The client
Final50 is the travel site of Hamada, an international lawyer and education entrepreneur based in Santa Monica, California, who is documenting his trips to the last 50 countries he has yet to visit. It promotes intentional, responsible travel through his 3E Lens of education, exploration and entertainment.
What they needed
A rebuild of Final50 as a home for Hamada’s trip journals, travel videos and advice around his final 50 countries, followed by ongoing maintenance.
What we rebuilt
- Visited countries map. The .World page pairs an interactive world map of the countries Hamada has visited with a tab for each continent, listing each country with the place he went and the month and year of the trip.
- Final 50 countdown. The Final50 page counts down the countries still to visit, grouped into Asia, Africa and Oceania, with the next destination and a prompt for readers to message in ideas.
- Journey log and video log. Long-form trip posts, many opening with a scene-setting section and some with practical trip prep on flights, transport, accommodation and money. A Video Log page shows the YouTube channel’s videos in a paginated gallery.
- Travel hacks and answers. A Resources menu holds travel hacks sorted into seven categories, from medical and planning to finances and interactions, and an FAQ of collapsible answers grouped under personal, travel and Final50.
- Homepage and enquiries. The homepage opens with a YouTube background video and animated counters for countries visited, years travelled and miles covered, then the latest trip posts, a horizontal timeline of past trips and events, an Instagram feed and a contact form that also appears on other pages.
How we rebuilt it
The rebuilt site runs on WordPress with Elementor Pro, with an interactive world map and a YouTube video gallery. We rebuilt it and now look after it.
