Partnering for Impact: How Travel Brands Can Support Diverse Global Learning

At Joy Worldwide Inc., we believe that access to global education isn’t just a privilege—it’s a catalyst for equity, innovation, and community transformation. As more students from historically underrepresented backgrounds seek life-changing experiences abroad, the opportunity and responsibility for travel brands to step up has never been greater.

How Travel Brands Can Drive Change

Here’s how travel brands can join the movement to support diverse global learning:

1. Fund Equity-Based Travel Scholarships

Let’s start with the obvious: travel costs. Airfare, accommodations, and visas often create the biggest financial burden. When brands contribute directly to scholarship programs that prioritize underrepresented students, they’re not just giving money—they’re giving access, mobility, and possibility.

2. Feature Diverse Travelers in Your Marketing

Representation in travel media matters. Often times, students of color don’t see themselves in travel ads or influencer content. Travel brands can counter that by intentionally spotlighting diverse voices, student travelers, and real global experiences from communities of color. Collaborate with HBCU students abroad to share takeovers, reels, blog features, or co-branded campaigns.

3. Support Pre-Departure and Re-Entry Resources

Travel is exciting—but also overwhelming. From passports to mental health, underrepresented students benefit from additional preparation and culturally relevant guidance. Brands can help by supporting pre-departure orientations, re-entry workshops, and content that builds student confidence before and after they travel..

4. Make Long-Term Commitments, Not One-Off Campaigns

Impact is bigger than one campaign or donation. It’s about building long-term relationships with organizations that have experience supporting these students. Whether through internship placements, multi-year funding, or mentorship programs—brands that commit over time become true changemakers.

Today’s Gen Z travelers want values-driven brands. They care about inclusion, equity, and sustainability. They want to travel, but they also want to do good while doing it. Supporting global learning for underrepresented students is an investment in a better, more equitable future for travel and beyond.

Are You Ready to Partner for Impact?

Whether you’re a travel company or corporate sponsor—your partnership can directly shape the future of global education equity. Let’s reimagine who gets to see the world, and how they do it.

Join Joy Worldwide Inc. in our mission to empower the next generation of global changemakers.