Travel With Bender

Josh Bender's travel blog with first-hand guides, tips and photography from 70+ countries.

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Written By

Josh Bender

Travellers

Solo

Focus

General

Popularity

13 / 100

Running Since

1970

Posts

1,955

Monthly

Last Updated

Mar 2026

About Travel With Bender

Travel With Bender is the personal site of Josh Bender, a solo traveller, photographer and long-time web professional who bills the site as an award-winning travel blog. Josh writes first-hand destination guides, practical trip planning advice, gear and service reviews, and pieces about digital nomad tools and eSIMs. The site has grown into a large archive with more than 1,900 posts and a steady publishing rhythm. Posts lean heavily on Josh's own photography and long-form reporting, and cover everything from safety and sightseeing to product reviews and workflow tools for remote workers.

A travel blog that reads like a well-thumbed field guide, but with modern tech smarts. Josh writes in a deliberate, immersive voice - the Rio excerpt feels cinematic yet practical, moving from atmosphere to concrete safety and touring advice. The site mixes long, deeply researched destination guides with hands-on gear and digital nomad reviews - think in-depth Rio itineraries alongside multiple eSIM and remote-work tool tests. Reading it is an education and a pleasure if you like long-form how-to travel writing with plenty of practical takeaways and original photography. The site keeps a steady monthly cadence, so there is usually something new to read.