Fifteen years of full-time travel filters your toolkit down hard. This is what is left: what I book with, insure with, filter water with, and write and edit on. Some links earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. That is what keeps this site free.
A bed for the night
One search across the booking sites, hostels for the social stretches, house-sits and work-exchange for the long stays.
Booking.com, one search across it all
Hostelworld
TrustedHousesitters, stay for free
All the house-sitting platforms, compared
Homestay.com, stay with locals
Workaway work-exchange stays
Getting there
Overland and oversea first. Trains, buses and ferries reach more of the world than people think.
By sailboat, as crew
On foot
By van
Omio, trains, buses and ferries in one search
FlixBus
Ferryhopper
Skyscanner, when I fly
Rome2Rio, to see every route
Travel insurance
SafetyWing is built for people who travel long and slow. Monthly, cancel anytime, works from the road.
SafetyWing nomad insurance
World Nomads, for adventure sports cover
Internet anywhere
An eSIM in two minutes instead of hunting a SIM shop on arrival.
Airalo eSIM
Starlink, on the boat and at base
Surfshark VPN, for open wifi
On the water
The ocean is where all of this started for me. And chartering is more affordable than most people think, split between a crew of friends.
Ocean Nomads (the community I founded: crew connections and expeditions)
Zero to Ocean Nomad (my course for starting sailing life as crew)
Sail with us: current expeditions
Boataround (compare charters worldwide at the best price)
Boatbookings (broker service for charter weeks, with or without skipper)
Divebooker (scuba liveaboards and dive resorts)
On wheels
Rent a camper from someone who actually lives the life, or park it on private land instead of a packed campsite.
Goboony camper rental
WorldWideCampers (compares local camper rental companies worldwide)
Campspace
Booking.com Cars, for the rental
Sunnycars (all insurance included by default, the stress-free option)
BlaBlaCar rideshares
Park4Night, for finding tonight's spot
Clean water anywhere
The filter question I get most. On trail I carry the BeFree, in the van it is Maunawai.
Katadyn BeFree
Maunawai water filter
All my water filtration picks
My favourite gear
The kit that has walked 2,000+ km of trails with me, most of it reviewed on this site.
Osprey Eja 48, my pack
Big Agnes Copper Spur, my tent
Therm-a-Rest NeoAir, my mat
Garmin inReach Mini 2
Kula Cloth, the pee rag
CuloClean portable bidet
Altra trail shoes
Kobo e-reader, my library
The full gear shop
Software this life runs on
The tools behind the blog, the videos and the books, all run from a van, a boat or a tent.
The full software stack, reviewed
Canva
Notion
Descript, for video editing
AppSumo lifetime deals
YouTube and Instagram, where the stories go
Books
Two of them I wrote. The rest shaped how I travel.
Money across borders
Earn in one currency, pay in another without the bank eating the difference.
Wise multi-currency account
Too Good To Go, restaurant surplus for a few euros
Numbeo, cost of living anywhere
Health on the road
The supplements, loose herbs and natural care I restock from anywhere.
My iHerb staples
Ohm, my favourite sunscreen
Satnam, the best Ayurveda store in Europe
Go further
When a link is not enough: the trips, courses and plans behind this life.
Join an Ocean Nomads trip
The Zero to Ocean Nomad crew course
The hike planner and checklist
AllTrails
FarOut, the thru-hiker guides app
Windy, the weather behind every plan
Geocaching, a treasure hunt wherever you land
GetYourGuide, for the days you want a local to lead
57hours, guided adventures with local pros
One email when something here changes
New tools earn their place slowly. When one does, the newsletter hears it first.
