Trinity is Indonesia’s leading travel writer and blogger with 15 national best-selling books, including The Naked Traveler series. The books have been adapted into two movies, titled Trinity, The Nekad Traveler and Trinity Traveler.
In 2005, she started Indonesia’s first travel blog at naked-traveler.com, which by 2007 had attracted the notice of publishers. Her debut book The Naked Traveler was a compilation of thoughtful but hilarious short stories from her adventure around the world. The book inspired many Indonesians, especially young people, to travel, which was still quite rare at the time.
Trinity chose “naked” in the title because it means something that’s not shielded and glossed over. Unlike most travel writing, which tends to rhapsodize the beauty and attractiveness of a place, Trinity’s blog and books cover both the positive and the negative. “Naked” is also a pun for the Indonesian word “nekad” (reckless/bravery).
The Naked Traveler series now has eight titles; all are Indonesia’s best-selling travel books to date, including The Naked Traveler: 1 Year Round-the-World Trip (part #1 & part #2) and The Naked Traveler 8. Trinity, along with Erastiany and illustrator Sheila Rooswitha, created Indonesia’s first graphic travelogue Duo Hippo Dinamis: Tersesat di Byzantium (The Dynamic Hippos: Lost in Byzantium). She also contributed to The Journeys, TraveLove, The Naked Traveler Anthology, and The Naked Traveler Anthology: Horror. Her book in English, The Naked Traveler, Across the Indonesian Archipelago, tells what travel is really like in her own country. In addition, she and her travel buddy, Yasmin, published 69 Cara Traveling Gratis (69 Ways to Travel for Free), targeting the Millennials & Gen-Z.
Trinity has visited 103 countries in the world!
She was an English-Indonesian literary translator, copywriter, editor-in-chief of Venture travel magazine, Radio Personality of Indika FM, a regular contributor to Yahoo! Travel, columnist for JalanJalan travel magazine, and TV host of The Naked Traveler on MNC channel. Trinity won an Indonesia Travel & Tourism Awards as Indonesia’s Leading Travel Writer in 2010 and 5 Most Important Persons in Indonesian Tourism by detikTravel Readers’ Choice in 2014.
With hundreds of thousands of followers and high engagement, Trinity is one of Indonesia’s most influential people on social media. She was acclaimed as one of the 12 Most Influential Indonesian Women on Twitter by Swa magazine in 2010 and a nominee for RCTI Social Media Awards 2016.
Her life inspired many, becoming a sought-after speaker on writing, tourism, and passion. She was a participating author at Indonesia’s biggest literary festival Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, and one of 70 top Indonesian authors participating in the Frankfurt Book Fair 2015 to promote Indonesian literature in the world’s biggest book fair.
Trinity’s love of writing began when she was six years old; she consistently took a role as a journalist in school newspapers from primary school until she was in university. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications from Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia, and a Master’s in Management from the Asian Institute of Management, Manila, Philippines.
She has traveled to almost all provinces of Indonesia and 103 countries around the world – and counting. Yet, she still thinks Indonesia is the best country she has ever traveled to!
Published books
- The Naked Traveler – Bentang Pustaka, Jun 2007
- The Naked Traveler 2 – Bentang Pustaka, Jan 2010
- Duo Hippo Dinamis: Tersesat di Byzantium – Bentang Pustaka, May 2010
- The Journeys, Kisah Perjalanan Para Pencerita – Gagas Media, Apr 2011
- The Naked Traveler 3 – Bentang Pustaka, May 2011
- TraveLove, Dari Ransel Turun ke Hati – Bentang Pustaka, May 2012
- The Naked Traveler 4 – Bentang Pustaka, Sep 2012
- The Naked Traveler, Across the Indonesian Archipelago (in English) – Bentang Pustaka, Oct 2013
- The Naked Traveler Anthology – Bentang Pustaka, Jul 2014
- The Naked Traveler: 1 Year Round-the-World Trip Part #1 – Bentang Pustaka, Sep 2014
- The Naked Traveler: 1 Year Round-the-World Trip Part #2 – Bentang Pustaka, Sep 2014
- The Naked Traveler Anthology: Horror – Bentang Pustaka, Oct 2015
- The Naked Traveler 7 – Bentang Pustaka, Jul 2016
- 69 Cara Traveling Gratis – Bentang Pustaka, May 2018
- The Naked Traveler 8: The Farewell – Bentang Pustaka, Jan 2019
Get my books in all book stores in Indonesia (Gramedia, Togamas, etc.), Marketplace at Mizan Store in your city (Tokopedia, Shopee, TikTok Shop, etc.), buy online at mizanstore.com, or download the e-books at Google Play Books. You can also listen to my audiobooks which I narrated on the Storytel app here.
