For a long time, I traveled without insurance.

Not because I didn't know it existed. I just kept telling myself the same thing most budget travelers tell themselves — I'll be careful. Nothing will happen. It's an extra cost I don't need.

And till now, nothing did happen.

The thing about slow travel is that you're not just passing through. You're staying longer, moving less predictably, sometimes in places where a clinic visit means paying out of pocket before anyone asks your name.

I started taking SafetyWing seriously after watching/reading about other travelers — people who traveled exactly the way I do — dealing with unexpected hospital bills in Southeast Asia. Just food poisoning. A bad infection. A scooter fall on an uneven road.

Small things that became expensive things very fast. Aside from the getting sick due to the weather changes, water and stomachache - nothing had happened to me, Yet !

But whileing I was traveling in Laos, I almost got food poisoning and that’s when I started to care about Travel insurance ( also as a Digital Nomad, it’s better to get that).

What I actually like about SafetyWing is that it's built for the way we travel ( especially for Digital Nomad).

It works on a rolling monthly subscription, so you're not locked into a policy that assumes you have a fixed return date. You can buy it while you're already traveling, which most traditional insurance won't allow. And the price point is genuinely affordable — something I couldn't say about most travel insurance I looked at before.

I use the Nomad Insurance plan. It covers emergency medical, travel delays, and some trip interruption situations. It's not luxury coverage. But for slow, budget travel across Asia, it covers what actually matters.

Here's my honest opinion: travel insurance feels invisible until the moment it isn't.

Most trips, you'll never need it. And that's a good thing. But the one trip where something goes wrong and eventually, something does — you'll be glad you stopped skipping it.

I'm not trying to scare you into buying it. I just know how easy it is to keep pushing it to the back of the list, because I did that for too long.

If you want to look into it, I use and recommend SafetyWing. Take a few minutes to read what's covered and decide if it fits where you are in your travels right now.

No pressure. Just something worth having on your map.

Talk Soon,

Safe Solo & Slow Travels,

Neji Traveling Solo

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P.S. - Booking a trip soon? Here are some resources to use:

• Book your flight with Aviasales.
• Book your hostel with Hostelworld.
• Book your hotel with Booking.com.
• Book your hotel in Asia with Trip.com / Agoda.
• Book your travel insurance with SafetyWing.
• Book trains, ferries, and buses with 12Go.
• Book your day tours with Get Your Guide.​
• Book your car rental with Discover Cars.
• Check out the my travel itineraries.

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