About Sam
Hi! My name is Sam and I’m the guy behind this blog!
For four years I have been writing down blogs, travel stories and convenient online travel guides. Four years and about fifty countries later, I still hunger to see more of this beautiful world.
Who am I, and why on earth did I start with yet another travel blog?
Welcome to Checkoutsam! A travel blog and travel guide where I try to share with you the funniest and most interesting stories, the best travel tips, beautiful pictures and my craziest adventures.
This is a blog for people who love to travel and all those who want to start their holidays with confidence.
By carefully planning and preparing your future vacation, you can enjoy your travels to the fullest without too much stressing around!
There are many different ways that you can travel. Personally, I mostly head out with my backpack, but that doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy luxury now and then!
In my opinion, you don’t need to book expensive rooms when you’re out exploring. But I do like to spend money on a nice restaurant, a relaxing spa or an exceptional excursion. You’re on holidays, after all! So why not pamper yourself a little?
Why travel so much?
I think traveling is the best way to learn more about yourself and the world.
You open yourself to new and different cultures, you get to try out local culinary delights, history and culture gets a lot more interesting when you’re seeing it with your own eyes and it’s just lovely to see all the amazing sights of this wonderful world.
With this blog and travel guide I want to prove that traveling doesn’t have to be expensive, but also that there are a lot of other unknown destinations which are worth some of your time.
In this amazing time of planes, trains, cars and boats, the world is at your feet.
Don’t be paralysed by fear or because you think you’re not adventurous enough to travel. Because, let’s be honest… I don’t exactly look like a daredevil myself, right?! If I can do this, you can do too.
But… How do I travel around the world?
My family and friends probably know that I’m a bit fickle. I have thousands of dreams and sometimes I seem to chase them all at once.
After my secondary school, I knew only too well that an office job between wasn’t for me and I decided to head to the Netherlands to pursue an education. At the same time I started an online business and I saved everything I could and I put all my free time in making it work.
