ViaTravelers
Beginner's Travel Guide

Beginner's Travel Guide

New to traveling? Start here. Our beginner's guide covers planning your first trip, essential travel knowledge, and how to make the most of your adventures.

Latest Posts

Kyle Kroeger of ViaTravelers enjoys snowy Artist Paintpots at Yellowstone National Park.

Top 10 Travel Tips for Beginner Travelers

Traveling enriches your soul and broadens your worldview. Each destination showcases cultures, landscapes, and experiences to savor. If you’re new to traveling, you may be overwhelmed when researching and planning. Of course, careful travel planning is the foundation that promises an adventure filled with wonder, rather than one plagued by preventable mishaps. We’ve compiled a […]

Read More
Planner

8 Best Vacation Planners & Templates for Your Next Trip

If you love to travel, then you know that staying organized can be a game-changer. Some of us are compulsive list-makers and planners and are proud of it. Others abandon vacation planning altogether because they don’t know how to begin or prefer spontaneity. Both types of people (and everyone in between) can benefit from using […]

Read More
Woman Taking a Photo of the Sceneries

What Does a Tourist Look Like? 5 Tips to Not Look Like One

According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization, tourism increased by 5,600 percent between 1950 and 2018, with around 1.4 billion people traveling. That’s a lot of opportunities for globetrotters to stand out like a sore thumb in unfamiliar territory! So, what does a tourist look like, and how can you avoid looking like one? […]

Read More
Respecting wildlife, sustainable travel tips

9 Proven Ways To Work Towards Sustainable Travel

Globalization has made the world super accessible. While this has many benefits, it also has a downside. More people than ever are traveling the world, and this mass tourism threatens the preservation of our planet’s nature, culture, and history.  This is why it’s so important to work toward sustainable travel. According to the World Tourism […]

Read More
Solo Woman Hiker in the Mountains

12 Essential Solo Travel Tips to Avoid Totally Awkward Situations

Do you love solo travel escapades? Have you done it again, or is it the first time? Here are some of the most awkward solo travel situations this type of traveling might present. Traveling solo is an excellent option as you can enjoy your independence during the travel. Also, you can freely roam around whenever […]

Read More