Drew Binsky: Difference between revisions

== Career ==

After college, Binsky took a job teaching English in [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]. He spent 18 months there, and traveled to 20 countries in [[Asia]] during that time. He quit his teaching job in January 2015 and began focusing on traveling full-time after that,<ref name="Independent1" /> starting with a 3-month solo trip across India.<ref name="AsianAge"/> By October 2015, he had visited a total of 73 countries.<ref name="Independent2">{{Cite news |last=Goodfellow |first=Mollie |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/drew-goldberg-thailand-best-food-seoul-best-nightlife-norway-most-beautiful-travel-holiday-a6705816.html |title=The best countries in the world to visit (according to a man who's been to 73 of them) |date=October 23, 2015 |access-date=July 10, 2019|newspaper=The Independent}}</ref> He also had started a travel blog called "The Hungry Partier"<ref name="CTV">{{Cite news |last=Chan |first=Emily |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/5things/lessons-from-the-road-tips-from-a-24-year-old-who-s-travelled-to-74-countries-1.2640674 |title=Lessons from the road: Tips from a 24-year-old who's travelled to 74 countries |date=November 4, 2015 |access-date=July 10, 2019 |newspaper=CTV News}}</ref> (later renamed "Drew Binsky")<ref name="AsianAge" /> and began documenting his travels on [[Instagram]] and [[Snapchat]].<ref name="Independent1" />

 

In 2017, his girlfriend at the time, Deanna Sallao, bought him a camera when they moved to [[Hanoi]], [[Vietnam]], which prompted him to create and begin posting videos on his [[YouTube|YouTube channel]] (also called "Drew Binsky").<ref name="AsianAge" /><ref name="YTHanoi">{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Why I'm Moving to Hanoi, Vietnam |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwhjfrqpCEU |date=December 30, 2016 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=June 22, 2023}}</ref> In May 2017, he uploaded a video of an organized trip to [[North Korea]] on his YouTube and [[Facebook]] channels.<ref name="NewsAU" /> The video accumulated over 10 million views within 2 days. Binsky also began earning money from YouTube and Facebook advertising revenue and sponsored partnerships with various brands.<ref name="CNBC" /> He has over 12 million followers on social media and holds two [[Guinness World Records]]: visiting the most [[World Heritage Site|UNESCO Heritage sites]] in a 24-hour period and for quickest suitcase packing.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/meet-the-jewish-travel-blogger-who-soon-will-have-visited-every-country/ |title=Meet the Jewish travel blogger who soon will have visited every country |last=Dolsten |first=Josefin |website=The Times of Israel |language=en-US |access-date=January 19, 2020}}</ref> In 2018, he began living in and working from [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]],<ref name="Hindu">{{Cite news |last=Menon |first=Anasuya |url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/travel/drew-binsky-plans-to-travel-to-22-countries-in-two-years/article25950022.ece |title=On board with Drew Binsky |newspaper=The Hindu|date=January 9, 2019 |access-date=July 10, 2019}}</ref> and, in 2019, began operating out of [[Manila]], [[The Philippines|Philippines]].<ref name="JP20">{{cite news |last1=Dolsten |first1=Josefin |title=This Jewish blogger will soon have traveled to every country |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/this-jewish-blogger-will-soon-have-traveled-to-every-country-614453 |date=January 17, 2020 |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=June 22, 2023}}</ref>