Social Bucket List App: Find People to Do Your Dreams With
What if your bucket list could introduce you to your next travel partner, best friend, or relationship? That’s the idea behind Fairytrail’s social bucket lis…
Fairytrail Nomad Stories
Blog for remote workers and travelers covering tech, travel, and health.
51 articles
Value Of A Paid Subscription
Fairytrail is a friend-making app for people who love travel. The app works like Bumble BFF and Tinder with a travel-twist in that you can find potential fri…
Sailing Trip Recap, Free Plan, Giveaways
We’re back from sailing the Greek Islands. It was a stunning, magical experience! We set sail with Bonnie (“day in my life”) Bella (“crazy greece sailing ad…
Why Dating Apps Don’t Work Well
Fairytrail is often described as Tinder for travelers. However, after 5 years of experimenting in dating and becoming the number one dating app for remote wo…
Sail the Greek Islands for Free: Celebrating Fairytrail’s New Bucket List Feature!
We excited to announce a new feature to help you discover inspiring bucket list activities, create your own bucket list, and connect with fellow travelers wh…
Monetization Experiment: Fairytrail, travel buddy app for nomads
I’m Taige, founder of Fairytrail, a freemium travel buddy app for remote workers. We launched our new monetization feature a month ago. Shoutout to Mixpanel…
Best Places for Digital Nomads in Colombia
Colombia has emerged as a top contender in the digital nomad scene, and for good reason. This captivating South American nation boasts everything a remote wo…
How Many Digital Nomads Are There In Thailand?
The allure of Thailand for digital nomads is undeniable. Imagine this: turquoise waters lapping at pristine beaches, vibrant cities buzzing with energy, and…
The Importance of Second Residencies and Citizenships for Global Citizens
This is a guest post written by Work, Wealth & Travel. As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, the concept of global citizenship is becoming more w…
What about Morocco for digital nomads?
Craving a unique blend of history, culture, and adventure for your next remote work stint? Look no further than Morocco, the captivating kingdom nestled at t…
Does Mauritius have free healthcare for digital nomads?
Sun-kissed beaches, turquoise lagoons, epic hikes and a (free of charge) digital nomad visa (the Premium Travel Visa) – Mauritius sounds like a digital nomad…
Finding the Perfect Partner for Your Gap Year Journey
Did you know that 60% of gap year travelers find a travel buddy? Embarking on a gap year is a chance to explore new landscapes, cultures, and work opportunit…
Redesigned Fairytrail Coming This May
Fairytrail is redesigned for finding nomadic friends and adventures worldwide! For those interested in our journey, please read on. Or skip to the bottom to…
La Dolce Vita: Italy’s Digital Nomad Visa 2024!
Imagine you’re cozied up with your laptop, taking in the breathtaking views of Venice’s romantic canals or any other stunning Italian spot. Italy has opened…
Vacation Ideas For ENFJs
ENFJs (Extroverted, Intuitive, Feeling, Judging) are a personality type that comprises about 2-3% of the population. They are known for their charisma, empat…
Vacation Ideas For ENTJs
ENTJs are natural leaders and enjoy new challenges and experiences that allow them to step out of their comfort zone and push themselves. For those with the…
Travel Tips For INTPs
Holidays are a time for relaxation, rejuvenation, and disconnecting from the daily grind. For those with the INTP personality type, it can be especially impo…
Best Vacations For INTJs
INTJs (Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking, Judging) are a rare personality type that comprises only about 2% of the population. They are known for their intell…
Your Ideal Vacation Based On Personality Type
Personality types can have a significant impact on an individual’s preferences and behaviors, including their choice of holiday destination and activities. U…
Friends Mode Available On Fairytrail
When we launched Fairytrail, the goal was to help people explore the world with someone they like. Today, we’d like to announce… friends mode. Why We Ma…
Why Solo Travelers Should Consider Group Tours
People solo travel for two main reasons. Some solo travel because they don’t have anyone to travel with, so they decide to just go alone. Others purposefully…
Is Fairytrail Free?
