Thanks for your interest in our site. We are very excited at the possibilities to come from IzunoTravel.com. It has been harder than either of us had expected to get this far, but it has been a challenge worth taking. Our goal here is to provide the truest traveler with great fresh content every day. We want this to be a stop where travelers can go and see what’s new in the world they live in.

-Josh Mione and Jordan Needham III

What we don’t do and don’t want to do:

Offer destination specific advice. We feel Lonely Planet, Let’s Go and numerous other companies cover this better than we ever could. We want to provide you with the new trends in travel. We would use the word blog, with a hint of disdain as we also provide original backpacker travel content.

Who is this site for:

For people who know the difference between a tourist and a traveler. For backpackers who have spent nights in train stations, park benches, buses, trains, and everywhere else. For those who want to stay out of cubicles. For those who actually care about the world. For anyone who stayed up talking all night to that couple from Norway mixing rum and coke. For budget travelers who have flushed a toilet in at least 8 different ways.

We are half backpackers half Internet marketing guys. We both feel travelers understand this planet’s culture as well as any and better than most. We respect this. And since we can’t be on the road 100% of the time for various reasons, we at least want to think about it.

For those with us since the beginning:

The “old” site was not going the direction we had initially planned. While I loved the layout/design (and still do) it was too confusing. Internet users today do not want to think when they are online….they want to glance at pics and see what the site is about. So in an effort to maximize users, I need to do two things. 1. Make the site easier…(mentioned above) and I did this by adding pictures and making the layout into more of a blog format. And, 2. UPDATE UPDATE FRICKING UPDATE. This layout will allow myself and future authors the chance to make an update without it taking up to 3 hours of lifetime. It is much faster now, and therefore will get done more often.

So, is all this positive? Yes and No. No because I have fallen victim to Google ads. You will be seeing these more on the site, however I am limiting them to only space between article posts.

FAQ:

How often do you post articles?
We try to update 5 times/week.

Do you have any positions open for authors?
Currently we do not, however we may in the near future. Send us an email (NOT A RESUME) about a few of your travel experiences and we will keep you in mind. HINT: As we dislike resume’s, we also dislike sloppy writing on our site.

Example. OMG! like i totally got wasted in barelcona. and this one time i misd my flight! :>) lol

I’ve got a good idea about something you should write about, where can I send it?
First of all…thank you. We are always on the lookout for new travel trends. You can suggest a link, product, place, experience, song, gadget, or anything at all by emailing us at info@izunotravel.com