oct 2026
Belgium
Estimate From €10.72 to €13.56 gross per hour
If you are a student: legal minimum wage by age, from 18 to 21 and over, unless a more favourable sector rate applies.
Indicative example: about €370 to €470 gross per month for 8 h per week.
Source: Bruxelles-J: student minimum wage · Checked on 24 Oct 2026
Where to find opportunities and information
- Le Forem (via ODWB) (Belgium: Wallonia)
Job offers in Wallonia: student jobs, flexi-jobs, one-day assignments and part-time offers are shown in “Near me”, updated every 6 hours. - France Travail (open data des départements) (France: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie)
France Travail offers from the last 7 days republished by Pyrénées-Atlantiques (data.le64.fr) and Hautes-Pyrénées (opendata.ha-py.fr, including the Adour Madiran community of communes). Only small jobs (part-time, temporary agency work, seasonal work, fixed-term contracts of 6 months or less, work-study) are shown in “Near me”, updated every 6 hours. The Seine-Saint-Denis dataset has not been updated since August 2026: it is skipped automatically. - Région Île-de-France (offres d'emploi) (France: Île-de-France)
Jobs opened by the Île-de-France Region, mostly in high schools. The file rarely states the contract: only internships, apprenticeships, contracts of 6 months or less and part-time posts are shown in “Near me”. - France Travail (France)
Job offers in France. - Student@Work (Belgium)
Official Belgian student job hour counter.