Vietnam, my first abroad
Visa-on-arrival turned visa-free in 2024, so this plan got cheaper to copy. Day-by-day breakdown of how I went from "never abroad" to confidently routing Hanoi → Hoi An → Saigon with a real budget.
Most travel sites tell you where to go, then mention visa as a footnote. NoMadYa flips it: pick your passport first, then trip-plan around what you can actually enter. Hand-verified by Afthab, 15 countries deep.
You can enter 64countries without applying ahead of time — and that's before we even talk about cost.
Not theoretical itineraries copied from blogs. These are my actual trips, with real flight prices, real hotel receipts, real visa fees, and the single discovery from each one that nobody else writes about.
Visa-on-arrival turned visa-free in 2024, so this plan got cheaper to copy. Day-by-day breakdown of how I went from "never abroad" to confidently routing Hanoi → Hoi An → Saigon with a real budget.
ENTRY · KZ 01Almost no English-language content exists on Kazakhstan for Indian travelers. Visa-free since 2024, mountains 3 hours from Almaty, and total costs that undercut Goa in winter.
First trip I was a tourist. Second trip I went deeper. Third trip I knew where to stay and how to escape Bangkok at 6am. The same country reads differently each visit — here's the comparison.
Three things no other travel site builds because they'd rather keep you scrolling listicles. We're building them anyway.
Tell us your passport, days, budget, interests. We generate a verified itinerary with affiliate-friendly bookings inline — flights, hotels, eSIMs, tours.
▮ WEEK 03“I earn ₹X in Chennai — where can I live 3 months?” Calculator with verified rent + food + visa data.
▮ WEEK 04Plan a trip with friends without the WhatsApp chaos. Vote on dates, budgets, must-do activities. Conflicts highlighted, final plan as PDF.
▮ WEEK 04I'm Afthab. Software engineer in Chennai. My first international trip was Vietnam, my most recent was Bali with stops on Nusa Penida and the Gili Islands. In between: Malaysia (three times), Hong Kong, Macau, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, Thailand (three times), Laos, Cambodia, Singapore.
I plan every trip end-to-end on a spreadsheet before I book a flight. Visa first, then dates, then routing, then accommodations, then cost. I built NoMadYa because I couldn't find a single site that treats planning as the actual problem — not the destination listicle.
The operator fileSunday mornings, before Chennai wakes up: one verified plan, one visa update, one deal that'll save you ₹5,000+. Confirm-link before you're in.