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The 100 Most Inspirational Travel Quotes Of All Time

• Quotes , Travel Tips
• November 8, 2020 November 17, 2020
• 12 min read

If you’re planning a holiday, fighting post-trip blues, or just scrolling through instagram travel photos, you can be sure there’s a quote about traveling out there that hits the spot for you.

Travel quotes to discover yourself, travel quotes to motivate your next journey, fantastic travel quotes to drive you to live your best life and more. We can all relate to inspirational travel quotes, making them so fun to read.

In this article, I gathered some of the most popular travel quotes (and my personal favourites). I hope you’ll find these incredible travel quotes inspiring, and they’ll make you want to go out and see the world.

Famous travel quotes

1. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”–Andre Gide

2. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all” – Helen Keller

3. “I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

4. “Don’t tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you have travelled.” – Mohammed

5. “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” –Mark Twain

6. “Surely, of all the wonders of the world, the horizon is the greatest.” – Freya Stark

7. “Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.” – Anthony Bourdain

8. “A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” – Lao Tzu 

9. “There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign” – Robert Louis Stevenson

10. “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” –Saint Augustine

11. “Life is meant for good friends and great adventures” – Anonymous

12. “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” –Susan Sontag

13. “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by” —Robert Frost

14. “Once a year, go somewhere you have never been before.” –Dalai Lama

15. “A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” –Tim Cahill

16. “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.”  – Anita Desai

17. “Don’t listen to what they say. Go see.”-Anonymous

18. “Take only memories, leave only footprints.” – Chief Seattle

19. “Collect Moment, Not Things.”-Anonymous

20. “Blessed are the curious for they shall have adventures.” – Lovelle Drachman

21. “We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfilment.” — Hilaire Belloc

22. “For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

23. “I’m in love with cities I’ve never been to and people I’ve never met.” ― Melody Truong

24. “This wasn’t a strange place; it was a new one.” – Paulo Coelho

25. “If we were meant to stay in one place, we’d have roots instead of feet” – Rachel Wolchin

26. “Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life.” – Michael Palin

27. “We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost.” – Ray Bradbury

28. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did.” ― Mark Twain

29. “People don’t take trips, trips take people.” – John Steinbeck

30. “Travel is never a matter of money but of courage.” – Paulo Coelho

31. “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust

32. “I travel because it makes me realize how much I haven’t seen, how much I’m not going to see, and how much I still need to see.” – Carew Papritz

33. “A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” – John A. Shedd

34. “Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.” – Terry Pratchett

35. “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller

36. “Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta

37. “Travel far enough, you meet yourself.”― David Mitchell

38. “To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” – Aldous Huxley

39. “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” – Lao Tzu

40. “Do you really want to look back on your life and see how wonderful it could have been had you not been afraid to live it?” – Caroline Myss

41. “Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.” – Anonymous

42. “Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.” ― Jack Kerouac

43. “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Gustave Flaubert

44. “Live life with no excuses, travel with no regret” – Oscar Wilde

45. “We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” – Anonymous

46. “And then there is the most dangerous risk of all – the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later.” –Randy Komisar

47. “I always wonder why birds choose to stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on earth, then I ask myself the same question.” –Harun Yahya

48. “Fill your life with experiences, not things. Have stories to tell, not stuff to show.” –Unknown

49. “Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.” – Anthony Bourdain

50. “Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta

51. “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other places, other lives, other souls.” – Anais Nin

52. “No place is ever as bad as they tell you it’s going to be.” – Chuck Thompson

53. “I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

54. “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Gustave Flaubert

55. “He who would travel happily must travel light.” – Antoine de St. Exupery

56. “To awaken alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.” – Freya Stark

57. “The use of traveling is to regulate imagination with reality, and instead of thinking of how things may be, see them as they are.” – Samuel Johnson

58. “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Saint Augustine

59. “Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” – Seneca

60. “With age, comes wisdom. With travel, comes understanding.” – Sandra Lake

61. “Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.” – Anonymous

62. “Traveling tends to magnify all human emotions.” — Peter Hoeg

63. “You don’t have to be rich to travel well.” – Eugene Fodor

64. “When overseas you learn more about your own country, than you do the place you’re visiting.” – Clint Borgen

65. “The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” – Shirley MacLaine

66. “I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine.” – Caskie Stinnett

67. “Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination.” – Roy M. Goodman

68. “Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by.” – Robert Frost

69. “It is not down in any map; true places never are.” – Herman Melville

70. “For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

71. “Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.” — Lawrence Block

72. “To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” – Aldous Huxley

73. “Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.” – Jack Kerouac

74. “Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comforts of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things — air, sleep, dreams, the sea, the sky. All things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.” – Cesare Pavese

75. “And then there is the most dangerous risk of all — the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later.” – Randy Komisar

76. “To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.” – Bill Bryson

77. “To travel is to live.” – Hans Christian Andersen

78. “What you’ve done becomes the judge of what you’re going to do — especially in other people’s minds. When you’re traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don’t have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.” – William Least Heat Moon

79. “Travel makes a wise man better but a fool worse.” – Thomas Fuller

80. “When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.” – Susan Heller

81. “Travel far enough, you meet yourself.” – David Mitchell

82. “Live your life by a compass, not a clock.” – Stephen Covey

83. “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” – Anita Desai

84. “We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost.” – Ray Bradbury

85. “Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” – Seneca

86. “He who would travel happily must travel light.” -Antoine de St. Exupery

87. “And then there is the most dangerous risk of all — the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later.” – Randy Komisar

88. No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.” – Lin Yutang

89. “Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.” -Jack Kerouac

90. “Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.” -Benjamin Disraeli

91. “Own only what you can always carry with you: known languages, known countries, known people. Let your memory be your travel bag” -Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

92. “When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.”   -Susan Heller

93. “What you’ve done becomes the judge of what you’re going to do – especially in other people’s minds. When you’re traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don’t have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.” – William Least Heat Moon

94. “Conventional wisdom tells us… we take our baggage with us. I’m not so sure. Travel, at its best, transforms us in ways that aren’t always apparent until we’re back home. Sometimes we do leave our baggage behind, or, even better, it’s misrouted to Cleveland and is never heard from again.”   -Eric Weiner

95. “Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by.” -Robert Frost

96. “There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.” – Jack Kerouac

97. “If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them – wherever you go.” – Anthony Bourdain

98. “At its best, travel should challenge our preconceptions and most cherished views, cause us to rethink our assumptions, shake us a bit, make us broader minded and more understanding.” –Arthur Frommer

99. “I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on the train.” -Oscar Wilde

100. “Live life with no excuses, travel with no regret” -Oscar Wilde

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153 Best Travel Quotes To Inspire You To See The World

We’ve been putting together some of our favorite inspirational travel quotes as we continue to travel the world and experience new places and things abroad.

What follows is a complete collection of 153 of the best travel quotes, complete with adventure travel quotes from famous figures like Anthony Bourdain, John Muir, and Mark Twain.

Warning: some of these quotes may give you the travel itch! In any case, I hope you’ll find some of these short travel quotes inspirational for your own journey!

Table of Contents show 153 Best Travel Quotes • Famous Travel Quotes • Mark Twain Travel Quotes • Funny Travel Quotes • Short Travel Quotes • Misc Travel Quotes • Inspirational Travel Quotes • Travel With Friends Quotes • Adventure Travel Quotes • Solo Travel Quotes • Anthony Bourdain Travel Quotes More Travel Content & Tips  

153 Best Travel Quotes

• famous travel quotes.

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. — Unknown

Take only memories, leave only footprints. — Unknown

Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world. — Gustave Flaubert

Not all those who wander are lost. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Every man dies, but not every man really lives. — William Wallace

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. — Oscar Wilde

Life is a journey. Make the most of it. — Unknown

I’ve traveled every road in this here land… I’ve been everywhere, man, I’ve been everywhere. — Johnny Cash

Paris is always a good idea. — Audrey Hepburn

Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer. — Unknown

Collect moments, not things. — Unknown

Today is your day, your mountain is waiting. So get on your way. — Dr Seuss

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the things you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. — Unknown

I’m shaking the dust of this crummy little town off my feet and I’m gonna see the world. — George Bailey in It’s A Wonderful Life

It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Nature is not a place to visit. It is home. — Gary Snyder

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. — Lao Tzu

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. — John Muir

The mountains are calling and I must go. — John Muir

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves. — John Muir

To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, to gain all while you give, to roam the roads of lands remote: To travel is to live. — Hans Christian Andersen

Oh the places you’ll go. — Dr. Seuss

I shall be telling this with a sigh, Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. — Robert Frost

When one is alone at night in the depths of the woods, the stillness is at once awful and sublime. — John Muir

Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own. — Charles Dickens

• Mark Twain Travel Quotes

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the Earth all one’s lifetime.

To do something, say something, see something, before anybody else — these are the things that confer a pleasure compared with which other pleasures are tame and commonplace, other ecstasies cheap and trivial. Lifetimes of ecstasy crowded into a single moment.

It is the loveliest fleet of islands [ Hawaii ] that lies anchored in any ocean.

No alien land in all the world has any deep strong charm for me but that one [ Hawaii ], no other land could so longingly and so beseechingly haunt me, sleeping and waking, through half a lifetime, as that one has done. Other things leave me, but it abides; other things change, but it remains the same.   For me the balmy airs are always blowing, its summer seas flashing in the sun; the pulsing of its surfbeat is in my ear; I can see its garlanded crags, its leaping cascades, its plumy palms drowsing by the shore, its remote summits floating like islands above the cloud wrack; I can feel the spirit of its wildland solitudes, I can hear the splash of its brooks; in my nostrils still lives the breath of flowers that perished twenty years ago.

• Funny Travel Quotes

Airplanes may kill you, but they ain’t likely to hurt you. — Leroy Satchel Paige

Two great talkers will not travel far together. — George Borrow

I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them. — Mark Twain

I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine. — Caskie Stinnett

Did you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone? — Erma Bombeck

Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore. — Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz

• Short Travel Quotes

Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before. — Unknown

Better to see something once than hear about it a thousand times. — Asian Proverb

Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. — Ibn Battutah

We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us. — Unknown

One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm. — Ella Maillart

Half the fun of travel is the esthetic of lostness. — Ray Bradbury

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. — Marcel Proust

There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign. — Robert Louis Stevenson

Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. — Neale Donald Walsh

I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list. — Unknown

And I think to myself, what a wonderful world. — Louis Armstrong

They say travel broadens the mind, but you must have the mind. — G.K. Chesterton

Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow. — Anita Desai

Life is short and the world is wide. — Unknown

The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign land. — G.K. Chesterton

A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving. — Lao Tzu

If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere. — Vincent van Gogh

The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness. — John Muir

A wise traveler never despises his own country. — Carlos Osvaldo Goldoni

You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world. — William Hazlitt

I love to travel, but hate to arrive. — Albert Einstein

And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul. — John Muir

A great way to learn about your country is to leave it. — Henry Rollins

Live your life by a compass, not a clock. — Stephen Covey

Some experiences simply do not translate, you have to go to know. — Kobi Yamada

I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. — Mary Anne Radmacher

At its best, travel should challenge our preconceptions and most cherished views, cause us to rethink our assumptions, shake us a bit, make us broader minded and more understanding. — Arthur Frommer

Travel is never a matter of money, but of courage. — Paulo Coelho

Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost. — Erol Ozan

Travel far enough, you meet yourself. — David Mitchell

The journey itself is my home. — Matsuo Basho

Live, travel, adventure, bless and don’t be sorry. — Jack Kerouac

The saddest journey in the world is the one that follows a precise itinerary. — Guillermo del Toro

A good traveler leaves no tracks. — Lao Tzu

It’s in those quiet little towns, at the edge of the world, that you will find the salt of the Earth people who make you feel right at home. — Aaron Lauritsen

It is better to travel well than to arrive. — Unknown

The impulse to travel is one of the hopeful symptoms of life. — Agnes Repplier

• Misc Travel Quotes

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. — Albert Camus

To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world. — John Muir

When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space with other stars all singing and shining together as one, the whole universe appears as an infinite storm of beauty. — John Muir

I’m in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection. But with Montana, it is love. — John Steinbeck

Yosemite Park is a place of rest, a refuge from the roar and dust and weary, nervous, wasting work of the lowlands, in which one gains the advantages of both solitude and society. — John Muir

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. — Jacques Cousteau

The Mediterranean has the color of mackerel, changeable I mean. You don’t always know if it is green or violet, you can’t even say it’s blue, because the next moment the changing reflection has taken on a tint of rose or gray. — Vincent van Gogh

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. — John Burroughs

No pain here, no dull empty hours, no fear of the past, no fear of the future. These blessed mountains are so compactly filled with God’s beauty, no petty personal hope or experience has room to be. — John Muir

On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it. — Jules Renard

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. — Albert Einstein

Lighthouses are not just stone, brick, metal, and glass. There’s a human story at every lighthouse. — Elinor DeWire

To almost every man and woman there is something about a lighted beacon which suggests hope and trust and appeals to the better instincts of all mankind. — Edward Rowe Snowe

• Inspirational Travel Quotes

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. — Helen Keller

Never let your memories be greater than your dreams. — Douglas Ivester

All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity. But the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible. — Lawrence of Arabia

Do not dare not to dare. — C.S. Lewis

Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. — George Adair

Wherever you go, go with all your heart. — Unknown

It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win. — John Paul Jones

This is what holidays, travels, vacations are about. It is not really rest or even leisure we chase. We strain to renew our capacity for wonder to shock ourselves into astonishment once again. — Shana Alexander

I beg young people to travel. If you don’t have a passport, get one. Take a summer, get a backpack and go to Delhi, go to Saigon, go to Bangkok, go to Kenya. Have your mind blown. Eat interesting food. Dig some interesting people. Have an adventure. Be careful. Come back and you’re going to see your country differently, you’re going to see your president differently, no matter who it is. — Henry Rollins

Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in an office or mowing your lawn. Climb that damn mountain. — Jack Kerouac

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move; to feel the needs and hitches of our life more nearly; to come down off this feather-bed of civilization, and find the globe granite underfoot and strewn with cutting flints. — Robert Louis Stevenson

Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. — Ray Bradbury

We leave something of ourselves behind when we leave a place. We stay there, even though we go away. And there are things in us that we can find again only by going back there. — Pascal Mercier

Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the world in the way they have been told to. — Alan Keightley

Every dreamer knows that it is entirely possible to be homesick for a place you’ve never been to, perhaps more homesick than for familiar ground. — Judith Thurman

Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey. — Pat Conroy

No man is brave that has never walked a hundred miles. If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until not a person knows your name. Travel is the great leveler, the great teacher, bitter as medicine, crueler than mirror-glass. A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet. — Patrick Rothfuss

