The Bottom Line
Pros
- Provides pre-printed space for everything you need to know
- Provides blank space for everything you need to remember
- Outer cover is tough as nails
- Prompts you to record key details
Cons
- Not compact enough to fit in a cargo pocket
Description
- Very stout cardboard covers - optional water resistant case
- Two pockets in optional case - one for the book, one mesh for misc
- Lots of room for personal entries/observations
- Tick lists - what to do and what to see
- Tour reminder and tour guide contact areas
- Contact lists page (crucial)
- Nomad uses only soy inks; journals are produced using 100% recycled materials
- Refill pages available from Nomad
Guide Review - Nomad Travel Journal, Planner and Diary
I lost a journal from an important trip years ago and I have forever been sorry. That happens. Just having written down each day's memories in that journal, though, helps me remember them years later (though I'd like to find that darn journal). Ya gotta get a journal, even if just a small spiral notebook from WalMart. Or you can go real-deal, like this great travel journal.Some pages in the Nomad travel journal help you with planning before you leave home; it actually provides a place to record phone numbers (like the hostel I need to call when I can't find it). Also provides spots prompting me to write down travel method and duration/distance (you might not to think to record this, and it's key), as well as bed, grub, and events memories.
Journal Tips
Tape money to the inside cover; staple itinerary over it to disguise the cash stashing spot. Nobody wants to steal your travel journal. (Thanks, Journeywoman!)
Can't decide what to write? Just jot down what you've eaten each day. When you read it later, you'll recall that sidewalk cafe in Rome where you had that espresso.
Note: The Nomad travel journal comes with its own very nice case, but on a recent journey, I found that the Nomad travel journal will also fit into my LL Bean passport organizer / travel wallet -- trimmed the back cardboard cover a bit and the journal fit right into the passport organizer's inner mesh pocket. Very handy -- had my travel journal with me at all times.
