If it is your objective to be a travel vlogger, telling stories and capturing imagery from around the world, you need to have the right travel vlogging equipment. It just so happens that I spent 2.5 years traveling full-time, so I have quite a bit of experience to share.<\/p>\n
My journey<\/strong><\/h2>\n
From June 2017 to December 2019, I lived like a nomad. My family and I sold or gave away 90% of our belongings, and what we didn\u2019t get rid of, we put in storage. We then spent those next 2.5 years spending about half the year traveling throughout Europe, three months traveling in Canada, and the remaining three months here in the United States.<\/p>\n
As a family of visual artists, we took thousands of photographs and hundreds of hours of video (my wife at the time was a photographer, and my son and I were the resident filmmakers). We documented our travels for personal posterity, but also to tell amazing stories of the people we met and the places we saw.<\/p>\n
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We were also in the process of shooting and producing a documentary about chronic illnesses that are \u201cinvisible.\u201d So as we traveled, we conducted interviews with people we met along the way who were living with their own forms of invisible illnesses.<\/p>\n
When you\u2019re traveling like this and doing so much filming and photographing, you need to be able to travel light enough for all the forms of transportation you will take\u2014trains, rental cars, ferries and airplanes with relatively small overhead space and strict weight allowances.<\/p>\n
You will also need equipment that will allow you to capture the quality images you want. So I want to give you advice from my own experience, paired with what I\u2019ve learned from others, on how to decide what kind of travel vlogging equipment to get.<\/p>\n
Your journey<\/strong><\/h2>\n
The travel vlogging equipment we took on our nomadic adventure was based on the fact that we would be traveling full-time and living in AirBnBs most of the time (with the occasional hotel or vacation rental using points). For that, we needed equipment that could be used at any time, anywhere and travel with us permanently. If you\u2019re a travel YouTuber and that\u2019s how you live, then you\u2019ll find my advice perfect.<\/p>\n
But some of you may only be traveling for a brief period of time and you can afford to take a lot of equipment because you won\u2019t be gone that long. Or maybe the places you\u2019re traveling to will have some of the equipment and resources you need. In these situations, you may be able to take different or even more gear that would be harder for someone living a full-time, nomadic life to take.<\/p>\n
With that said, let\u2019s look at the travel vlogging equipment.<\/p>\n
When I give any specific gear recommendations, I first want to address the kinds of qualities to look for. Years from now, whichever gear I recommend might be out-dated. But this advice is evergreen. It will always be helpful.<\/p>\n
Packing clothes<\/strong><\/h3>\n
You want travel-clothes that are light and durable, and ideally, something you don\u2019t have to wash a lot. Look for durable, efficient, and well-designed backpacks and suitcases that allow you to easily fit your clothes and toiletries. Many airlines that fly between countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa have very strict guidelines for size and weight so you have to be able to pack tightly and efficiently. Things like hi wick nylon pants and jackets are great.<\/p>\n
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