With so many travel blogs out there how do you pick who to check out? Well here’s a run down of 10 travel bloggers I recommend following in 2015.
With 2015 already underway hopefully you’re planning some awesome adventures for the year and getting your hit of wanderlust and ideas via my blog, Facebook and Instagram feeds, but there are also heaps of other travel bloggers out there – covering all kinds of adventures and countries.
But in the wide world of the internet it can be difficult to figure out some fresh new faces to follow, so how do you find them?!
I thought I’d help you out a bit so here’s my top 10 travel bloggers to follow in 2015…in no particular order might I add!
1) PS I’m On My Way – Trisha is from the Philippines (which is how I stumbled across her blog as I’m out there at the moment!) although she’s currently travelling around South America and if you’re heading that way she has some great advice and stories. She’s not bad with a camera either!
2) Y Travel Blog – always a firm favourite of mine Caz and Craig have one of Australias top blogs…in fact it’s probably one of the worlds most popular too! They’ve been on the road for years, with 2 kids in tow and share everything from how they make money and how to homeschool on the road through to their best beaches in Australia and even getting invited to the White House!
3) The Wandering Orange – I only recently discovered this blog but Im already hooked! Lauren shares her travels in a really unique way – by using her artistic talents and creating mini comic strips about her journey! Be careful though, you’ll get sucked into her site for hours!
4) Alicia Explores – the lovely Alicia recently launched her new blog (I got dragged into helping out with sounds clips and beta testing!haha!) and shares a mixture of travel, romance and the unusual. She’s a TV presenter by trade so expect loads of awesome travel videos and guides too. Having just returned from a trip to Japan I’m stoked to see what the rest of 2015 holds for her.
5) Xpat Matt – Matts site is crammed full of awesome travel interviews, photo essays, travel hacks and tips – seriously there’s heaps of stuff to get lost in on this site so don’t click on it unless you’re prepared to loose a couple of hours!
6) A Brit And A Broad – this video blog by Macca and Brianna (alongside their director of photography Brian) is packed full of beautiful videos, images and all round travel goodness – in fact I think its probably one of the bits curated blogs out there at the moment *high five guys*. They cover all sorts of stuff too, from food to diving and even tips on how to blog yourself. Definitely one of my favourites!
7) Borders Of Adventure – formally know as Backpacker Becki, Miss Enright has just relaunched her blog and it looks rather swish…I’m a bit jealous! She bounces all over the place and gets really off the beaten track (although for me that means anywhere away from the beach!) so there’s some great alternative travel ideas in there and some sound advice too. She’s moving to Greece in the coming months so expect heap of Euro goodness.
8) Breakaway Backpacker – I’m pretty sure this blog has made my top 10 for the last 3 years running. Jaime is a freaking legend! He chats about hand jobs on buses, underground sex clubs in Germany and is basically has no taboos in his travel blog – so be careful reading it at work! I was super excited when I heard he was heading off on his latest trip at the beginning of the year and he’s got some epic plans for South America over 2015 so he’s definitely on to follow!
9) Open World Mag – ok so I’ve slightly cheated with number 9 as it’s more of an online travel mag than a traditional travel blog! Still it’s a solid read and there’s lots of intriguing interview and lifestyle advice to trawl through. I’ve no doubt that it will lead to you finding even more epic travel blogs to follows too…although I may have a slight bias as I’ve ben featured on there a few times!
10) – The Inertia – This is easily the blog that I read the most of and shock horror yes it’s a surf blog! In fact it’s bigger than a surf blog, it’s THE surf blog! Basically a communal blog where surfers, writer and photographers from all around the globe can share stories, art and images from surfing and the world at large. If you’re into surfing you’ll love it. If you’re not into surfing it’s still worth checking out!
Any blogs you’d add to the list – share them in the comments!
Looking for more travel blogs to follow?
Great to see new additions! I’ll be sure to add them to my ever growing list of travel bloggers to read!
I’m surprised you haven’t included yourself in the list ;)
Glad it helped you find some new stuff Ed!
I’m hoping people decide to read my blog if they find that post via elsewhere anyway ;)
I was looking for a few new blogs to read.. perfect :)
I love the Wandering Orange’s comics – quirky!
P.S. the link for Borders of Adventure has a typo in it!
Glad I helped you find some new ones Emma! Yeah the comics are ace hey?!
…thanks for the heads up on the typo, all amended!
Thanks so much for including us in this list Chris! Looking forward to checking out some of these blogs. I so hope we can catch up in Australia soon!
No worries Caz, love following your adventures!
Fingers crossed we can grab a beer in Oz this year!
good to see who else is on the ‘scene’. really like The Wandering Orange blog!
A unique way to chat about travel and blogging hey Nigel!
Wow awesome to be included on this list again. Seriously it’s an awesome list to be a part of. I’m even more happier because this year I do plan on actually blogging a lot more… so yeah 2015 is gonna be an amazing year to be following Breakaway Backpacker. Thanks a ton again!!!
hahaha no worries bro – loving your Instagram feed heaps lately! Stoked to see how your year pans out…go cause some chaos!