It is always sad to leave a place to which one knows one will never return. Such are the melancolies du voyage: perhaps they are one of the most rewarding things about traveling. — Gustave Flaubert

The wish to travel seems to me characteristically human: the desire to move, to satisfy your curiosity or ease your fears, to change the circumstances of your life, to be a stranger, to make a friend, to experience an exotic landscape, to risk the unknown. — Paul Theroux

Although I deeply love oceans, deserts and other wild landscapes, it is only mountains that beckon me with that sort of painful magnetic pull to walk deeper and deeper into their beauty. They keep me continuously wanting to know more, feel more, see more. — Victoria Erickson

• Travel With Friends Quotes

A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles. — Tim Cahill

You will never be completely at home again, because part of your heart always will be elsewhere. That is the price you pay for the richness of loving and knowing people in more than one place. — Miriam Adeney

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend. — Robert Louis Stevenson

• Adventure Travel Quotes

Adventure is worthwhile in itself. — Amelia Earhart

If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal. — Paulo Coelho

Most of us abandoned the idea of a life full of adventure and travel sometime between puberty and our first job. Our dreams died under the dark weight of responsibility. Occasionally the old urge surfaces, and we label it with names that suggest psychological aberrations: the big chill, a midlife crisis. — Tim Cahill

Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter. — John Muir

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread. — Edward Abbey

Once a journey is designed, equipped, and put in process, a new factor enters and takes over. A trip, a safari, an exploration, is an entity, different from all other journeys. It has personality, temperament, individuality, uniqueness. A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless.   We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us. Tour masters, schedules, reservations, brass-bound and inevitable, dash themselves to wreckage on the personality of the trip. Only when this is recognized can the blown-in-the glass bum relax and go along with it. Only then do the frustrations fall away. In this a journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it. — John Steinbeck

What is that feeling when you’re driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? – it’s the too-huge world vaulting us, and it’s good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies. — Jack Kerouac

A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for. — J.A. Shedd

Do not follow where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and make a trail. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

It’s a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you’re ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now. And you may as well do it now. Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any. — Hugh Laurie

Adventure is a path. Real adventure – self-determined, self-motivated, often risky – forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world. The world the way it is, not the way you imagine it. Your body will collide with the Earth and you will bear witness. In this way you will be compelled to grapple with the limitless kindness and bottomless cruelty of humankind – and perhaps realize that you yourself are capable of both. This will change you. Nothing will ever again be black-and-white. — Mark Jenkins

The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. — Christopher McCandless

Adventure is allowing the unexpected to happen to you. Exploration is experiencing what you have not experienced before. How can there be any adventure, any exploration, if you let somebody else – above all, a travel bureau – arrange everything before-hand? — Richard Aldington

Be careful because Cambodia is the most dangerous place you will ever visit. You will fall in love with it, and eventually it will break your heart. — Joel Brinkley

• Solo Travel Quotes

To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world. — Freya Stark

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. — Unknown

I can’t think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything. Suddenly you are five years old again. You can’t read anything, you have only the most rudimentary sense of how things work, you can’t reliably cross a street without endangering your life. Your whole existence becomes a series of interesting guesses. — Bill Bryson

The true fruit of travel is perhaps the feeling of being nearly everywhere at home. — Freya Stark

When you’ve managed to stumble directly into the heart of the unknown – either through the misdirection of others, or better yet, through your own creative ineptitude – there is no one there to hold your hand or tell you what to do. In those bad lost moments, in the times when we are advised not to panic, we own the unknown, and the world belongs to us. The child within has full reign. Few of us are ever so free. — Tim Cahill

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow. — Lin Yutang

He travels the fastest who travels alone. — Rudyard Kipling

Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection. — Lawrence Durrell

When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted with himself. — Liberty Hyde Bailey

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready. — Henry David Thoreau

I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more. — Thomas Jefferson

Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time. — Hannah Arendt

Personally I like going places where I don’t speak the language, don’t know anybody, don’t know my way around and don’t have any delusions that I’m in control. Disoriented, even frightened, I feel alive, awake in ways I never am at home. — Michael Mewshaw

I can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads. — Paulo Coelho

Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me. The long brown path before me leading me wherever I choose. — Walt Whitman

• Anthony Bourdain Travel Quotes

If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them – wherever you go.

Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life — and travel — leaves marks on you. Most of the time, those marks — on your body or on your heart — are beautiful. Often, though, they hurt.

It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description. Angkor Wat and Machu Picchu , for instance, seem to demand silence, like a love affair you can never talk about.   For a while after, you fumble for words, trying vainly to assemble a private narrative, an explanation, a comfortable way to frame where you’ve been and what’s happened. In the end, you’re just happy you were there — with your eyes open — and lived to see it.

Travel is about the gorgeous feeling of teetering in the unknown.

I’m a big believer in winging it. I’m a big believer that you’re never going to find the perfect city travel experience or the perfect meal without a constant willingness to experience a bad one. Letting the happy accident happen is what a lot of vacation itineraries miss, I think, and I’m always trying to push people to allow those things to happen rather than stick to some rigid itinerary.

Do we really want to travel in hermetically sealed popemobiles through the rural provinces of France, Mexico and the Far East, eating only in Hard Rock Cafes and McDonalds? … I know what I want. I want it all. I want to try everything once.

It seems that the more places I see and experience, the bigger I realize the world to be. The more I become aware of, the more I realize how relatively little I know of it, how many places I have still to go, how much more there is to learn.   Maybe that’s enlightenment enough – to know that there is no final resting place of the mind, no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom, at least for me, means realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go.

I think food, culture, people and landscape are all absolutely inseparable.

Food is everything we are. It’s an extension of nationalist feeling, ethnic feeling, your personal history, your province, your region, your tribe, your grandma. It’s inseparable from those from the get-go.

Southeast Asia has a real grip on me. From the very first time I went there, it was a fulfillment of my childhood fantasies of the way travel should be.

I wanted adventures. I wanted to go up the Nung river to the heart of darkness in Cambodia . I wanted to ride out into a desert on camelback, sand and dunes in every direction, eat whole roasted lamb with my fingers. I wanted to kick snow off my boots in a Mafiya nightclub in Russia. I wanted to play with automatic weapons in Phnom Penh, recapture the past in a small oyster village in France, step into a seedy neon-lit pulqueria in rural Mexico. I wanted to run roadblocks in the middle of the night, blowing past angry militia with a handful of hurled Marlboro packs, experience fear, excitement, wonder.   I wanted kicks – the kind of melodramatic thrills and chills I’d yearned for since childhood, the kind of adventure I’d found as a little boy in the pages of my Tintin comic books. I wanted to see the world – and I wanted the world to be just like the movies.

At this point I think my body is like an old car. Another dent ain’t gonna make a whole lot of difference. At best it’s a reminder that you’re still alive and lucky as hell. Another tattoo, another thing you did, another place you’ve been.

Without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, and moribund.

If I’m an advocate for anything, it’s to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. The extent to which you can walk in someone else’s shoes or at least eat their food, it’s a plus for everybody. Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.

Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.

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Words are powerful, and it is often due to the best travel quotes that I have been inspired to travel the world and reach for my dreams!

So no matter if you’re psyching yourself for an upcoming trip or simply scrolling through your phone to gain some added motivation, there are a number of travel quotes that can totally match what you’re feeling. Much like the best travel movies, the best travel quotes ever are powerful in inspiring just about anyone — AND also fun to collect!

That’s why in this post, I have gathered some of the best travel quotes that I love and that made an impact on me as I traveled the world these past years.

In fact, I’m sure you’ll find what you need here as I separate them in these sections:

Table of Contents

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Find out their interesting and beautiful meanings through this unusual travel words list.

Lesser-Known Travel Quotes

1. “ Blessed are the curious for they will have adventures. “ – Lovelle Drachman

This is one of the best travel quotes that affirm the notion that those who have the undying enthusiasm to discover new places, things, and even knowledge will always be rewarded with exciting encounters and memories! Don’t you agree?

2. “ A great way to learn about your country is to leave it. “ – Henry Rollins

The first time I read this travel quote, I couldn’t help but laugh because it is SO true! In fact, the first time I flew out of my home country, the Philippines , and landed in the city of Hong Kong , I was just blown away!

Among many other things, I couldn’t help but compare the infrastructure and public transportation (yep, we are far behind!) . I even learned about how others viewed my country as well as us Filipinos, and though it was disconcerting at first, it was — for the most part — refreshing to see how others perceived the place that I grew up in. You bet that the little bubble that I was living in was burst open and it exposed me to a world that challenged what I know while presenting me with new insights that I couldn’t have known had I cooped myself home.

3. “ Travel opens your mind as few other things do. It is its own form of hypnotism, and I am forever under its spell. “ – Libba Bray

I love how poetic this quote is by Libba Bray because I am absolutely under travel’s spell for several years now… and if it IS hypnotism, I don’t ever want to snap out of it! How about you?

4. “ We must travel in the direction of our fear. “ – John Berryman

I gotta admit, I used to fear the thought of traveling to India . Countless stories from friends and families alike kept me from ever setting foot in the country — but I knew that deep within me, amidst the fear that was built up by others’ words, was a deep desire to see the country for myself… and so, I booked a ticket.

Much like what this travel quote says, I traveled in the direction of my fear, and it was an amazing decision! After all, I had the chance to challenge the wrong ideas in my head and when I got over it, the ordeal brought me clarity and made me into a better person as I learned better to never let prejudice rule me.

5. “ Live your life by a compass, not a clock. “ – Stephen Covey

The best travel quotes always have a beautiful message like this one! After all, we were not born to solely work and waste our life away in society’s pre-set motions. We are more than the hours we put in at work and the obligations that we hold. We deserve to enjoy life as it is and to see more of what this world has to offer us!

True enough, in this context, a compass can mean a lot of things; but the way I see it, other than the meaning of giving ourselves the chance to wander off to places anew, it also represents the sense of following a certain direction — a direction to which our heart is leading us to, may that be a breather or a dream that has been put on hold.

6. “ You don’t have to be rich to travel well. “ – Eugene Fodor

We can’t deny the fact that travel costs money BUT it doesn’t have to be costly .

For years now, a lot of travelers and backpackers have already proven how they can have meaningful travels without breaking the bank — take it from me as well who was able to afford to travel the world and tick off all 7 continents without spending a fortune! So don’t ever let money be an excuse not to travel .

7. “ Jobs fill your pocket, but adventures fill your soul. “ – Jamie Lyn Beatty

While we’re still talking about money, YES, we all need money to live, that’s a fact; however, it’s vital that we do not to let it rule us. We must always seek a balance in which we could unwind and go on trips in order to enrich our lives.

It’s just like what this axiom says: adventures DO fill our souls.

8. “ If you think adventures are dangerous, try routine: it’s lethal. “ – Paulo Coelho

Some people find solace in routine, but it helps to remember that you are not a cog in a machine that’s designed to do repetitive actions day in, day out. Of course, I can’t deny that there’s beauty in the mundaneness of everyday life; but if you find yourself seeking comfort in it for the sole reason that you fear something new, then it’s time to put a stop to it and get out of your comfort zone!

9. “I would rather own a little and see the world than own the world and see a little of it.” – Alexander Sattler

Sometimes, we get too caught up with work with the goal of saving up for future adventures — but what actually ends up happening is that you get distracted by the process. You work more, you buy more. You get caught up in it all. So… what happened to your travel dreams?

It’s quite easy to forget why you’re working in the first place, so try not get swept up by shallow things.

10. “ Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experiences. “ – Paulo Coelho

Can you think of an activity or a trip that you thought was initially risky — and yet it turned out to be the best travel experience that you ever had and you just can’t imagine yourself not taking it?

11. “ People travel because it teaches them things they could learn no other way. “ – Lance Morrow”

This is one of the best travel quotes that is truthful and straight to the point! Apart from obvious added life skills such as learning how to navigate yourself through foreign public transportation, or learning how to speak and converse with the use of foreign languages, travel also exposes you to other people who have stories of their own and other cultures that are totally different than yours.

Case in point, had you stayed home, you would have never seen with your own eyes that some people just don’t live the way you do — and that it’s okay. Or that other communities find something you initially deemed as offensive as something that is normal and accepted — and that’s also okay!

Travel simply broadens the way you understand and perceive the world, and the opportunities for learning are always endless! It is truly a form of education that is beyond any book or classroom.

12. “ To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, draw closer, to find each other, and to feel. That is the purpose of life. “ – Walter Mitty ( The Secret Life of Walter Mitty )

Have you watched this movie before? It is one of my favorite travel movies and I highly suggest giving it a try to give you a boost of motivation to travel!

13. “ I travel not to cross countries off a list, but to ignite passionate affairs with destinations. “ – Nyssa P. Chopra

While there is nothing wrong with the aim of crossing countries off of your bucketlist, it can prove to be helpful to develop a sense of passion or meaning to why you choose to travel.

14. “ Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. “ – Benjamin Disraeli

…but, if you have to think of one travel memory that stands out above the rest, what would that be?

15. “ Don’t ask for security, ask for adventure. Better to live 30 years full of adventure than 100 years safe. “ – Jim Rohn

I acknowledge the fact that we all have different priorities in life and there’s nothing wrong if your priority is to be financially secure at an early age. So though this travel phrase might not resonate with you, I hope you can also see the bit of truth in it that as it is with life, it’s a lot better to try and go for adventures while we’re still young and able to. So don’t waste what you have now!

16. “ I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. “ – Mary Anne Radmacher

FACT : travel changes you and this artistic or aesthetic quote captures this thought perfectly. The changes may be small at times, but traveling never fails to leave its mark as it enables you to soak in a new learning or two.

17. “ Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost. “ – Erol Ozan

I’ve gone through this myself far too many times now and it’s always a pleasant surprise to stumble upon unexpected discoveries. Given this probability, I often make it a point to wander around a new destination with no direction in mind!

So tell me, what amazing place have you managed to find by accident?

18. “ Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the world in the way they have been told to. “ – Alan Keightley

The world is constantly changing along with people’s mindsets and preferences; so don’t ever box yourself in thinking that there is just one fixed style of travel — or that there is just one way to live.

In fact, years ago, I was told to lead my life as my parents did: get a job, marry, and have kids. Dreams have to take the backseat. It was suffocating but it was the only way I knew; that’s why I’m glad my eyes were opened to a number of other possibilities… and here I am today, experiencing the world the way I NOW know how, and the way that I want it to!

19. “ There is a kind of magicness about going far away and then coming back all changed. “ – Kate Douglas Wiggin

Similar to the meaning behind quote #16, the effect of travel is akin to some sort of enchantment because one’s exposure to a variety of novel occurrences can bring forth valuable insights that can change just about anyone — and for the better at that!

