The funny gift for backpackers

100 Funny Jokes About Backpackers

Hilarious jokes about backpackers who weigh their toothbrush in grams but survive on instant noodles – perfect for gap year travellers!

100 original jokes about Backpackers
Roasting gear obsession, pack weight anxiety and hostel wristband collecting
Cheeky pub banter that lovingly takes the piss
Perfect for gap year veterans and hostel reunions

Paperback · £8.30 on Amazon UK · $10.99 on Amazon US

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A taste of what's inside

6 of the 100 jokes. The rest are in the book.

Rule #1 of hostel life: you will be asked "Where are you from? How long are you travelling? Where have you been? Where next?"

Rule #2: after a month, just print the answers on a T-shirt and point.

My friend haggled for twenty minutes to save a few coins on a pair of elephant pants.

Then she celebrated by spending forty times that on a smoothie bowl in a café where the chairs are swings.

What's the difference between a traveller and a tourist?

About three weeks and a string bracelet.

"I went to Thailand last year." "Oh, I went before it was ruined." "When was that?"

"Eighteen months ago. They'd only just put in the wifi. Tragic."

My grandma asked my cousin what she got up to in Vietnam. She said, "I did Vietnam in two weeks."

Grandma asked if the country had filed a complaint.

You know someone's been backpacking too long when they walk into a friend's house

and immediately hold their phone up to the window and announce, "Two bars by the toilet, everyone."

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About this book

Know someone who weighs their toothbrush in grams but survives on instant noodles for weeks? Who claims they're 'finding themselves' whilst staying exclusively in hostels with other gap year travellers? This hilarious collection of 100 jokes perfectly captures the wonderfully contradictory world of backpackers.

From the spiritual seeker covered in temporary tattoos who won't stop banging on about their ayahuasca revelation in Bali, to the ultralight obsessive who cuts tags off everything yet somehow still needs three guidebooks – these jokes nail every stereotype with surgical precision. You'll find brilliant gags about flashpackers pretending to rough it, digital nomads posing with laptops in cafes, and those eternal debates about Osprey versus Deuter rucksacks.

Whether they're converting every price to pounds whilst haggling over 50p, collecting hostel wristbands like trophies, or wearing the same merino wool shirt for three weeks straight, backpackers provide endless comedic material. These jokes lovingly roast the gap year dreadlock brigade, the 'authentic experience' seekers who only eat overpriced smoothie bowls, and everyone obsessing over their base pack weight.

Perfect for birthdays, Christmas, or Secret Santa – this book will have any backpacking enthusiast crying with laughter whilst secretly checking their pack weight.

A funny gift for backpackers

Buying for someone who lives and breathes backpackers? They probably own all the kit already. This book gives them something they cannot buy for themselves: 100 jokes that prove you have been listening to every story about it.

It works as a birthday present, a Christmas stocking filler, a Secret Santa gift or a just-because laugh. Amazon prints and ships it, so you can send it straight to them.

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Who this book is for

If you know someone who weighs their toothbrush in grams, cuts the labels off everything, and posts daily pack weight updates whilst wearing the same merino wool shirt for three weeks straight, this book is absolutely perfect. Perhaps they're the type who's covered in beaded jewellery from their life-changing spiritual awakening in Bali, or maybe they're still carrying that guitar they can't actually play alongside hostel wristbands from 2019. This makes a brilliant gift for partners who've watched their beloved convert every price into pounds sterling at full volume, or friends who've endured countless stories about ayahuasca revelations and how sleeping in a twenty-bed dorm in Bangkok "totally changed their perspective on life." Family members will particularly appreciate having something to give the relative who insists on showing photos of every single hostel bathroom before launching into a detailed review of the shower pressure. If you're a seasoned backpacker yourself, you'll absolutely love taking the mickey out of your own obsessions with base weight calculations and that collection of visa stamps you've been proudly displaying on your pack for years. Whether you're currently digital nomading from a café in Chiang Mai or planning your next sobo adventure, you'll recognise yourself in every joke about flashpackers and gap year travellers in elephant pants who think hostels are the secret to enlightenment.

Questions about this book

The humour covers classic backpacker scenarios like claiming you're travelling to 'find yourself' whilst spending every evening in hostels with people from your hometown, and the eternal struggle between wanting to pack light but needing three different cameras for Instagram. You'll find jokes about flashpackers pretending they're roughing it, digital nomads posing with laptops in cafés, and the obsessive discussions about base weight that happen in every hostel common room.

It's perfect for anyone planning a gap year, recently returned from backpacking adventures, or that mate who won't stop banging on about their Sobo thru-hike. Whether it's for birthdays, leaving dos before someone heads off to 'find themselves' in Southeast Asia, or as a stocking filler for your favourite wannabe digital nomad, it's guaranteed to get knowing laughs.

Most jokes are accessible to anyone who's encountered backpacker culture, whether through friends' endless travel stories or social media posts of laptop-and-coffee setups. Whilst some insider references about pack weight obsessions and the difference between flashpacking and proper backpacking might fly over non-travellers' heads, the universal experiences of hostel life and gap year adventures make most content relatable to everyone.

This collection specifically targets the unique quirks of backpacker culture that only fellow travellers truly understand, from the contradiction of seeking authentic experiences whilst following the exact same banana pancake trail as everyone else. Rather than generic travel humour, these jokes dive deep into the specific rituals, jargon, and social dynamics that make the backpacking community so wonderfully ridiculous and self-aware.

Ready to roast them?

100 jokes, one very recognisable victim. Printed and shipped by Amazon.

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