“Taival” = “Journey” in Finnish.
Taival Travel is a journey of growth and exploration: together, through sharing and making wonderful experiences, we become more conscious and aware as travellers while having fun.
Each of us is on our own journey through life, and especially in a chronically online world, those journeys can feel more like solo trips and private paths. Taival travel is a temporary convergence of those paths: for a moment, we want to share a taival, a pass-through in our individual journeys, creating highlights that segment our life stories and bring them meaning. A taival can come in many forms: a moment of connection online, a new activity discovered close to home, or the thrill of meetings in new places.
Travel has a special place in our hearts. It is an extra intense injection of novelty, uprooting, shaking off habits and assumptions, and it creates unforgettable memories. Because of this, it plays a core part in our taivals. But we want to also challenge both our own assumptions and yours that travel is the only way to create these magical experiences that segment our life path. We don’t want to be always waiting for the next trip. We want to find ways to have extraordinary moments, bigger or smaller, in our everyday life. Because that’s what makes life truly exciting, not only our holidays.
At Taival Travel, we believe in doing it better. Learning to travel in a way that minimise the negative impact and maximise the positive is a whole journey in itself. We’re not here to preach—we’re here to share. The highs, the lows, the "oops, that was a mistake" moments, the unexpected joys, the wild stories, and the lessons we pick up along the way.
What can you expect? Honest, no-BS travel guides covering everything from eco-conscious stays to party trips, long backpacking trips far from home as well as mini-adventures close by, reflections on culture, language, and food, plus some ridiculous anecdotes that sound too absurd to be real (but totally are), little life experiments to shake off our routines, fun ideas of how to make yours a little more adventurous without saving up for months, realisations about life. Ways to make sure that when you look back on the path you’ve walked in your life, you can find beautiful nuggets all along the way.
This taival—this journey—is open to everyone. So, hop on board, and let’s get exploring!
Curiosity: Be open and genuinely interested in the world around you, willing to learn from local customs, to recipes and foreign words!
Respect: Be considerate of others, the environment, perceived differences between people and cultures. In Finnish we say ‘Maassa maan tavalla’ which translates to ‘In a country by its rules’.
Self-awareness: Be able to critically reflect on one’s own impact, behaviour and place in the world and question your own patterns, thoughts and habits. You are not always right.
Excitement: Finding the golden middle of having a positive mindset, soaking the pleasures of adventure, joy and life whilst not getting utterly crushed by the polarisations and harsh contrasts.
Caring: While travel will have an impact on you, one way or another, seek to also be the impact-maker. Imagine what impact actions that are fuelled by positivity, authenticity and emotional connection can have.