20. “ If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home. “ – James Michener

You can’t fully be immersed in your travels if you close yourself to the world and the reality that’s before you. Yes, it will make you feel uncomfortable — you’re in a new environment after all — but if you take the time to breathe and see what’s in front of you for what it is, you’ll be surprised at how unfounded your fears are. So try to be a bit more open, or else there might not be a point in your travels.

21. “ I’ll look back on this and smile because it was life and I decided to live it. “ – Anonymous

…and yes, you ARE living it!

22. “When you’re traveling, you are what you are, right there and then. People don’t have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.” – William Least-Heat Moon

The best travel quotes capture the beauty of traveling — as this saying goes, you can be who you want to be because of the simple fact that nobody knows you. Ain’t that swell?

23. “Every traveler has a home of his own, and he learns to appreciate it the more from his wandering.” – Charles Dickens

I tend to think that the grass is always greener on the other side, but travel has taught me that the grass was already green where I was! Oftentimes, we take some things for granted, and for me, I used to think that the Philippines wasn’t a great place to live in — so I left. But after living in Europe for a while, I started to develop a deeper fondness for my home country. Of course, Europe was better in a LOT of things (it’s made up of a lot of first-world countries after all) but I’ve since learned that every place has its own pros and cons. The Philippines clearly had a lot more cons, but I now see its own beauty that I will never exchange for another place.

And above all, it is home.

24. “Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.” – Lawrence Block

I’m sure you all have fun or funny stories related to this! If you have the time, I’d love to hear about it. Please leave a comment at the bottommost part of this post!

25. “This is a big and beautiful world. Most of us live and die in the same corner where we were born and never get to see any of it. I don’t want to be most of us.” – Oberyn Martell ( Game of Thrones )

When I started watching this TV series, I never thought that I would stumble upon one of the most impactful travel quotes there is!

Short Travel Quotes

26. “Work, Save, Travel, Repeat” – Anonymous

This is one of the best short travel quotes you’ve probably already heard of, but it’s a classic because it’s the kind of cycle that we just simply do in order to achieve our dreams of visiting different destinations all over the world. Some of you will grind the 9-to-5, while others choose to do remote work — and I do travel writing while being an online entrepreneur.

But whatever your profession may be, just know through this catchphrase that travel is never impossible.

27. “If not now, when?” – Primo Levi

Don’t put off your travel plans any longer! If you’re going to wait for that perfect set-up, you might wake up one day realizing that you’ve missed so many opportunities to just do it . Worse, you might already be too old to do, for instance, that hiking trail that you’ve always wanted to conquer. So hear me out: do it ASAP.

If you ever need some ideas on which destinations to go to and how to plan, don’t fret because I got you covered with my itinerary guides . So that’s definitely one thing you won’t have to worry about!

28. “Life is short and the world is wide.” – Simon Raven

A longer version of this quote goes like this: “Life is short and the world is wide, the sooner you start exploring it, the better.”

This is actually one of the best travel quotes that I have first encountered after I took the leap of faith to quit my job and travel the world . It’s simple but it holds so much truth. Besides, the sooner that you can try and jumpstart your journey, the better it will be!

29. “Oh, the places you’ll go!” – Dr. Seuss

With childlike wonder, positivity, and anticipation, I hope this quote inspires you to picture all of the new places that you’ll soon be setting foot in!

30. “Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

I may be a LOTR fan… but with no bias at all, I can honestly say that this is one of the best adventure quotes out there. Sure, it may be overused by now, but it’s like that for a reason: it’s relevant and it just holds so much truth.

After all, most people tend to think that those who travel are out there in order to ‘find themselves ‘ — which, of course, could also be the case — but there are also those people who journey through the world because they feel more like themselves than ever before.

31. “ Don’t call it a dream, call it a plan. “ – Anonymous

This isn’t just one of the best travel quotes but also basically one of the best life quotes out there.

So whatever your reason is for putting off what you’ve always dreamed of — be it time constraints, lack of travel resources , or motivation — just remember that NOW is the perfect time to start making your dream your new reality. In fact, it shouldn’t simply be a dream, but a plan where you set certain actionable steps in order to attain whatever it is that you want to achieve.

32. “ Life is a journey, not a destination. “ – Ralph Waldo Emerson

This is the kind of adventure quote that is used for just about anything: may it be for self-help, mindfulness, or for travel.

Life is indeed a journey. It’s about living in the moment — in every little moment. Because the truth of the matter is, the destination is not nearly as important as to how we get ‘there’ or how we spend the whole of it. So take joy in any present experience, no matter if they are a mix of highs and lows. Don’t waste the present for an uncertain future!

33. “ Collect moments, not things. “ – Karen Salmansohn

The best travel quotes remind us how fulfilling and lasting joy can never be derived from things. Just think about it: you might have felt extreme joy when you got your first iPhone — BUT, that doesn’t have much of an impact compared to when you finally fulfilled that dream vacation.

You can easily lose interest in a new gadget, but you will forever cherish a fond memory. So imagine collecting a lot more of those glorious memories… won’t that be more amazing than a number of objects that can easily disappear or deteriorate?

34. “ Paris is always a good idea. “ – Sabrina (1995), Julia Ormond

A lot of people seem to have wrongfully attributed this travel quote to Audrey Hepburn’s character, Sabrina (1954 film). However, she NEVER said this line; instead, it was Julia Ormond’s Sabrina character in the 1995 movie version who said it.

Fascinating, right? Since Audrey is a more well-known actress, it makes sense that her name was used… but anyway, I hope this helps clear things up once and for all. That fun trivia aside, this is still one of the best travel quotes out there. Even if some people would argue that Paris is overrated, it’s still and always will be a good idea. Another quote you might love as well is when Humphrey Bogart uttered:

“We’ll always have Paris.”

35. “ The journey not the arrival matters. “ – T.S. Eliot

This simple quote may or may not resonate with you; but sometimes, there are in-between experiences that are often more worthy to be ‘savored’. This is actually similar to quote #32 wherein both of the quotes basically deliver the message that getting there is half the fun!

36. “ To travel is to live. “ – Hans Christian Andersen

This is one of the best travel quotes that is simple yet profound. It is actually an excerpt from Hans’ autobiography wherein the whole of it goes like this…

“To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, To gain all while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote, To travel is to live.”

37. “ Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. “ – Helen Keller

…and the rest of this goes…

“ Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.” ( TRIVIA : The ‘at all’ part above wasn’t originally written in).

By the way, Helen’s quote is actually one of the top best travel quotes that I lived by in the past years. After all, we only have one short precious life… so why not just make the most of it?

38. “ Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire. “ – Jennifer Lee

We are all searching for something that stirs up a passionate spirit within us, and if you’re lucky enough to find what that is, you must definitely do everything in your power to go for it! In my case, it was traveling… it always has been. I pursued it with such fervor and my life has truly been a bliss since then! As such, I hope that you’ll find yours too.

39. “ Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer. “ – Anonymous

As someone who is also passionate about financial management, I would have to cheekily point out that travel does NOT technically grant you more money, compared to buying things like investments, etc. I mean, that’s just basic common sense.

However, we also know that traveling gives us a lot of invaluable things that would actually help make us richer in terms of knowledge, friends, skills, and so much more!

40. “ Dare to live the life you’ve always wanted . “ – Ralph Waldo Emerson

This is an example of the best travel quotes that have been changed or paraphrased over time. Ralph’s actual quote for this was:

“ Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.”

I hope this serves as a reminder that it’s about time you step out of your comfort zone and finally take that leap of faith. For instance, does traveling solo in Europe scare you even if it’s something you’ve been dying to do? If it is, try and challenge that fear. Look at how others have been able to do it — so you’ll surely be able to do it too! There’s no better time to dare yourself than NOW.

41. “In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take.” – Lewis Carroll

This is similar to another life quote that I love so dearly:

“ Making a big life change is pretty scary. But, know what’s even scarier? Regret . “

There have been so many people, mostly seniors, in my travels who have shared their sentiments that mostly revolve around this idea. Those conversations struck me deeply and I hope it will help you realize — just as much as I did — to take more chances rather than end up regretting not doing anything at all.

42. “ I’m in love with cities I’ve never been to and people I’ve never met. “ – Melody Truong

Did you know? This is one of the best travel quotes that has been written by someone so young! Melody was only 13 when she wrote this on her Tumblr page, and since then it blew up — plus, it was even WRONGLY attributed to the author of the book, ‘ The Fault in our Stars ‘. Anyhow, I’m sure you have felt the same sentiments that Melody stated in this travel quote. It’s quite a melancholic feeling, but it’s the kind of longing that can easily be remedied with a purchase of a plane ticket ! * wink *

43. “ I love the feeling of being anonymous in a city I’ve never been before. “ – Bill Bryson

Don’t you just love this? If you ask me, traveling is the closest thing to living multiple lives because every trip that I take, it gives me the chance to transform myself into someone else. Or maybe I could even start over from a clean slate where I can truly be me — to show a face that I have never shown to anyone before. It’s absolutely fun, like that first day in school where you’re afraid yet also excited about the idea of meeting new people, new encounters, and so much more!

The brand new unfamiliarity of just about everything is the topmost allure to traveling, don’t you think so too?

44. “ I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list. “ – Susan Sontag

This is what most travelers feel, and even if it’s close to impossible to see just about every single place in the world, our list will keep on growing. And we will do everything in our power to try and see as much as we could! Personally, I’m in no rush to see it all but it would surely be amazing to be able to do so.

45. “ Adventure may hurt you but monotony will kill you. “ – Anonymous

Naturally, there are risks involved when you go on any adventure; but more often than not, the rewards far outweigh the risks. Sometimes, those risks would either cease to exist or turn into wonderful experiences instead! (That being said, don’t ever forget to buy travel insurance !)

Now, of course, I acknowledge the fact that people are often content with the normal course: get a job, get married, have kids, and retire. But if you feel that there is more that you want out of life, get out of that rut and do more of what you want to do! Similar to this, I also love the following quote by Maya Mendoza…

“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”

46. “ Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints, kill nothing but time. “ – Aliyyah Eniath

This is one of the best travel quotes that has an underlying message of ecological conservation . As travelers, we must always find ways to minimize our impact on nature. We only have one Earth, so we should do our part in ensuring that we continue to preserve this world’s flora and fauna. If I may leave a tip, always try to carry a bag with you where you can stash any waste you produce or see in any place that you travel to — may it be to the beach or to the mountains.

47. “I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way.” – Carl Sandburg

At times, especially when you’re on a long term travel spree — or even with life, in general — there will be moments where you just don’t know what you’re doing or what you’re even trying to get to. But so long as you’re working towards something, know that you’re still heading in the right direction.

48. “ There’s no time to be bored in a world as beautiful as this. “ – Matt Hogan

I hope this serves as a helpful reminder if you ever catch yourself thinking that you’re bored. In fact, ‘travel’ can be as simple as a trip to a nearby lake or a hiking trail — the world is basically your playground, so remember that there is much for you to see and do!

49. “ Live life with no excuses, travel with no regret. “ – Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde led an extraordinary life and if you want to gain more context behind this famous travel quote of his, you should try reading his biography book that’s written by Richard Ellmann. Anyhow, I definitely believe that living life with no excuses and traveling to your heart’s content is a wonderful mantra!

50. “ When was the last time you did something for the first time? “ – John C. Maxwell

The best travel quotes serve as great prompts for all of us to continue learning, exploring, and experiencing new adventures! It will not only help us lead a fun and fulfilling life, but also in getting of a rut when things seem to slip into monotony.

51. “ Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before. “ – Instructions for Life (1999)

Here’s an interesting fact for you: you might have seen this quote being attributed to the Dalai Lama, but he actually NEVER said this! Nevertheless, this remains to be wise words that I hope you get to follow because it’s truly a great goal to travel to a new place at least once a year.

52. “ The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams. “ – Oprah Winfrey

This quote isn’t exactly for travel, but it sure works as one of the best travel quotes that will help pump you up in reaching for your dreams — whatever that may be! If you ask me, it actually still feels surreal that I’m now living my dreams… because 10 years ago, if you told me that this would be my new lifelong lifestyle, I would have NEVER believed you! And in the words of Oprah, it has been one big adventure full of ups and downs; however, it’s the kind of ordeal that I won’t ever give up nor turn away from.

53. “ Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world. “ – Gustav Flaubert

Traveling is definitely a humbling experience that opens you up to new perspectives especially about your existence. Sure, it could make you feel insignificant and small like a drop of water in the ocean, but I rather see it as a positive thing because it helps you focus on what really matters. It shreds away any frivolities and superficial things that you’ve previously deemed as important in life.

There have been numerous encounters where I have gone through this feeling such as when I felt the scale of the world and its environmental issues when I traveled down to Antarctica , or how little my problems were when I witnessed India ‘s slums.

54. “ Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. “ – Ibn Battuta

Every adventure grants you a ‘book’ of stories and memories; in fact, this is one of the best travel quotes that describes why I set up a travel blog in the first place! It has always been my wish to impart inspiration and tips through my own travel experiences, so this online space has been perfect for my needs.

Though… if I may so myself, don’t you think that sometimes, words aren’t just enough to describe what you’ve been through? I guess this is why we also tell our stories so that others could take their own adventures and go through what we’ve been through ourselves — by then, they will fully understand what we meant.

55. “ We travel, some of us forever, to seek other places, other lives, other souls. “ – Anais Nin

This is one of the best travel quotes that would describe the future me because I’m 100% sure that I will be traveling forever — or of course, for as long as I’m alive. Do you think you’ll be the same?

56. “ A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles. “ – Tim Cahill

I totally agree with this one! I’ve met a lot of amazing friends from all over the world and I’m sure you know the saying that sometimes it’s your companions that help shape a travel trip — and you bet that the times I’ve spent with people have made my travels even more fun and fulfilling.

57. “ Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. “ – Neale Donald Walsch

Years ago, if I didn’t venture beyond my comfort zone, I would have still been depressed, working a 9-to-5 job that I didn’t love as I lived from paycheck to paycheck. That wasn’t my definition of ‘living’ nor will it ever be my passion nor my cup of tea — so I took the leap. And boy, I have never looked back since then! It wasn’t easy, that’s for sure, but the end result was worth my prior struggles.

58. “ Of all the books in all the world, the best stories are found between the pages of a passport. “ – Saber Ben Hassen

One could argue the semantics of calling a passport a ‘ book ‘, but in its essence, it certainly serves as one. This is for the reason that every stamp, every tear, and every crease holds a multitude of amazing memories and encounters!

59. “ Actually, the best gift you could have given her was a lifetime of adventures. “ – Anonymous

There are a ton of ideas out there on gifts for travelers and naturally, granting someone a gift where they can go travel is the best of all!

P.S. The quote above is wrongfully attributed to Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. A lot of merchandisers have used his name to sell the quote and I understand it’s lovely, but up till now I can’t find the right author of the quote — but it’s definitely NOT from Lewis Carroll.

