Welcome to Our Travel Blog!

Sapnumedniece.lv is the leading travel media ecosystem in Latvia, founded in 2014 after winning the National Geographic travel story competition. All content is created by us, Alīna and Jēkabs Andrušaitis, offering our readers personal experiences, inspirational stories, practical advice, and world-class photojournalism.

Our travel content ecosystem reaches over 1 million views per month.

We love traveling so much that two weeks is the maximum time we can spend without thinking about it. After that, we immediately start planning our next (or even the one after that) trip, dedicating all our vacation days to exploring. So far, we have traveled to 60 countries, visiting many of them dozens of times—and we don’t plan on stopping! We take great joy in sharing our travels and moments of inspiration to encourage others to discover the world, and we have built a vibrant community of travelers around us in Latvia.

Our ecosystem includes:
The travel magazine/blog “Sapņu medniece” (Dream Hunter)

The traveler forum and seminars “Ceļo gudri” (Travel Smart)

Social media platforms Facebook and Instagram

Three bestselling travel books

Additionally, we frequently publish articles in Latvia’s largest media outlets (such as SestDiena, DELFI, etc.) and are often invited as travel industry experts on various programs.

Work With Us!

We have extensive experience working with various companies, tourism associations, and media. We are accustomed to speaking in front of large audiences and feel comfortable on stage. We are always open to new partnership proposals and can offer various collaboration models and ideas to promote your brand or travel product with the highest quality.

By partnering with us, your company will receive high-quality coverage featuring world-class photography, reaching an engaged audience that has used our travelogues as their primary trip guides since 2014!

Upon request, we can provide:

• Blog and social media reach statistics
• Examples of previous work
• Performance metrics (views, engagement, conversions)

For collaboration inquiries, feel free to write to: sapnumedniece@sapnumedniece.lv

Please note: We do not post paid links on our blog and inquiries about those will be deleted. We carefully evaluate potential partners to ensure they align not only with legal and ethical requirements but also with our core values.

What Do We Offer?

Our Strategic Advantages:

• The Largest and Widest Audience Reach in Latvia – Across online platforms, traditional media, new media, and social networks, we achieve a combined total of over one million views per month.
• Premium Content Production – 100% original material, world-class photography, and inspiring storytelling.
• Longevity & Multi-channel Approach – Our travel guides remain relevant for years thanks to a strong Google SEO strategy. We provide an immersive sense of presence through social media while also reaching traditional media audiences.
• Authority – We are the authors of three bestsellers and are regularly consulted by the media as experts in the tourism sector. Readers trust our meticulously crafted reviews and make travel decisions based on our recommendations.

Our Services:

• Destination Coverage within our Media Ecosystem – We love visiting new countries and cities to expand our range of travel guides.
• Reviews of Tourism Objects and Routes – We provide detailed information to our readers regarding hotels, nature trails, and travel itineraries (both in Latvia and abroad).
• Event Communication Support – Including interviews, press conferences, and storytelling evenings.
• Content Creation for External Media – Articles for newspapers, magazines, or websites, as well as participation in interviews, TV, and radio programs.
• Motivational Lectures for corporate employees.
• Speaking Engagements at conferences.
• Professional Visual Material – High-end photography by an award-winning travel photographer to promote destinations.
• Storytelling Evenings, Seminars, and Virtual Presentations – Topics include travel tips (“Travel Smart”), specific destinations, travel photography, social media, and blogging.
• We are fluent in Latvian, Russian, and English.
• The quality of our work is reflected in our high readership and engagement statistics, as well as the long list of partners who choose to work with us repeatedly. Our blog is one of the most recognized and highly-valued travel projects in Latvia.

Our Partners

We have collaborated with some of the most prominent brands in Latvia and worldwide within the travel and lifestyle sectors, including: “RIX Riga State Airport,” “Swedbank,” “Ceļojumu bode,” “airBaltic,” “Sony,” and “Rimowa.” Our portfolio also includes successful partnerships with tourism boards such as “VisitSeychelles,” “VisitSvalbard,” “VisitMontenegro,” “VisitTampere,” and many others.

If you are looking for a reliable partner in Latvia whose combined platforms reach a million people every month, contact us at: sapnumedniece@sapnumedniece.lv

Success stories

Laura Kulakova, Head of the Communications Department at Riga Airport:

“Riga Airport collaborated with bloggers and influencers Alīna and Jēkabs Andrušaitis in 2024 to create an informative social media campaign about what travelers need to know to successfully prepare for a flight. Being an experienced air traveler herself, Alīna created the campaign materials with a strong sense of responsibility, delving meticulously into all the nuances of aviation safety requirements to provide her followers with accurate, clear, and useful information.

