Let's be real: You've been told your whole life that international travel is for "other people." The ones with rich parents. The gap year kids. The trust fund influencers. Meanwhile, you're stuck feeling like, "Cool, I have $200 in savings and student loans. Guess I'll stay home."

We have another idea.

In 2016, our Founder Gabby Beckford was a broke first-gen college student with big dreams and a tiny bank account. Everyone told her to "wait 'til she could afford it." (Translation: when she was 65)

So did the smart thing: ignored them, and got scrappy instead. She found organizations that were literally PAYING people to travel—fully-funded scholarships, fellowships, grants, contests, remote jobs. Opportunities most people never hear about because they're not advertised on Instagram or Google's first page. She won a scholarship to Dubai. Then another. Then another. Eventually, she'd traveled to 6 countries without going into debt once.

That's when she realized: This information shouldn't be a secret.

SeekPTO exists to ungatekeep travel funding for ambitious young people from overlooked communities—especially first-gen students, ambitious young professionals, and anyone who's been told "travel isn't for people like you."

We're not here to sell you vision boards and manifestation. We're here to give you a database of 500+ vetted opportunities, the application strategies to WIN them, and a community of people who refuse to let money be the reason they don't see the world. Sound like you? Keep reading.