60. “ To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world .” – Freya Stark

Remember those first mornings you’ve had in foreign places? You’ll first wake up feeling disconcerted and then… it dawns on you that you’re in a new destination. Next is the excitement and thrill as you realize the number of fresh experiences you’ll soon encounter. Aaaah… I can’t wait to wake up in a new country soon!

61. “ To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries. “ – Aldous Huxley

We all have preconceived notions about countries, cultures, and people in general. We hear them from the media and even from our own friends, but this is one of the best travel quotes that reiterates the idea of how you have to see things for yourself before forming strong opinions about anything.

62. “ Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. “ – Andre Gide

This is literally a perfect ‘mantra’ for travelers; but altogether, it’s a great message for how we should lead our lives. Plus, much like the rest of these adventure quotes, this one tells us the obvious truth that we can’t grow nor accomplish anything until we let ourselves do things that we have never done before.

63. “ The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page. “ – Saint Augustine

Don’t delay your travel plans any further, it’s time to fuel your wanderlust and see the places you’ve long wanted to see! Just like what this famous travel quote says, if you don’t go anywhere, you’ll definitely have a limited view of the world.

64. “ Better to see something once than hear about it a thousand times. “ – An Asian Proverb

Similar to quote #61 above, it’s preferable that we witness something with our own two eyes than to base it off on other people’s opinions or observations. Even if let’s say, they dissuade you to visit it because it’s dangerous or too touristy, I urge you to find out for yourself.

65. “ We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us. “ – Robyn Yong

A lot of us see travel as an escape from our daily life, but this is one of the best travel quotes that puts a nice spin to it because, in actuality, our mundane daily life is where life escapes us. Travel is one of the greatest solutions that helps revitalize our spirits and brings back our zest for life. Don’t you agree?

66. “ We wander for distraction but we travel for fulfillment. “ – Hilaire Belloc

Similar to the previous quote, we’re usually lost at first when we wander since we want to distract ourselves from anything that we want to escape from. But as you go through the motions, you’ll start to know yourself better and what your limits are… and in one of those moments, you’ll slowly start to feel that travel truly is for your fulfilment.

67. “ Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow. “ – Anita Desai

The same way that friends can shape up who we are, the places we’ve seen and the encounters we’ve been through will forever make an impact on us. It can manifest into different things, may it be a change or an improvement in your mannerisms, favorites, values, and so on. In fact, a new language or a new friend can easily “become a part of you” and that’s a wonderful thing!

68. “ Travel doesn’t become adventure until you leave yourself behind. “ – Marty Rubin

I have some qualms with this particular quote but I can see that it has a meaningful message. If there is one thing that I think we should leave behind within ourselves when we travel, that would be prejudices; but then again, as we venture out into the world, it is naturally broken down. Don’t you agree? Other than prejudices, preconceived notions of fear is also an ideal thing to get rid of in order to truly come face to face with adventures of all kinds!

69. “ A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving. “ – Lao Tzu

I believe that what Lao Tzu wanted to say about this quote is that we should basically live in the present moment — a focus on the ‘now’ is always a lot better than a focus on the outcome because doing so will help us be more open to a range of sudden opportunities and possibilities. Besides, more often than not, the best travel experiences come from unplanned situations!

70. “ Travel. As much as you can. As far as you can. As long as you can. Life’s not meant to be lived in one place. “ – Anonymous

Sure enough, there is an ENORMOUS world out there with various people to meet, cultures to see, food to try, and sights to enjoy. Staying in just one place may work for you, but just think of how much you’re missing out on some of the things that this world has to offer — so why not take advantage of it while you’re still here?

71. “ We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost. “ – Ray Bradbury

Travel always finds a way to unlock a myriad of emotions, desires and circumstances. Tell me, for what reason do you travel?

72. “ If we were meant to stay in one place, we’d have roots instead of feet. “ – Rachel Wolchin

I love the clever way this quote was written, and indeed, we’re not plants meant to sit in just one spot and grow — we got feet for moving. And it’s not just for walking from home to work or elsewhere, but it’s for us to explore… and to just basically feel, that yes, we are here and we are alive.

73. “ Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. “ – Ralph Waldo Emerson

While I don’t advise following this quote when you’re going on a hike (lol, unless okay, you know the terrain like the back of your hand) , this quote is amazing — literal meanings aside. After all, there is joy in carving out your own path away from what’s normal and what’s overdone. If you take it a step further and apply it to life in general, you can partake on a journey that no one has ever done before, and you’re sure to leave a mark that will pave the way for others to follow suit.

74. “ I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move. “ – Robert Louis Stevenson

We all have our reasons for traveling, and you might not wholly agree with what Robert says here, but… I believe we can all agree on his last sentence: the great affair is to move — and to go beyond than just getting from point A to point B.

75. “ Wanderlust consumed her; foreign hearts and exotic minds compelled her. She had a gypsy soul and a vibrant hope for the unknown. “ – D. Marie

In case you don’t know it yet, wanderlust is defined as the strong longing or impulse for wandering/traveling. That being said, this is definitely one of those inspirational quotes that a lot of female travelers use. Though some may find a negative connotation to the word ‘gypsy’, a gypsy soul is said to refer to a person who loves movement and freedom.

Long Travel Quotes

76. “We are torn between a nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange. As often as not, we are homesick most for the places we have never known . “ – Carson McCullers

Similar to quote #42 above, this is one of the best travel quotes that depicts our longing for places beyond!

77. “I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.” – Mark Twain

A lot of people say that travel is the best way to test a relationship — not only for partners but also for friends, and I totally agree with them! Do you? If you do, can you share a particular story that encapsulates the thought in this travel quote?

For me, apart from testing the waters with my past boyfriends, I fondly remember going on a trip with this girl that I met during my travels. One of my blogging projects permitted me to bring a +1 along and I immediately thought of her who was also in the area. Besides, she was really cool and I even enjoyed her company, so I was all, “ why not? ” Well.. to my surprise, I discovered that she was a total diva and she was also the most condescending person that I’ve ever met who was super disrespectful to servers and waiters alike. It made me really glad that I saw that side of her sooner rather than later!

78. “ The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends. “ – Shirley MacLaine

Don’t you agree with this? Because I do. We all ‘fear’ the unknown — or whatever it is that is different from us or from what we’re used to. But I think that if we just take the time to be open and understanding, we can quickly realize that we are all just one and the same.

79. “ When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money. “ – Susan Heller

Preparing your luggage for a trip can be such an arduous task and this quote cleverly sums up what needs to be done — but if you ever need a ‘helping hand’, you should check out my packing guides !

80. “ I travel because it makes me realize how much I haven’t seen, how much I’m not going to see, and how much I still need to see. “ – Carew Papritz

If someone asks me why I travel, this is one of the best travel quotes that answers one of my top reasons why! How about you?

81. “ Every dreamer knows that it is entirely possible to be homesick for a place you’ve never been to, perhaps more homesick than for familiar ground. “ – Judith Thurman

If you look back to quote #76 above, you will see how the message of this saying by Judith is very similar.

82. “ Now more than ever do I realize that I will never be content with a sedentary life, that I will always be haunted by thoughts of a sun-drenched elsewhere. “ – Isabelle Eberhardt

This holds so much truth for me because honestly, I never had the urge nor dream to travel when I was young. I was absolutely content with the little island that I grew up in —but the more that I was exposed to the world (and even more so after my first trip abroad) , I was hit with the realization that I DO yearn for more!

83. “ We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm, and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open. “ – Jawaharial Nehru

To desire for adventures is one thing, but to be wholly appreciative and understanding of what you see in your travels is another matter that you must forever remember to hold.

84. “ And then there is the most dangerous risk of all — the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later. “ – Randy Komisar

Related to adage #15 in this list, I am in love with the message that this quote is saying… but of course, I also recognize the idealistic message behind it because not everyone has the privilege to get up and take the leap to follow their dreams. But I hope that my story can help inspire you to see it is still possible because even someone like me who was broke and coming from dire circumstances was still able to risk it all and land to where I am today. So whenever it’s possible, no matter how small the steps may be, try and follow your passions or dreams.

85. “ The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. “ – Eleanor Roosevelt

Life is what you make it and with this one precious life you have, I hope you’re making the most of it!

86. “T o my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted. “ – Bill Bryson

The best travel quotes like this one often reminds us how the novelty of traveling is truly a feeling that anyone could get addicted to. In fact, even the smallest things can already seem so fascinating that they will just bring a smile to your face!

87. “ But the most beautiful things in life are just not things. They’re people and places, memories and pictures. They’re feeling and moments and smiles and laughter. “ – Anonymous

This is one of the best travel quotes (much like #33) that you’ve probably already heard of numerous times now — and it’s for the simple fact that it holds true!

88. “ Travel is like love, mostly because it’s a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity and ready to be transformed. That is why the best trips, like the best love affairs, never really end. “ – Pico Iyer

This is a great comparison because every trip that we take is akin to wearing rose-tinted glasses leading us to see everything in a fresh and wonderful light. Now, those glasses may or may not remain even after the trip ends, but much like what the last beautiful sentence says above: it’s a feeling, like a love affair, that will never really end!

89. “ You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place. You’ll not only miss the people you love but you’ll miss the person you are now at this time and this place, because you’ll never be this way ever again. “ – Azar Nafisi

There have been various instances as well as people that I wish I didn’t have to say goodbye to, but there IS one person that I don’t regret saying adieu — and that’s an older version of me. Besides, there has never been a travel experience that I didn’t come out as a better person, if not an improved ‘me’, and that is surely one of the beautiful things about it!

90. “ Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime . “ – Mark Twain

You’ve probably also heard of this awesome travel quote time and time again, but this is the sort of saying that will remain immortal because it simply holds true.

91. “ We travel because we need to, because distance and difference are the secret tonics of creativity. When we get home, home is still the same. But something in our mind has been changed, and that changes everything. “ – Anonymous

Travel does not only affect creativity but a lot of other aspects in our minds as well: prejudice, bigotry, perception, preference, and so many others (just like what the #90 expression above says). And it’s surely this kind of change that I urge everyone to experience!

92. “ You will never be completely at home again, because part of your heart always will be elsewhere. That is the price you pay for the richness of loving and knowing people in more than one place. “ – Miriam Adeney

This is yet another one of the best travel quotes that I love! So far, I have tried living in other places around the globe and the more I explore, the more I realize that home is everywhere yet also nowhere. At times it’s not even just about the people, because home for me could be a feeling, a familiar tune, or even a fond memory. It is always changing and it might be a price I have to pay, but I will never give it up for anything in the world.

93. “ Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind. “ – Anthony Bourdain

Anthony was a legend and his words will forever remain with us in this world. He traveled far and wide and he perfectly described the truth about travel. I especially love the phrase that goes: “ the journey changes you; it SHOULD change you.” Meanwhile, another passage by Anthony that I love is as follows…

If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them – wherever you go.

94. “ Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. “ – T erry Pratchett

This is exactly how I felt when I finally revisited my hometown in the Philippines, Batanes , after 10 long years! I can’t stress enough how mind-blowing it was to see how much things have changed, or how vibrant the seas and mountains actually were.

Simply put: I understood that I took things for granted and I surely saw my hometown with ‘new eyes and extra colors’ —and yes, it was amazing! But at the very core, even though there were some changes here and there, I realized that the one who changed the most… was me.

95. “ Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends. “ – Maya Angelou

This is another one of the best travel quotes (similar to the maxim in #78) that I love because it resonates with one of the important learnings that I’ve gained while traveling: to try and have a deeper appreciation and understanding of everyone and everything in this world.

The way I see it, the more people I meet, the more accepting I become of other people’s, customs, beliefs, etc. Now, of course, it doesn’t mean that I have to concede nor condone what they do if I feel that it’s something I don’t agree with in the first place; but rather, it simply gives me the chance to understand better. And I believe that such a simple act can already help open doors or build bridges, bit by bit… Don’t you agree?

96. “ The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. “ – Chris McCandles ( Into the Wild )

Have you seen this movie before? I’m not gonna spoil it for you but it does have a lot of best travel quotes like this one. We each have our own ideals on how to lead a fulfilling life. It will always vary, but I believe that one constant truth about it is that we find enjoyment in discovering new things that exposes us to what this world has to offer.

97. “ There’s an opposite to déjà vu. They call it jamais vu . It’s when you meet the same people or visit places, again and again, but each time is the first. Everybody is always a stranger. Nothing is ever familiar. “ – Chuck Palahniuk

This travel quote may or may not hold true for you, but I believe that we can all agree that there just are certain places, people and things that have this certain effect… No matter the number of times, some of them still feel like a brand new ‘meeting’. If you ask me, Japan is my top-of-mind country for this because even if I’ve been there for countless times, I still can’t get enough of it. Everything still feels new like a breath of fresh air!

98. “ Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comforts of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things. Air, sleep, dreams, the sea, the sky. All things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it. “ – Cesare Pavese

It’s this kind of premise that scares a lot of new travelers, but hear me out: sure, travel can be brutal but NOT all the time. The start could be difficult but these kinds of experiences will help you realize how adaptable, independent and strong you can actually be. It could even be freeing, and the more you expose yourself to these kinds of things, the better you become.

99. “ But that’s the glory of foreign travel, as far as I am concerned. I don’t want to know what people are talking about. I can’t think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything. Suddenly you are five years old again. You can’t read anything, you have only the most rudimentary sense of how things work, you can’t even reliably cross a street without endangering your life. Your whole existence becomes a series of interesting guesses. “ – Bill Bryson

I love the phrase used by Bill here: ‘ childlike wonder ‘ because it truly encapsulates the emotion that I feel when I first step in a foreign country. With everything that’s new to me, it just makes me feel as if I’ve stepped into a whole new world — and that’s a feeling that I will never get enough of.

100. “ One fine day, it will be your turn. You will leave homes, cities and countries to pursue grander ambitions. You will leave friends, lovers and possibilities for the chance to roam the world and make deeper connections. You will defy your fear of change, hold your head high and do what you once thought was unthinkable: walk away. And it will be scary. At first. But what I hope you’ll find in the end is that in leaving, you don’t just find love, adventure or freedom. More than anything, you find you. “ – Isa Garcia

Not a lot of travel blogs have this on their list so YES, this is one of the lesser-known travel quotes and I’m so glad that I discovered it back in my Tumblr blogging years. Truth be told, this is one of those sayings that helped inspire me at the start of my journey to take a leap and I’m absolutely happy to say that that “ one fine day” for me has already happened. My turn was up and it has been amazing since then!

How about you, when is your turn gonna be?

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101. “Adventure is out there.”

102. “Work hard. Travel harder.”

103. “W e have nothing to lose, and a world to see. “

104. “There’s no way I was born to just pay bills and die.”

