Dream of getting paid to travel and create content?
Ready to turbo-boost your career as a travel content creator? We’re looking for 3 aspiring creators to send on a travel assignment to the "Land of Smiles", Thailand, this June. You'll receive your very own camera from GoPro and luggage from Eagle Creek, and stay at Avani Hotels and Resorts. On the trip, you’ll learn from pro travel creators NOMADasaurus and create content about beautiful Thailand for a real-life brief.
To enter this once in a lifetime opportunity, share your best piece of travel content with us for a chance to win!
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Prize includes
Professional mentorship
Unlock your potential with 1-on-1 coaching from professional content creators, Nomadasaurus.
GoPro Camera
Receive your very own GoPro HERO12 Black camera + The Travel Kit valued at $487 USD.
International flights
Round-trip airfare from your closest international airport to Thailand.
Travel insurance & spending money
Travel safer and smarter with $150 USD toward your travel insurance. Plus receive $500 USD to spend on trip.
Accommodation
Enjoy Thailand from 14–24 June 2024 with thanks to Avani Hotels & Resorts and itinerary thanks to Tourism Authority of Thailand.
Luggage
Score an Eagle Creek wheeled duffel bag and packing cubes valued at over $400 USD.
How to enter
1. Find your best travel content
Share an image, video, blog or vlog post that shows us your creativity and passion for travel.
2. Share it with us
Fill in the form, link to your content (publicly accessible) and tell us why you should win.
3. Submit your entry
We’ll shortlist our favorites, meet you via Zoom and award our 3 scholarship winners.
FAQs
Need more information? Here are our top frequently asked questions.-
What will the scholarship winners receive?
The 3 scholarship winners will each receive prizes valued at $7,003 USD:
- Approximately 3-days of in-person mentoring from professional content creators NOMADasaurus, plus online support until the trip content outputs have been delivered to World Nomads (valued at approx. $2,000 USD).
- $500 USD travel budget to use towards the trip thanks to World Nomads.
- Return economy airfare from the recipients nearest international airport to Thailand, courtesy of World Nomads (valued at up to $2,000 USD).
- GoPro HERO12 Black worth RRP $422 USD and the travel kit worth RRP $65 USD.
- Accommodation in Bangkok from 14-18 June at Avani+ Riverside thanks to Minor Hotel Group and Tourism Authority of Thailand worth approximately $487 USD.
- Accommodation from 18-24 June in Thailand worth approximately $974 USD at one of the three (3) separate trips as follows (winner’s trip decided by World Nomads):
- Winner 1: Krabi: x3 nights, 1 room at Avani Ao Nang and x3 nights, 1 room at Avani+ Koh Lanta
- Winner 2: Phuket: x3 nights, 1 room at Avani Mai Khao and x3 nights 1 room at Avani+ Khao Lak
- Winner 3: Koh Samui: x3nights, 1 room at Avani Chaweng and x3 nights, 1 room at Avani+ Samui
- CARGO HAULER XT 32" WHEELED DUFFEL from Eagle Creek worth RRP $369 USD and the PACK-IT™ REVEAL CUBE SET XS/S/M worth RRP $36 USD.
- $150 USD to put towards a travel insurance policy to cover the duration of the assignment trip. The winner is required to purchase the policy via a reputable travel insurance provider and provide World Nomads with proof of purchase, at which point we will reimburse the winner up to the value of $150 USD. The winner should ensure the policy suits their individual objectives, needs and financial situation.
Total prize valued at $7,003 USD
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I speak very little English. Will this be a problem?
To be eligible, your submission must be in English. Our judging panel will be comprised of English speakers, making it impossible to fairly judge submissions in other languages. To get the most out of the mentorship, you will need to be able to communicate with your mentors in English.
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Can professional Content Creators apply? Am I considered a professional?
Have you been regularly commissioned to make content (in any genre) or derive more than 25% of your income from any aspect of content creation? If so, you would be considered a professional and are not eligible to apply.
If you're still learning the craft and creating content is responsible for less than 25% of your income, then you’re eligible to apply. This may mean you’ve had work commissioned in the past or keep a regular social channel or blog of your own – but it isn’t your full-time gig.
We will be asking shortlisted applicants to outline their experience to date before selecting winners.
What we're looking for
We want to see your best travel content and understand why you think you should win. Your content can be old or new, but must:
- Be an image, video, blog or vlog post that is in English and publicly accessible
- Showcase a travel story, experience or location
- Show originality, creativity and be visually engaging
- Take 2 minutes maximum to review in full (view, watch or read)
Your 100 word or less written submission needs to convince our judges that you have a passion for travel and creating content as a career. We will be weighting your entry based on submitted content (80%) and your written submission (20%).
Linked entries posted to Private accounts will be disqualified. World Nomads reserves the rights to re-use your submitted content. Strictly one entry per person.
Meet your mentors
Jarryd and Alesha are the professional content creators behind NOMADasaurus, Australia's largest travel blog. With more than a decade working as travel publishers and creators, they are Sony ambassadors, GoPro family members and have amassed a large and engaged following from their travels to 100 countries. Their career was kick-started when Jarryd won the World Nomads Travel Writing Scholarship in 2014.
Having featured in Nat Geo, BBC, CNN, Lonely Planet, BuzzFeed and all the major Australian TV networks, today they continue to travel the globe creating content on assignment and run tours in far-flung places such as Antarctica, Botswana and Kyrgyzstan.
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"We can’t wait to share our experience, skills and knowledge to help our scholars achieve their own travel and creative dreams."
NOMADasaurus
Avani Hotels and Resorts
Designed for today’s traveller, Avani offers stylish rooms, connected social spaces and both relaxed and on-the-go dining that is locally inspired. Balance is at the centre of everything Avani does, providing guests with the right measure of service, fun and privacy. Launched in 2011 and now with over 40 properties across five continents, Avani offers city hotels, tropical resorts and retreats in nature with a focus on smart design, upbeat service and good value.
Avani is part of global hospitality group Minor Hotels and a member of the GHA DISCOVERY loyalty programme.
You can connect with Avani on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.
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Tourism Authority of Thailand
Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is a National Tourism Office responsible for promoting Thailand as both a leisure and business travel destination. TAT connects with potential visitors through several channels. Currently TAT has 29 international offices worldwide with Sydney office looking after Australia and New Zealand. TAT's activities include participation in key travel trade shows as well as joint activities with tour operators, advertising, PR and media programs, consumer promotions, online communications and consumer research. TAT also offers information about Thailand to both corporate and direct consumers.
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GoPro
At GoPro, the team is passionate about their purpose - they believe sharing and reliving experiences make life more meaningful and fun. Their customers around the world bring the brand to life. They help GoPro see the world in new ways and motivate them to do more, including celebrating and supporting diversity within the workplace so that no group goes underrepresented.
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Eagle Creek
Eagle Creek was established in 1975 by Steve and Nona Barker, a couple who revered the planet and explored it accordingly. In the process, they invented an entirely new product category: adventure travel. Half a century later, no one offers more expertly conceived and crafted gear for experiencing the earth in every hemisphere. Brilliant, sustainable, function-forward solutions inspired by the belief that travel can be a force for good.
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