Making bucket list trips accessible for “people like us” through travel scholarships (and other fully paid ways you’ve never heard of ✨).
Psst – are you new? “PTOs” have nothing to do with your job. Take a sec to learn what PTO means round here.
The only global database full of ways to travel for work, for school, and for fun (for free!) since 2018.
Join 500,000+ paid travel opportunity (PTO) seekers who have followed me, Gabby Beckford, to learn how one $20,000 study abroad scholarship in college spiraled into free trips to Austria, Fiji, Japan, etc. after graduation, and beyond.
We're launching something new in 2025. Finding and applying to these PTO isn't enough. I want you to win and actually travel.
Skip the newbie mistakes, travel scams, trial and error, and frustration with SeekPTO. Whenever you're ready, book your ticket to the promised land and join the waitlist below.
Welcome, to The PTO Dashboard, where we say you either take PTO (paid time off) to forget the job you hate, or apply to our PTO (paid travel opportunities) for an adventure you'll always remember.
You can search for the type of paid travel opportunity (PTO) you want in the search bar below or scroll through the list, which is updated weekly.
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TIP: Look one or two seasons before your travel window. (Ex. If you want to a free travel program during the summer, I recommend starting to look in winter or spring.)
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I always had dreams of traveling but I didn't grow up with money—when I was 17, I applied to 200+ scholarships to afford college! But one day I had an idea: if there are scholarships for college, maybe there are scholarships for travel? Spoiler alert: there are.
I've since been awarded more than $200,000 in paid travel opportunities (which I call PTO) and traveled to countries like the UAE 🇦🇪, South Korea 🇰🇷, Austria 🇦🇹, and Fiji 🇫🇯 and more. PTO have led me to become a full-time content creator at @packslight and transforming my life and finances. And I want them to transform your life too!
Read more about The PTO Dashboard and meet the whole SeekPTO team, here.