105. “The world is not in your books and maps; it’s out there.”

106. “Get busy living or get busy dying.”

107. “ BBN. Be back never. “

108. “…and so the adventure begins.”

109. “It’s bad manners to keep a vacation waiting. “

110. “It feels good to be lost in the right direction.”

111. “I followed my heart and it led me to the airport. “

112. “I’d rather have a passport full of stamps, than a house full of stuff.”

113. “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. “

114. “Quit your job, buy a ticket, get a tan, fall in love, never return.”

115. “ It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. “

116. “Good things come to those who book flights.”

117. “ You must give everything to make your life as beautiful as the dreams that dance in your imagination. “

118. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.”

119. “I travel because I’d rather look back at my life saying, ‘I can’t believe I did that’ instead of ‘if only I had’…”

120. “You don’t need magic to disappear, all you need is a destination.”

121. “Wander often, wonder always.”

122. “ Tired feet, happy heart. “

123. “ Catch flights, not feelings. “

124. “ Life is better in flip-flops. “

125. “ Let’s wander where the wi-fi is weak. “

126. “ And I think to myself, what a wonderful world . “

127. “ If traveling was free, you would never see me again .”

128. “ I do believe it’s time for another adventure. “

129. “The tan and jetlag will fade, but memories last forever.”

130. “So much of who we are is where we have been.”

I hope this comprehensive list of the best travel quotes from some of the greatest explorers and authors have ignited your wanderlust and inspired you to book that trip!

Do let me know in the comments section below as well which quotes do you love the most!

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These are some way too deeper and thoughtful quotes one can read. Some of them made me think out of the box. Thanks for sharing these gems, Aileen. Keep up the great work.

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150+ Best Short Travel Quotes for Your Instagram Captions

September 5, 2023

If you love travel photography and sharing ideas, then you’ll love this collection of the best short travel quotes for instagram. Why struggle with captions when we can help you out?

The best short travel quotes for instagram

I get it. Sometimes the words flow when you’re writing. And sometimes you’re stuck. Happens to us all. And the only thing to do is to look for inspiration elsewhere.

So when you’re looking for the best travel instagram captions or other pithy sayings for social media, here’s a collection to help you on your way.

Travel quotes bring out the best and the worst in us. Some make us cringe. But others whisper to that part of our soul that looks to the stars and dreams of more. A good travel quote taps into our shared human history. Our literature. Our thoughts. Our outlooks. Our worlds.

And on a more practical level, a good instagram caption is short and snappy, direct yet atmospheric.

So, here’s a list of the best, most inspiring short travel quotes for instagram thatI’ve found after more than a decade on the open road. Many, I’m sure you’ve heard before.

Others, I’ve gathered from new writers.

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The Best Travel Quotes: The Top 10 Classics

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller

“To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world” – Freya Stark

 “Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.” – Jack Kerouac

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” – Lao Tzu

“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” -Gustav Flaubert

 “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – St Augustine

 “Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

“Live life with no excuses, travel with no regret” – Oscar Wilde

“Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.” – Dalai Lama 

 “Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.” – Anthony Bourdain

Travel Quotes with a Nautical Theme

Because we all need some Vitamin Sea…

“A ship in a harbor is safe, but it not what ships are built for.” -John A. Shedd

 “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”― Mark Twain

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Andre Gide.

Inspirational Travel Quotes

Perfectly written to make you want to run and buy a plane ticket.

 “We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” – Jawaharial Nehru

“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends” – Maya Angelou

“We wander for distraction but we travel for fulfilment.” – Hilaire Belloc

 “I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

“The sky is big enough for birds to fly without touching themselves.” -Yoruba proverb.

“You develop a sympathy for all human beings when you travel a lot. “ – Shakuntala Devi.

“To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, To gain all while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote, To travel is to live.” Hans Christian Andersen.

Quotes about Travelling Alone

Beyond the perfect instagram travel captions, these ones make you think.

“Birds fascinate me. The sense of community they share when they fly together and yet that sense of scarcity they feel when they flock onto the very same branch, leaving several empty branches free. 

Individually, they fly with purpose. When it’s time to stake claim, they sit on the very same spot.” Lola Akinmade. What drives you?

“Who you travel with matters more than where,” Abigail King (ahem, me.)

Love Travel Quotes

Bring a sense of romance to your instagram posts…

“I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.” — Mark Twain

“Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.” – Ernest Hemingway

“In Life, It’s Not Where You Go, It’s Who You Travel With” –  Charles Schulz

“Travel is like love, mostly because it’s a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity and ready to be transformed. That is why the best trips, like the best love affairs, never really end.” — Pico Iyer

Quotes About Travelling with Friends

From best friends to strangers you haven’t got to know yet…

“A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill

“When traveling with someone, take large doses of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.” –  Helen Hayes

“One moment, Nick is sitting opposite me, gasping like a beached fish, and the next he’s gone. It’s not a dignified exit.” Adrian Phillips, Rafting and the Waffle-Maker.  

“Why do we travel? Is it to look out longingly over great landscapes and feel our hearts and minds clear? Is it to meet new people, different people with a secret hope that we’ll connect and discover that, actually, they’re just like us? “

 “Feel the heartbeat of our wilderness and learn the secret of patience.” Found in a viewing platform in Finland’s Arctic Circle.

“The earth is what we all have in common.” – Wendell Berry

“The antidote to exhaustion isn’t rest; it’s nature.” – Shikoba

“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” –  John Muir.

“Responsible travel is not only better for our world, it’s also more interesting and memorable.” – Simon Reeve.

Travel Quips: Funny Travel Quotes

“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag 

“To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries” – Aldous Huxley

Which kind of relates to…

“The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to” – Alain de Botton

“If we were meant to stay in one place, we’d have roots instead of feet.” – Rachel Wolchin

“Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life.” – Michael Palin

“Explore the world with an open mind, a sturdy carry-on, and clothes that don’t wrinkle.” – Madeleine Albright

“As long as we don’t die, this is going to be one hell of a story.” John Green.

That which does not kill you makes you stronger…

After all, travel isn’t just about good vibes.

“Travel is only glamorous in retrospect” – Paul Theroux

“Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things: air, sleep, dreams, sea, the sky – all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.” – Cesare Pavese

“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; NEVER stop fighting.” – E.E. Cummi ngs

“I have always been an advocate for the “Go hard, or go home” way of living.  I don’t like being a parked car , instead opting for a fifth gear kind of life. This philosophy works, except sometimes I’m driving too many roads in fifth gear which later converge into an intersection of carnage.” Caz Makepeace, Living Life Unplugged.

Travel Misquotes

“Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference” – Robert Frost. 

Like many, I studied this poem years ago at school and felt moved by the words. Later, I found an interview in which Robert Frost revealed his surprise at the way his work had been interpreted. He began by writing about an acquaintance, one who frequently bragged about his experiences. And with that, I see these words in a completely different light. I wonder how much that applies to these other quotes?!

“Travel far enough, you meet yourself.”― David Mitchell

In this case, I thought the quote came from the British comedian David Mitchell and therefore it was a tongue-in-cheek reference to a lot of the “finding yourself” fluff you hear about travel. In researching this, apparently not. A different David Mitchell. So maybe he meant it on a deeper level after all?

Looking Inside

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes” – Marcel Proust. 

“There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign” – Robert Louis Stevenson

“Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.”  – Anita Desai

“I always wonder why birds choose to stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on earth, then I ask myself the same question.” –Harun Yahya

“You don’t choose the day you enter the world and you don’t choose the day you leave. It’s what you do in between that makes all the difference.” – Anita Septimus

“Travel gives freedom. It gives the permission to rest and to breathe and to think – at least for some of the time. And that time, of course, is precious: we can’t know how much we will have.” The Importance of Doing Nothing.

Family Travel Quotes

The perfect instagram captions for when the whole gang travel with you.

“As soon as I saw you, I knew an adventure was about to happen.” – A. A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh

“Travelling in the company of those we love is home in motion” – Leigh Hunt

“Oh, the places you’ll go!” – Dr. Seuss

“And at the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair messy and your eyes sparkling.” – Shanti

“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it” – Peter Pan J.M. Barrie

“Take the scenic route to a beautiful place alone. New destinations make for great company. ” – Abigail King

Educational Travel Quotes

“I want to focus on themes and on topics that I can really learn about. I want to be able to have a discussion about St Francis – or Buddhism or Gothic architecture or modern Japan or conservation or whatever – where I can challenge your views and you can challenge mine and I don’t just end up shrugging because I don’t know what I’m really talking about.” Michael Turtle.

“ Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.“ Francis Bacon

On the Run?

“What you’ve done becomes the judge of what you’re going to do — especially in other people’s minds. When you’re traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don’t have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.” – William Least Heat Moon

“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.” Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Coming Back from New Adventures and New Places

“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colours. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.” – Terry Pratchett

“Home is where the heart is, and my heart is wherever I am at the moment.” – Lily Leung

The Travel Quote that Speaks to Me the Most

“We shall not cease from exploration, and at the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” T. S. Eliot.

Of all the travel quotes, this one reaches into me the most. While I admire the achievements of Helen Keller, laugh at the “one hell of a story” and feel moved by the words of Maya Angelou, I prefer the word “exploring” in this idea.

Many of the quotes talk about courage and introspection but here, we have the idea of exploring.

That can be inside your head. Travel may not be necessary at all. Which brings me to this final short travel quote:

“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.” Henry David Thoreau.

What do you think? Which of these quotes about travel speaks to you? How do you feel about leaving your comfort zone? Or should we just aim to live life, whether we travel on the road or in our minds? And how can we combine all of this into the best short travel quotes for instagram?!

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60 Short Travel Quotes to Inspire Your Next Trip

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Short quotes about travel are the easiest way to get travel inspiration since they pack a lot of meaning into very few words. Sometimes, all you need is a short and sweet simple travel quote to start thinking about your next adventure.

This collection of short travel sayings has something for just about every travel lover. You’ll find some of the best short travel phrases , of course, but I’ve also included some short travel quotes with friends , short travel quotes for couples , short adventure quotes , and more. Get ready to be inspired by these incredible short travel quotes !

• Best short travel quotes
• Short adventure quotes
• Short solo travel quotes
• Short travel quotes for couples
• Short travel quotes with friends
• Short family travel quotes

As you’re reading through this list of short vacation quotes , don’t forget to save your favorites and share them with your friends and family to pass the inspiration along. If you’re interested in checking out some longer travel sayings, our collection of the top 100 quotes about travel has exactly what you’re looking for .

Best Short Travel Quotes

The best short quotes on travel exemplify the idea of quality over quantity: you’ll get tons of inspiration from just a few words!

1. “Travel is never a matter of money, but of courage.” – Paulo Coelho

As this short holiday quote points out, you don’t have to be rich to travel. You can have a fantastic trip on a budget as long as you’re brave enough to get out there!

2. “We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.” – Hilaire Belloc

This short travel saying is a fantastic reminder of how impactful exploring can be on our lives.

3. “Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination.” – Roy Goodman

This simple travel quote shows that attitude is everything. The way we approach life, especially when it comes to travel, can make the difference between having a decent trip and having the trip of a lifetime.

4. “Live life with no excuses, travel with no regret.” – Oscar Wilde

These wise words from the famous Irish writer are the perfect inspiration for an adventure. Ready to start planning your next getaway?

5. “Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.” – Anonymous

As this quick trip quote wisely points out, travel enriches our lives in many ways: culturally, gastronomically, emotionally, and more.

6. “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” – Anais Nin

This adventure short quote reminds us that we travel for many different reasons. Whether you travel because you’re curious about the world or because you want to find yourself, any and all travel reasons are valid!

7. “Once the travel bug bites, there is no known antidote.” – Michael Palin

Anyone who loves travel will relate to this wanderlust short travel quote . I know we do!

8. “To travel is to live.” – Hans Christian Andersen

This short quote on travel is simple but effective: travel really is a key part of truly living life to its fullest.

9. “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Saint Augustine

This famous short travel saying is well-known for a reason. The metaphor of the world being a book works so well for expressing the idea that travel expands our minds.

10. “Don’t listen to what they say. Go see.” – Chinese Proverb

This short travel caption provides the ultimate travel inspiration. It’s great to hear other people’s travel stories, but if you’re curious about what’s out there, why not go see it for yourself ?

Short Adventure Quotes

These incredible adventure quotes will inspire you to see the world and keep exploring!

11. “Then one day, when you least expect it, the great adventure finds you.” – Ewan McGregor

This short travel saying reminds us that we don’t always need to go looking for adventure to find it.

12. “Adventure is not outside man; it is within.” – George Eliot

As this short travel quote argues, we all have the spirit of adventure within us. We just have to embrace it!

13. “Attitude is the difference between an ordeal and an adventure.” – Bob Bitchin

This short vacation quote makes it clear that a positive attitude can turn a mishap into a grand adventure. Try it the next time you’re traveling!

14. “Adventure is out there!” – Up

This short and simple travel quote from the beloved Pixar movie is the perfect inspiration for your next big getaway. Go find that adventure!

15. “If we were meant to stay in one place, we’d have roots instead of feet.” – Rachel Wolchin

This short adventure saying will resonate if you feel like exploring is in your DNA.

16. “The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure.” – Christopher McCandless

This short trip quote encourages us to see adventure as an important part of being alive. Maybe, deep down, we’re all explorers.

17. “Oh, the places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss

As this famous short quote about travel reminds us, it’s so exciting that there are tons of amazing places in the world to see. Why not get started on seeing them all?

18. “If happiness is the goal – and it should be – then adventures should be a top priority.” – Richard Branson

This simple travel quote has one basic message: adventures equal happiness. If you have an incurable case of wanderlust, this saying will probably resonate with you.

19. “You must go on adventures to find out where you truly belong.” – Sue Fitzmaurice

Travel can be crucial for helping us understand more about ourselves. Let your adventures be your guide!

20. “Jobs fill your pockets, but adventures fill your soul.” – Jaime Lyn

As this life is short travel quote shows, adventures fulfill us in ways that money simply cannot.

Short Solo Travel Quotes

If you’re planning a solo adventure and need some motivation, these short travel alone quotes are just what you need!

21. “I wondered why it was that places are so much lovelier when one is alone.” – Daphne du Maurier

If you’re a frequent solo traveler, you’ll probably relate to the idea that places seem more beautiful when you’re by yourself. After all, solo travel gives you the chance to fully appreciate the sights around you.

22. “To travel is worth any cost or sacrifice.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

I love this short vacation quote because I really relate to it. To me, travel is absolutely priceless and always worth it.

23. “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag

As this travel short caption points out, sometimes travel has to get put on the back burner, but that doesn’t mean we have to stop dreaming about or planning where we’ll go next!