Interesting list. I’ll check it out.
Enjoy!
Great list! Thanks for introducing me to a couple I didn’t now already! :)
No worries Helen – I hope you enjoy them!
Thanks for mentioning us dude; we really appreciate it.
Also, it’s great to see some other blogs to follow – I really like Lauren’s and Alicia’s work; there stuff is awesome.
Great post as ever Chris and we’ll make sure we share it!
No worries bro – you deserve to be included :)
Great mixture of smaller and larger blogs in here; thanks for sharing them!
No worries Hannah – glad you enjoyed them!
Lol if you haven’t noticed I am totally creeping on your blog since I just discovered it and I don’t find too many surf and travel blogs. I look at inertia daily love it almost over Surfline at this point. Stoked to see so many posts on things we want to do when we are over in New Zealand, thanks for the reads! BTW check out our new start up blog on prepping to sell all of our stuff and move to NZ http://www.surfseayouandme.com
hahahaha no worries Kim – creep away! The inertia is my favourite blog, in fact it’s one of the few online blogs I actually read anymore! I’ll have to check your blog out!
Hi Chris
Thanks for your list of travel blogs. I’m quite a new blogger and the only one that I’ve heard is Y Travel Blog. I’ll have to have a look at the other 9 on your list.
Hey Graham – glad I helped you discover some new blogs! I’ll check out yours in a mo!
Thanks for sharing those blogs mate, it’s good to have more good material to read on! Cheers!
No worries Rick – hope you enjoy them!
Brilliant. Was just searching for new travel blogs to get hooked on and I came to the right place! :)
Enjoy them Zascha – any other you’d recommend?
Really nice list! Thanks for sharing! Greets!
No worries, hope you enjoy them!
Thanks for sharing informative about the other blogs, and i hope ill read more blogs from you ;)
No worries Aijika, enjoy!
I would LOVE to connect with you! You should check out my blog that is new and boomin’ too! http://www.atravelinlady.com
Loving your photos Taylor – epic work! How’s life in the air treating you?
Oh no. You are feeding my already out of hand travel blog addiction. I don’t know whether to thank you or throw things in your general direction. :)
hahahaha…I’ll take the first option Tania! ;)
Really like your site and enjoy these awesome travel blogs you listed. We have our own that we started back in January called http://www.faurandsky.com. It’s all about our 8-month around the world trek. Check it out and let us know what you think. Safe travels, all!
Cheers for sharing guys – I’ve just checked it out…really good job! I’m going to share it on my Epic Gap Year FB page later :)
Some nice blogs to flick through, XPat Matt! Good compilation :)
Glad I could help you find some more travel goodness Matthew!
Great blogs! We used them as inspiration to start ours. http://busesandbackpackstravels.com
awesome times – I’ll go check your out now :)
Wow! Thank you for adding me to this list of Awesome Travel Bloggers!
:)
No worries Lauren, I’m enjoying following your journey! When you back in Oz?
Great list! Happy Kaz made it )
Really nice list. Always fun to see what other bloggers read :)
Any other suggestions David?
This is such a wonderful list, thanks! :) Have you backpacked to Africa or do you plan to? It is a wonderful place and we’d love to have you here. A safari would be something you will love and remember forever. Think about it, enjoy your travels! :)
Hey Khweza,
Glad you like the list!
I spent a bit of time in Africa over the last few years – I was out surf coaching in Morocco for a season and then headed to South Africa on another surf trip from Cape Town to J’bay too after a safari in Kruger! Such an amazing country and I’d love to go back sometime!
Chris, next time in Africa, please come to Kenya. We have lots of excursions that could enjoy. Plus they say we are very friendly :) you will love it here.
I’ll keep that in mind Khweza, would love to head back to Africa again soon!
Some great blogs I hadn’t seen before. Thanks.
No worries Ross, any you’d add to the list?
Thanks for compiling the list.
I maintain a travel journal/blog site documenting our travels over the past decade and a half. Do check it out if you get a chance: http://www.travel-notes.org/
Awesome work Manoj, thanks for sharing!
that’s really great. I appreciate your thoughts. thanks for sharing this brilliant thing.
Trekking Tour in Nepal
Great list, I wasn’t familiar with anything from the list already! I’m new to the travel writing world but hoping after I kick out enough content I can find my site on one of these lists :) Good work!
Stoked to help you discover some new blogs Collin and I look forward to following your site…maybe you’ll make the 2016 list!
That’s worth it to read, You happen to be really skilled blogger.
its really cool that i get travel blog that should follow from your blog. thank you
enjoy Winny!
Mixture of blogs,good work!!
Keep it up,its really helpful.
Great compilation, however you could have added some more bloggers into the list.
Hey Ann, decided to keep it to 10 but I’m putting together some new names for the 2016 list…any suggestions?
Thanks for the post. We will be following some of these. We are a new travel blog.
Love it :)
Glad you like the list!
Some great blogs, a few I hadn’t stumbled across before. Thanks for the list.
No worries Nick, hopefully they’ll keep you entertained!
Some great suggestions on here! Love it!
Thanks George, hope you found some new reads!