Travel Q&A with Matthew Kepnes, Author of Ten Years a Nomad

Turning one’s passion for travel into a career and business is tough work. 

Matt Kepnes, author of the new book Ten Years a Nomad: A Traveler’s Journey Home, knows this well. 

I had the opportunity to read an advance copy of Matt’s new travel memoir, which traces his early life from childhood and adolescence through to today. 

In it, I saw many parallels with my journey as a man, traveler, and entrepreneur, including his desire to build a business around blogging to keep it going. 

To celebrate the release of his new book, Ten Years a Nomad, I sent Matt a few questions so you can hear from him directly.

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Go Backpacking: Tell us about yourself!

My name is Matt Kepnes, and I run the website Nomadic Matt, which helps people travel cheaper, better, and longer.

I grew up in the Boston area and went to school to be a high school history teacher. 

I ended up taking a job at a hospital doing administrative work while I tried to find a teaching job and ended up…