24. “I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine.” – Caskie Stinnett

Anyone who likes to stay in motion and keep exploring will relate to this short quote about adventure . Routines definitely aren’t for everyone!

25. “Not I, nor anyone else, can travel that road for you. You must travel it for yourself.” – Walt Whitman

This short quote on travel is all about discovering the beauty of the world for ourselves.

26. “I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

As this short travel phrase shows, travel can and should change us forever. Enjoy the unforgettable memories you make along your journey!

27. “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world.” – Freya Stark

This short solo travel quote points out the pleasures of traveling alone, including having a whole bed to yourself!

28. “The more I travelled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” – Shirley MacLaine

The best thing about traveling solo is that you can easily make friends along the way. Take the opportunity to spend time with new people so you can turn strangers into friends!

29. “I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.” – Thomas Jefferson

This short trip quote reminds us that one huge advantage of traveling alone is the chance to be introspective and think deeply about your trip. It might even be helpful to keep a journal or jot down some notes to keep track of your thoughts.

30. “Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone.” – Anonymous

This quick trip caption is a great reminder that not everyone travels well together. The best travel buddy will always be yourself!

Short Travel Quotes for Couples

These short travel quotes for couples will help set the mood for a romantic getaway. After all, love and travel make the perfect pair!

31. “Travelling in the company of those we love is home in motion.” – Leigh Hunt

This romantic short travel quote makes a great point that traveling with loved ones can turn any place into somewhere that feels like home.

32. “As soon as I saw you, I knew an adventure was about to happen.” – A. A. Milne

If you’ve ever looked at someone and known you were in for a lifetime of adventures together, then this short travel saying is for you. It doesn’t get any better than having a partner who’s also a fantastic travel buddy – take it from us!

33. “A couple who travels together, grow together.” – Ahmad Fuadi

Travel is not only an incredible way to achieve personal growth, but also a fantastic way to grow as a couple. Spending day after day together in an unfamiliar place can really bring you closer together.

34. “I would not wish any companion in the world but you.” – William Shakespeare

Trust one of the world’s most famous poets to have written a beautiful short travel phrase about love. Be sure to share this romantic quote with your travel soulmate!

35. “In life, it’s not where you go. It’s who you travel with.” – Charles Schulz

As this short quote for travel reminds us, our travel companions can make all the difference in how we feel about our journey. Traveling with a loved one is sure to make your trip that much more fun!

36. “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – An African Proverb

This short holiday quote shows that love and support can take us far, both in life and as travelers.

37. “Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.” – Ernest Hemingway

This short holiday quote is great advice for anyone planning a vacation. Traveling involves spending a lot of time together, so it’s always best to go on a trip with someone you already know you like!

38. “I would go everywhere and anywhere with you.” – Cassandra Clare

This short travel saying perfectly captures the excitement of exploring the world with the person you love.

39. “Will you give me yourself? Will you come travel with me? Shall we stick by each other as long as we live?” – Walt Whitman

I love this short trip quote because it’s so beautiful and poetic. These lines would make perfect wedding vows for a travel-loving couple!

40. “It’s wonderful to travel with someone you love and we never travel without one another.” – Roger Moore

This simple travel quote is a straightforward expression of the joy and beauty that come from traveling with your partner.

Short Travel Quotes with Friends

Good friends will always have your back, so it makes sense to bring them along on your biggest adventures. These short travel quotes with friends capture all the highs of traveling with your best pals.

41. “A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill

As this short vacation saying expresses, in addition to the friends you bring with you, you’ll often make friends along the way as you travel.

42. “A good friend listens to your adventures. A best friend makes them with you.” – Unknown

Share this short trip quote with a best friend you’ll be traveling with soon, and get ready to have the time of your life together!

43. “There is an unspoken bond you create with the friends you travel with.” – Kristen Sarah

As this short adventure saying points out, traveling together is a great way to strengthen a friendship and grow even closer. After all, every night will be like a sleepover!

44. “It’s the friends we meet along the way that help us appreciate the journey.” – Anonymous

Sometimes, you don’t realize how far you’ve come until you look back and see all the friends you’ve made along the way.

45. “Good company on a journey makes the way seem shorter.” – Izaak Walton

In other words, time flies when you’re having fun! This short travel phrase shows how much joy friends can add to an adventure.

46. “You can pack for every occasion, but a good friend will always be the best thing you could bring!” – Unknown

This short quote for travel reminds us that good friends will always make a trip better.

47. “Good friends follow you anywhere.” – A.A. Milne

This short travel saying offers some great advice about friendship: quality friends will always support you, no matter what.

48. “Life was meant for great adventures and close friends.” – Unknown

This short unique travel quote is all about priorities. If you love going on trips with your closest friends, this saying will definitely resonate with you.

49. “Sometimes all you need is a great friend and a tank of gas.” – Thelma & Louise

As this short road trip quote points out, it doesn’t take much to go on an adventure. Grabbing your best friend and hopping in the car is all you need.

50. “A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.” – Maya Angelou

This short quote about travel offers a beautiful way of looking at the world: seeing everyone as a potential friend rather than as a stranger or enemy.

Short Family Travel Quotes

These short family vacation quotes are just what you need to get the whole family excited for some time away together.

51. “Don’t just tell your children about the world. Show them.” – Anonymous

This short travel quote with family reminds us that traveling is the best way for kids to learn more about the world around them. Exploring is a valuable part of any child’s education.

52. “My ideal travel companions are my family.” – Pharrell Williams

This short, simple travel quote is a very sweet way of expressing your appreciation for traveling with family. Share this with your family so they know how much you enjoy exploring together!

53. “Travel is rich with learning opportunities, and the ultimate souvenir is a broader perspective.” – Rick Steves

This travel short caption applies not only to family, but also to any traveler looking to expand their worldview.

54. “Travel is not reward for working; it’s education for living.” – Anthony Bourdain

This iconic quick trip quote shows how travel and learning more about the world can make us all better human beings. Traveling allows us to make the world our classroom.

55. “Travel in the younger sort is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.” – Francis Bacon

As this short journey quote expresses, children and parents can experience travel a little differently. After all, seeing a place for the very first time is very different from a repeat visit.

56. “Build traditions of family vacations and trips and outings. These memories will never be forgotten by your children.” – Ezra Taft Benson

This short unique travel quote is a great reminder that your kids will cherish the wonderful memories of family vacations.

57. “Vacations are meant to be shared with the people we love the most.” – Unknown

There’s no better feeling than sharing an incredible view or new experience with the people you love the most. Luckily, family vacations are the perfect time to create new memories together.

58. “There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million.” – Walt Streightiff

As this short travel caption points out, children are so curious and excited about the world around them that anything new will seem wonderful.

59. “A family vacation is a good time to bond and make memories that last a lifetime.” – Steve Harvey

This short trip quote sums up the best reasons to plan a trip as a family.

60. “Family traveling together means a little bit of crazy, a little bit of loud. A whole lot of love.” – Anonymous

I love this short vacation quote because it captures the many facets of going on an adventure as a family. The crazy and the loud moments are all part of the fun, too!

I hope these short travel quotes have sparked your wanderlust and gotten you ready to start planning your next trip! Whether you’re a solo traveler who’s just found inspiration or one half of a couple trying to find the perfect caption for a vacation photo, be sure to save and/or share your favorite short unique travel quotes .

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Travelling Without a Passport

Every Travel Quote Ever

Say goodbye to scouring the internet in search of inspirational travel quotes to keep you focussed on saving for that next big trip. Instead take a read through our list of every travel quote ever. We dare you to try and not be inspired.

Are we missing one of your favs? Share your own travel quote in the comments and we might just include it!

Inspirational Travel Quotes

“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller

“We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” – Unknown

“I am not a great book, I am not a great artist, but I love art and I love food, so I am the perfect traveller.” – Michael Palin

“I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

“He who does not travel does not know the value of men.” – Moorish proverb

“People don’t take trips, trips take people.” – John Steinbeck

“The best journeys in life are those that answer questions you never thought to ask.” ― Rich Ridgeway

“To travel is to evolve.” – Pierre Bernardo

Take the first step, the rest will follow. Book the ticket, apply for the job, send the email, jump into the water. The rest gets easier from there. – Abi from http://www.insidethetravellab.com/

“A person does not grow from the ground like a vine or a tree, one is not part of a plot of land. Mankind has legs so it can wander.” ― Roman Payne, The Wanderess

“Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” – Miriam Beard

“You don’t have to be rich to travel well.” – Eugene Fodor

“He who is outside his door has the hardest part of his journey behind him.” – Dutch Proverb

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” – Mark Twain

“He who would travel happily must travel light.” – Antoine de St. Exupery

“Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.” – Anatole France

“It is not down in any map; true places never are.” – Herman Melville

It’s never too late to have a life you love. Don’t ever feel like you’ve missed the boat, don’t have what it takes or can’t achieve your dreams. Instead of removing your dreams, remove the doubts and fears keeping you from them. It’s never, ever too late. – Phoebe from https://littlegreybox.net

“Without travel I would have wound up a little ignorant white Southern female, which was not my idea of a good life.” – Lauren Hutton

“I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself.” – James Baldwin

“I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.” – Seneca

“Travelling — it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta

“Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.” — Lawrence Block

“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” – Confucius

“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Scott Cameron

“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” – Oscar Wilde

“The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.” – Rudyard Kipling

“Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the world in the way they have been told to.” – Alan Keightley

“Tourists visit. Travellers explore.” – Unknown

If you don’t do it now, when will you do it? -Monica from http://thetravelhack.com/

“Travelling is like flirting with life. It’s like saying, ‘I would stay and love you, but I have to go; this is my station.'” – Lisa St. Aubin de Teran

“I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on Earth. Then I ask myself the same question.” – Harun Yahya

“Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.” – Ernest Hemingway

“Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.” – Unknown

“The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.” – Henry David Thoreau

“Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” – Seneca

“NOT I – NOT ANYONE else, can travel that road for you, You must travel it for yourself.” – Walt Whitman

“You don’t choose the day you enter the world and you don’t chose the day you leave. It’s what you do in between that makes all the difference.” – Anita Septimus

“Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends… The mind can never break off from the journey.” – Pat Conroy

“When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.” ― Clifton Fadiman

“I haven’t been everywhere but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag

“Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination.” – Roy M. Goodman

Adventure Travel Quotes

“To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.” – Bill Bryson

“My life is shaped by the urgent need to wander and observe, and my camera is my passport.” ― Steve McCurry

“The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” – Shirley MacLaine

The biggest addiction a person can have is discovering the unknown. Once it takes hold, there is no getting out and the only way to get your fix is by pushing yourself out of your comfort zone and exploring new horizons, cultural, and places. – Stephen from A Backpacker’s Tale 

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”― Andre Gide

“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

“If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much space.” ― Unknown

“A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” ― John A. Shedd

“A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” – John Steinbeck

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ― Mark Twain

“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveller is unaware.” ― Martin Buber

“May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home.” ― Trenton Lee Stewart

“Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

“Make voyages! Attempt them… there’s nothing else.” – Tennessee Williams

“To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.” ― Freya Stark

“The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign land.” ― G.K. Chesterton

The more borders you cross, the more your mind opens — Paul from Global Help Swap

“One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm.” – Ella Maillart

“Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by.” – Robert Frost

“If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.” – James Michener

“When overseas you learn more about your own country, than you do the place you’re visiting.” – Clint Borgen

“Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey.” – Babs Hoffman

“A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” – Lao Tzu

“Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure.” – Irving Wallace

“A traveller without observation is a bird without wings.” — Moslih Eddin Saadi

“I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine.” – Caskie Stinnett

“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” – Jawaharial Nehru

“Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.” – Unknown (thanks to Melissa Bond for the contribution!)

“Investment in travel is an investment in yourself.” – Matthew Karsten

“It is better to travel well then to arrive.” – Buddha

“Adventure is worthwhile.” – Aristotle

“We all become great explorers during our first few days in a new city, or a new love affair.” – Mignon McLaughlin

“We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” – Anais Nin

“Don’t tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you traveled.” – Mohammed

“No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.” – Lin Yutang

“The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.” – Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Adventure without risk is Disneyland.” – Doug Coupland

“If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.” – Cesare Pavese

“How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.” – R. Buckminster Fuller

“I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it.” – Rosalia de Castro

“I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment” – Hilaire Belloc

“If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey most of us would never start out at all.” – Dan Rather

“The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.” – Samuel Johnson

“Airplane travel is nature’s way of making you look like your passport photo.” – Al Gore

“Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travellers don’t know where they’re going.” – Paul Theroux

“It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.” – William Hazlitt

“You develop a sympathy for all human beings when you travel a lot.” – Shakuntala Devi

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75 Best Quotes About Traveling With Friends

Because your epic adventures together call for the perfect saying.

It’s no secret that traveling can open your eyes to new experiences, cultures and perspectives. What can make those memorable journeys even better? A companion, of course! Traveling with friends can enhance trips in unimaginable ways. For starters, they can be your personal photographer when selfies won’t suffice. That’s what friends are for, right ?

Exploring the world together can create enlightening experiences that you will look back on for years to come. But, before you embark on your next adventure, we’ve rounded up some of the best traveling with friends quotes to get you excited about the trips that you have yet to take.

From short and sweet to deep and meaningful, these quotes will boost your anticipation for your future travels. If you’ve taken trips together in the past, these travel quotes can help you reflect and reminisce. Text them in your special group chat or post as captions on Instagram . Regardless of how you share them, these quotes and messages are sure to resonate with your travel buddies.

No matter if you’re going with one friend or a group of your closest buds, traveling with friends presents an opportunity to strengthen bonds while having fun. So, pack your bags and get ready to create memories that will last a lifetime.

