Our Favourite Blogs in 2026

Finding good travel advice online has changed dramatically over the last few years. Between Google AI summaries and tools like ChatGPT, trip planning has become faster and more accessible than ever. What once meant a trip to the library for the latest Lonely Planet guide, or hours spent reading travel blogs, can now be done in seconds.

The downside is that search results are increasingly filled with generic articles written by people who have never visited the places they're describing, and sometimes not written by people at all. That same content is then recycled and repeated by AI, making it harder to find genuine, first-hand experiences.

Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I still love reading travel stories written by real people. I enjoy the details that only come from being there yourself: the things that went wrong, the unexpected moments, the practical tips, and the original photos that show what a destination is really like.

While we used AI to help plan parts of our trip, I still spent countless hours reading travel blogs and personal accounts. In many ways, those stories were what inspired us to take our own 100-day adventure in the first place.

The blogs below are the ones I've genuinely used to plan my own travels and continue to read today. Every one is written by someone who has actually been there, done the trip, and shared their experience.

This list is updated regularly, but if you spot any broken links, outdated information, or a blog you think should be included, please let me know.

Family Travel Blogs

100 Days Away - Family Travel Blog

Shamelessly starting with ourselves: we're a Canadian family who took a 100-day career sabbatical with our two daughters through Japan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Indonesia, before finishing in Australia and New Zealand. We also write about our home turf in Alberta and our travels across Canada.

If you're planning your own sabbatical (or just dreaming about one), that's exactly what we're here for.

You can read more about our story here

Traveling Canucks

Cam and Nicole set off on a year-long round-the-world trip back in 2008, and never really stopped. These days they travel with their two boys, splitting their content between British Columbia's backcountry and the wider world - a very similar path to our own. They were one of the biggest influences on us taking our own trip, and it's always great to see a fellow Canadian blogger proving you can build a career, a family, and a life of travel all at once.

The Wandering Wagars

Another Canadian family to make our list - is there a theme here? Kevin and Christina Wagar, along with their two boys, have made it their mission to prove that kids don't have to slow travel down, and that some of the best family adventures happen well off the resort circuit. Their trip reports go deep into the details, and the trip-planning guides in particular are worth bookmarking if you're trying to actually pull off your own version of one of their adventures.

Travelynn Family

Jenny and Jay Lynn have taken their two boys everywhere from a year living in India to trekking the Himalayas, four months in Morocco, and backpacking through Southeast Asia. It's honest, unglamorous, practical family travel writing, the kind of real-world detail that's disappearing from a lot of travel content right now. If I had to choose one blog I took the most from for our own 100 day trip, it would be this one.

The Global Wizards

Jurgen and Heleen sold their house in Belgium back in 2018 and set off full-time with their two daughters, Yuna and Hanne. Nearly seven years on, they're still going - worldschooling on the road, and refreshingly honest about the sustainable-living and budget realities of long-term family travel, not just the highlight reel. Their worldschooling insights were invaluable for planning our own trip.

Where Is The World

Their family gap year was actually what first got me reading, and they have some excellent Asia travel content, but the blog is now much more than that. Randy and Kyla have taken their two girls overlanding in Gimli, their self-converted Land Rover Defender.

It's also one of my favourite blog names, that came about when they told their girls that they were going to travel the world, the reply was "where is the world?" and the name stuck.

BootsnAll

One of the longest-running homes for round-the-world and independent trip planning on the internet, going back almost as far as travel blogging itself. If you're plotting a big, multi-country trip, their community and resources are hard to beat.