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Nomadic Matt's Best Travel Tips
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Nomadic Matt is a pioneering travel blogger. One day, we'll call him the grandfather of travel blogging during the Golden Era of travel blogs.
He's not known for his travel feats but rather for the extensive tips he's provided on his popular website, which focuses on budget travel.
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The book's budget used to be $50/day, but inflation and a post-COVID world forced Matt to update his book.
In 2025, he refreshed his bestselling book, which is now called How to Travel the World on $75 a Day.
As part of his book tour, he's appearing on the WanderLearn Show twice!
Nomadic Matt discusses
00:00 When to book a hotel
02:40 Why is Africa left out of his book?
05:10 Bilt Rewards Credit Card
08:10 Airline booking tips
09:20 Travel insurance
12:00 Tourist Cards
15:00 Why Matt travels less than before
18:30 Blogging is dead?
Questions
- What's the most embarrassing or ridiculous thing you've done to save money while traveling?
- What's the difference between EatWith, WithLocals, and Traveling Spoon?
- When do you usually book your hotels?
- Why is Africa left out?
- Are tourism cards still worth it?
- When do you use travel insurance?
- Why not use Kiwi?
- What are Bilt Rewards?
His book is packed with tips. Here are my favorite ones.
The best websites to keep track of the latest credit card deals
Pay your rent and get frequent flyer points with Bilt Rewards
Matt's top three airline booking sites
My favorite airline website is Kiwi, and use this link to get $10 off. He doesn't mention Kiwi in his book.
Instead, his favorite flight booking sites are:
For insurance
- Safety Wing
- World Nomads
- MedjetAssist
- IMG
- InsureMyTrip for comparison shopping
Sell your old clothes to raise money for your trip
Online Garage sale to raise funds and downsize
- VarageSale
- OfferUp
- Swappa for electronics
- Gazelle
- Decluttr
Anytime Mailbox starts at $6 and has several locations.
Lodging Sites