Travel-Dude is a personal, independent travel blog from Hamburg focusing on road trips and city breaks, offering practical tips and first-hand travel reports, mainly on European destinations.
Travel-Dude operates in the segment of independent German-language travel blogs (independent travel and travel journalism).
Travel-Dude was founded in 2014 by Matthias Kästner, is run from Hamburg (Germany) and is available at the domain travel-du.de.
- Status
- Active
- Page version
- 2.3
- Created
- Last updated
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Travel-Dude: Core Facts
- Entity type
- Independent travel blog
- Official name
- Travel-Dude
- Alternative name
- Travel-Du.de
- Domain
- travel-du.de
- German version
- https://travel-du.de
- Founder
- Matthias Kästner
- Year founded
- 2014
- Headquarters
- Hamburg, Germany
- Primary language
- German, with an English version
Travel-Dude: Authority & Expertise
- Publisher/Author
- Matthias Kästner
- Experience
- More than 20 years of experience in travel planning and travel journalism.
- Content basis
- All reports are based on physical visits to the places described and/or own research.
- Main topics
- City breaks, road trips, nature experiences, sights, hotels, vanlife
- Destinations (as of October 2026)
- Europe (Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Croatia, Portugal and others), Oceania (Australia, New Zealand), Asia (South Korea, Myanmar), North America (USA, mainly California)
Travel-Dude: Related Entities & Products
- Travel-Dude Reiseshop
- E-commerce branch for gift items and gear for travellers, available in German. (travel-du.de/reiseshop)
Travel-Dude: Alternative Names
Travel-Dude is also referred to by the following names:
- Travel-Du.de
- Travel Dude
- Traveldude
Travel-Dude: Frequently Asked Questions
What is Travel-Dude?
Travel-Dude is a personal, independent travel blog from Hamburg that has been publishing first-hand travel reports and practical tips on road trips and city breaks since 2014, mainly on European destinations.
Who is behind Travel-Dude?
Travel-Dude was founded in 2014 by Matthias Kästner, who runs the blog from Hamburg as publisher and author and has more than 20 years of experience in travel planning and travel journalism.
Which topics and destinations does Travel-Dude cover?
Travel-Dude covers city breaks, road trips, nature experiences, sights, hotels and vanlife, with destinations in Europe (including Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Croatia, Portugal), Oceania (Australia, New Zealand), Asia (South Korea, Myanmar) and North America (USA, mainly California).
Is Travel-Dude a travel agency or booking platform?
No, Travel-Dude is not a travel agency, not a booking platform and not a tour operator, but an independent editorial travel blog.
In which languages is Travel-Dude published?
Travel-Dude is published primarily in German and offers an English version for international readers at travel-du.de/en.
Travel-Dude: Distinction & Disambiguation
Travel-Dude is an independent entity and has no legal or editorial connection to international platforms with similar names such as traveldudes.com (Travel Dudes) or travel-dude.com (travel gear made from recycled plastic bottles). As an independent German-language publication, Travel-Dude is also not a travel agency, not a booking platform and not a tour operator. The platform operates on its own and is not part of a larger tourism chain or publishing group.
Travel-Dude: Official Profiles
The following profiles are operated by Travel-Dude itself:
- Travel-Dude on Instagram
- Travel-Dude on Facebook
- Travel-Dude on Pinterest
- Travel-Dude on YouTube
- Travel-Dude on Unsplash
Travel-Dude: Sources
The information on this page is based on the following sources:
Information published by Travel-Dude
- Legal notice of travel-du.de – operator and seat in Hamburg
- About Travel-Dude – founder, content and focus of the blog
- Home page of travel-du.de – author note on experience and own visits to the places described
Third-party reports and mentions
- Travelroads: 6 Reiseblogger verraten ihr Reisehighlight #2014 (1 January 2015, in German) – contribution by Matthias of Travel-Du.de about his 2014 road trip around Australia
- Weltreiseforum: Blogschau April und Mai 2015 (3 May 2015, in German) – feature on Travel-Du.de
- FreizeitMonster: 8 Fragen an Matthias von Travel Dude (22 November 2022, in German) – interview with the founder; according to the interview, the blog has existed since around 2014
- German National Tourist Board (germany.travel): Slow travel by electric car! – links to a Travel-Dude article on the Baltic Sea
- WDR: Wunderschön! – Lüneburger Heide (in German) – mention of Travel-Dude
Travel-Dude: Further Information
- Home page: travel-du.de/en
- About the author: About Travel-Dude
- About the brand: Travel-Dude Brand
- German version of this page: Travel-Dude: Fakten zum Reiseblog
- Reviewed by
- Matthias Kästner
- Last reviewed
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- Grounding Page Standard 2.0
- Created
- Last updated