Meet Dondon Bales, a member of NomadMania's Executive Committee who is leading our travel community’s sustainable travel advocacy initiatives. Dondon has an unlikely traveller profile – from humble beginnings in the Philippine countryside, financing his education...
Janet Simcock is a passionate traveller with an insatiable appetite for exploration and a love for photography. Growing up during the Troubles in Belfast, Northern Ireland, family holidays to beautiful beaches and travels to Switzerland sparked an early desire to see...
Jacqui Kunz is an American traveller and education strategist who has been based in Sudan for the last eight years. In 2022 she won NomadMania’s Most Intrepid Traveller award. In her memoir based on the theme of mental health, she talks about finding and subsequently...
Mikael Staffas a Swedish traveller (and one of our partons) has lived in multiple cities across Sweden, as well as in the US, Germany, France, Japan, and Russia. Despite his management career in base material industries, he has developed a passion for exploring new...
No one can predict where their life’s path will take them. That was certainly true for Barry Hoffner who is also one of our patrons. While searching for a way to heal from the devastating loss of his life’s partner towards the end of 2017, he unwittingly embarked on a...
Renee Bruns is a disabled, female traveler who has been to 117 countries, all 7 continents, and all 50 states in the USA. In May of 2022, she left her executive role at a Fortune 500, stating burnout as the reason. She has been traveling full-time since then and...
Cameron Mofid is one of the youngest members of the NomadMania community, visiting 120 countries at just 23 years old. A former world-ranked junior tennis player, Cameron fell in love with travel when competing internationally on the junior tour, and later working on...
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...