Book Adapted to Movies
- Trinity, The Nekad Traveler – Tujuh Bintang Sinema, Mar 2017
- Trinity Traveler – Starvision, Nov 2019
Experience
- Teaching online writing classes #kelastrinity, 2020-2021
- Freelance contributor to magazines, such as Colours (Garuda Indonesia Inflight Magazine) and DestinAsian Indonesia, 2014-2021
- TV Host of Naked Traveler (based on her YouTube channel) – MNC Food Travel channel, 2015 & 2017
- Web Commercials – “Kerja itu Main” & “AAA+” for Acer Indonesia, Bakmi GM, MLD Content Hunt, 2015-2019
- Columnist – JalanJalan Travel Magazine 2012-2013
- Special Appearance in a motion picture – “Follow Back” Saykoji’s music video & “Missing” short film, 2011 & 2013
- Editor in Chief – Venture (Travel Magazine in English), 2010-2012
- Speaker/Judge in writing/blogging/social media/tourism – 2010 to present
- Radio Personality of The Naked Traveler Travel Program – Indika FM, 2009-2012
- Literary English-Indonesian Translator – PT Tiga Serangkai, 2009-2010
- Freelance Copywriter – 2009
- Social Media Influencer/Content Creator for various companies/brands – 2008 to present
- Regular Contributor – Shape Magazine 2006-2007, Urban Style Magazine 2009-2011, Yahoo! Travel 2011-2013
- Blogger at naked-traveler.com – 2005 to present
- Marketing Communications Specialist in hospitality and technology corporations – until 2007
Speaker
- From Travel Blog to Books to Movies for TBEX Europe 2023 – Kalamata (Greece), 8-11 May 2023
- Essential Travel Writing & Closing Keynote for TBEX Asia 2022 – Phuket (Thailand), 15-18 Nov 2022
- Making Money from Leisure for Indonesia Knowledge Forum – Jakarta, 9 Oct 2019
- SGD Talk: Be a Responsible Traveler for UNDP Indonesia – Jakarta, 30 Sep 2019
- The Shifting Era, Millennial Traveler Domination for Trisakti Tourism Award – Jakarta, 27 Jun 2019
- Membangun Kebaikan Melalui Media Sosial (Building Goodness through Social Media) at Universitas Internasional Semen Indonesia by PT Semen Indonesia, Tbk. – Gresik, 11 Apr 2019
- Turismo en Indonesia at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos – Lima (Peru), 30 Oct 2018
- Know India Seminar by Consulate General of India – Bali, 1 Mar 2018
- Saving the Ocean by Curbing Plastic Usage by WWF – Jakarta, 16 Jun 2017
- Participating author in Kuala Lumpur International Book Fair – Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), 7 May 2017
- How to be a Travelpreneur by Aeroticket Goes to Campus – Jakarta, Mar-Apr 2017.
- Successful Blogging, One Post at a Time, US Bloggers Week @america – Jakarta, 19 August 2016.
- LOUD (Live Out Ur Dream) by Godrej Indonesia – Jakarta & Bandung in 5 Ivy League universities, Feb 2015
- Book Talk by Forum Masyarakat Indonesia di Dresden – Dresden (Germany), 16 Oct 2015
- Frankfurt Book Fair – Frankfurt (Germany), 14 Oct 2015
- Participating author in Ubud Writers & Readers Festival – Bali, 5-9 Oct 2011, 11-15 Oct 2013, and 24-28 Oct 2017
- Participating author in Makassar International Writers Festival – Makassar, 13-17 Jun 2011, 3-7 Jun 2015, and 25-29 Jun 2019
- Be Passionate, Live the Dream in TEDx Talks – ITS Surabaya, 18 Jul 2012
- Tourism Seminar by Indonesian Embassy in Namibia – Windhoek (Namibia), 6 Jul 2011
- How to write about travel @america by US Embassy – Jakarta, 14 May 2011
- Speaker of more than 200 seminars/workshops/talk shows in the field of travel writing/blogging/tourism/passion on TV/radio/schools/universities/corporate/trade shows.
