From off-beats to Spiritual Journeys, travel vloggers aren’t just showing you where to go, but how it feels to be there. Travel in 2025 is less about ticking boxes and more about enriching your soul. And let’s face it, these days we all have some soul-finding to do.
But that’s not all, if you are a vlogger, this blog can tell you how you can monetise your travels! That’s right. With Thrillark, you can travel and make money off your adventures!
Authenticity Over Aesthetics
As you all know, YouTube has evolved into a global storytelling movement. Modern travellers, especially Millennials and Gen Z, crave real, relatable, and raw content, the kind of experiences you won’t find in a hotel lobby brochure. We want to know what it really feels like to sip coffee in a Turkish corner, get lost in a Tokyo side street, or hike through the Caucasus Mountains. The shift toward slow travel, community connection, and offbeat stories wasn’t so gradual, rather a sudden revelation after the pandemic years, 2019 sure taught us how to take one day and a time.
Let’s uncover the travel influencers who are reshaping our wanderlust in 2025.
Sorelle Amore
Sorelle is a quirky bundle of energy with a huge and infectious smile. Her YouTube channel offers more than just travel, whether it’s home updates or ‘Advanced Selfie’ photography tips. In short, she wants to inspire confidence and creativity through travel. And she is all about empowering women to meet the the world! Her videos feel very authentic, with none of the superficial or forced feel that you sometimes get with other vloggers. Sorelle is constantly striving to be a better human, and tries to inspire others to do the same. She recently moved to Iceland, so if you love Iceland content (who doesn’t!) then you’ll love some of her latest videos.
Ghib Ojisan
While visiting Singapore, Ghib Ojisan met a Singaporean woman who later became his wife and inspired him to make videos of his experiences living as a Japanese person in Singapore. He made a video about Yishun, and there began his YouTube expedition as a Japanese YouTuber based in Singapore, known for his immersive cultural explorations and musical street performances across Southeast Asia.
Eva Zu Beck
An inspiration for women all around the world. Often solo, with minimal gear. Her videos emphasise vulnerability, independence, and deep connection with local cultures. Eva broke away from formulaic travel content to explore remote regions like Socotra (Yemen) and the mountains of Pakistan. Eva explores Dubai’s desert landscapes and cultural facets.
Tayo Aina
One of Africa’s most prominent YouTubers. He started out as an Uber driver in Lagos, a job that gave him a better understanding of the city. Now, he travels the continent documenting African stories and communities that are lost to the internet, sharing them with his thousands of followers. Tayo documents Dubai with an eye for architecture, innovation, and local flavours, bridging the gap between high-rise luxury and traditional Emirati culture. And through nuanced visual storytelling, he has also proudly shown Africa for what it is, erasing the decades of stereotypes ascribed to the continent by the Western media.
Bald and Bankrupt
Benjamin Rich-Swift, and now Mr Bald (and Bankrupt), better known by his YouTube channel name Bald and Bankrupt, is an English travel vlogger and author. He began his YouTube channel in June 2018, with short narrative tales on India before debuting as the top traveller on YouTube to date. Choosing former Soviet countries, run-down train lines, and rural villages. His style is unfiltered and humanising, capturing unscripted conversations with locals in places few outsiders see. This British vlogger shot to popularity by avoiding tourist trails entirely.
Kara and Nate
A power couple who started off as high school sweethearts and have made their long-term dream of travelling a reality. Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, they have been travelling the world full-time for the last 4+ years and documenting their daily adventures on their YouTube channel. They are known for their friendly tone and have increasingly shifted toward experiences like homestays, train journeys, and cultural rituals, telling travel stories that go deeper than sightseeing.
What does it mean to be a “travel creator”?
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With the rise of off-beat destinations like Manilva, Costa del Sol or the hidden valleys of Svaneti, Georgia, audiences crave more than picture-perfect postcards, we want grit! Glimpses of missed flights, local connections, are all part of what shapes the journey. And that’s exactly what Thrillark offers too.
Drew Binsky
In a refreshing approach to travel vlogging, Drew puts a spotlight on sociopolitical issues, including human rights, gay and transgender acceptance, and challenging racial and religious stereotypes.
He wants to bust the myth that the world is unsafe, inspiring other people to travel and widen their perspective of the world, which I think is an admirable goal.
Mark Wiens
Born to a Chinese-Hawaiian mother and an American father, naturally, he became a global street food connoisseur. For Wiens, food is more than nourishment; it’s a gateway to culture. So, whether it’s eating fire ant eggs in Thailand or camel meat in Ethiopia, Mark Wien’s travel vlog is one for the foodies. He believes that food is the reason you should travel, and his mouthwatering videos strongly support this claim!
Mark is based in Thailand with his wife, but he frequently travels all over the world trying amazing food from various countries and cultures. And he is constantly on the hunt for local delicacies and toothsome meals to try next. “There are never-ending places you could go to in Indonesia. Every single island has a different food culture. It’s just never-ending,” said Wiens when asked about his most frequented destinations.
Expedition Drenched
Headed by Captain Nate from Hawaii, an avid sailor who has been diving since the age of 14, he sails the world with his international crew. Their expeditions are always a little crazy and unpredictable, just as the sea they try to conquer. Expedition Drenched is all about environmental storytelling and encountering popular creatures from underneath the oceans. They travel through hard-to-reach islands and oceanic ecosystems with a conservation around sustainable tourism and more.
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