The issue of ‘what is a visit’ has been one of disagreement among travellers for a considerable amount of time. Different organisations have distinct rules, resulting in unclear criteria which can result in very unfair outcomes when comparing travellers’ travel...
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Lourdes Odette Ricassa From Dreaming of the World to Conquering It
Lourdes Odette Ricassa is an adventurous traveller who never let her humble beginnings hold her back. Born and raised in the Philippines, she developed a fascination for Geography during high school and college. Despite financial constraints, she dreamed of travelling...
Introducing the Supreme Verification of Travel Records
From the beginning of its existence, NomadMania has positioned itself as a community which is serious about travel, and for this reason verification was initiated as early as 2014. Verification ensures that a traveller’s claims are real by checking that a traveller...
Jacquelyn Kunz on intrepid travelling and Sudan
Jacquelyn Kunz, an amazing and daring traveller, became the first known woman to travel independently to Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover. She is always pushing her own limits as well as those of the travel community, often travelling overland by public...
Digital Nomad Josh Bender. Insights and Surprises from a Lifetime of Travel
Josh Bender, a seasoned traveller and digital nomad, shares his insights on the skills and experiences he has picked up along the way, including a solution-oriented approach to problem-solving, letting things slide, and the benefits of minimalism, as well as his...
Meet the New (Old) NomadMania
Recently we released an updated website and also change a few other things in order to serve you better. So... 1) The Website is becoming more user friendly That means that most of the info will be published there instead of in a newsletter, making it much easier to...
[POLL] Crafting a Brighter Future
Warm greetings from our Marketing Manager Eugene! Currently we are working on many improvements on the website and would LOVE to hear your advice regarding what can be improved. Thus we invite you to share your insights by answering a few fundamental questions. Your...
Meet Orest Zub – the new partner of NomadMania
Meet our long-standing friend from Ukraine, Orest Zub. Orest, a graduate of law and founder of the important Ukrainian portal OpenMind, has been the director of our two NomadMania award ceremonies while giving much of his valuable time based on his experience as a...
[PAST] Armenia Tour (September 23-30, 2023)
Following last year's incredibly successful Extraordinary Travel Festival, NomadMania is teaming up with Next is Armenia to organise another week of exploration in all three Armenian NomadMania regions. This trip will focus on abandoned and obscure Soviet relics as...
Two scholarship recipients embark on their first travel experience
Our first travel scholarships, launched in 2021, were available to citizens of 8 countries, all of which were deemed to have suffered from conflict, and where we felt we wanted to make a difference to young people. As part of our values, of making travel more...
Our manager, Milana Bojinović, is leaving NomadMania team
Our manager Milana is leaving the NomadMania team. Though she claims to be under-travelled, she certainly has the travel bug and her time with us has probably only made it worse; she visited Ukraine, São Tomé and Príncipe, Armenia and Panama, all for the first time,...
“What is a visit” Poll Results
One of the unique features of NomadMania is that we verify the travel achievements of members, thereby developing a trusted and engaging community. However, tehere is a never ending discussion regarding what should be considered a visit and what not. So we decided to...