TV Interviews
- Dampak Pandemi bagi Penulis Buku Jalan-Jalan, CNN Indonesia TV, 2020
- Maestro Indonesia, RTV, 2018
- Inspirasi: Mimpi Keliling Dunia, Kompas TV, 2017
- Tonight Show, Net TV, 2014
- Indonesia Morning Show, Net TV, 2013
- Sarah Sechan, Net TV, 2013
- And many more TV interviews as a guest star and source person on trending topics.
Awards & Recognitions
- Kaleidoskop 2018: 7 Figur Menonjol Dunia Traveling Indonesia – Tempo, 28 Dec 2018
- 7 Travel Blogger Indonesia Terkeren 2017 – Tripzilla, 5 Jan 2018
- 11 Heroines of Emancipation of Indonesian Women – Femina magazine, 21 Apr 2017
- Nominee Buku Non Fiksi Terfavorit (Most Favorite Non Fiction Book) for “The Naked Traveler 7” in Anugerah Pembaca Indonesia – Jakarta, Dec 2016
- Nominee of RCTI Socmed Awards 2016, Category: Blogger – RCTI TV, Mei 2016
- Wanita yang Melampaui Cita-Cita Kartini – Jawa Pos newspaper, 21 Apr 2014
- 5 Orang Penting dalam Dunia Pariwisata Indonesia (5 Most Important Persons in Indonesian Tourism) – detikTravel Reader’s’ Choice, 5 Feb 2014
- Figur Inspiratif (Inspirative figure) 2012 – Femina magazine, Oct 2012
- Indonesia Most Influential Personality in Social Media, Category: Travel – SWA magazine, 15 Mar 2012
- Heroine for Indonesian Tourism – The Jakarta Post newspaper, 17 Jun 2011
- 7 Most Inspirational People in Tourism – JalanJalan magazine, Dec 2010
- Indonesia Leading Travel Writer – Indonesia Travel & Tourism Awards, Jakarta, 21 Oct 2010
- 12 Most Influential Indonesian Women on Twitter – Warta Ekonomi magazine, 23 Aug 2010
- Best Book 2008 – Cleo magazine, Dec 2008
- Finalist of Indonesia’s Best Blog Award 2007 in “Pesta Blogger” – Jakarta, 27 Oct 2007
Scholarships
- The Indonesian Writer in Residence Program 2018 by Ministry of Education & Culture of the Republic of Indonesia – Peru & Bolivia, 2018
- Asian Development Bank-Japan Scholarship to study Master in Management at Asian Institute of Management, Philippines – Manila, 2007-2008
Clients
- Airlines: Qatar Airways, Emirates, Singapore Airlines, Turkish Airlines, KLM, Garuda Indonesia, Oman Air, Air Asia, Scoot.
- Hotels & Resorts: Accor Hotels, Starwood Hotels, Four Seasons, Nihi Sumba, Club Med, Mandarin Oriental, Kempinski, Elite Havens, Pan Pacific Hotels Group, etc.
- Tourism Boards: Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Turkey, South Korea, Taiwan, India, Seychelles, Netherlands, Pakistan, Greece, Poland, Chubu, Queensland, Auckland, Almaty, Wales, Madrid, Madhya Pradesh, Kansai, etc.
- Associations: TBEX (Travel Blogger Exchange), ATTA (Adventure Travel Trade Association), IMM (International Media Marketplace), ATF (ASEAN Tourism Forum).
- Others: Traveloka, Tokopedia, Gojek, Bank BCA, Pertamina, WWF, Danone-Aqua, British Council, Ray-Ban, Javamifi, Dwidaya Tour, AXA Travel Insurance, Acer, etc.
- CSR program: KitaBisa
Services
- Create social media content on all platforms including images, videos, and words.
- Branded sponsorships.
- Non-fiction writing for any publication.
- Book publication for biography and ghostwriting.
- Speaking engagement.
- Coaching and consulting on travel, tourism, writing, social media, and publication.
For all services provided, please contact me below:
Contact/Social Media Handles
E-mail: trinity.traveler.id@gmail.com
Facebook: TrinityTraveler
Twitter: @TrinityTraveler
Instagram: @trinitytraveler
YouTube: TheNakedTraveler
Linkedin: trinitytraveler
TikTok: @trinity.traveler
P.S. Agar tulisan di blog yang berusia 18 tahun ini bertahan secara independen dan supaya saya makin semangat menulis, silakan menyumbang “uang jajan” untuk saya di sini. Terima kasih.
