Drew Binsky
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Drew Binsky

Visited all 197 countries and still calls a tiny Czech town his favorite: a people-first storyteller who wears 'JUST GO.' on his shirt and means it.

Say-yes adventurerCurious interviewerGrateful & effusiveStreet-food daredevilBuilder with a big heart

Drew is a travel documentarian and founder who turned a 2012 study-abroad blog called 'The Hungry Partier' into a global production house now releasing on Netflix. What drives him is people more than places: 'A place can't carry a video. A person can.' He chases stories in the corners of the world most people only know from headlines. He is generous, effusively grateful and goal-obsessed enough to log his 197th country down to the minute. Yet he also loves going back to the same small town and saying 'We will be back again soon!' For context, he publicly shares that he has been with his partner, Deanna Sallao, since they were both 24.

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What Drew needs
A partner who is at home with motion and a packed travel calendar

His work and identity are built on constant, sometimes complicated trips. Life with him rarely sits still, and travel usually doubles as filming.

  • in“I just kept going to places most people don't go”
  • in“The visa process, security concerns, and logistics made this one of my most complicated trips.”
Someone who believes in his big goals and cheers the milestones

He sets multi-year, audacious goals and treats finishing them as deeply emotional moments. He publicly credits the people who believed in him.

  • IG“Thank you to my better half @deannasallao for believing in me”
  • IG“October 29th, 2021 at 1:31AM - I just stepped foot in my 197th and final country”
Honest pushback and real conversation

He builds his ideas by letting his team stress-test them. He likely values a partner who challenges him instead of simply agreeing.

  • in“My editors stress-test every concept before I book a flight.”
  • in“for every idea that makes it in front of a camera, 20 die in a Google Doc”
Warmth, generosity and people-radiance

These are the exact qualities he praises out loud in the person closest to him. They clearly sit at the top of what he admires.

  • IG“I continue to be amazed by your generosity, your intelligence and your ability to make everyone around you happier”
  • IG“I've never been around someone who has the ability to light up every single room”
Comfort with a public, camera-heavy life

He creates prolifically for a huge audience, and his personal milestones are shared publicly.

  • IG“21M Community | 9B Video Views”
  • IG“Posts: 3073”
Shared rituals and places to return to

Beneath the box-ticking record, he cherishes favorite places and repeat visits. Depth matters to him as much as breadth.

