Unemployed Briton wanted to go on free holiday and call it work

Britons made redundant in the recession are being offered the chance to apply for a dream job – getting paid to go on holiday. The successful applicant will travel around the world in style this summer, visiting the most desirable cities and staying in the finest hotels.

No experience is necessary and there are no qualifications for the role, although the person selected will have to write reviews of their experiences for lastminute.com, the travel firm which has created the position.

The company hopes the job title, described as Globe Trotter, will give the opportunity of a lifetime to one of the millions of people left without work in the financial crisis in Britain. Their reviews have to cover flights, hotels, restaurants, concerts and theatre shows from all of the destinations they visit.



The selected person will travel more than 32,000 miles, spend over 60 nights away, and visit at least eight major cities – including New York, Paris, Barcelona and Las Vegas – in three different continents.

Although they will not receive a salary for their three month tour, the entire £20,000 cost of the trip will be covered.

Anyone wanting to enter must send a photo of themselves having "a seriously good time" on holiday, and a review of no more than 200 words describing their experience by July 15. A panel of industry experts will vet all applications, before the lastminute.com Globe Trotter is chosen at the end of July.