🌍 Products Coordinator Internship – Youth Adventure Travel
Location: Australia (Byron Bay NSW)
Type: Internship (3–6 months) – Flexible hours
Start Dates: 1st October, 1st February, 1st August
Reports to: Head of Product
Compensation: Travel perks, industry experience, and access to free/discounted tours
🚀 Kickstart Your Travel Career with Happy Travels!
Are you passionate about travel and keen to break into the tourism industry?
Want to get hands-on experience with one of Australia’s leading youth adventure travel agencies?
Join Happy Travels as a Products Coordinator Intern and gain real-world experience in product management, supplier relations, marketing campaigns, and more – all while working on exciting projects that shape the future of youth travel.
🧭 About the Internship
In this dynamic, fast-paced internship, you’ll work closely with our Head of Product, who has 20 years of industry experience & knowledge to help manage our global product range, build relationships with awesome travel suppliers, and support the rollout of new international travel campaigns. You’ll be part of a small, high-energy team that loves adventure, creativity, and getting things done.
🛠️ What You’ll Be Doing
- Assisting with supplier communications and helping to manage relationships with tour operators and activity providers
- Updating and maintaining product listings on our website (images, pricing, descriptions, tags)
- Auditing operator rates and pricing and providing feedback analysis
- Supporting the onboarding of new suppliers, including product uploads and contract coordination
- Helping coordinate familiarisation trips (famils) for our travel agents - think free trips and fun itineraries
- Working on exciting new outbound campaigns - helping get international travel products ready to launch
- Assisting with data entry and light reporting (e.g. sales performance, product trends, feedback tracking)
- Supporting the team with day-to-day product tasks and helping keep everything organised
👀 Who We’re Looking For
- A travel lover with a passion for youth adventure, backpacking, or cultural exploration
- Strong attention to detail and solid organisational skills
- Comfortable with spreadsheets, websites, or admin systems (we’ll show you the ropes)
- Great communicator - both written and verbal
- Self-motivated, enthusiastic, and keen to learn
- A marketing, tourism, business, or communications student (or recent grad)
🎒 What You’ll Get
- Hands-on experience in the travel industry with real responsibility from Day 1
- The chance to work on live campaigns and products across Australia, NZ, Fiji, and more
- Flexible hours and the option to work from anywhere in Australia
- A supportive team environment with training and mentoring from the Head of Product
- Access to famils, free trips, and heavily discounted tours through our travel partners
- A glowing reference and professional experience that looks amazing on your resume
📩 How to Apply
Send your CV and a short intro email or video to careers@happytravels.com.au with the subject:
Products Internship – [Your Name]
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - don’t wait!
This isn’t just an internship - it’s your first step into the travel industry.
Help us shape the next generation of unforgettable adventures.
Let’s get started. ✈️
Happy Travels is Australias fastest growing backpacker & youth travel network with almost 50 branches across Australia and New Zealand.
Happy Travels offers a number of services, including booking tailor made packages to meet specific client needs and demands,qualifications in scuba diving, volunteer programmes, and Job services for travellers for regional and farm work.
We are an independent travel agency and job finding service. In a nutshell, we sell every trip you could possibly want in Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and South East Asia. Our job is to make sure that your trip is 100% tailored to you, so let’s get that bucket-list growing!
