Wandering Wheatleys

Detailed travel guides, hotel reviews, and off-the-beaten-path adventures from Val and Nick Wheatley.

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Written By

Val and Nick Wheatley

Travellers

Couple

Focus

Luxury

Popularity

26 / 100

Running Since

2013

Posts

1,713

Daily

Last Updated

Oct 2026

About Wandering Wheatleys

Wandering Wheatleys was launched in 2013 by Val and Nick Wheatley as a way to share their around-the-world trips. The site has grown into a team-run travel resource producing more than 1,700 posts in its sitemap, publishing daily and attracting hundreds of thousands of readers each month. It offers comprehensive travel guides, honest hotel reviews, packing lists, itineraries, and destination roundups. The site leans on a mix of writers and photographers, Nick is the principal photographer, and posts are packed with photography and long, detailed practical guidance for planning midrange to upscale vacations.

Big, glossy hotel roundups and long, practical destination guides give Wandering Wheatleys its distinct personality. We found the voice conversational and well researched in the sample Athens hotel guide, a nearly 3,000-word roundup by Nicola Quinn that mixes history, local color, and specific hotel features. The site publishes new material at a brisk clip, roughly daily and about 30 posts a month, so there is always fresh itineraries and hotel lists to browse. Standout strengths are exhaustive hotel roundups and detailed "best things to do" guides illustrated with many photos, and the site is clearly monetized through affiliate bookings and display ads in a straightforward, accessible way.