• “ Sharing adventures means enjoying them 100% more .” – Anonymous
• “ There are no strangers in this world, only friends I haven’t met yet. ” – William Butler Yeats
• “Friends make everything better, vacations included! ” — Anonymous
• “ A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face .” – Maya Angelou
• “ Traveling with a friend is like stepping into a storybook adventure together.” – Unknown
• “It’s not the destination, it’s the journey” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
• “Travel far, travel wide, but always travel with a friend by your side. ” – Unknown
• “ Just as the stars shine brighter in the night sky, so do friendships glow stronger amidst the wonders of the world discovered together .” – Unknown
• “ As the road stretches out before us, I’m grateful for the company of my best friend, knowing that no matter where we end up, the journey together is what truly matters. ” – Unknown
• “ No matter where our journey takes us, friendship will always be our guiding light. ” —Anonymous
• “ I can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads. ” – Paulo Coelho
• “Good company on a journey makes the way seem shorter.” — Izaak Walton
• “A good friend listens to your adventures. A best friend makes them with you.” — Unknown
• “A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles.” — Tim Cahill
• “No adventure is complete without you by my side.” — Unknown
• “Friends that travel together, stay together.” — Unknown
• “It doesn’t matter where you’re going — it’s who you go with that makes it fun!” — Unknown
• “As soon as I saw you, I knew a grand adventure was about to happen.” — Winnie The Pooh.
• “Life was meant for great adventures and close friends." — Unknown
• “You can pack for every occasion, but a good friend will always be the best thing you could bring!” — Unknown
• "We all have that one friend who is either on a road-trip or planning a road-trip or thinking about a road-trip or talking to people who are on road-trip or posting quotes about road-trip." — Crestless Wave
• “It’s the friends we meet along the way that help us appreciate the journey.” — Unknown
• “You never know where life will take you, but it will always be better with friends.” —Unknown
• “We are all travelers in the wilderness of the world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.” — Robert Louis Stevenson
• “The tans will fade but the memories will last forever.” — Unknown
• “Wherever it is you may be, it is your friends who make your world.” — Chris Bradford
• ​​“When traveling life’s journey, it’s good to have a friend’s hand to hold on to.” — Unknown
• “If you want to go fast go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” — African Proverb
• “A good trip is an even better one with your bestie.” — Unknown
• “The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends” —Shirley MacLaine
• “Embarking on new adventures is a million times better with close pals.” — Unknown
• “Life was meant for great adventures and close friends.” —Unknown
• “I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.” —Mark Twain
• “Adventure awaits — all you need is your best buddy to make it a reality.” — Unknown

• “Life is a beach, enjoy the waves.” — Unknown
• “Frozen drinks are better with friends.” — Unknown
• “With friends by your side, every journey becomes an opportunity to discover the beauty of the world and the depths of your bond.” — Unknown
• “If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.” — Zig Ziglar
• “On the road, strangers become friends, sharing stories and laughter, creating bonds that last beyond the journey.” — Unknown
• “ The best way to travel is to always pack light, with the exception of a friend . ” —Anonymous
• " If you want to have fun, bring a friend.” — Unknown
• “ Nothing makes the journey more enjoyable than a friend who can make you laugh.” — Unknown
• “ I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within .” —Lillian Smith
• “ In the tapestry of life, friends are the threads that weave together our most cherished travel stories .” – Unknown
• “ May your travels be filled with the magic of friendship, the wonder of new experiences, and the warmth of shared memories that last a lifetime .” —Unknown
• " T raveling the world is great, but nothing tops going around the world with a friend ." —Unknown
• “ The beach and my besties are all I need to have a good time." —Unknown
• "Travel memories we make alone may fade, but those made with friends will last a lifetime." — Unknown
• “Away is a place where it’s not about the money you spend. It’s about the moments you share.” —Unknown
• “Just grab a friend and take a ride, together upon the open road.” —The Goofy Movie
• Life is about doing things that don’t suck with people who don’t suck.” —Unknown
• “I would like to travel the world with you twice. Once, to see the world. Twice, to see the way you see the world.” —Unknown
• “Everyone needs this friend that calls and says, “Get dressed, we’re going on an adventure.” —Unknown
• “Getting to know new people and gaining new friends is one of life’s greatest pleasures. So, conquer your fears and get out there.” —Tony Clark
• “Traveling with friends is always better.” —Unknown
• “No road is long with good company.” —Turkish proverb
• "Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born." —Anais Nin
• "In life, it’s not where you go – it’s who you travel with.” — Charles M. Schulz
• “Exploring new places is always sweeter with your favorite people.” — Unknown
• “Getting lost with you is a risk I’m always willing to take.”— Unknown
• “As with any journey, whom you travel with is more important than the destination.” —Unknown
• “At the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair messy and your eyes sparkling.” —Shanti
• “May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home.” — Trenton Lee Stewart
• “I get a friend to travel with me… I need somebody to bring me back to who I am. It’s hard to be alone.” —Leonardo DiCaprio
• “Travel should make friendships stronger and memories sweeter.” —Unknown
• “Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.” —Ernest Hemingway
• “Sometimes all you need is a great friend and a tank of gas.” — Thelma & Louise
• “One of the great things about travel is that you find out how many good, kind people there are.” —Edith Wharton
• “We are travelers on a cosmic journey, stardust, swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share. This is a precious moment. It is a little parenthesis in eternity.” — Paul Coelho
• “Sometimes all you need is a great friend and thirst for adventure.” —Unknown
• “Nothing makes a good trip more memorable than experiencing it with your best friends.” —Unknown
• “Traveling with a pal can be the foundation for a lifelong friendship.” —Unknown
• “Good times and crazy friends make the best memories.” —Unknown
• “The best things in life are the people we love, the places we’ve been, and the memories we’ve made along the way.” —Unknown
• “Don’t be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.”— Richard Bach

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100 Inspiring Short Travel Quotes to Spark Your Journey

By: Author Charles

Posted on April 20, 2023

Are you looking for some short travel quotes to get you ready for your next trip? Well, you have come to the right place.

I have compiled a list of 100 of the best short travel quotes that can help give you inspiration & courage, change your mindset, and increase your motivation when it comes to traveling.

Enjoy reading through these quotes, which are broken down into various categories. By the end of the list, you should have several travel quotes that work for you!

Throughout my entire life, I have always loved to travel. Whether it was traveling as a kid part of a family vacation or setting out on a year long travel journey . There have been many trips to all corners of the world throughout that span.

During that time, I have continuously been inspired by books, movies, photography, stories, and plenty more. Each time I hear or read a motivating travel quote, I add it to my ongoing list.

Whether you are looking for the perfect caption for your photos, or just a few simple words of encouragement, there is nothing better than stumbling upon the perfect quote to encourage you to travel.

It is now time to share some of my favorite short travel quotes to help you get inspired to travel the world and take that next trip. I know how hard it can be to motivate oneself to do the research, make the bookings, and actually take that leap.

But I am hoping some of these quotes can help you with your journey and get you going in the right direction. So, read on to learn all about 100 of the best short travel quotes out there!

Best Short Travel Quotes

This first section will just go over some of the best general short travel quotes. In the following sections you will find travel quotes listed out by category, such as friends, family, couples, short travel quotes for Instagram, among many others.

Hope you enjoy this list of 100 inspiring short travel quotes!

“ Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around for  a while you could miss it .” – Ferris Bueller 

“ When was the last time you did something for the first time ?” – John C. Maxwell 

I love the idea of trying something for the first time and pushing that comfort zone just a bit farther. Just like the time I was on the South Island of New Zealand and took part of a 15,000 foot skydive!

“ The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself .” – Wallace Stevens 

“ Travel is never a matter of money, but of courage .” – Paulo Coelho 

“ The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page .” – Saint Augustine 

“ Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination .” – Roy Goodman 

“ Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore .” – Andre Gide 

“ There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them .” – Jo Walton 

When I first started to travel around the world, I did not truly appreciate sunrise and sunset. But as I continued to travel, I made it a priority in many places I visited. Everything from a sunrise at Uluru to a Brooklyn Bridge sunset , I have been able to experience plenty through the years.

“ Travel – the best way to be lost and found at the same time .” – Brenna Smith 

“ The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see .” – G.K Chesterton 

“ There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign .” – Robert Louis Stevenson 

“ All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware .” – Martin Buber 

“ Half the fun of travel is the aesthetic of lostness .” – Ray Bradbury 

This quote could not be more true. While I certainly plan a good portion of my trips, there is nothing like stumbling across a hidden gem. Some of these experiences were during my time exploring some of the most awe inspiring Indonesia waterfalls .

Short Travel Quotes for Instagram

Finding the perfect photo opt during any vacation is on many people’s minds while traveling. And every good Instagram photo needs a catchy caption to go along with it! However, they don’t all have to be long or tell a story.

Check out these ideal short travel quotes for Instagram . 

“If it scares you, it may be a good thing to try .” – Seth Godin

“ The biggest risk in life is not taking one .” – Barfi

This quote is one that truly speaks to me. I had a decision to make a few years back. Do I continue my life in a comfortable full time job, or do I go ahead and take a year to travel the world . The risk of not traveling was too big of a risk for me!

“ Every exit is an entry somewhere else .” – Tom Stoppard

“ To travel is to live .” – Hans Christian Anderson

“ Life is too short and the world is too wide .” – Simon Raven

“ Live your life by a compass, not a clock .” – Stephen Covey

“ To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries .” – Aldous Huxley

“ To travel is worth any cost or sacrifice .” – Elizabeth Gilbert

“ Let’s wander where the wifi is weak .” – Unknown

This quote is something I can truly relate to. Some of the best places on Earth are those that are more off the grid. Mountains, glaciers, rivers, lakes, and more make up some of the most beautiful landscapes. Sometimes these are a ways away from the comfort of cellular service (like my time on the Huayhuash Circuit in Peru).

“ Constantly searching for views that take my breath away .” – Unknown

“ I follow my heart; it usually leads me to the airport .” – Unknown

“ Nothing lasts forever, except the day before you start your vacation .” – Gayland Anderson

“ A change of latitude would help my attitude .” – Unknown

“ Take only memories, leave only footprints .” – Chief Seattle

This is something that everyone should truly pay attention to while traveling. Be aware of what you are leaving behind and leave your destination the same way it looked when you arrived. This can be especially true for places like the mountains of Nepal , where it is truly just you and nature.

Short & Sweet Travel Quotes

Sometimes it only takes a few simple words to change your mind to get into that travel mindset. Whether you are needing a few words of wisdom or just a couple of seconds of encouragement, the smallest of phrases can have the most impact.

Here are some short and sweet travel quotes to push you to take that leap of faith and book that ticket. 

“ Collect moments, not things .” – Aarti Khurana

“ Adventure is worthwhile .” – Amelia Earhart

“ Life is short. The world is wide .” – Mama Mia

“ Don’t quit your daydream .” – Neely Duncan

“ Just go .” – Unknown

“ You don’t have to be rich to travel well .” – Eugene Fodor

I feel like people who are scared off by travel need to consider this. At any budget, it is possible to travel the world. Don’t think you need to spend hundreds of dollars a day on a vacation. You can easily get by for $20 in places like Thailand or Cambodia , where some extraordinary destinations are located.

“ The journey is my home .” – Muriel Rukeyser

“ It is better to travel well than to arrive .” – Buddha

“ I don’t feel restless, I just like to travel .” – Brad Pitt

“ Planes, trains, and all the feels .” – Unknown

“ Blessed are the curious for they will have adventure .” – Unknown

“ Not all those who wander all lost .” – JRR Tolkein

This is another quote that I can relate to (and I am sure many of you can as well). Just because you may not know exactly what you want at a point in time, doesn’t mean you are lost in life. I wandered the world for a year to learn more about myself and the type of things that I enjoyed most. Keep wandering until you find what fits you best (like Fitz Roy in Patagonia).

Short Travel Quotes for Couples

Traveling together with your partner is one of the biggest steps to take in a relationship. Being together away from home for a long period of time will allow you to see each other from a new perspective.

Here are some of the best short travel quotes for couples.

“ You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut .” – Dr. Suess

“ With age, comes wisdom. With travel, comes understanding .” – Sandra Lake

“ Stop being afraid of what could go wrong, and start being excited of what could go right .” – Tony Robbins

“ Take every chance you get in life, because some things only happen once .” – Karen Gibbs

When traveling, you may not realize it, but those particular moments may never happen again in your life. During my time in Japan , I had one of the most perfect and memorable days around Mount Fuji. Just fully being in the moment and appreciating the time is what travel is all about.

“ Wherever you go, go with all your heart .” – Confucius

“ In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take .” – Lewis Carroll

“ We have nothing to lose, and a world to see .” – Rainie Navarro

“ I don’t want to be tied down with someone, I want to be set free with someone .“ – Unknown

“ So many places on this planet, but your arms are still my favorite .” – Unknown

“ Couples that travel together stay together .” – Unknown

“ In life, it’s not where you go, it’s who you travel with .” – Charles Schulz

“ The goal is to die with memories, not dreams .” – Unknown

While it is always great to have dreams and a bucket list, be sure to actually act on those dreams. Take that leap of faith and make those memories. Believe me you won’t regret it!

Short Inspirational Travel Quotes

Inspirational travel quotes aren’t just words, they are a powerful influence over the minds of many travelers. The written word of travel can fuel any dream that can create a life-changing adventure.

To inspire you to live out your daydream of a life of travel, here are some short inspirational travel quotes. 

“ Oh, the places you’ll go .” – Dr. Seuss

“ Freedom. Only those deprived of it know what it really is .” – Timothy Cavendish

“ I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world .” – Mary Anne Radmacher

“ The journey, not the arrival matters. ” – T.S Eliot

“ Once a year, go somewhere you’ve never been before .” – Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama said it best here. Keep on traveling and keep on seeing new places. Even if that means exploring your backyard more and more. During my time living in New York, I continuously experience new places, like the world famous Brooklyn Bridge .

Get inspired by NYC! Check out some of the best New York City quotes .

“ Investment in travel is an investment in yourself .” – Matthew Karsten

“ Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all .” – Helen Keller

“ The world is big and I want to get a good look at it before it gets dark .” – John Muir

“ Life offers you a thousand chances. All you have to do is take one .” – Frances Mayes

“ To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all .” – Oscar Wilde

“ I never know of a morning in Africa, when I woke up and was not happy .” – Ernest Hemingway

“ You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will .” – Stephen King

“ Travel makes you modest. You see what a tiny solace you occupy in the world .”  – Gustave Flaubert

“ Life begins at the end of your comfort zone .” – Neale Donald West

It is easy to live life comfortably within the confines of your comfort zone. However, once you begin to leave that comfort zone, you will find out so much more about yourself. Don’t be afraid to take that leap and do the things that may feel more uncomfortable (like waking up for sunrise over Mount Bromo ).

Short Travel Quotes About Oneself

Traveling, especially solo travel, allows you to learn a lot about yourself. You’ll gain confidence and skills you never knew were capable of, and you will develop a longing for adventure and have a new outlook on life like never before.

Sometimes, a few simple words of self-encouragement are all you need, so here are the best short travel quotes about oneself. 

“ To travel is to take a journey into yourself .” – Danny Kaye

“ Travel doesn’t become adventure until you leave yourself behind .” – Mary Rubin

“ Jobs fill your pocket but adventures fill your soul .” – Jamie Lyn Beatty

“ A journey of a thousand miles begins with one single step .” – Lao Tzu

You just need to take that one single step to take a journey of a lifetime. It is usually that first step that is the hardest. But once you are out there, each step just gets easier and more enjoyable.

