YouTubers. Youtubers everywhere [Travel Bloggers]

[justinbrett]

Parent company Point Hacks seems to be publishing more Youtube content lately: Point Hacks

Content targeting AFF users might be a bit too niche and video editing is quite resource intensive. Publishing videos of the joint AFF/Point Hacks Travel Pointers podcast might be an easy win though.

I don’t know, get a few sparring members from here in the same room and film the discussion - it would be great viewing!

 

[WilsonM]

I don’t know, get a few sparring members from here in the same room and film the discussion - it would be great viewing!

The AFF Thunderdome? Maybe an idea for next years gathering...

 

[JohnK]

Youtubers? Influenzers? Is this a new vaccine?

Have I missed out if I don't know what I am missing?

The Golden age of enlightenment!

 

[RooFlyer]

Youtubers? Influenzers? Is this a new vaccine?

Have I missed out if I don't know what I am missing?

The Golden age of enlightenment!

You can read a bit about it here.

YouTube - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[vdj_145]

I avoid watching these travel vloggers in general. It's typically drawn-out content designed to maximize profit for them. I've personally found the best videos are the ones where the vloggers themselves are not the center of attention but end up showing good places either in the background or through good filming and editing.

 

[TheRealTMA]

I avoid watching these travel vloggers in general. It's typically drawn-out content designed to maximize profit for them. I've personally found the best videos are the ones where the vloggers themselves are not the center of attention but end up showing good places either in the background or through good filming and editing.

IMHO one of the worst inventions in the last 20 years is the selfie stick!

 

[WilsonM]

I avoid watching these travel vloggers in general. It's typically drawn-out content designed to maximize profit for them. I've personally found the best videos are the ones where the vloggers themselves are not the center of attention but end up showing good places either in the background or through good filming and editing.

There's a sweet spot for the youtube algorithm re. audience retainment/ad earnings - they need to draw it out to keep engagement high through longer videos. Mr Beast is the epitome of this, but travel youtubers do it as well.

 

[alexczarn]

Very niche but I watch Japanese Youtubers...to the surprise of no one!
Solo Travel Japan has English subtitles if anyone's interested. Kuga's Travel is another, he has one English channel and another one in Japanese.
Many others but if you don't speak Japanese probably no good...

There's a certain style to the Japanese Youtubers, which is to say I find them much much less annoying than, you know, Sam Chui etc...

Along the same kind of line, I like Jangsu Aviation.(Country bias maybe.)

Steph, Simon, Dennis, Dan and Jayden are my favourites; the rest more annoying than most.

 

[scaredeycat]

I watch way too much YouTube and travel vloggers constitute a lot of that consumption. It has pretty much replaced free to air TV for me and the bonus is that if you have a premium subscription you don't have any ads. The comments of some on these thread remind me of my late father-in-law who was a curmudgeonly old Luddite ("Why do I need email? - If I want to contact someone I just pick up the phone" etc etc). It is a fantastic source of information on an endless variety of topics, one just has to be selective.

 

[Mattg]

I'm personally a fan of Dennis Bunnik and Petter Hörnfeldt (a.k.a. Mentour Pilot, a Ryanair captain based in Andorra who makes excellent videos about air crashes & safety-related incidents).

 

[scaredeycat]

I'm personally a fan of Dennis Bunnik and Petter Hörnfeldt (a.k.a. Mentour Pilot, a Ryanair captain based in Andorra who makes excellent videos about air crashes & safety-related incidents).

Hornfeldt is very polished and could be a TV presenter.

 

[thrillho]

Flight Formula, Pointy End Secrets, Dennis Bunnik, Jeb, TrekTrendy, TFFT, flaps10, loungeindex, Kym Illman, SANSpotter, and Gabe Leigh (from Flightradar24) are probably my picks...

There are a few that overdramatise or (maybe this is my problem) overpolish their content, especially titles, thumbnails, etc. Think Nonstop Dan, Josh Cahill, Noel etc.

Never watched Sam Chui, probably don't intend to.

 

[RooFlyer]

Hornfeldt is very polished and could be a TV presenter.

As he has given up flying (I think for a year), he is pretty much just that!

 

[lorkers]

food & bevies is one of the most important things to me,

Try Loungeindex: often very well filmed, and with very subtle humour describing all the wines and coughtails

 

[Noel Mugavin]

For Japan addicts, I really like Abroad in Japan. He's been there 12 years or so and produces some amazing work. Some not so serious, but has also done some very good clips regards Fukushima and the recovery along the Sanriku Coast.