Hi there!
Imagine if you could travel the world while holding a full-time job. We can help you do it!
At Wanderlust Designers, we’ve managed to explore more than 300 cities and regions while holding down a full-time job or studying! And we’re ready to help you do the same.
Our mission
Our mission in life is to help people just like us – those with full-time jobs – follow their travel dreams and inspire them to discover our beautiful and diverse world.
We want to spice up your journeys with unique and authentic experiences that create lasting memories, and also provide you with valuable tips and advice on how to plan your trips. And do all of that while still having the stability of your job and your home.
How can Wanderlust Designers help you?
We know how little time those of us with full-time jobs have for planning our vacations and preparing for them.
That’s why we’re doing all of the hard work for you. On Wanderlust Designers, you’ll find lots of information on planning vacations. We provide itineraries and travel guides for specific destinations; tips on how to get around – whether it be renting a car or using public transport; where to stay; packing lists; inspiring stories and much more.
Besides that, we’ve started providing Gift guides as well. We know how hard it is to find gifts for people who love travel – especially if you are on a trip yourself! So we wanted to help you out as much as we could!
We know that we don’t cover every single destination in the world, and that’s why we have a full bunch of articles on how you can plan your own trips. No more wondering about where to start!
Our story
Hi again!
We’re Wanderlust Designers, and we’re going to help you travel.
Ever since we met, we’ve been exploring the world together as much as we possibly could.
We’ve explored our own countries and places all over the world, too! Some of the most “exotic” destinations include Japan, Easter Island, Patagonia, Bolivia, Morocco, and more, and more. And we’ve done some very interesting things, too, including hiking a lava field in Hawaii before sunrise to take pictures of boiling hot lava flowing into the ocean!
And since we were getting a lot of questions that boiled down to “how do you do it?!”, we decided to share the knowledge!
That’s how Wanderlust Designers was started – to share our trips with others and show what we did so that others can do them, too.
With time, we decided to include planning tips – since we’re not covering every single destination in the world, it’s important that you, our readers, can plan your own vacations.
How do we differ from other blogs?
We like to mix relaxing with adventure.
We watched the sunrise over the ocean and we also stared right into the stream of hot lava.
We hopped into an onsen under a starry night but we also jumped in the ocean and snorkeled with manta rays.
We stepped across the edge of the cliff and abseiled waterfalls in a jungle but we also enjoyed a natural hot spring with a cocktail in our hands.
We slept in a salt hotel, ate a raw sea urchin and watched the dancing northern lights.
We also experienced an earthquake, got altitude sickness and spent our first night in romantic Hawaii in an anti-romantic emergency room of a hospital.
We’re two utterly clumsy explorers, with full-time jobs, who love to admire the beauty, enjoy the adventure and experience the uniqueness.
Because this is what creates wonderful lasting memories, and those are the best things about travelling.
And that’s why we love to do it!
And we like to mix it up
Another thing is, we plan our trips so that we enjoy both cities and nature.
One day we enjoy a Michelin-starred restaurant, the next day we’re having a picnic in the mountains.
One day we put on a snorkel, and the next day the hiking shoes.
One day we ride a horse, the next day we ride a Shinkansen.
One day we throw in some active movement, the next day we might just relax in a wellness.
This way allows us to experience a country or place differently and makes for many great and diverse experiences.
By the end of our trips, we typically have a heap of dirty laundry, a bunch of full memory cards, and loads of memories that (usually) make us say – wow, what an amazing time we’ve had!
If this sort of travelling sounds attractive to you, then Wanderlust Designers is here for you!
We truly hope you find our blog useful and entertaining. Thanks for stopping by and we wish you happy travels!
Where can you find us?
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Or send a message to contact[@]wanderlustdesigners.com!
Where could you have seen Wanderlust Designers?
