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About us

Why we get out of bed

For coffee. And because despite what we’re told growing up, you should never have to choose between getting a job and going travelling. With JENZA, you can do both. Earn money, enhance your resume, explore the world.

Part of the JENZA Travel Group – with 65+ years of work and travel expertise

Things that make our world go round

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Job assistance

We're the Jobsworths of the travel world. Where we can’t help you secure a seasonal job with one of our vetted employers before you go, we provide job assistance on the ground.

Arrival support

Landing in a new country with a face-full of jetlag can feel scary. Our working holidays typically include hostel nights, job workshops and socials to help you find your feet and your people.

Work essentials

The un-sexy side to working overseas that no one ever tells you about – our working holidays typically include all the nerdy stuff like bank account, tax number and SIM set-up.

Visa experts

As a team of travellers, we genuinely geek out for a good visa form. We'll provide the correct paperwork and help you navigate all the visa and sponsorship requirements for where you're heading to.

Roadtested trips

It was a tough job, but someone had to do it. We send roadtesters out to provide first-hand feedback on our experiences. Because if it didn’t fly with them, it’s not going to fly with you.

Giving back

5% of the JENZA Travel Group profits go to our Youth Access Scholarship Fund. Because the world’s a better place when there are more people able to experience it.

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Earn as you explore

About JENZA

We're not knocking regular travel. Face-planting on a beach with a conveyor belt of coconuts is a wonderful thing. But by earning as you explore with a working holiday, overseas internship or ski season – you'll get to stay out for longer and contribute more. A lower-impact way to see the world – you'll be paying tax dollars, spending in local communities, and connecting with people and places in a more authentic way. (It's also the most fun you can have before all that 'real life' mortgage and kids stuff kicks in).

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Meet the fam

About the JENZA Travel Group

One global team with one mission – JENZA is part of a wider travel group (AKA the 'grown ups'). Our travel fam includes: USIT in Ireland, SWAP in Canada, our summer camp USA brand BUNAC, and US visa sponsor and cultural exchange champions, IENA. United in our belief that working overseas is one of the most transformative things you can do with your twenties, we're on a mission to open up a world of opportunities for students and 18-30s everywhere.

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In good company

We're a Certified B Corporation™

JENZA is super proud to be B Corp™ Certified! The B Corp movement is a global movement of People Using Business as a Force for Good®. Together, we are shifting our economic system from profiting only the few to benefitting all, from concentrating wealth and power to ensuring equity, from extraction to regeneration, and from prioritising individualism to embracing interdependence.

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The JENZA blog

Convos from the Jenza community

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Jenza Talk / Australia

My Melbourne working holiday: travelling as trans

Dane DiCaprio

Dec 18 2022

On finding a job, hormones and a community. We love it when a WHV works out.

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Jenza Talk / Worldwide

10 tried and tested tips for travelling with anxiety

Georgie Birch

Jul 4 2023

Real talk from the team on the stuff they don’t tell you about travelling. (We love an overshare).

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Need to know / Summer camp

Think you can’t afford to travel overseas? Think again

Hannah Jeffery

Mar 31 2024

BUNAC Camp. Laughing in the face of the cost of living crisis...

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Need to know / Worldwide

10 brilliant benefits of doing an internship abroad

Sam Hopkins

Aug 28 2024

Torn between going travelling and working on your resume? Read on.

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Travel Guides / Japan

A guide to Tokyo’s coolest neighbourhoods

Saki Ueda

Dec 21 2022

Tokyo can seem crazier than a Saturday night scramble across Shibuya. Thankfully, Saki is here to break it down.

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Need to know / Canada

Why summer in Banff is just as good as winter

Issy Howell

Sep 18 2023

No powder - no problem. Summers in Banff are an outdoors dream and Issy is here to tell us why.

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Jenza Talk / Worldwide

5 surprising curveballs travelling as a same-sex duo

Ella Dagnall

Jun 22 2024

Real talk from Ella, JENZA Head of Sales, on life travelling as a same-sex couple. #Proud

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Fun stuff / Worldwide

Celebrating Global Work Abroad day

JENZA staff

Feb 7 2025

Get involved on 8 February in a day to celebrate all things working holiday and the cool kids that do them (you).

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Movers and shapers

Shaping the future of travel

We know it’s youth voices that make the world go round. (Gravity, you’re also quite important). Meet our Youth Advisory Panel – the 18-25 year olds who help to shape who we are and what we do.

MEET THE YAP
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Travel happy

with our Extra Mile Promise

JENZA was founded on the four A's. Authenticity, Accessibility, Accountability and not being an A-hole. So when it comes to what we do, we own it. If you're not happy with part of your JENZA experience, we'll put a human on it to sort it - or refund it. T&Cs apply.

HOW IT WORKS

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Meet the team

From Manchester to Melbourne, we're a team of 50-odd travellers who – now more than ever – believe in the power of youth travel. To promote tolerance, build understanding and globalise perspectives.

As a business, we also believe in life and travel experience over academic achievements. So, if like us, you’re either wanting to start a career in travel or you've spent far too many years on the road trying to find your place in the world – then we’re probably the place for you. Keep an eye on jenza-travel LinkedIn for jobs opportunities.

*We're not camera shy, we just haven't got around to a team photo yet. Here's a pooch placeholder for your pleasure.

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