We must highlight both the excellent quality of the content prepared, and the care and precision in responding to followers’ questions, helping to explain the sometimes complex and not easily understood rules about what can or cannot be included in passengers’ luggage, and when. Responsibility, precision, and quality are the words that best describe Alīna’s work. We definitely plan to continue working with Alīna in the future!”

Antra Vīgule, Swedbank, Sales and Marketing Project Manager

“Alīna’s genuine love for and around travel could be felt from the very first email in which she approached us, expressing a desire to collaborate. The subsequent collaboration happened amazingly naturally and easily. The author of the blog and the book offered to integrate her travel experience content into the bank’s blog, press publications, and her own internet blog. Responsiveness, humanity, charisma, and high professionalism are the words that describe Alīna and her work. The cherry on top of it all was the launch party for her first book, where the stories literally urged and encouraged one to go on a trip to one of the places she recommends. The tandem of Alīna and her husband Jēkabs inspires one to give in to seeing the world!”

Kaspars Gēgeris, the owner of the travel agency “Ceļojumu bode”:

“We began our collaboration with Alīna and Jēkabs in 2024 by organizing a surprise trip to an unknown destination for them. They only found out where they were going at the airport, right before dropping off their luggage—and it turned out to be Mauritius. For both them and us, this was the first experience of its kind where the destination is revealed only at the last moment. The collaboration went excellently—professionally, organized, and without any misunderstandings. The trip itself was also a success, providing beautiful memories, great photographs, and valuable publications.”

Natacha Servina, Seychelles tourism department representative: 

“Alina & Jekabs got married in 2014 in the beautiful islands of the Seychelles and the Tourism Seychelles had the wonderful opportunity to welcome them back for a dedicated press trip in October 2022. I personally had the pleasure of meeting up with Alina whilst on a working mission in Latvia which was the base of our physical introduction prior to their trip to the Seychelles. The trip was a fruitful trip for the Seychelles in view of the amount of coverage and exposure gained. They were able to showcase the different activities, scenic sites, sustainable efforts, gastronomy, culture, island hoping options and many more that the Seychelles have to offer and we are thankful to have partnered with such a dedicated, informative and interesting couple.”

As Seen On

We are frequent guests on Latvian Radio and television, and our travels have been featured by all the major media outlets in Latvia. Our travelogues are regularly published in the magazine “SestDiena,” and we are frequently invited to provide expert commentary for other media platforms!

Awards & Competitions

National Geographic travel story of the year, 1st place

National Geographic “Deep Water” photography competition, 1st place

Lonely Planet Instagram of the month, twice, 1 st place

Won: The travel journalists of the year in Latvia 2019, Balttour 2020 (nominated 2018, 2017)

Conferences & Other Notable Projects

Women in Travel Summit Europe, speaker

Riga Photo Show, speaker

630 Versts of Feelings, speaker

“Travel smart” seminars, owner

Multiple in person and online storytelling events in with various businesses & city partners

Three Published Books About Travel

“Sapņu mednieku ceļojums: sasniedzot jaunas virsotnes” 2025, you can purchase it here and in all the biggest bookstores in Latvia.

“Sapņu mednieku ceļojums: pirmie soļi pasaulē” 2024, you can purchase it here and in all the biggest bookstores in Latvia.

“Atklāj pasauli. Kā sākt ceļot patstāvīgi” together with Zane Eniņa, at the biggest publishing house in Latvia Zvaigzne ABC. You can purchase it here and at the other biggest bookstores in Latvia. 

Who Are Our Readers?

Women (80%) and men (20%), primarily aged 30 to 45, residing mainly in Riga, Jelgava, Liepaja, Valmiera, Ventspils, Daugavpils, and Rezekne. They are travelers who value comfort and seek to experience the very best a destination has to offer—whether they are making the most of their vacation days or exploring during the downtime of a business trip.

Our audience includes:

• Experienced travelers looking for new inspiration.

• First-time planners who are organizing their own independent trips for the first time.

• Travel enthusiasts who want to enjoy the journey without the stress of the planning process.

