The Beginner Traveler’s Guide Book Resources
Welcome to the Book Resources Page for the Beginner Traveler’s Guide, 2nd Edition
If you’ve read The Beginner Traveler’s Guide, you know that it scratches the surface of a ton of travel tips and tricks. It also gives a taste of how taking basic travel tools to the next level can lead to a life of longer and longer trips and long-term travel, should that be a step you want to take.
This resource section builds on the book with more content to help you achieve your personal and travel goals.
This book resources page references many ideas that wouldn’t fit into the book—and it just keeps growing.
About Jason Robinson // The Nomad Experiment
This is where you can jump to one of the six parts of the book, scroll to an exact chapter, then deep dive into additional resources to your heart’s content. Some of these travel resources are links to other articles on The Nomad Experiment website, whether technical or just anecdotal, so you can get deeper on a topic. Other times they might be links to recommended products, services, or other travel articles. Go ahead and dive in!
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Book Introduction Section
Section 1 (Chapters 1-5) — Get Your Mind Right
Book resources for Part 1 of The Beginner Traveler’s Guide…digs into some of the mental and emotional things you’ll experience and how to deal with it all when you’re going against the grain of society by making travel the main goal with which the rest of your decisions are guided. It has some tough love and tips to digest before you get into the functional, meaty bits of the book.
Section 2 (Chapters 7-11) — Nothing Personal, But Let’s Get Personal
Book resources for Section 2 of The Beginner Traveler’s Guide…starts with number 1—that’s you! It identifies some internal rewiring and perspective shifts that will help you along the way. Mostly about you being real with yourself, but also with the people and influences around you so that you can set yourself up for success as you dig into travel.
Section 3 (Chapters 13-32) — Let’s Get Traveling Already!
Book resources for Part 3 of book…finally gets into the real reason you’re here! Getting you off of the beginner travel mark and giving you the tools to go from beginner to skilled traveler. This is the biggest chunk of the book by a long shot. This section is compiled of many of the methodical baby steps, travel tips, and tricks that I used while I was going from never-traveled to long-term traveler in only a couple short years!
Section 4 (Chapters 34-39) — Get Your Financial Sh*t Straight!
Book resources for Part 4 of The Beginner Traveler’s Guide deals with money and budgets and how pivotal they are not only to a fairly stress-free life, but to a life of travel. Getting your financial sh*t straight may not happen overnight, but it needs to happen, and this section will give you the push to get on your way.
I went from $50k in debt to debt-free in 4 years and still use all of the tips and tools mentioned in this section to stay successful and travel indefinitely on a very meager income!
Section 5 (Chapters 41-44) — Let’s Get Physical!
Book resources for Part 5 of The Beginner Traveler’s Guide deep dives into the repercussions of having too much clutter in your life and the clear correlation between having less and being able to travel more.
This is where things start to wade a little bit more into the long-term travel end of the pool, since traveling more—and more often—often leads to pursuing more experiences and less physical stuff.
Tips, Strategies, & Tough Love To Help You Finally Kick-Start Your Travel Life!
Want to travel more but don’t really know where to start? Have a friend or family member that keeps talking about travel—but clearly needs a little help actually getting off go and making it happen?
Maybe you didn’t grow up traveling, or life, fear, or finances simply got in the way. Whatever the reasons, you’re finally ready to push through and change all of that. The Beginner Traveler’s Guide is a no-fluff, hands-on guide to finally getting unstuck and on your travel path—with confidence, intention, and zero shame.
Section 6 (Chapters 46-52) — Extending Towards Long-Term Travel
Book resources for Part 6 of book introduces free and cheap long-term accommodations around the world. It also discusses the remote work revolution, long-term visas and visa-free places where you can visit—legally—for months at a time. There are also plenty of other tweaks that should be on your radar as you level up from a beginner at travel to a travel bad*ss!
Have Fun Exploring!
Glad you’re here and glad you’ve enjoyed The Beginner Traveler’s Guide! Please connect with me on Instagram and share a photo of your favorite spread from the book (add #thenomadexperiment). Can’t wait to hear where your travels have taken you, and more importantly, how those travels have helped you grow!
Cheers!
—Jason
About Jason Robinson
Jason is the author of “The Beginner Traveler’s Guide” as well as the voice behind the words and the eye behind the lens for The Nomad Experiment. “Planning to travel at some point” wasn’t actually getting the job done, so nearing 40 he decided to make it a priority, nomatter how scary that was. A few years later—through the pandemic and a type 1 diabetes diagnosis at age 42—now living a life of nomadic travel, he’s speaking out to encourage others of any age, or with any serious medical diagnosis, to live an unconventional life.
Travel Planning Tips
Figure out where you are going & how are you getting there…
I suggest using at least 2 to 3 different travel search sites. Start with Skyscanner or Orbitz or Booking …or whatever aggregator site you prefer. Then when you see what airlines to use, check their respective sites for better deals or rewards flights.
Figure out where you’re going to stay…
If you’re interested in hostels, search Hostelworld or Hostelling International. For longer-term or more private digs, look at Airbnb, VRBO, colivings, or you can look for hotel rooms in the links from the search engines listed above.
Get comprehensive travel insurance, or in the least, travel medical insurance if internationally…
Especially with COVID not going anywhere, you need travel medical insurance nomatter what! Start with an insurance aggregator or with SafetyWing, World Nomads, or another. Then decide what is important to you; trip cancellation, baggage coverage, medical, or all of the above. And get a yearly evacuation plan, since you’ll have to get home after your emergency!
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