Travel Reads > Travel Thoughts
• Travel without an audience [Travelling Troubadour]
“The moment I realized I was documenting my travels instead of living them.”
• How has travel changed? [Shellphone Chronicles]
“The democratization and Instagramableness of international travel. For better or worse?”
• 25 ways travel has changed this century (archive) [The Washington Post]
“RIP, MapQuest, anonymity and open seating.”
• The information gap that vanished [Odyssey And Meaning]
“Contrasting the DIY travel of yesterday with today.”
• Passport privilege, the fear of ‘Third World’ passports, and why we have a long way to go [Adventure]
“With tourist visas for Global South travelers increasingly hard to come by, who gets to travel (and to where) remains politically charged, writes Indian travel editor and journalist Akanksha Singh.”
• When intuition becomes your guide [Toni Travels]
“There’s a difference between wanting to go somewhere and being called to it. One is a preference. The other is a knowing you can’t talk yourself out of, even when you try.”
• The dark side of Dark Tourism [The Wandering Environmentalist]
“How do we remember places with difficult histories?”
• Beyond the crowds – rethinking travel [Add This To Your Itinerary]
“I’ve been meaning to write about overtourism for months. Turns out, I’m part of the problem too. A deep dive into why our travel habits might need a reset.”
• What 4 years of traveling the world full-time taught me [Beyond Ordinary]
• An ode to hostels (and the person I was when I loved them) [Postcards I Forgot to Send]
• Sense of Place is what will change the way you travel [Kayla Doris is Away]
“My theory on how we can be better travellers.”
• Traveling for me, not for Instagram. [Jacky of All Travels]
“On imperfect trips, practical shoes, and choosing presence over performance.”
• You will not be the same [Make it Soulful!]
“Why the next evolution of travel is not about seeing more — but becoming more.”
• When was the last time you got lost? [Laura Bronner]
“with no technology to save you.”
• How I travel without a trust fund [redhead gone rogue]
“How I actually afford to travel full time.”
• Nobody gives a sh*t if you travel [Postcards I Forgot to Send]
• Life beyond the resort [Escape Artist]
“Why the clearest insight into life abroad comes when nothing is arranged for you.”
• Where shouldn’t you go? [Odyssey And Meaning]
“The traveler’s dilemma.”
• Is it time to retire ‘Venice of the East’? (archive) [BBC Travel]
“From “Venice of the East” to “lost civilisations”, colonial-era travel metaphors still shape how some see non-Western places. But that language deserves a rethink.”
• A broken passport still works [Scott Monaco]
“On borders, certainty, and the stories travel tells about itself.”
• I spent years searching for the ‘perfect’ place to live. It turned out my problem wasn’t geographical. [The Dole Drifter]
“A ramble on belonging, instinct, and discovering home isn’t just a place.”
• Is it okay for travelers to wear traditional clothing? [Stories of Milo (around the world)]
“The thin line between celebration and appropriation 🤔”
• If you’re an American worried about travelling abroad: don’t. [Souvenirs]
“Don’t worry, that is; people know America isn’t the same as Americans.”
• The slow extinction of budget travel [unpacked by fialka]
“when did backpacking get so expensive?”
• Travel changes us. [Jenny Marrs]
“The sheer act of getting out of our comfort zone, forces each of us to be present and aware of the dance of life happening around us, one we often miss at home, distracted by all-the-things.”
• How The Snooty Traveler ruins everything [Be Back By Dinner]
“This is your permission slip to travel your way in 2026.”
• On synchronicity [The Unplugged Traveler]
“And the consoling mysteries of travel.”
• Why tourist shops suck [Souvenirs]
“They sell imitation culture – not the real thing.”
• Traveling to meet who I used to be [Be Back By Dinner]
“A journey isn’t just about finding yourself. It’s about encountering who you used to be.”
• Don’t bunch up. Spread out. [The Conscientious Traveller]
• The case for taking the same holiday again and again [BBC Travel]
• These travel influencers don’t want freebies. They’re A.I. (archive) [The New York Times]
“Social media posts by A.I.-created travel avatars cost far less to produce, yet look and sound real. Human influencers worry they’re being elbowed out.”
• Travel and the pursuit of happiness [The Travel Paradox]
“Plus 5 (sometimes silly) ways to make me a better traveller. (Results for others may vary).”
• Is the border officer in a good mood? [Without Maps]
“Traveling with my muslim & queer friend when the world still builds walls.”
• ‘There is bounty almost everywhere’: why you’ll always find me in the flea market on my travels [The Guardian]
• The quantity vs. quality debate [The Travel Paradox]
“Do I check off the must-see places, one by one? Or do I give up the list to travel and live more deeply?”
• What if your lodging was a travel partner, not a prop? [Go Unpacked]
“A tiny house in the forest showed our family how where you stay can define a trip.”
• How fear almost stopped me from one of my greatest travel experiences 😨 [Itchy Feet]
“My life would have never been the same.”
• Why slow travel matters in a digital world [Paradise of Exiles ~ Insider Italy]
• It’s a state of mind [The Perennial Nomad]
“I have been pondering how nomadic travel has changed over the decades since I first hit the road.”
• You can never return to the same place [Scott Monaco]
“Because you can never return to who you were the first time.”
• If you can’t find beauty here, that’s not the city’s fault [Benthall Slow Travel]
• Instagram made me do it: When ‘hidden gems’ stop being hidden [Awakened Voyages]
“On how discovery becomes destruction and the dilemma of sharing secret spots.”
• Finding home after a lifetime of motion [Roberta Hill, Wander After 70]
“What returning after fifty years away revealed about belonging.”
• Why do we consider travelling as “living” when it’s the opposite? [Kayla Doris Is Away]
