Nate Buchanan
Nate Buchanan is one half of Kara and Nate, sharing journeys around the world, unusual stays and endurance challenges, and the founder of travel rewards company Daily Drop.
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Known for
- The Mongol Rally2026 · Co-creator and host
YouTube - The Race That Finally Broke Me2026 · Runner and co-creator
YouTube - 4 Million Subscribers! (how we got here)2024 · Co-creator and host
YouTube - Living in a $650,000 EarthRoamer2021 · Co-creator and host
YouTube - 100th Country Documentary2020 · Co-creator and subject
YouTube - Peru Sky Lodge2017 · Co-creator and host
YouTube
Overview
- From
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Creates with
- His wife, Kara Buchanan
- Started traveling
- January 10, 2016, with a one-way trip to Tokyo
- Early recognition
- 2018 Shorty Award winner in Travel, with Kara
- Original goal completed
- 100 countries by December 2019
- Also known for
- Founding Daily Drop
Mini bio
How it started.
Nate and Kara are high school sweethearts from Nashville. Before travel became their work, Nate ran a small printing business from their apartment. Planning their honeymoon introduced them to miles and points. After saving money and more than two million miles and points, they left home on January 10, 2016, beginning with a one-way flight to Tokyo.
Finding their audience.
They started filming to share their trip with friends and family, with little experience behind the camera. Six months into traveling, they decided to try turning YouTube into a business so they could stay on the road. Their work earned the 2018 Shorty Award in Travel. They reached their 100-country goal in December 2019 and released their documentary about the journey in January 2020.
Life on the road.
When the pandemic interrupted international travel, they bought a converted van and explored the United States. Later videos brought together long journeys, unusual places to stay and physical challenges. In November 2024, they celebrated four million YouTube subscribers with a retrospective. Their 2026 work includes Nate’s Dead Cow Gully race and the Mongol Rally bus series.
Helping fans make the trip.
Nate founded Daily Drop in 2022 to share the miles-and-points knowledge behind their travels. It began as a short newsletter and expanded into guides, videos and travel tools, giving fans practical ways to plan trips of their own.
Creditschronological, newest first
Video
- 2026The Mongol RallyCo-creator and host
- 2026The Race That Finally Broke MeRunner and co-creator
- 20244 Million Subscribers! (how we got here)Co-creator and host
- 2021Living in a $650,000 EarthRoamerCo-creator and host
- 2020100th Country DocumentaryCo-creator and host
- 2017Peru Sky LodgeCo-creator and host
Travel education
- 2022Daily DropFounder
Awards
Quotes
We want to inspire people to see the world and have life-changing experiences through our videos.Nate Buchanan, The Publish Press
In a March 2023 interview about connecting their travel videos with Daily Drop and FareDrop.
Trivia
- Nate tracked their travel costs and began publishing income and expense reports as the channel grew.
- He names Antarctica as his favorite travel experience, comparing it to a frozen safari.
- His first first-class flight was an Emirates trip from Athens to New York, booked with 85,000 points.
- Their Mongol Rally bus is called Big Bertha.
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