Travelstride Intern Hall of Fame

Interning at Travelstride is a chance to work in a fast paced environment while having a direct impact on key parts of the business. Our interns have gone on to work in many related fields, many utilizing direct hard and soft skills developed during their Travelstride internship.

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We’ve felt lucky to work with so many inspiring, dedicated, and hardworking young people. Take a glance through our Intern Hall of Fame! (And to answer your question, nope, not everyone makes it in). Our current interns are well on their way to joining this esteemed group.

Without further adieu…

1. Sergey Mann

Internship: Business Development

Year(s): 2015-2017

What Sergey's doing now: Sales Strategy Manager at Beyond Pricing

Why he's a Hall of Fame intern

Sergey was extremely focused, driven, and hard-working. He never shied away from big projects or difficult tasks. Sergey helped tremendously in the first years of truly building Travelstride from the ground up. He set up processes and improved how our backend is structured. He helped set up many of the core pages we still use today.

Favorite part of working at Travelstride

"One of my favorite experiences at Travelstride was when Gavin [CEO] led a multi-session negotiations training for the team based on a famous Stanford course. From BATNA’s to seeing negotiations as collective problem-solving exercises, there were a number of useful learnings that I still often think back to."

2. Sarah Davies

Internship: Social Media

Year: Summer 2016

What Sarah's doing now: HR Coordinator at Fragomen

Why she's a Hall of Fame intern

Sarah helped grow our social media channels through doing the first real comprehensive look at our analytics to discover the type of content that truly converts the best. She earned the nickname "Sarah 'Grams" both for her great work on Instagram as well as her grandmotherly like sensibility. She never got her feathers ruffled and was always willing to dive right in.

Favorite part of working at Travelstride

"Travelstride encouraged me to be confident working autonomously as part of a supportive and inspiring team. My favorite aspect of working with Travelstride was the amazing group of people I met and learned so much from- the Travelstride team is smart, hilarious and hard-working. 

At Travelstride you can look forward to learning about the ins and outs of the travel industry, as well as working with an intelligent and fast-paced team."

3. Nan Luo

Internship: Business Development

Year: Spring 2019

What Nan's Doing Now: Influence Marketer at LinkJoint

Why she's a Hall of Fame Intern

Nan was an extremely quick learner. She took feedback extremely well and was a great communicator. She was always very on top of her projects and was a joy to be around! I especially remember her personalized thank you notes that she gave everyone at the end of her internship!

Why future interns should consider Travelstride

"Travelstride will help you get real experience in an energetic and startup environment."

4. Charlotte Smith

Internship: Content Marketing

Year: Summer 2018

What Charlotte's doing now: Associate Consultant at Capco

Why she's a Hall of Fame intern

"Charlotte was one of the fastest writers I’ve ever managed. She churned out more articles in a week than I ever could. She was also analytical and learned quickly how to leverage Keyword research tactics. It was so enjoyable to watch her hone in on content strategy, constantly working to improve how her content performed, as well as communicating these success metrics in meetings throughout the internship." - Samantha, Content Marketing Manager & Editor in Chief

5. Shreya Kumar

Internship: Business Development

Year: Summer 2017 

What Shreya's doing now: Amazon Prime Student Campus Manager, Cal Poly SLO

Why she's a Hall of Fame intern

Shreya worked on an outreach team, connecting with tour operators and bloggers. She had to be speedy and accurate, balancing volume with effective email copy and consistently tested which combinations improved her results. She was a quick learner and always a joy to be around.

Favorite part about working at Travelstride

“Travelstride provided me with my first internship experience and introduced me to Business Development. I was able to learn valuable skills such as cold-calling, understanding SEO, and maintaining a CRM platform. My favorite part about working at Travelstride was everyone's willingness to make you feel like you were a part of the company and help you learn. I believe future interns should consider Travelstride because it is an amazing opportunity to learn about their unique travel site and be an integral part of the team.”

6. Ash Allan

Internship: Social Media & Partnerships

Year: 2019

What she’s doing now: Database Marketing Intern at Okta

Why she's a Hall of Fame Intern

Ash truly elevated our social media tracking, creating a comprehensive template for all future interns and social managers to use for deep dives into all social media metrics. She is also our most successful affiliate marketing intern to date, helping to craft an outreach strategy based on her success and learnings. Ash was an absolutely peasure to have in the office and was extremely hardworking.

How Travelstride helped set me up for success

“Travelstride Travel provided me the opportunity to learn about various facets of marketing: content, SEO, social media, partnerships, and data analytics. The experience gave me a well-rounded overview of marketing and placed me in a great position at the outset of my career.” 

7. Eliana Meyer

Internship: Social Media & Content

Year: Spring 2017 

What she’s doing now: Field Enablement Intern at DocuSign. She also recently graduated!

Why she’s a hall of fame intern

Eliana had a great attitude and was always willing to learn and try new things. She dove into the analytics side, honing her skills with interpreting data and using it to inform her projects. Her dedication and hard work was admirable and she was always pleasant and had a smile each and every day! 

How Stride helped set me up for success

“Interning at Travelstride has given me an enriching experience that has paved the way for any future job opportunities. At Travelstride, I strengthened my communication and organizational skills in a fast-paced environment. I had the opportunity to help execute a marketing campaign with the Czech Republic Board of Tourism alongside the VP of Marketing, which provided me with industry knowledge relating to market research, marketing, project management, and analytics.” 

8. Pushkar Hegde

Internship: Business Development

Year(s): Winter 2017 - Winter 2019

What Pushkar's doing now: Pushkar is currently living in India and working for his family business. 

Why he’s a Hall of Fame intern

Pushkar worked incredibly hard throughout his internship and was very dedicated to learning new skills. His enthusiasm was always apparent and he dealt with the startup demands like a champ. He is also one of the few interns that we brought on full time after his internship ended! Today, while he’s living at home in India, he still does some business analytics work for Travelstride.

9. Kayla Bernard

Internship: Content Marketing

Year: Fall 2017

What Kayla's doing now: Recently graduated and seeking opportunities!

Why she's a Hall of Fame intern

Kayla was a fantastic content marketer, and produced the initial content for several new pages we designed during her internship period at Travelstride. She was always eager to learn and expressed interest in taking on the additional responsibility of link building during the latter half of her internship. This role challenged her but her attitude was always positive and she gained many new skills she wouldn’t have otherwise learned!

10. Valerie Gasparini

Internship: Partner Marketing & Link Building

Year: Summer 2017

What Valerie's doing now: Senior Enterprise Market Development Representative at DocuSign

Why she's a Hall of Fame intern

To date, Valerie remains our most successful link building intern. This is perhaps the toughest job at any company, but certainly at a startup. It requires many subtle negotiation skills and relationship building skills and Valerie excelled. She also helped craft our most comprehensive guides for link building, based on her learnings and success. Valerie also wrote several unique blog posts, proving an ability to stretch her comfort zone and work outside the parameters of her normal responsibilities. A true embodiment of the anti “that’s not my job” mentality.

Stay tuned to the Hall of Fame...More to come!