PayPal Sends Travel Vlogger On Worldwide Journey…With A Twist

A travel vlogger has completed his journey from the Arctic Circle to the world’s southernmost city, and along the way, he didn’t spend a cent–at least not in the physical sense. Steve Booker teamed up with PayPal for a worldwide journey, and during his travels, he was required to manage all his expenses through the online payment service.

Booker, who posts videos of his daily life and his travels on his YouTube channel, began his most recent journey on Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago located within the Arctic Circle. From there, he slowly made his way south, hitting cities like Moscow, Barcelona, and Cape Town on the route to Ushuaia, an Argentine locale found at the tip of Tierra del Fuego. For all the activities on his trip–he visited a Back to the Future installation, rented a bike, and took a gyrocopter ride, to name a few–he paid with PayPal, foregoing cash entirely.

Booker will discuss his trip in a video he will post to his primary YouTube channel, but in the meantime, he has released eight vlogs about the adventure, each one chronicling a different step of his journey. Here’s the first one, filmed from London’s Gatwick Airport:

The #PoleToPole campaign is a brilliant idea from PayPal’s point-of-view. If Booker can travel the entire world without spending any physical cash, the campaign implies, surely you can use online payments within your daily routines. I’m willing to bet there were some hiccups (can you imagine explaining the concept of digital money transfers to someone who doesn’t speak much English?) but by the time he reached his final destination, Booker seemed to be in great spirits.