Further Success Stories

Marta Grzesiak, CzechTourism, Media & Trade Manager:

“We started collaborating with Alina and Jekabs during the summer of 2021, when they took part at a press trip to Czech Republic. I  was overjoyed with the quality of the work they provided – interesting articles, spectacular photographs, very good contact professionally and friendly approach, as well as excellent results in social media – all of that allowed to achieve campaign results above anything we expected! We will definitely continue collaborating with them! “

Helēna Ruduša, Honorary Consul of Montenegro: 

“On behalf of the Honorary Consulate of Montenegro in Latvia and the National Tourist Organisation of Montenegro I would like to express my gratitude for the excellent cooperation with Alīna Andrušaite and Jēkabs Andrušaitis and their genuine interest in Montenegro and the professional attitude and great reflection of impressions. This is also confirmed by the delighting stories and highly professional photos that are published instantly and excite readers and followers. We do hope for the further co-operation and whish a lot of success in discovering of new places around the World!”

Tiina Kuusisto, Executive Manager, Tampere Region Festivals, Finland:

“We arranged our first international media trip during Tampere Theatre Festival in August 2023. Alina & Jekabs were participating the trip with other media representants from six different European countries. The collaboration with Alina & Jekabs was very fluent and professional. They have a very good sense of finding fresh points of views and interesting places to visit in the city, also independently. We received the understandable media reports quickly after the visit and some regular updates after the visit. I can honestly recommend co-operation with Alina & Jekabs anytime!”

Beata Voitechovskaja,  Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant, Lithuania: 

“Alina & Jekabs were the cozy and warm couple I met at the INPP when they first arranged the visit to our facility. I was pleasantly surprised by their interest and enthusiasm for our project. We get a lot of general interest visitors, but there are always the authentic ones. Like this time, I gave them a tour of the NPP and I realised that these people are not only professionals in photography, whose work I really want to share with all our subscribers, but I was also impressed by Alina’s ability to clearly convey such specific and technical information, without big remarks about my narrative and history about the INPP. The article resulted to be informative, concise and interesting. It was a pleasure to work with them and I certainly give them my warmest feedback. All the best for the future work from the INPP”

Zane Eniņa, SIA “Komunikācijas aģentūra”, Project Director, Latvia:

“As part of the “Latvia – Found” campaign run for the Ministry of Culture for the Republic of Latvia, which spotlighted restored cultural sites and natural sites, we collaborated with several Latvian bloggers, including Alina & Jekabs Andrusaitis. During our collaboration, they were simultaneously highly professional and down-to-earth – Alina & Jekabs fully completed the agreed upon task, handled everything with a high degree of responsibility, and within the agreed-upon deadline. What resulted from the collaboration were moving photographs and blog entries, social media posts & mass media appearances. The bloggers gladly participated in the necessary publicity events. I wholeheartedly recommend Alina & Jekabs, for they are trustworthy, responsible and creative partners to collaborate with.”

Ieva Grigorenko, Gribu Atpūsties Marketing Lead, Latvia:

“Alina & Jekabs helped us share the story of the charming spa town Druskininkai in Lithuania – what to see, what to do, how to relax there and where to stay. It was high quality, detail oriented communication. We are extremely pleased with the content created, both in the terms of amount and quality. We especially appreciate how naturally Alina included every detail of what we wanted to show. Inspiring, informative and visually pleasing! I am thankful to Alina for the professional collaboration, as well as metrics and results presented. I am 100% sure that everything about this project was a success!“

Peep Rooks, NaTourEst Guide & Manager, Estonia: 

“I contacted Alina & Jekabs to help us promote our Bear Watching Hide in Estonia to the Latvian public and we were very impressed with their professionalism and the effort they put into the project. Their visit gained much more attention than we had hoped for and it resulted in quality content and various media publications. Highly recommended if you are looking for travel content creators with a wide reach and good communication skills. “

Aiga Veckalne, Linguist and Creator of Pieturzimes.lv:

“Alina is a trusted and knowledgeable advisor for anyone seeking smart and comfortable travel without overspending. Her seminars, “Travel Smart,” provide invaluable tips on booking flights, hotels, and car rentals at the best prices, as well as valuable insights into various loyalty programs. The training is complemented by a list of useful websites.
Alina’s “Blog Smart” seminar is an indispensable resource for aspiring bloggers and content creators. Her extensive knowledge of blog creation, crafting engaging content, SEO, audience engagement, promotion, and blog monetization helps others develop and improve their blogs while saving time and money.”

Reach out!

Feel free to reach out and we will be happy to collaborate with your company or destination!

NB: We do not accept guest blog posts and don’t place links on request. Our readers have placed their trust in us, so we make sure to visit every destination ourselves before recommending it to others! Inquiries about guest posting or paid links will not be answered. 

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Pictures and text copyrighted to Jekabs Andrusaitis and Alina Andrusaite.