Internships & Volunteering

Make an impact by doing meaningful work.
Help us showing the way to a responsible and sustainable traveling!

Hhy internships at the Good Travel Guide?

Professional Development

Gain valuable work experience with a diverse set of tasks based on your learning goals and career objectives.

Meaningful contribution

Create impact on the community through your work on real projects and involvement in sustainable tourism.

Networking Experience

During your internship you will be a part of a multicultural, creative and dedicated team from all over the world.

Our internships and volunteer work have completely moved into an online setting, until further notice. We now work from different continents and time zones, opening the possibility for an even more diverse team.

Internship FAQs

AM I ELIGIBLE FOR AN INTERNSHIP?

Advanced bachelor (3rd and 4th year) and Master’s students can apply for an internship or traineeship in the field of tourism and destination sustainability. Professionals and sustainable travel enthusiasts are warmly welcomed to volunteer with us.

WHAT ARE THE LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS?

A good communication skills in English are required. However, a working knowledge of any other language is desirable and will be considered an asset.

WHAT IS THE DURATION OF THE INTERNSHIP?

The minimum requirement for all positions is four months and 20 hours/week, unless otherwise stated in the job description. After the completion of the internship, you are very welcome to involve longer in the project as a volunteer.

ARE THE INTERNSHIP POSITIONS PAID?

Your work with Good Travel Guide will be on a voluntary basis.

WHEN IS THE DEADLINE OF THE APPLICATION?

There is no deadline for applications. The position can open at any time of the year!

What kind of work can i do?

COUNTRY WEB PAGE CREATION

• Conducting desk research on responsible tourism, environmental and social sustainability.
• Creating a well-readable texts to display on country web pages.
• Best feasible for an intern or volunteer to write about their own country or neighbouring countries.

SUSTAINABLE DESTINATION ASSESSMENT

• Evaluate destination sustainability in terms of indicators and data.
• Help develop new indicators, indexes and infographics, for destination managers and for travellers.
• Assist in the development of a format for destination assessment reports.

BUSINESS AND MARKETING

• Help strengthen the responsible travel offer (businesses, products, services, tourism and leisure activities) in selected countries and destinations.
• Become involved in our responsible tourism certifications of businesses (Good Travel Seal and Virus-Aware Seal).
• Help promote the responsible travel offer of our destinations to tour operators, travel agents and consumers, through the Good Travel Guide website and social media.

RESEARCH AND BLOG WRITING

• Contribute for the Good Travel Blog by writing on subjects that promotes responsible travel behaviour.
• The blog is aimed for travellers to inspire them to travel in a more sustainable and responsible way, for the benefit of local communities and preferably without flying large distances.
• The blog will be written in English.
• Conduct research based on your experience as a ‘responsible traveller’ on the following subjects (among others):
– General tips for different types of travellers: staycationer / camper & caravaner / car user / city breaker / city shopper / package tourist / ferry & island hopper / overland safari tracker / Inter-railer
– Room and apartment sharing platforms: Are Airbnb actually responsible, or not at all?
– Hotel booking platforms: how to best support the local hotels?
– How do airlines protect you against COVID19?
– Human rights: what will be your experience when visiting countries with human rights issues? What can you do, what are the risks and who will benefit of your visit?
– Heritage loss and environmental crisis: As a responsible traveller, would you visit places that are devastated for tourism or other financial greed? Or would you rather feel in harmony with nature, culture and tradition?
– Are coastal places and islands safe against rising sea levels?
– How does the deterioration of natural protective belts (such as mangrove belts or sand dune barriers) factor in the sea level rising?
– Holiday makers like it hot; but when will it be really too hot and where and when can we expect that?
– How extensive is our Air-co usage impacting the climate crisis?
– Can cruise holidays be safe and sustainable?

How do i apply?

Please complete the online application form by clicking on the button below. You will also be asked to upload your CV.

After you apply:
The process can take some time, so we appreciate your patience.
We will contact you as soon as possible to inform you of the progress of your application. However, we are not able to send a personal reply to each applicant individually. When applying to a particular position(s), you can expect to receive a response within 2 or 3 weeks if your application was successful.

Our past interns´stories

During my time at Good Travel Guide, I got the opportunity to develop my digital marketing skills, going from content creation to market research, planning and executing a strategy. It was a challenging experience, and it helped me grow both professionally and personally. I especially enjoyed working with a young and passionate team, where every member did their best to succeed.

Sabina Damatar, Italy

Absolutely loved my experience at Green Destination and Good Travel Guide. A great mixture of opportunities to practice things I know and I’m good at, as well as plenty of opportunities to learn to do new things that I am interested in. The general atmosphere is amazing as everyone there is very motivated, which set a very positive company culture to foster both personal and company growth.

Eason Huang, The Netherlands

Being an intern at Good Travel Guide was an extraordinary experience. Not only did I learn about my specific field (Communication) but also about tourism and green standards. It was also an opportunity to meet people from all around the world with different backgrounds. The team was always willing to help, give constructive feedback and show appreciation for my work. All in all, it was a very enriching time in my life.

Belén Loaiza Ruiz, Ecuador

I spent 6 months with the Good Travel Guide team as an Erasmus+ intern. I got the opportunity to combine my sustainable tourism management background with the website development skills that I learned during the internship. I feel grateful for the possibility to practice web-related skills that I will definitely enhance in the future. Last but not least, I really enjoyed my time in the Netherlands, as well as the international work environment and the sweet people that I met!

Camilla Gammeri, Italy

I was the first volunteer in the area of digital marketing, GTG and GD give me many important responsibilities and allow me to create, fail, try (again) recreate and succeed in the creations of inbound marketing tactics. I love it, it was a great challenging learning process.

Tefa Gordillo, Ecuador