The 2024 edition of the ultimate summer job returns, bigger and better than ever!
Are you creative, adventurous, travel-savvy, budget-conscious and into your social media? We’ve got just the job for you. This summer, Kiwi.com is giving twelve pairs of travel buddies the opportunity of a lifetime to travel the world, make amazing social content and keep any money they save from their initial €10,000 budget. Along the way each pair must complete crazy challenges and create awesome content — all while having the best summer ever!
What is a World Travel Hacker?
Our World Travel Hackers are people who understand what it takes to get the best out of traveling on a budget. They find the cheapest flights, the best-value local bars and restaurants, the hidden sights, the tastiest street food and the best budget adventures anyone can possibly have.
They’re all over social media, spreading the word, amassing followers and showing people how it’s done. They have their own unique style that’s fun, creative, informative and different from 99% of the travel content out there. They’re the new travel influencers.
How do you become a World Travel Hacker?
You apply, of course! Basically, we need to see what you’re about on social media. If you have over 500 followers on Instagram or TikTok with a public profile and are based in Europe or the US, head here to apply.
On the creative side, you need to have a talent for storytelling, turning words and visuals into likes, comments, shares, reposts and followers. It’s a double-act remember, so your travel buddy also needs to tick these boxes. You’re going to be spending a lot of time together, so make sure they’re someone you’re particularly familiar and comfortable with — the two of you should be like-minded, be mutually supportive in challenging situations, and know how to work well together.
You also need to be fluent in English and have a passport valid for at least nine months (both of those things apply to your travel buddy too) and be able to work as a freelance contractor. After all, this is a job — it’s an amazing job, but it’s still a job!
Then what happens?
After you’ve applied through the website, we’ll have a look through your social profiles. If we like what we see, we’ll let you know and you can start posting your audition pieces. Initially, we’d like to see three new bits of content (why we should choose you, meeting your travel buddy, and top money-saving travel tips) and we’ll go from there. Everyone that creates those three pieces of content will get €25 of flight vouchers to say thank you and will be officially in the running to be a World Travel Hacker.
And if you’re chosen?
Well prepare yourself ‘cos the adventure begins! You need to make your €10,000 budget stretch as far as possible while traveling the world and completing challenges: take a trip on every mode of transport in Bangkok, visit five free museums in Paris in a day, party all night in Berlin for under €50, that sort of thing. Whatever money you have left over after the four weeks is yours to keep, so it’s in your interest to keep things on a budget.
We’ll need a minimum of four YouTube videos, 15 TokToks or Instagram reels and 15 photos over the four weeks, but we’re also sure you’ll be able to post much more than that! It’s a month of traveling; who wouldn’t want to see more?!
Anything else?
Yes, as it happens. Even if you’re not chosen as a World Travel Hacker, you still automatically become a member of the Kiwi.com Flight Crew. This means that you’ll still get rewards — flight vouchers, special offers, deals and other benefits — for posting cool travel content. Not a bad consolation prize, eh?
Think you can do it?
Awesome. That’s what we like to hear. Head over to our World Travel Hackers homepage where you can read about the challenges, learn more about what you need to do and get inspiration from last year’s adventurers.
This is your chance to get paid to become a travel influencer and change your life forever. It’s time to get creative. What are you waiting for?
