Why? Because travel is about maximizing the experience.

Passport Junkies want to explore new countries and cities far from home. But we don’t always have the luxury of total freedom – sometimes we need to do a little planning, at least to understand what we can reasonably do in the time we have – either way, we want to enjoy the travel experience and not be bogged down by logistics.

We want to make decisions for ourselves, but especially in new places, we might lack the confidence to do so – searching for the information we need can take hours, at the end of which we’re still uncertain if we really have the complete picture

We’re not concerned simply to get from A to B as fast as possible – other considerations are important (cost, safety, experience, comfort, environmental impact, etc.). We just want to know our options, so we can at the least be informed and at best be able to make a travel planning decision.

What? A transportation planning tool for the independent traveler.

Tell Passport Junkie where you’re going. We’ll provide you with a summary of the different passenger transportation options available – how much you should expect to pay, how long you should expect each to take, and other useful information.  You can dive deeper to review to review specific travel suppliers for each transportation mode, and jump right over to their websites to check availability and book.  Passport Junkie is not a travel agent – we can’t book travel for you, but we can point you to the direct and indirect sellers who can.

Are you an expert in a particular region, or just returned from a trip? Help other Passport Junkies out by adding feedback about your experience through our Facebook comments function – available for each transportation mode and each trip that is searchable.

If other travelers find this useful, we hope to expand our functionality to provide even more travel planning information.  Check out our feedback page to see what we’re working on next, vote for your favorites, and pitch us a new idea or two.

Who? The original Passport Junkie, Todd.

Many years ago, I landed in Athens on a red-eye Easyjet flight from London that had cost me less than $100 as a walk-up fare. It was the first of many foreign budget travel adventures, which have taken me to all kinds of interesting destinations, hostels with character, and beautiful sights. I was inspired to create Passport Junkie as a result of planning several of those adventures – when I had a “real job,” my trips (which I tried to do twice per year) had to be confined to 2-4 weeks in total duration. For each trip, I could easily come up with a list of cities I wanted to visit, but I found myself spending way too much time trying to figure out if I could actually make it happen in my limited time and on within my desired budget. I’d come across all kinds of travel forum posts that were asking similar questions, so I knew others were having the same issues. So I set out find a better way for such information to be organized and presented. I hope you’ll check it out and that you will find it useful enough to refer a friend – depending on how many people do, I’ll be able to sustain and grow the site into an even more valuable resource for travelers from all over the world.

Passport Junkie was shaped and molded by a large group of friends from various corners of the world who have contributed everything from encouragement & support to research and data gathering.   Without this group, getting to this point would have been impossible – thank you all again for your continued support.