We’ve been featured on different sites and collaborated with other bloggers quite a few times:
Boundless Roads – Amazing Beaches In Italy That You Must Visit This Summer
The Orange Backpack – Best Places to Visit in Prague
The Directionally Challenged Traveler – The Absolute Best Things to Do in Costa Rica
Paula Pins The Planet – Best Hikes in Italy + Insider Tips
Janine in the World – Must-Know Period Travel Hacks From Female Travel Bloggers
The Silver Nomad – Best Weekends in Italy
Wanderer of the World – Travel Gone Wrong Stories
Travel Boo – Most Popular Greek Drinks & Beverages
Travel with Mansoureh – Most Beautiful Towns and Villages in Northern Italy
Kami and the Rest of the World – Day Trips From Bratislava, Slovakia
The Wildlife Diaries – Stunning Canyons in the US to Add to Your Bucket List
KarsTravels – Tips for Surviving a Road Trip with a Baby
Voyages with Val – Scenic Drives in the World for a Road Trip
History Fangirl – Magical Places to Visit in Europe
Never Ending Voyage – Best Things to Do in Maui for an Unforgettable Trip
The Directionally Challenged Traveler – Visiting Italy in Winter
Valentina’s Destinations – Essential Costa Rica Attractions Map
Our Woven Journey – Fun Things To Do in San Francisco
XYU and Beyond – My Move to Europe – 23 personal stories
Salut from Paris – Memorable Things to Do in Paris at Night
Adventuring with Shannon – Essential Tips To Avoid Travel Disasters Caused By Recent Flight Delays and Cancelations
The Common Traveler – Best Day Trips From Riga
Shades of Summr – Best Bucket List Trips For Your Lifetime
Chloe’s Travelogue – Best Destinations for Spring in Europe
Tales from the Lens – Beautiful Beaches in Southern France
Where have we been?
📍 Patagonia – Punta Arenas and Torres del Paine National Park in Chile, El Chalten and El Calafate in Los Glaciares National Park in Argentina
📍 Japan – Hiroshima and Miyajima, Kyoto, Fuji-Hakone, Tokyo
📍 Italy – too many places to list, really. We lived in Sarnico, Italy for more than 1,5 years and have travelled there from abroad at least 20 times. Some of the places we’ve been to are Venice, the Dolomites, Lake Garda, Lake Como, Milan, Bergamo, Sardinia, Courmayeur, Bormio – and on, and on.
📍 Latvia – I’m Latvian, so I lived there most of my life and in addition we’ve lived there together for 2 years. We’ve explored the country back and forth.
📍 Slovakia – Michal is Slovak and we lived in Slovakia for 5 years together, so the same story – we’ve explored the country back and forth.
📍 Czech Republic – we live in the Czech Republic now. Prague, Ricany, Krokonose, Plzen, Beroun, Karlovy Vary, Brno and so on.
📍 USA – San Francisco, Los Angeles, Hawaii (all the islands). We did the Pacific Coast Highway Roadtrip, which covered also Lake Tahoe, Santa Barbara and other places. We went to Hawaii twice actually – once, specifically to see lava flowing into the ocean. Then there’s Yosemite, Yellowstone, New York, Mono Lake, Santa Monica,
📍 Chile – Atacama desert, Easter Island, Patagonia (as mentioned already), Santiago, Valparaiso.
📍 Bolivia – Salar de Uyuni and lagoons around it. It was a 3 night road trip and I (Kristine) had the worst altitude sickness.
📍 Costa Rica – Monteverde, Manuel Antonio, Arenal, La Fortuna, Poas, Rio Celeste, Carara
📍 Mexico
📍 Marocco – Marrakesh
📍 Israel – Tel Aviv, Dead Sea
📍 Greece – Athens, Rhodos, Chania on Crete,
📍 Cyprus – Larnaca
📍 Poland – Warsaw, Tatras, Zakopane
📍 Lithuania – Vilnius, Palanga, Klaipeda
📍 Estonia – Tallinn, Tartu, Lake Peipus
📍 Germany – Munich
📍Australia and New Zealand -Sidney, Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park, Lake Tekapo, Aoraki/Mt. Cook, Milford Sound, Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown, and more – Michal spent 4 weeks in Australia and New Zealand
📍 France – Nice, Paris, Eze, and more
📍 Monaco
📍 UK – London, Blackpool, East Midlands,
📍 Spain – Madrid, Barcelona, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura
📍 Switzerland – Zermatt, Bern, Zurich
📍 South Africa
📍 UAE – Dubai
📍 Maldives
📍 Seychelles
📍Croatia
📍Ireland
📍Bulgaria
📍Denmark
📍The Netherlands
📍Russia
📍Hungary
📍Austria
📍Sweden
📍Norway
📍Finland
📍Brazil
📍Canada
📍Iceland
📍Greenland
This list is getting too long. Should have gone by the continents, I guess!
But as you see, we’ve travelled extensively – both alone and together, and as a family of three. So trust us, we’ve got the experience and the expertise, as well as authority, to say what we’re saying.