  • IG“our favorite little town in Europe”
  • IG“We will be back again soon!”
Hobbies
  • Tennis
    Tennis matters enough to him that he runs a dedicated tennis channel alongside his main account.
    • IG“🎾 Tennis Channel @binskytennis”
  • Extreme and street food tasting
    He eats his way through countries and seeks out the strangest dishes on the menu.
    • IG“I tried Asia's 3 most extreme foods so you don't have to!”
    • IG“All of the best things I ate in 3 weeks in China”
  • Learning languages
    He speaks four languages and picked up conversational Korean while teaching abroad.
    • in“Languages: Czech, English, Korean, Spanish”
    • in“I learned conversational Korean”
  • Martial arts and side-quest goals
    He earned a Taekwondo black belt during his 18 months teaching in Korea.
    • in“secured a black belt in Taekwondo, and traveled to 20+ Asian countries”
  • Destination birthday trips
    He turns celebrations into journeys, spending birthdays in a different city each year.
    • IG“We've spent your last few birthdays in Ibiza, Prague, Montreal, New York, Manila, Bangkok, Paris and Dominica”
Interests
  • Human stories behind the headlines
    He wants to understand ordinary lives in places the world misreads.
    • in“people whose lives are much bigger than politics”
    • IG“Iran is NOT What You Think It Is”
  • Secretive and hard-to-reach places
    He is drawn to North Korea, Libya, Afghanistan and the insiders who know them.
    • in“Kim Jong-il used to have a personal bodyguard. Recently, I spent a day with him”
    • IG“Greenland, Myanmar, China, Afghanistan”
  • The creator economy
    He is energized by creators reshaping entertainment and advertising.
    • in“Creators are becoming the new entertainment business”
    • in“I just got back from Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.”
  • Czech Republic and Prague
    His story began in Prague. He speaks Czech and calls Český Krumlov a favorite.
    • in“a blog called The Hungry Partier that I wrote while studying abroad in Prague”
    • IG“Česky Krumlov is the best small town in Europe!”
  • Education access and philanthropy
    He raised money for students who hike to school and has started a nonprofit.
    • in“helped raise $13,500 to buy these kids a school bus”
    • in“I've finally started a nonprofit called Binsky Philanthropy”
Values
  • Firsthand understanding over snap judgments
    He believes you have to go and meet people before you can judge a place.
    • in“no country can be understood from a distance”
  • Gratitude and shared credit
    He consistently thanks his team, family, friends and strangers.
    • in“I'm grateful to everyone who helps bring these videos to life”
    • IG“Thank you to all the strangers and local tour guides I met”
  • Generosity and giving back
    He finds real joy in making a tangible difference.
    • in“It feels so good to give back”
  • People at the center
    People are his core filter for everything he makes.
    • in“Is there a person at the center? A place can't carry a video. A person can.”
  • Sharing adventure, not gatekeeping it
    He wants everyone to travel and travel better.
    • in“The goal is and has always been to inspire more people to travel.”
    • in“Our goal is to help you become a better traveler and save money.”
Personality
Adventurousness98
He has been to all 197 countries, plus Libya, North Korea and Mexico City's 'Most Dangerous Hood.' 'JUST GO.' is literally on his shirt.
Ambition92
He built a solo blog into a Netflix-distributed production house and holds two Guinness World Records, yet stays team-oriented.
Social energy85
He interviews strangers for a living, speaks to large crowds and thanks everyone by name.
Playfulness74
His first blog was 'The Hungry Partier,' he tries extreme foods 'so you don't have to,' and he jokes about cramped flights.
Intellectual curiosity93
He asks 'Is there a question I genuinely can't answer from my couch?' and chases what regimes and headlines hide.
Groundedness66
He keeps a Phoenix home base, a long-term relationship and a favorite small town, all offset by a life in constant motion.
How they live
Base
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Pace
Relentless and momentum-driven. He is always prepping the next trip, such as Turkey and China, while releasing constantly.
Social
Very people-heavy: team, collaborators, local guides and huge audiences. Family and best friends are his support system.
Travel
Near-constant and often complicated or remote. He also loves repeat trips to favorite places like Český Krumlov.
Health
Active. He plays tennis seriously enough to run a tennis channel and earned a Taekwondo black belt in Korea.
Work / life
Work and life are deeply intertwined. Trips double as shoots, but he makes room for dedicated celebrations like destination birthdays.
Talks like
Enthusiastic, warm and open-hearted. He says the sweet things out loud, uses lots of exclamation points and emojis, and loves ending with a question ('What would you do in my situation?', 'where does China rank for you?'). In conversation he is a natural interviewer who wants your story.
Shows care by
Through shared experiences and big gestures: whisking someone to a favorite town for their birthday, planning trips together and publicly naming the people who helped him. He expresses admiration effusively and gives credit generously.
Green flags
  • Openly grateful and credits others for his success
  • Deeply loyal: a long-term relationship since age 24, publicly celebrated
  • Curious listener who genuinely wants to hear your life story
  • Generous: fundraises for kids and started a nonprofit
  • Resists stereotypes and snap judgments
  • Unpretentious about roughing it in economy
  • Welcomes being challenged on his ideas
Friction
  • His calendar belongs partly to shoots, trips and audiences, so quiet routine time may be scarce
  • Life on camera for millions of followers can blur private and public
  • His risk appetite (dangerous neighborhoods, hard-to-enter countries) may worry a partner at home
  • He is always a little 'on': exploring often doubles as working
  • His goal intensity can mean big pushes that take priority for long stretches
Dealbreakers
  • Closed-mindedness or judging places and people from headlines
  • Stinginess or indifference to others' hardship
  • Discomfort with travel or refusal to try new things
  • Taking credit without gratitude
  • Resentment of his public, creative work
Who fits them

A warm, generous, sharp person who lights up rooms and loves meeting strangers as much as he does. They would be happy to fly 30 hours for a story or a street-food stall, then curl up in a favorite little town. They would need their own center of gravity, cheer his giant goals and tell him honestly when an idea should die in the Google Doc. (Context: Drew publicly shares that he is in a long-term relationship with Deanna Sallao.)

Dates they'd love
  • A tennis match followed by the most unusual dish you can find at a local spot, then comparing verdicts
  • A food crawl through an immigrant neighborhood, ordering the thing neither of you can pronounce and asking the owners their story
  • A spontaneous weekend in a small, overlooked town with a brewery tour and a promise to come back
Ask them about
  • Which of the 197 countries surprised you most compared with its headlines, and was it Libya or Iran?
  • What was it like asking Kim Jong-il's former bodyguard what the Kim family is really like?
  • Why does Český Krumlov beat everywhere else in the world for you?
  • From 'The Hungry Partier' in Prague to Netflix: what's one idea that died in the Google Doc but still haunts you?
How the agent talks on their behalf
Upbeat, curious and generous, like a friend just back from somewhere wild who still wants to hear about your week first. Ask lots of questions and lead with people rather than places. Keep a light, self-deprecating travel humor ('so you don't have to!') and say appreciative things out loud. Energetic pace with exclamation points used sparingly, and nudge toward yes: 'Just go.' Avoid bragging about the country count unless asked; let the stories do the work.
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