The Barefoot Nomad

Canadian couple sharing travel tips, tech and family-friendly advice for more joyful trips.

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Written By

Charles Kosman and Micki Kosman

Travellers

Family

Focus

General

Popularity

24 / 100

Running Since

2009

Posts

650

Weekly

Last Updated

Oct 2026

About The Barefoot Nomad

The Barefoot Nomad is a long-running travel site run by Canadian couple Charles and Micki Kosman. They began travelling in 2003 and launched the website in 2009; the archive now contains more than 600 posts and the blog publishes roughly three to four posts a month. The site mixes practical how-to guides, family travel advice, budget and airfare tips, plus posts about travel jobs and working on the road. Content often includes hands-on gear and tech reviews and is illustrated with their own travel photography and trip images.

What makes The Barefoot Nomad its own thing is the mix of family-tested travel smarts and gadget curiosity, the voice of two longtime travellers who still plan trips around good ice cream. Reading a post feels informal and pragmatic, full of useful checklists and firsthand anecdotes, whether they are testing a BLUETTI power station by a lake or listing travel jobs you can do. We especially like the hands-on gear reviews, the long-running family travel guides and the practical posts about staying connected abroad. The site is updated regularly, with weekly posting rhythm and a steady stream of reviews, trip reports and planning resources.