Why Bother with Another Travel Blog
The Internet is swamped with travel blogs that cater to primarily two types of people: people who can afford yachts and people who live in Baja hoodies. I’m kind of tired of seeing influencers posting about their fabulous holidays only to realise that replicating even a fraction of what they did would saddle me more debt than a US college degree. Yea, there are a bunch of blogs about backpacking across Europe and overlanding in Africa, but three months without a shower isn’t appealing. Also, how often can you really take off for a full year? I have, like, two weeks max. Usually closer to one week. Plus, I studied art history, so I’m eternally cursed to be broke. The problem though is that I have some serious travel FOMO and there aren’t many travel resources for normal people.If I’m planning a trip I want to know answers to some basic questions. How will I get there? When I am there, how will I get around? Where will I stay? What will I see? What will it cost? How few days can I do it all in? What should I have known before I got there? Why’s it so hard to find someone else’s itinerary I can just copy and paste?
I don’t have many resources in my arsenal and the best that I do have tend to be library books from the 90s. So I end up coddiwompling.
Coddiwomple – (v.) to travel in a purposeful manner towards a vague destination
I’m the type of person who can’t spend more than 15 minutes sitting on a beach before I have to get up and explore. So if you are looking for relaxing holiday ideas, they’re not here. But, if you want to see some highly edited travel photos, read the behind-the-scenes mistakes and get tried-and-true itineraries you can use to plan your own adventures, then this is the place.