236 Comments
Mochamad Andri Suryadi
May 24, 2017 9:41 pmpanjang umur mbak Trinity sang pioner hehehe
ngalam wall sticker
May 29, 2017 1:42 pmwah, pengunjung setia blog mbak trinity banyak juga ya 😀
Ahmad Zaelani
June 6, 2017 12:20 pmSalam…
Apakah naked-traveler ikut serta dalam ajang blog award yang diselenggarakan oleh voucher.co.id
soalnya nama Anda dituliskan dalam
/voucher.co.id/awards/2017-travel-blog-awards/
namun saya melihat diblog ini tidak terpasang logo program blog awardnya….
Saya hanya ingin memastikan saja
Trinity
June 8, 2017 4:33 pmIkut lomba tapi harus pasang banner? Enak di mereka! :p
khairulleon
August 21, 2017 8:57 pmAku juga mikirnya gitu O.o
telekomers
June 20, 2017 3:47 amsaya selalu mengikuti blog mbak trinity lho,,,,bagus bagus
nakulo
June 30, 2017 7:32 pmsalah satu blog kesukaan klo lgi pngn cari info2 tentang jalan2 😀
game strategi perang
July 19, 2017 2:41 pmblog yang saya cari cari ini ketemu juga
MODREVDL
January 7, 2018 12:46 pmcie cie yang suka backlink .. wkwkwkwkw
Asmaul Husna
August 9, 2017 12:50 pmpengen deh bisa nulis kayak gini, lempeng dan mudah dimengerti : )
aingmacan
December 7, 2017 2:53 pmada yg kesini gara nonton film? hayoo siapa aja
hehe
MODREVDL
January 7, 2018 12:45 pmgw gan .. !! wkwkwkwk
MODREVDL
January 7, 2018 12:45 pmTau ini blog dari filmnya, sumpah keren. !! sukses terus mbak
hasnawati
January 19, 2018 3:50 pmkirain gw doang yg kesini karena nonton filmnya ;v
rizka hidayatullah
January 23, 2018 1:10 pmbagus-bagus ceritanya mbak.. akan tetapi belum bagus lagi kalau belum bikin perjalanan nya ke riau khususnya di Kabupaten Kampar
sitiavivaturrohma
February 7, 2018 11:25 ambagus2 critanya kak, lain kali main ke bali dong
naufal
February 13, 2018 11:48 pmWah kak saya sangat suka dengam filmnya mbak ceritanya sangat unik. Sangat memotifasi. apalagi pas kata2 mutiaranya yaitu ttng mendapatkan uangnya. wihh hebat pokoknya mantab mbak.
Rizqi Fahma
February 15, 2018 8:42 amPionirnya travel blogger Indonesia.
Salute, mba!
Cheers
menuwisatadieng
February 15, 2018 9:28 pmInspiratif sekali kak
indra pradya
April 23, 2018 7:09 pmMY mENTOR. SOoooooo Inspiring. Don To E’.!!!.
Anonymous
May 27, 2018 8:34 pmpengen kyak kak trinity.gimna caranya tuu
Gogo
June 13, 2018 11:43 amInspiratif…
M Luthfie Razak
June 18, 2018 7:43 pmNgikutin di Twitter dari jaman SMP. Sampe sekarang udah lulus kuliah masih konsisten. Luar biasa mbak, Trinity. Sehat teruuuuuuusss!
Trinity
June 18, 2018 8:15 pmWow! Makasiih 🙂
Yatie
July 21, 2018 10:26 amsangat menginspirasi banget ,,,, 🙂
Sarumpun
September 22, 2018 8:30 pmAku gak nyasar kesitus ini loh mbak..
emang nyari naked traveller ya 😀
abis nonton filmnya jadi penasaran 😀
Imers
October 2, 2018 8:48 pmTemplate WP nya simple nih
tata ita
November 3, 2018 11:54 amketika aq mulai letih dengan keadaan ini, putus harapan mulai tumbuh dari diriku,,
hati mulai mencari ssok inspirasi,,, sang pemilik dunia , sang pemilik segalanya,,,( Alloh Swt)
dan ditemani film yang mengugah akan mimpi,,serasa dunia memang butuh orang yang hidup,,,tak hanya hidup tapi seprti hanya mayat hidup,,tapi hidup akan semua ide dan terjun ke dunia ,,agar dunia tau bahwa kau masih hidup…!!!!!
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