About
Vladimir Arsentyev
Founder of Vagabond Trips. Eighty-four countries, dozens of routes, and one simple idea: travel the way you actually want to, not the way it's usually done.
My name is Vladimir Arsentyev. I moved to Prague at seventeen, caught the travel bug and set myself the goal of seeing the whole world. I've been working towards it step by step ever since.
I studied, I worked, I was short on both time and money — but I always kept moving in that direction. Today I've been to eighty-four countries.
At some point I realised I wanted something of my own. Not to work for someone else. So I asked myself what I was actually good at, and the answer was travelling. From that minute I knew I wanted to do this and share the experience with other people.
What mattered was getting my own style across: adventure, total freestyle, freedom, travelling without a plan — with a hint of risk and a fair amount of mischief. That feeling you had as a kid. That's what Vagabond Trips is.
It took off quickly. Within two months I was filling large groups, and then trips abroad followed. A few couples met on my trips, and a whole crowd grew out of the project — people who now celebrate holidays together. It turned into something big that changed a lot of lives.
Right now I'm set on making genuinely great trips, done properly, for as many people as possible. English-language hikes are next: I want people to be able to find me from anywhere in the world and come along.
