UN Masters Weekend
+ NomadMania Awards
(Online event)
Nov22nd – Nov23rd
The NomadMania Travel Awards is the annual event to celebrate achievements in travel organized since 2021. It meant to celebrate travelling efforts for the past year.
Our aim is not to make people travel for the award, but rather to award the ones who travel regardless of that and to inspire new generations of travellers!
This year the NomadMania Travel Awards is happening live on youtube, On November 22nd and 23rd as a part of the UN Masters weekend.
Only TRUSTED NomadMania users above the age of 15 can vote.
Voting starts on November 4 and will continue until November 20.
You have to be logged in on NomadMania website in order to vote.
NomadMania Awards categories
Golden Awards
AGAINST ALL ODDS TRAVELLER
Awarded to a NomadMania member who, despite having considerable obstacles, has overcome them to become a notable traveller.
BEST NOMADMANIA TEAM MEMBER
Awarded to a NomadMania team member whose contributions to NomadMania – in any form – have really made a difference to our platform.
BEST NOMADMANIA FRIEND
Awarded to a NomadMania member (a non-team member) whose contributions to NomadMania – in any form – have really made a difference to our platform.
Silver Awards
MOST INTREPID TRAVELLER 2025
A traveller whose travels in the last year have required considerable courage, risk-taking and craziness.
MOST PURPOSEFUL TRAVELLER 2025
The one whose efforts to create community, help local communities and, in general, travel with a purpose.
BEST TRAVEL BOOK 2025
The book that takes readers on new adventures, sparking the love for travel with every page.
BEST DIGITAL TRAVEL CREATOR 2025
The creator whose engaging stories and visuals invite us to explore unseen places and cultures.
MOST TRUSTED LOCAL FIXER 2025
The go-to person who turns common trips into unforgettable local experiences with their know-how.
BIGGEST LPI (Low Passport Index) TRAVELLER 2025
The one who doesn’t let the bureaucracy and passport nor nationality issues stop him/her in their travelling. To be eligible for this, travellers have to be from one of the countries that rank the lowest on Henley Passport Index Ranking. Full list is available on the LPI ranking page.
BIGGEST TRAVELLER 2025
The one and only, whose travels in the past year, in terms of both quantity (days on the road and number of trips) AND quality (difficulty and variety of destinations), render them a truly big traveller even by the standards of the NomadMania Community.
Special Awards
BIGGEST LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN TRAVEL
This award is given to any traveller – NomadMania member or not – whose lifetime travel achievements are of an outstanding level.
Nominees 2025
Golden Awards
Against all odds traveller 2025

Daniel Riley 🇨🇦🇺🇸
Best NomadMania Team Member 2025

Mette Ehlers Mikkelsen 🇩🇰
Best NomadMania Friend 2025

Jaime Aleman 🇵🇦

Lucy Hsu 🇺🇸
Silver Awards
Best Digital Travel Creator 2025

Kasem Hato 🇯🇴

Bruno Maltor 🇫🇷

Amina Mamaty (Myna) 🇫🇷

Luca Pferdmenges 🇩🇪

Sarah Saeed 🇩🇯

Agwo Tiwara 🇨🇲
Winner

Kasem Hato 🇯🇴
Best Travel Book 2025

"Slow Trains to Istanbul: ...And Back: A 4,570-Mile Adventure on 55 Rides" by Tom Chesshyre 🇬🇧

"The Impossible Journey: An Incredible Voyage Through Every Country in the World Without Flying" by Thor Pedersen 🇩🇰

"One Way Ticket To Everywhere" by Anna-Katri Räihä 🇫🇮

"Why Not?" by Ankitha Rajendaran 🇦🇪

"It's All in the State of Mind" by Odette Ricasa 🇵🇭 🇺🇸
Winner

"The Impossible Journey: An Incredible Voyage Through Every Country in the World Without Flying" by Thor Pedersen 🇩🇰
Most Intrepid Traveller 2025

Aida Karamesić 🇧🇦

Timmy Karter 🇬🇷

Alvaro Rojas 🇪🇸

Luisa Yu 🇵🇭 🇺🇸

Jason Wang 🇺🇸
Winner

Luisa Yu 🇵🇭 🇺🇸
Most Purposeful Traveller 2025

Anibal Bueno 🇪🇸

Gianluca Grimalda 🇮🇹

Barry Hoffner 🇺🇸

Mario Rigby 🇨🇦

Kach Umandap 🇵🇭

Randy Williams 🇺🇸
Winner

Barry Hoffner 🇺🇸
Biggest LPI Traveller 2025

Kazi Asmery 🇧🇩

Suhas Mahajan 🇮🇳

Pav Mbeda 🇰🇪

Mauro Ortiz 🇧🇴

Wyatt Maktrav and Kaila de los Reyes 🇵🇭
Winner

Pav Mbeda 🇰🇪
Biggest Traveller 2025

Jaime Alemán 🇵🇦

Wendy Arbeit 🇺🇸

Michael and Angela Ballard 🇺🇸

Sascha Grabow 🇩🇪

Joao Paulo Peixoto 🇵🇹

Carla Zanellini 🇮🇹
Winners

Sascha Grabow 🇩🇪

Joao Paulo Peixoto 🇵🇹
Best Trusted Fixer 2025

Baba El Bekay 🇲🇷
Special Awards
Lifetime Travel Achievement 2025

Arvinder Bahal 🇺🇸🇮🇳
Previous Travel Awards
Press
Our numbers
registrations on the website
active members
newsletter subscribers
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average open rate of newsletters
Instagram followers
Facebook followers
regions explored by all members
members visited each of the 193 UN countries
But NomadMania is more than just numbers. While the statistics illustrate our extensive reach and vibrant community, the stories, experiences, and shared memories genuinely define us.
Multimedia
Meet the Team

Orest Zub 🇺🇦
Partner

Daniel Zagrodzki 🇵🇱
IT consultant / developer

Viktoriia Ovcharenko 🇺🇦
Software developer

Yaroslav Ingulskiy 🇺🇦
Frontend developer

Pedro Peticov 🇧🇷
Travel Experience Manager

Kaylee Tesfaye 🇪🇹
Secretary
