Meet Barry Hoffner the globetrotter who discovered his passion for exploring foreign cultures and making a difference in the world. Born and raised in Southern California with a Middle Eastern heritage, he took a life-changing backpacking trip to Europe at 18 and...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
Magne is a Norwegian explorer and a family man. He enjoys counting various points when travelling and prioritises planning before his travels to be able to explore as much as he can. He's an avid member of many travel clubs and aims to join some more. NomadMania is...
Anuradha Goyal is the face behind the incredible blog Inditales. One of the big travel bloggers in India, her natural curiosity and love of books have taken her on a journey of discovery throughout her vast native land as well as abroad. We are very happy to host her...
Eleonora (Ella) and Yannik are an international young couple who are now full-time travellers. Adherents of slow travel on a budget, they are on the way to visiting half the countries of the world, but given...
Kuwait may not be large but it seems to have quite an active community of travellers and Bader is certainly no exception - he has travelled to half the countries of the world and details it all on his Instagram and YouTube channels. We have the pleasure of sharing his...
Eddie was born when his country Romania was a very different place from what it is today. The founder of the popular travel portal Tuktuk.ro, the place to go if you are a Romanian speaker into travel, talks to us about his adventures and feelings about travel. 2007:...
Timothy from Indonesia is undoubtedly a high flyer. Not only does he hold a doctorate and is a proud father but he has also been to more than 110 UN countries, aiming to eventually reach them all. A member of the TCC, he has an active Instagram presence with...