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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About us
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
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.
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.
The un-sexy side to working overseas that no one tells you about – our working holidays typically include all the nerdy stuff like bank account, tax number and SIM set-up.
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.
It was a tough job, but someone had to do it. Every JENZA experience has been trialled by one of our roadtesters. Because if it didn’t fly with them, it’s not going to fly with you.
5% of all our profits go to the JENZA Travel Group's Youth Access Scholarship Fund. Because the world’s a better place when there are more people able to experience it.
Earn as you explore
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).
Meet the fam
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 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.
Convos from the Jenza community
Movers and shapers
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 YAPTravel happy
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.
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JENZA Travel International Ltd, trading as JENZA, is a company registered in Dublin, Ireland with Registered Company No. 707281 and registered address at 29-31 South William St, Dublin, Ireland, D02 EY96.