Travel Blogs UK Top 10
The Top 10 Travel Blog ranking was last updated 16/07/2025.
Vuelio uses a proprietary algorithm to create these rankings, based on topic-related content in blogs on its system – you can read more about the process here. Our research team actively seeks out new blogs and bloggers for inclusion, but if you think we’ve missed someone, please get in touch to let us know.
Still first class when it comes to advice and ideas for your next travel destination is Hand Luggage Only. Launched in April 2014 by Yaya Onalaja-Aliu and Lloyd Griffiths, this blog aims to connect travellers across the globe and spark conversation about the best trips and adventures out there. To help you decide where you’d like to head next, check out the bloggers’ Travel Journal, Travel Advice, and Travel Inspiration sections, as well as the dedicated Destinations channel, listing locations from Aachen to Zurich.
2. Global Grasshopper
Sticking in the second spot is Becky Moore’s Global Grasshopper, a good place to start before you hop to booking any flights or accommodations for upcoming adventures. This team of ‘self-confessed travel snobs’ travel and then unravel the secrets of ‘unique, under-the-radar, and beautiful places’ across the world. Channels are split by continents, so click through to North America, Europe, Central & South America, Asia, or Africa and take notes – recent write-ups include Norway, Belgium, Portugal, and Austria.
Another non-mover in this year’s update of our Top 10 UK Travel Blogs is Along Dusty Roads, where Andrew and Emily originally set out to ‘have an adventure’ and have since welcomed many fellow travellers along the way. Wanting to help people travel more and ‘travel better’, these bloggers cover adventures through roads, seas, and mountains, and in ‘the serendipitous moments in between’. Responsible, slow, and sustainable travel is of utmost importance at Along Dusty Roads – considerate and responsible travellers, this should be your first stop.
4. Nomadic Boys
Well-known to followers of our LGBTQ+ UK blog ranking are Nomadic Boys Stefan and Sebastien, who stay at number 4 this year when it comes to travel. With an aim to ‘inspire and show gay travellers that they can visit more places in the world than they thought possible’, these blogging nomads have channels for destinations, inspiration, and useful travel resources to dip into before you start packing. For more, you can also check out their words in printed form in ‘Out in the World: The Gay Guide to Travelling with Pride’.
Moving up a spot from last year’s fifth spot is You Could Travel, which is fully committed to sharing the best of travel and culture in Japan. Aiming to ‘ignite the explorer’ within their readers, the site serves as ‘a portal to help people around the world connect with the beauty and complexity’ of the country, hoping to foster a deeper understanding and appreciation in travellers. Originally launched in a small house in the suburbs of Bristol back in 2015, the site now has visitors from across the world making plans for their own trips to Japan.
And up from number 8 this year is Monica Stott’s The Travel Hack, here to help her audience ‘save money and get the most out of weekend breaks’. Monica started her blogging journey during a backpacking trip in 2009 around Australia and Asia and has been sharing her weekend trips since. Perfect for parents on a budget, this blog offers posts on microadventures that won’t break the bank. For this summer, check out her travel hacks for visiting Universal Studios in Orlando, or stay closer to home and take in tips for owning a static caravan.
Emily Luxton’s eponymous blog focuses on solo female adventure travel, sharing how to do it ‘safely, smartly, and well’ with fellow women who ‘still want adventure, but don’t necessarily want to budget, stay in hostels, or live that 20-something backpacker lifestyle anymore’. Describing her outlook as ‘soft adventure’ (or ‘adventure for wimps’), Emily is an advocate for trying new things and overcoming challenges, big and small, to boost self-esteem. For those looking to get out of their comfort zone (but softly), travel on over to this blog.
Another blog rising up the ranking this year is Pocket Wanderings, where Jessie Moore is sharing ‘a healthy dose of adventure’. Travel fans ready to journey across countries, continents, and cultures – take Jessie’s advice and ‘grab a cup of tea and get inspired’ by trawling through her bank of experiences. Whether you’re hoping to book a solo city break, an adventure fuelled by adrenaline, or a comfy getaway in the countryside, this blog has it – alongside a sprinkling of home and lifestyle content.
Boarding our blogger plane this year for the first time is VickyFlipFlopTravels, flying straight in at number 9. This trained journalist – who launched her blog in February 2012 – has visited over 75 countries and counting, and takes a practical approach. Vicky believes that ‘with a bit of prioritising you can explore the world while holding down a full-time job, and without breaking the bank’, and hopes to inspire her readers with her own adventures. Find inspiration split by destination, her travel tips, as well as festival guides for the summer.
10. In The Playroom
We finish this year’s update with another familiar and much-loved blog entering the travel rankings – In The Playroom, which is also a long-standing feature in our Mummy and Parenting rankings. Bloggers Anna and Luciana’s focus is on the family, inspiring creativity in the home and beyond. And for that beyond, head to their travel section, which covers the practicalities and the luxuries. Read up on the smoothest ways to get to the airport as a family, or be a little selfish and consider the escapes for busy parents who need a break – this blog has both (and much more).
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Profiles of these blogs and their authors can be found in the Vuelio Media Database.
This is cool! As a Londoner and traveller over 100 countries I hope to make it to the 2017 list!
Pretty good selection of travel bloggers.
Hey thanks for this!
I’ve just started by travel/lifestyle blog and this was very helpful.
Great list. Makes me want to pack my bags now!
But I think I would miss home too much: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZxDsvVPGFo
Thanks for sharing these awesome blog lists…
Keep posting… :)
Amazing blog. Keep sharing.
Well done to all of the blogs and bloggers listed. I look to the established sites you have named for inspiration as to how travel bloggers should do things well.
Glad to see you regularly update this list. Please check out http://travelsofadam.com/ for future updates – one of the world’s largest independent travel blogs with a strong focus on city trips and gay travel.
A great round up of fantastic blogs – I’d be pleased to be considered for inclusion in either this category or London Lifestyle blogs – or even a new luxury blogs category!
Suze | LuxuryColumnist
Thanks for this great list! Global Grasshopper is particularly cool! Really enjoyed their article on 13 quirky jobs to get when travelling!
I visited the blogs given here. These are very helpful for the travelers. I appreciate this share.
Thanks for sharing the top 10 list. Congrats to all those who made it on the list.
Thank you for this post. Useful list of top 10 UK travel blogs.
Great list, thanks
Thanks for this list, I’ve been extensively researching UK travel bloggers in preparation for the launch of my own London blog and this helped massively.
Hopefully I’ll be doing something a bit different with my blog, it will focus on what travellers and tourists really want which is: what are the best things to do whilst I’m here. I’ll have lots of top 10 lists and profiles of every London attraction.
Check out the site if you are interested, I could do with the feedback.
Great list, especially liked inside the travellab!
Absolutely delighted to feature in your Top 10 list and in such great company too :-) I write for the love of travel and to share stories and it is always rewarding when others enjoy it too. Thank you.
Nice your travel list……
Thanks for the fantastic list:)
I especially like 40 countries before I’m 30. I absolutely ADORE travelling and although I think 40 countries is a bit much for me, I’ve lowered my own goal to 20 and that is completely doable.
Thanks again,
Victoria
Thanks nice ranked … but you’ve missed few important web
Great list… Congratulations all of you.