Updated March 14, 2025: Fairytrail is now a travel buddy finder app with an ad-supported free plan. We combine behavior-based fraud detection, image recognit…
9 Best Mental Health Apps for Digital Nomads
Balancing leisure and work is challenging for digital nomads. Burnout and loneliness were cited as top struggles for remote workers even before the pandemic,…
How We Support LGBT & Non-Binary On Fairytrail
Recently, we received an email with some constructive feedback from a kind user who was LGBT. She expressed concerns about the queer friendliness of our app.…
Virtual Date Preferences Revealed By Age And Gender
Want to know what people picked for their first virtual dates? You’re in luck because we have the data! Perhaps these insights could help you next time you s…
How To Work Abroad – Top 19 Ways
How to work and live abroad? Get ideas about how you can live in other countries ranging from study abroad, work exchange, remote work, working holiday, inv…
Being A Healthier Nomad: Freelancer Fitness
Maintaining physical fitness while freelancing. “Women who reported sitting for more than 6 hours during their leisure time had an approximately 40% higher a…
World’s First Dating App to Offer Travel-Centric Virtual Dates with Viator and Airbnb
Big news! We’re the first dating app to offer people the ability to match and go on virtual adventures powered by Airbnb, Walk, and Viator (part of TripAdvi…
Best Fitness Apps To Try During Coronavirus Lockdown
Maintaining physical fitness may be more of a struggle now that gyms are closed due to COVID-19. If this is something that rings true with you, keep on readi…
A World Gone Remote
One month ago, we alerted our community about the dangers of COVID and strongly advised against traveling before lockdowns began. Since then the world has ch…
Dating In The Coronavirus Era
The Impact of Coronavirus On Society The Coronavirus should not be taken lightly but 92% of people are dating as normal and many millennials are taking advan…
Things We Know To Be True
Here are the things we believe at Fairytrail and serve as our guiding principles. 1. The world is a beautiful, magical place. We see what we want to see. T…
Fairytrail Campfire: Remote Jobs From Companies Hiring Remotely in February 2020
Fairytrail Campfire is meant to let nomads and world citizens help each other achieve their business and personal goals (aka make dreams come true). Some of…
Fairytrail Campfire’s Top 50 Travel Bloggers To Follow In 2020
People often ask us how they can have a remote lifestyle. In fact, 42% of our community aspire to be remote. There isn’t one path to it, but perhaps the best…
State of Fairytrail Park On 02/02/2020
I’m excited to share with you some data about the state of Fairytrail, a remote dating app for people passionate about travel. 93% of our users are fully rem…
Fairytrail App In-Depth User Review: Glacier Hike & Hot Springs Adventure
On Jan 4th, 2020, Maggie from New York, NY and Jun Xiang from Sunnyvale, CA traveled to Denver, CO on a Fairytrail Adventure supplied by Airbnb. The Glacier…
How Fairytale Characters Help Daters Represent Their Personalities
When it comes to dating and relationships, personality is immensely important. Perhaps you have a certain “type” that you find irresistible. Or maybe you’ve…
Tribe Theory – A Global Chain of Startup Hostels
Tribe Theory is a new category in hospitality. Their mission is to connect, inspire, and empower the world’s entrepreneurs and enable the creation of ONE MIL…
Gifting Your Children Vacations Instead of Toys Can Lead to Advanced Brain Development
Stressing about holiday gifts and looking for alternatives to expensive toys for your children? We have exciting news for you. Gifting your children experien…
The Campfire Is LIT
Dear Explorer, We believe the world is a beautiful, magical place. And it’s no surprise, we are attracting those who think like us. Through this app, I’ve co…
Personality Types of Male Fairytale Characters
We gave you the rundown of the Female Fairytrail characters; now we would like to invite you to get to know the Male Fairytrail characters. Interested in kno…
Why Traveling Together Creates Chemistry
Tired of underwhelming coffee dates and telling people about how many siblings you have? If you’re frustrated by the limited dating pool in your city, it’s t…
Fairytrail Travel Agents
Starting today, Fairytrail travel agents will be able to help you plan and book your next adventure. It doesn’t matter if you’re a solo traveler or already i…
Top 13 Reasons Why Travelers Love Fairytrail
So what do people love the most about Fairytrail? Here’s a short summary of why travelers love Fairytrail. 1. Biggest EVER Olympic-sized dating pool. We hav…
Travel The World Or Stay In Bed
My parents met in the university through a mutual friend. My dad had just graduated from the Navy Academy and had started working as a merchant marine. My mo…
Personality Types of Female Fairytale Characters
On Fairytrail, we use fairytale characters to help people quickly understand your identity and personality. But which character to choose? Read about the pe…
Traveling Makes Us Much Happier Than Any Material Wealth
When you are feeling a little down, there’s nothing like the instant hit of buying something on Amazon or going on a little shopping spree. Spending money ca…
Why We Have Characters From Folklore On Fairytrail
Why do we have characters from folklore on Fairytrail? Fairytrail uses widely-recognized characters mapped to Myers Briggs and Enneagram types to help peop…
Reinventing The Online Dating Business Model Together
We destroyed the iPod business with the iPhone. At Fairytrail, it’s no different. We believe we can only be successful when we put our users’ interests ahead…
The Magical Corridor Story
We sent this email to all our users today announcing our product update. Here’s the story of the magical corridor and why it was created. — Dear Peter, We…
Why I Made A Dating App For Remote Workers and Travelers
Maybe it’s best if I start with my principles first, then I will talk about why I made a dating app for remote workers and travelers. After all, why anyone d…