About - Open Minded Traveler

We are interested in what happens beyond conventional tourism: how people connect, date, form relationships, navigate unfamiliar social cultures, and experience places differently when they step outside traditional expectations.

Originally rooted in firsthand experience of life, travel, and relationships in Colombia, Open Minded Traveler is expanding into a broader international publication covering open-minded travel and relationship culture across Latin America and beyond.

My Mission

Open Minded Traveler exists for adults who are curious about the world and willing to question what relationships, travel, and lifestyle are supposed to look like.

Our coverage explores subjects including:

Dating and relationships across cultures
Ethical non-monogamy and open relationships
Swinging and alternative lifestyle communities
Lifestyle-oriented travel, resorts, clubs, and destinations
Sex-positive culture
International dating apps and communities
Etiquette, discretion, consent, and safety
Long-term life abroad
Cultural differences surrounding relationships and intimacy
First-person experiences and contributor perspectives

We approach these subjects without sensationalism, moral judgment, or fantasy.

The goal is context.

Different cultures approach relationships, sexuality, independence, dating, and social expectations in very different ways. Open Minded Traveler examines those differences through reporting, lived experience, interviews, destination research, and commentary.

From Colombia to the World

Colombia remains an important part of the Open Minded Traveler archive.

Years of articles about Colombian dating culture, travel, relationships, expat life, and cultural expectations created the foundation of the publication and continue to provide useful information for readers interested in the country.

But Open Minded Traveler is no longer limited to Colombia.

As the publication grows, our coverage is expanding to Mexico, the wider Americas, Europe, the Caribbean, and other destinations where travel, relationships, and alternative lifestyle cultures intersect.

Colombia becomes one destination within a much larger conversation.

What Does “Open Minded” Mean?

Being open minded does not mean accepting everything without question.

It means being willing to examine unfamiliar cultures, relationships, lifestyles, and ideas without immediately forcing them into conventional categories.

Sometimes that means understanding dating customs in another country.

Sometimes it means exploring ethical non-monogamy, swinging, or alternative relationship structures.

Sometimes it simply means recognizing that people around the world build fulfilling lives in ways that may look very different from our own.

Open Minded Traveler is interested in that space.

Independent Editorial Perspective

Open Minded Traveler began as a personal travel project and evolved into an independent publication with years of archived reporting, cultural commentary, destination information, and relationship-focused content.

Today, the publication is moving toward a broader editorial model incorporating contributors, local perspectives, firsthand accounts, interviews, and international research.

Some articles reflect individual experiences or opinions. Others are informational, reported, or editorial in nature.

Our goal is to publish useful, thoughtful material while recognizing that dating, relationships, sexuality, culture, and travel are deeply personal subjects with no single universal experience.