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We were excited recently when we saw that Shift was hiring a Chief Nomad Officer. Applications for the role are now closed, but they invited people to apply to receive a US$10,000 stipend to travel for 30 days, connecting with other digital nomads and documenting their experience for social media and other digital platforms, all using Shift.
This is a dream job for many digital nomads, but there will surely be a huge number of applications for this one open position. We saw something similar when the New York Times received 13,000 applications for one 52 Places Traveler role, where they hired one man to visit 52 places in a year and document the experience.
These are fantastic roles that will pay you to travel, but the bigger the opportunity, the more competitive the role. But these aren’t the only jobs that will pay you to travel. Many companies are now offering travel or “wellbeing” benefits that offer employees stipends to travel, ensuring that their teams can afford the benefits of travel. This is often combined with other perks such as unlimited vacation days and access to travel services.
If that sounds appealing, below is a list of companies that are offering these fantastic travel perks, and most also offer fully remote roles. It is worth adding them to your list of desirable employers.
Airbnb
Airbnb is a leader when it comes to work-life balance and flexibility. Considering they are a travel company, it makes sense that they would also prioritize travel for their employees. With that in mind, they offer staff an annual stipend of US$2,000, given quarterly, to book stays and experiences via the Airbnb platform.
Airbnb is also known for their work from anywhere policy, that allows staff to work from anywhere that regulations allow. Open fully remote jobs include strategy and analysis roles, software engineers, communications roles, finance roles, and more.
Anyplace
Anyplace is a travel accommodation company that focuses on digital nomads, offering fully furnished luxury apartments with turn-key, high-speed Wi-Fi and fully equipped work spaces. Move in on a moment’s notice and move out whenever you need.
Benefits for employees include a flexible travel policy and a wellness and development stipend of US$1,000 per year for travel and other wellness activities. Many roles are fully remote, including a valuation analyst.
BambooHR
The HR software company offers “paid paid vacation”, which gives employees a US$2,000 stipend to cover vacation expenses so they can go somewhere invigorating.
They also offer both hybrid and fully remote roles. Current remote roles include payroll managers, software administrators and engineers, and international sales director.
Calendly
Calendly is a remote work tool that integrates scheduling technology such as Zoom and Google Calendar. Calendly offers a wellbeing perk, which is an annual US$1,000 stipend that can be used on travel, and also other wellbeing activities such as fitness and mental health.
Most roles are fully remote and current vacancies include customer support specialists, full stack engineers, and research and insight roles.
FullContact
FullContact is a privacy-safe identity resolution company that fosters trust between consumers and brands. They offer excellent benefits packages for employees, including something called Balance-Life Work Synergy. This includes remote work by default, unlimited vacation time, 26 company holiday days, WeWork credits, and an annual lump sum vacation bonus. It can be up to US$7,000 depending on tenure.
Kasa
Kasa is another travel company that prioritizes travel for its employees. They offer remote work for most roles, access to coworking spaces, unlimited PTO, and a Kasa lodging credit of US$2,000 per year.
Current job openings including a brand and design lead, a graphic designer, and director of launch operations.
Kindred
Kindred is a members-only hoe swapping platform that enables travel through home swapping thin a trusted community. As an employee, you get unlimited free stays in Kindred homes, a global WeWork pass to access the coworking spaces, unlimited vacation days, and a quarterly US$1,000 stipend to help cover the cost of travel to stay in a Kindred home.
They have hybrid positions in San Francisco and London, as well as fully remote positions. When we logged on, they were looking for a fully remote member experience manager.
MNTN
MNTN is a disruptive advertising company that works to optimize how people consume content today for better marketing. They received the AdAge Best Work Places to Work 2024 award, in part due to the excellent benefits they offer. This includes a three-day weekend every month, a flexible vacation policy, and a US$2,000 annual vacation stipend.
MNTN also offers fully remote jobs that you can do from anywhere in the world. They currently have open roles in Customer Experience, Customer Success, Engineering, Operations, and Product.
Moz
Moz is a digital marketing and SEO tool that offers bespoke data solutions. They treat their employees well with a generous PTO policy that requires everyone to take at each one week per quarter. Eligible employees also receive a US$3,000 vacation reimbursement to support travel.
Thirty Madison
Thirty Madison is a virtual-first healthcare specialist firm that helps you find the best care for you wherever you are in the United States with the help of a personalized medical advisor.
Thirty Madison offers a variety of remote jobs, including payor credentialing and contracting and product directors. One of the employee benefits is an annual US$750 vacation stipend.
TourRadar
TourRadar encourages employees to travel using their own platform by giving staff a stipend of up to US$1,800 for book one some of the 40,000 travel adventures available in the site.
Travel Zoo
Travel Zoo is another travel company that puts its money were its mouth is and provides financial support to allow their employees to enjoy the benefits of travel. This includes an annual stipend of US$1,500 to support travel. The company has a variety of hybrid and remote openings including publishers and sales roles.
Tripadvisor
It shouldn’t be a huge surprise to see Tripadvisor on the list of travel friendly companies considering it is their business. They offer employees something called Global Lifestyle Benefits, which is an allowance to spend on fitness, travel, self-care and financial well-being services. So that is flights and hotels, but also fitness classes and streaming subscriptions.
They offer a variety of fully remote roles such as escalation resolution associates, machine learning managers, software engineers, success and performance managers, editorial roles, and more.
