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24 alternatives to Once While Travelling: The Lonely Planet Story

How Tony and Maureen Wheeler created Lonely Planet

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Once While Travelling: The Lonely Planet Story launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Trips by Lonely Planet▲199
A beautiful way to share travel experiences
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
2
Wanderlust▲61
A history of walking
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
3
Journi Explore▲192
Find 80,000+ travel stories & create your own with ease
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
4
Guides by Lonely Planet▲193
Explore city guides curated by experts.
2016 · lonelyplanet.com · its alternatives →
5
Digital Nomads▲68
How to live, work and play around the world
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
6
Make My Day▲74
Hybrid guidebook/digital app from Lonely Planet
2015 · lonelyplanet.com · its alternatives →
7
Lonely Planet Chrome Extension▲99
Travel inspiration, one tab at a time.
2016 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
8
Destination Reads▲95
Going Somewhere Read a book set there
2018 · its alternatives →
9
MapStory▲242
Create map story(travel stories, map-based events) with AI
2024 · its alternatives →
10
The User’s Journey: Storymapping Products That People Love▲71
How can we use story to improve quality of user engagement?
2016 · rosenfeldmedia.com · its alternatives →
11
Wanderlog▲242
Google Docs for planning your trips with friends.
2019 · wanderlog.com · its alternatives →
12
How Humans Learned to Cross the Ocean▲115
A new story from Hardbound
2016 · its alternatives →
13
Microadventures▲91
Ideas for local adventures for busy folk. 5 to 9 Adventures.
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
14
The Suitcase Entrepreneur▲63
Create freedom in business and adventure in life
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
15
Atlas of Remote Islands▲58
Fifty islands I have never set foot on and never will
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
16
Unstagnate #15 - Scott Brills: How to Live a Life of Travel and Adventure▲61
On visiting 30 countries a year and taking crazy challenges
2016 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
17
My Travel Stories▲72
Travel the world and share your stories!
2018 · its alternatives →
18
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years▲62
How I Learned to Live a Better Story
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
19
Wonders▲140
Inspiration app for stories about travel and outdoor culture
2015 · its alternatives →
20
Story City▲156
Create & sell walkable adventures in your city
2023 · about.storycity.app · its alternatives →
21
As Told By Nomads - Evo Terra and Shiela Dee▲70
Opportunistic Travel and the Digital Nomad Lifestyle
2015 · uydmedia.com · its alternatives →
22
Journey▲70
Connecting people by their favorite places, by Gus Kenworthy
2015 · experiencejourney.com · its alternatives →
23
Wanderlust Scrapbook▲70
A simple, online travel scrapbook to capture memories
2018 · its alternatives →
24
Dream Cities: Seven Urban Ideas That Shape the World▲56
Investigation of key ideas that have shaped our urban spaces
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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