Beginner's Guide to Travel (No Matter Your Age) + How to Travel with Diabetes with Jason Robinson

Zero To Travel Podcast

Jason Moore

Society & Culture, Business, Entrepreneurship, Places & Travel

4.6 • 866 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

What does it really take to build a travel lifestyle from scratch, especially if you’re starting later in life or managing a serious medical condition? Jason Robinson is the founder of The Nomad Experiment and author of The Beginner Traveler’s Guide. After digging out of debt and selling his home, he now travels full-time while living with type 1 diabetes. Jason joins me to explore his updated beginner travel guide, how the nomad lifestyle has become his way of life, and how we can all learn to travel more intentionally, even when the path to getting started looks different for everyone. This episode is packed with real talk and actionable advice for anyone looking to start or deepen a travel-centered lifestyle. Jason shares the exact mindset shifts and tactical steps that helped him go from zero international travel to spending more than half the year abroad. You’ll learn why co-living can be a better fit than hostels, how to realistically assess your finances before you leap, and what it takes to travel while managing something as serious as type-1 diabetes. We also get into the harder stuff - burnout, identity, letting go of expectations -and why treating travel like an experiment may be the most freeing approach of all. What’s one small step you can take this month toward your travel‑oriented life? I’d love to hear your thoughts, and I hope you’ll share them by sending me an audio message. Tune In To Learn: Why getting your passport is the easiest first move toward travel How to start travelling from exactly where you are (not waiting for “perfect”) Why choosing the right accommodation style (hostel vs co‑living) matters for long‑term travel How to build a financial base that supports a travel lifestyle—not traps you The conversation you need to have with friends or family about your priorities How to recognise and navigate travel burnout or lifestyle shifts Mindset tips for travelling with a medical condition, or any “extra” in your life Where Jason wants to go back (and why slower travel matters) How to frame your worst‑case/best‑case list so fear doesn’t hold you back The one mindset change that turns travel planning into travel living And so much more Resources: Sign up for our FREE newsletter Jason on Instagram The Nomad Experiment Type 1 Diabetes Travel Learn to Travel Basics Want More? Going Nomad With Jason Robinson Life As An Experiment w/ Jason Robinson Rock Bottom To A Life of Travel w/ Francis Nayan Thanks To Our Sponsors Holafly - Get 10% off your annual Holafly eSIM with code “ZEROTOTRAVEL” Turkish Airlines Series - Listen to the podcast on Apple and Spotify Moon Travel Guides - Use code ‘ZERO’ for 20% off your order. Planet Visionaries - Listen to the podcast on Apple and Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Ready to launch your business? Get started with the commerce platform made for entrepreneurs.
0:04.8	Shopify is specially designed to help you start, run and grow your business with easy customizable
0:10.3	themes that let you build your brand, marketing tools that get your products out there.
0:14.7	Integrated shipping solutions that actually save you time. From startups to scaleups, online,
0:20.1	in person and on the go shopify is made for entrepreneurs
0:23.3	like you sign up for your one dollar a month trial at shopify dot com slash setup
0:28.6	i had a friend come to me and say are you okay and i'm like what are you talking about
0:34.9	well three or four my friends got together and they're like, is Jason okay?
0:38.4	He's selling all of his things. He's buying one-way tickets to different countries. He's changing his client base and all this stuff. And I had to look at her and say, I'm better than I've ever been, but it looks crazy from the outside. That is today's guest. and one of my buddies, Jason Robinson,
0:54.5	aka J-Rob, from
0:56.0	the nomadexperiment.com.
0:57.8	This guy defundated outside. That is today's guest in one of my buddies, Jason Robinson, aka J. Robb, from
0:56.0	the nomadexperiment.com. This guy defines one of the core tenets of the show, traveling the
1:01.1	world on your terms, no matter what's your situation or experience. And he has had a lot of
1:07.0	situations over the years that on paper may look like they could prevent travel.
1:12.8	But J-Rob went from $50,000 in debt at the age of 28 to a sustainable nomadic lifestyle.
1:20.7	And his updated beginner traveler's guide condenses a decade of travel experience and experimentation
1:25.9	into actionable steps for anyone wanting
1:29.1	to travel more, regardless of age, medical conditions, which we'll talk about in a moment,
1:33.7	or starting point now, whether you're in your 20s, you're listening to this thinking,
1:38.4	oh, I have all the time in the world to travel, or maybe you're in your 40s or 50s or older,
1:43.2	and you're like, oh, maybe I missed the window on
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Jason Moore, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Jason Moore and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.