Stop just going on vacation and embark on an adventure.
Matthias
Who is behind Travel-Du.de?
Hi, I’m Matthias, an adventurous, restless person and a fan of road trips through deserted areas and along coastlines, but also of city trips to monstrous metropolises with millions of inhabitants.
I love to break out of my daily routine and embark on new adventures. I’m always exploring new places or trying to rediscover places I already know. Staying in one place on vacation would be too boring for me. The restless gene is probably part of my DNA. And I also believe that this way of traveling broadens your horizons immensely.
And I want you to be able to do that too.
You don’t have to quit your job, change your entire life, become a spiritual yoga teacher or even pay a lot of money. You can find adventure everywhere, even on a smaller budget. All you have to do is travel more consciously and leave your comfort zone every now and then.
Here on the website, I give you informative tips on travel destinations and travel planning and recommendations for travel routes, without giving everything away in detail. The most important thing for me is that you experience a perfect adventure and go your own way.
If you have any questions or suggestions of any kind, I am always happy to help. Just write me a comment here or in the respective article.
What kind of content can you find on Travel-Du.de (and what not)?
The focus of the content on Travel-Du.de is on trips with adventures that you can also manage in your normal vacation time. This travel blog is perfect for anyone for whom planning the trip is part of the trip itself.
- Adventure > Package vacations: The aim of all the content on Travel-Du.de is for you to experience the feeling of freedom and adventure on your normal summer, autumn or spring vacation, but at the same time enjoy a certain level of safety and comfort. Road trips and city breaks, or a combination of both, are perfect for this. You will always find a mixture of culture, nature and action. What you won’t find, on the other hand, are well-planned package vacations or cruises.
- Flexibility > Planning: The content on Travel-Du.de is intended to help you plan your own vacation with adventures, but is not designed so that everything is already planned out in detail and you have to book everything directly. Rather, the aim is to provide you with a common thread that always gives you a certain amount of flexibility.
- Relaxation > stress: Travel-Du.de is not about you rattling off all possible sights and places under time pressure and then spending the night in a crammed hostel with 5 strangers in your room. You should also have enough time to relax and choose the things for your vacation that are best for you. And as good accommodation is also important for relaxing, I always recommend great accommodation that I’ve stayed in myself or that I had on my shortlist when booking. Depending on the adventure, these can be great hotels, cozy vacation apartments or ingenious campsites.
Travel-Du.de does not focus on specific travel destinations. However, as I now travel a lot myself and prefer to travel in Europe and Germany, you will mainly find content on these destinations. But it could be that tomorrow I decide to go on an adventure to another continent (I have done this several times before). And then you will certainly find an article about it very soon here on the travel blog Travel-Du.de with lots of tips and photos.
Why does the travel blog Travel-Du.de exist?
People often ask me why I started this blog. I often ask myself the same question. After all, it costs money and, above all, time. Well, there are several reasons why I started this blog.
1: The most important reason is: I want you to experience an unforgettable adventure. Because I think that such diversions from the dull everyday life make people happier in the long run. That’s why I keep posting articles here with lots of tips and my personal experiences. Even if just one reader experiences a great adventure as a result, that’s already a success for me.
2: I want there to be fewer wackpackers – travelers who behave disrespectfully towards the culture, history and traditions of a country. That’s why there should always be something to learn here and perhaps also a few critical comments.
3: Another important reason is that I simply enjoy publishing something on my own platform. It’s just me and nobody can censor me. The blog is also a kind of playground for me. I want to use it to improve my skills in various areas, such as online marketing, copywriting, photography or web technologies. You will therefore also find affiliate links here from time to time, which I use to try and finance the costs of the blog.
I would be delighted if you also use the links here in the articles to book your accommodation, choose your activity for your vacation or buy a product via Amazon. But if not, that’s okay too. I don’t create paid texts or articles from organized press trips, because that’s just not my thing.
❤️ Sharing is Caring: If you like Travel-Du.de or if I was able to help you with my tips, then I would be delighted if you send me a comment or even recommend this blog to your friends. Thank you ;)
What does Travel-Du.de mean?
What does the “you” in the name of this blog actually stand for? Well, as I have been traveling in Australia and New Zealand for a long time and have also written extensively about my travels there, the “you” could of course stand for Down Under.
But the whole thing is actually just a gimmick with the “de” top level domain and means “travel dude”. So you will not only find information on the two countries in Oceania here, but also on many other travel destinations.
The word Dude became famous through the movie The Big Lebowski. It is a term of endearment used in English to address male persons. It is often used in the surfer and skater scene. For me, dudes are people who don’t take themselves too seriously and enjoy their lives. And in relation to traveling, of course, that makes a lot of sense.
Cooperation with Travel-Du.de
At the moment I have to ignore many requests for cooperation from companies or SEO agencies. Sorry. It is not possible for me at the moment due to time constraints…
- … to make such cooperations
- … to respond to all inquiries.
In principle, I do not do the following collaborations at all:
- Link building
- External content creation on my blog
- Sponsored blog posts
- Trying out new online tools
- Press trips
- Social media cooperations
- Product tests that have nothing to do with the topic of the blog
However, I am open to the following requests, but to be honest I often have to turn them down at the moment due to time constraints:
- Interviews on thematically appropriate topics
- Product or hotel tests, if it fits in thematically with the content here.
- If you are a blogger yourself and are writing an article where you want the opinion of other bloggers
- Book requests –> Feel free to write to me if you have a great idea. At the moment it’s difficult to find the time, but maybe something will come up in the future.
Mentions of Travel-Du.de in the media and other travel blogs
From time to time the travel blog Travel-du.de is also mentioned on other sites. Here is a selection: