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About Maren

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Maren, the author
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Welcome!

I am Maren

Welcome to my little corner of the internet. I write about slow travel, small hotels and the quiet details that make a place feel like home.

Every story here comes from a trip I really took, on a budget I can tell you about, in places I would happily go back to.

48Countries explored
320Stories written
12kReaders a month
6Years on the road

Why read along

Travel, honestly

Stays I paid for

Every hotel review is from a real night. No free rooms, no fluff.

Plans that work

Routes tested on foot, with the café stops and the quiet hours.

Slow on purpose

Fewer places, more time. The way travel is meant to feel.

As featured in

  • Wander Quarterly
  • The Slow Edit
  • Passport Weekly
  • Maison Voyage
  • Atlas Notes

Reader notes

Kind words from fellow travellers

I followed the Portugal itinerary almost day for day. It was the calmest, most beautiful trip I have ever taken.

PPriyaToronto

The stay reviews are so honest. I booked Casa Mirante on your word alone and it was perfect.

AAmeliaLondon

The budget planner got me within ten percent of what I really spent in Kyoto. Brilliant.

LLenaBerlin

Maren planned our honeymoon. Every detail felt like it had been picked just for us.

SSofiaMadrid