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Our world is incredible. There are so many amazing travel experiences out there. But do you find it time-consuming and difficult to find them?

There’s so much information out there to wade through, poor quality recommendations mixed in with good, and it’s hard to know who to trust in an era of AI and fake reviews.

Hi, I’m Matt, the founder of Bucket List Travels.

I’m a passionate traveller – I’ve been fortunate to visit over 100 destinations in more than 60 countries and to have many unforgettable ‘bucket list’ experiences.

I plan to do many more.. at least when the kids are old enough to come with me.

I didn’t have time (or all power) to spend hours researching just wanted someone – experts – to tell me where to go and what to do, to plan my trips around.

So I started seeking the advice and experience of expert travel writers around the world, to combine their experience with my own, to share with others i.e. you.

My writers must specialise in the destinations or experiences they write about, and must write or have regularly written in the past, for the world’s top publications like Condé Nast Traveller, The Telegraph, The Times, Lonely Planet, Frommer’s, and so on. Many of my writers have written the guidebook.

 

I hope that getting people to ‘bucket list’ travel and to experience the incredible wonders of the world, will:

1. Great, independent recommendations – no fakes, no bias
2. An advanced search to quickly discover great bucket list travel experiences
3. Filters to refine your search results down to your specific needs
4. Save your favourites to a ‘travel bucket list’
5. Ready-made itineraries to quick start your trip planning
6. Recommendations of who best to book with
7. Round-ups of the ‘best of the best’ for ultimate travel inspiration

The site doesn’t take bookings – I only recommend who to book with. I also don’t recommend flights or car hire – there are other specialists sites for that.

I also don’t recommend restaurants – unless there is some unique experience involved. They change so quickly that it’s impossible to keep up, and you’re better off asking your hotel or consulting a specialist site like a local foodie blog who are always keeping up to date.

The site is reader-supported. If you find it helpful, you can buy me a coffee as a way to say thanks. All coffee money raised goes straight back into adding more recommendations…

If you click on the links to Viator, Booking.com or Hotels.com, and then book those tours or hotels within a short time period, I do also earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. Earning commission has no bearing on what I or the writers recommend – on most links, I gain no benefit.

 

Right now, it’s quite UK and Europe-centric (as I’m based in the UK), but more content is being added every week, and one day, I hope to cover the whole world in the same depth.

I hope you like the site and find it useful, but most of all I hope it gets you travelling – and ticking those extraordinary experiences off your list.