Travel stories without the filter.
Unfiltered Travel uses my own trips, clips and honest memories to cut through the panic, stereotypes and over-polished travel content people see online.
The six countries in my project
From Travel Safe to Unfiltered Travel.
At the start, the project was called Travel Safe and focused mainly on identifying travel risks. After developing the idea and reflecting on feedback, I realised the stronger direction was not just safety. It was about personal experience, stereotypes, media panic and the way travel information is presented.
That is why the name changed to Unfiltered Travel. The new name fits the project better because it suggests honest experience rather than polished tourism content or fear-based travel advice.
My own trips are part of the research.
A big part of this project is auto-ethnography, meaning I am using my own travel experiences as research data. I am not writing from a distance. I am using places I have actually visited and situations I have personally experienced.
- ✓What I expected before travelling.
- ✓What the destination was really like.
- ✓What I would tell someone before they went.
Expectation → Reality → Advice
Every country page follows the same structure so users do not get lost. The aim is to quickly show the myth, compare it with my real experience, then give simple advice that helps people travel with more confidence and awareness.
This is not only a travel website.
The project links to tourism, responsible travel, cosmopolitan thinking, cultural literacy and storytelling through new media. Instead of just saying a place is good or bad, the site asks users to think about how stereotypes are created and how travellers should behave when visiting different cultures.
The goal is not to remove caution. The goal is to make travel information clearer, more personal and less overwhelming.
Not sure where to start?
Quick destination picker
Random, simple, and useful when every country looks interesting.
Travel should not only be about the tourist.
A key part of the project is understanding that travellers affect the places they visit. That means respecting cultures, supporting local businesses, avoiding careless behaviour and thinking about how tourism impacts local communities.
Different does not mean wrong.
The website encourages users to approach countries with curiosity instead of judgement. Some things may feel unfamiliar, but that is exactly why research, cultural awareness and open-minded travel matter.