“ Two roads diverged in a yellow one, and I took the one less traveled by .” – Robert Frost

“ If traveling was free, you would never see me again .” – Unknown

“ We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next to find ourselves .” – Pico Lyer

“ A year from now, you will wish you had started today .” – Karen Lamb

“ Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you .” – David McCullough

This quote really speaks to be due to the amount of hiking that I do during my travels. I love seeing new landscapes and what the world has to offer, such as the extraordinary Everest Base Camp trek . Traveling and hiking is about you seeing the world and the beauty that lays all around.

“ Stop following others and create your own path in life .” – Dani Jay

“ If we were meant to stay in one place, we’d have roots instead of feet .” – Rachel Wolchin

“ One recognizes one’s course by discovering the paths that stray from it .” – Albert Camus

Short Funny Travel Quotes

Every aspect of life has to have a little laugh involved. You can’t take everything so seriously all the time, especially adventure. Travel makes for some of the best stories that are full of memories.

Here are some of the best short funny travel quotes to put a smile on any adventurer’s face. 

“ A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for .” – John A. Shedd

“ So shut up, live, travel, adventure, bless, and don’t be sorry .” – Jack Kerouac

“ This wasn’t a strange place; it was a new one .” – Paulo Coelho

“ It is not down on any map; true places never are .” – Herman Melville

“ A hangover suggests a great night, jet lag suggests a great adventure .” – J.D Andrews

A word of the wise here – just don’t try and combine the two! Every trip should be filled with fun and late nights. Some of my favorite memories were in Croatia , hanging out with new friends out in the streets of Hvar.

“ It feels good to be lost in the right direction .” – Unknown

“ Don’t listen to what they say. Go and see .” – Chinese Proverb

“ A traveler without observation is a bird without wings .” – Moslih Eddin Saadi

“ What is life, without a little risk ?” – J.K Rowling

“ Not all classrooms have four walls .” – Unknown

“ Attitude is the difference between an ordeal and an adventure .” – Bob Bitchin

“ People will travel anywhere for good food – it’s crazy .” – Rene Redzepi

While food was not my top consideration while traveling, it is quite crazy how different food can be around the world. For those adventurous eaters out there, each country surely will offer something unique to try (like the markets of Japan ).

Short Travel Quotes with Family & Friends

Getting to share the joys of adventure with your friends and family makes the journey even more incredible. Whether you are taking a yearly family vacation, or destination reunion with your best friends, there’s bound to be a good quote to use throughout your adventure.

These short travel quotes with family and friends will inspire you to take an adventure with the ones you love most. 

“ People don’t take trips, trips take people .” – John Steinbeck

“ People forget years and remember moments .” – Unknown

“ A journey is measured in friends rather than miles .” – Tim Cahill

“ Call your mom. Without her you would not be traveling today .” – Natasha Alden

While traveling for a year, it was hard to be without family and friends. Be sure to always keep in touch and make the time to call loved ones during your time abroad.

→ If you are looking for some more memorable quotes, take a look at some short travel quotes with friends .

“ There is an unspoken bond you create with the friends you travel with .” – Kristen Sarah

“ A good friend listens to your adventures. A best friend takes them with you .” – Unknown

“ Good company is a journey that makes the way seem shorter .” – Izaak Walton

“ We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls .” – Anais Nin

“ No road is long with good company .” – Turkish Proverb

“ Some people are so poor, all they have is money .” – Patrick Meagher

“ Never go on trips with anyone you do not love .” – Ernest Hemingway

Some of my best memories were traveling with friends to places like Iceland and the Azores . Getting the chance to have a group of like minded and close friends together is something I will always remember.

I hope you have enjoyed this compilation of some of the best short travel quotes out there! Allow them to motivate you to take the trip of a lifetime and gain inspiration and encouragement while on the road.

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Be sure to check out all of the helpful travel guides & itineraries up on the site to get you going in the right direction.

Have fun out there and safe travels!

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If you are looking for the most memorable short travel captions for Instagram , or perhaps, some cute travel quotes for your social media, you have come to the right place! As a travel buddy, I believe we agree that an unforgettable travel photo deserves to be accompanied by an incredible travel quote that represents the feeling we were living at that moment.

If you have a travel Instagram or travel a lot, I imagine you like to share photos about the dream destinations you have visited on your social networks. However, sometimes our creativity runs out and we need to turn to the internet to find the perfect caption for our photo! To help you in your search for captions to make your photos unique, I have selected only the top short travel quotes to help you to make your social media posts more memorable!

Here you will find not only the best short travel captions, but also one-word captions for travel, funny short travel quotes, short trip captions with friends, romantic travel short captions for Instagram, and this very unique section for short trip captions from song lyrics . With these quotes and captions, your pictures will be inspiring and unique.

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Best Short Travel Captions for Instagram

1. “The world is yours to explore.”

2. “Find a beautiful place and get lost.”

3. “Vacation state of mind.”

4. “Go where you feel the most alive.”

5. “Finding paradise wherever I go.”

6. “Let the adventure begin.”

7. “Until you step into the unknown, you don’t know what you’re made of.”

8. “The world is big, and I want to get a good look at it before it gets dark.”

9. “Sky above, sand below, peace within.”

10. “We have nothing to lose and a world to see.”

11. “The mind was dreaming. The world was its dream.” – Jorge Luis Borges

12. “My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been.”

13. “To travel, to experience and learn: that is to live.”

14. “There are no shortcuts to anywhere worth going.” Beverly Sills

15. “Life is not meant to be lived in one place.”

16. “The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.”

17. “We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.”

18. “Adventure awaits. Go find it!”

19. “Live your life by a compass, not a clock.”

20. “Not all those who wander are lost.”

21. “Collect moments, not things.”

22. “When I’m exploring the world is when I feel most at home.”

23. “Of all the books in the world, the best stories are found between the pages of a passport.”

24. “Travel more, worry less.”

25. “Don’t make me walk when I want to fly!”

26. “Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure, and go ever upward.” Drew Houston

27. “When in doubt, just travel.”

28. “If you never go, you will never know.”

29. “I may be going nowhere, but what a ride.”

30. “Oh, the places you’ll go!”

31. “The best things happen outside of our comfort zones.”

32. “Only going places that spark joy.”

33. “One life. One world. Explore it.”

34. “There are seven days in a week, and “someday” is not one of them.” – Benny Lewis

35. “Travel leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.”

36. “Not all classrooms have four walls.”

37. “The fastest way to expand your horizons is to visit somewhere new.”

38. “Vacation mode: on.”

39. “Take only memories, leave only footprints.”

40. “I’m in a complicated relationship with my suitcase.”

41. “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.”

42. “I like to travel, plain and simple.”

43. “Let your dreams take flight.”

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44. “Alive.”

45. “Graceful.”

46. “Wanderlust.”

47. “Memories.”

48. “Unimaginable.”

49. “Memories.”

50. “Serenity.”

51. “Worldly.”

52. “Living.”

53. “Dreaming.”

54. “Heavenly.”

55. “Magical.”

56. “Daydreaming.”

57. “Radiant.”

58. “Moments.”

59. “Grateful.”

60. “Bliss.”

61. “Sublime.”

62. “Happy.”

63. “Surreal.”

64. “Memorable.”

65. “Indescribable.”

Funny Short Travel Quotes for Instagram

66. “I’m not lost, I’m exploring.”

67. “Jet lag is for amateurs.” – Dick Clark

68. “Work hard, travel harder.”

69. “When life knocks you down, roll over and look at the stars.”

70. “I need Vitamin Sea.”

71. “Let’s wander where the WiFi is weak.”

72. “Beer. Beach. Sunset. What more could you want?!”

73. “Drink heavily with the locals whenever possible.” – Anthony Bourdain

74. “I need a vacation of 6 months. Twice a year!”

75. “Life is better at the beach.”

76. “It’s bad manners to keep a vacation waiting.”

77. “You weren’t born to just pay bills and die.”

More Cute Short Travel Quotes for Instagram

90. “Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.”

91. “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.”

92. “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” Saint Augustine

93. “I travel so my life isn’t disrupted by routine.”

94. “Keep calm and travel on.”

95. “I don’t know the question, but travel is definitely the answer.”

96. “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” Mark Twain

97. “The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.”

98. “Good things come to those who book flights.”

99. “Happiness is… a well-deserved vacation.”

100. “It’s bad manners to keep a vacation waiting.”

101. “It feels good to be lost in the right direction.”

102. “I love those days when my only decision is window or aisle.”

103. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.”

104. “Don’t let your dreams be just dreams.”

105. “Tan lines and unforgettable times.” Unkown

106. “Live with no excuses, travel with no regrets.”

107. “The only trip you will regret is the one you didn’t take.”

108. “Love is the food of life, travel is dessert.”

109. “A mile of highway will take you a mile. A mile of runway will take you anywhere!”

110. . “Got wonderfully lost.” Unkown

111. “Travel, because money returns. Time doesn’t.”

Short Trip Captions with Friends

112. “There is an unspoken bond you create with the friends you travel with.” – Kristen Sarah

113. “Life by the water is always better, especially with a few good friends in tow.”

114. “A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” Walter Winchell

115. “Good times and crazy friends make the best memories.”

116. “Life is about doing things that don’t suck with people who don’t suck.”

117. “No road is long with good company.” – Turkish proverb

118.  “When traveling life’s journey, it’s good to have a friend’s hand to hold on to.”

119. “There are no strangers in this world, only friends I haven’t met yet.” William Butler Yeats

120. “A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.”

121. “A sweet friendship refreshes the soul.” – Proverbs 27:9

122. “Life was meant for great adventures and close friends.”

123. “Wherever it is you may be, it is your friends who make your world.” Chris Bradford

124.  “You can pack for every occasion but a good friend will always be the best thing you could bring!”

Romantic Travel Short Captions for Instagram

125. “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” Anais Nin

126. “Better than my wildest dreams.”

127. “All you need is love and a passport.”

128. “This is my happy place.”

129. “Take me away to a place full of surprises.”

130. “My sweet escape.”

Short Trip Captions from Song Lyrics

141. “Cause you’re free to do what you want to do. You’ve got to live your life. Do what you want to do” – Free, Ultra Nate

142. “I know what I want and baby travel it’s you. I can’t deny my feelings because they are true.” – Dreams, Gabrielle

143. “It’s a beautiful day. Don’t let it get away” – Beautiful Day, U2

144. “What a feeling! Take your passion and make it happen” – What a Feeling, Irene Cara

145. “Don’t stop me now, I’m having such a good time. I’m having a ball” – Don’t stop me now, Queen

146.   “It’s my life. It’s now or never. I ain’t gonna live forever. I just want to live while I’m alive” It’s My Life, Bon Jovi

147. “Spend my nights and days before, Searching the world for what’s right here” – Islands, The XX

148. “I live for the nights that I can’t remember with the people that I won’t forget” – Show Me A Good Time, Drake

149. “I wanna kiss you in Paris, I wanna hold your hand in Rome” – Justify my love, Madonna

150. “If you like piña coladas and getting caught in the rain.” – Escape, Rupert Holmes

151. “Gonna travel, gonna travel wild and free, I’m gonna pack my bags because this great big world is calling me” – Harem Holiday, Elvis Presley

152.  “But hold me fast, hold me fast, cause I’m a hopeless wanderer.” Holpeless Wanderer, Mumford & Sons

153. “Wanna feel the warm breeze? Sleep under a palm tree. Feel the rush of the ocean. Get on board a fast train. Travel on a jet plane, far away.” – Breakaway, Kelly Clarkson

154. “They call me the wanderer.” – The Wanderer, Dion

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65 Inspiring & Uplifting Travel Alone Quotes for Solo Travel

When you’re on the road solo or planning to travel alone, quotes can help to inspire and uplift you. These 65 beautiful solo travel quotes from literature, pop culture and history make the perfect solo travel captions for social media.

You only need to search the internet to see there are millions of inspirational quotes about travelling out there. Solo travel quotes have a special ingredient – not only can they ignite wanderlust and stoke passion for the great unknown, they have the added benefit of giving strength and courage to a solo traveller who is facing the world alone.

Solo travel is a life-changing experience . As with all travel, it’s often difficult to find the right words to describe your trip, or to convey how travel has altered your life once you get back home.

To give your confidence and boost and help you share your solo travel experience with the world, I’ve curated this epic list of 65 meaningful and insightful travel alone quotes.

Copy and paste them for your next social media update, or send them to a friend who’s planning their solo trip. However you choose to use these solo travel quotes, they are guaranteed to inspire and delight!

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Short and sweet solo travel quotes

Short travel alone quotes are perfect for social media, including solo travel announcements (that exciting moment when you make your trip official!), or your first travel solo travel update from the road.

These popular and not-so-famous quotations beautifully capture what it’s like to travel alone, with only yourself for company.

“To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world.”

– Freya Stark

“I am never happier than when I am alone in a foreign city; it is as if I had become invisible.”

– Storm Jameson

“Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time.”

– Hannah Arendt

“A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places.”

– Isabelle Eberhardt

“I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.”

– Mary Anne Radmacher

“The journey of life is amazingly beautiful if you take it as a fearless adventure.”

– Debasish Mridha

“When a thing beckons you to explore it without telling you why or how, this is not a red herring; it’s a map.”

– Gina Greenlee

“Don’t be scared to walk alone. Don’t be scared to like it.”

– John Mayer

“Some journeys can be only travelled alone!”

– Ken Poirot

“If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.”

– Maxwell Maltz

“Keep good company – that is, go to the Louvre.”

– Paul Cezanne

“Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone.”

“The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.”

– Henry David Thoreau

“There are some places in life where you can only go alone. Embrace the beauty of your solo journey.”

– Mandy Hale

“You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.”

– Diane Von Furstenberg

“Surely, of all the wonders of the world, the horizon is the greatest.”

“I wondered why it was that places are so much lovelier when one is alone.”

– Daphne Du Maurier

“Always choose the window seat. We often forget there’s magic of flying. But what it brings to our lives is undeniably the stuff of dreams.”

– Timi Nadela

“Sometimes the best journeys are those, that start when we do not plan, continue how we do not expect and are taking us places we do not know.”

– Aisha Mirza

“Life is a journey with almost limitless detours.”

“The inner journey of travel is intensified by solitude.”

– Paul Theroux

“I used to be a pedestrian before, now I am the rider on the same road.”

– Piyush Paudyal

“We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.”

– Anaïs Nin

Motivational quotes for planning a solo trip

When you’re planning to visit a new country or a foreign city by yourself for the first time, the hardest part can be finding the inner courage to pack your backpack and make your solo travel dreams a reality.

These travel alone quotes speak to the very heart of solo travel – the push and pull between indecision , wanting to do the right thing while also finding freedom and empowering yourself to spread your wings.

You may feel nervous – that’s totally normal – but have faith that a well-planned solo journey is almost always a step in the right direction.

“Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.”

– Erol Ozan

“This is the journey of your life. Don’t try to explain it to others, because only you can see it.”

– Nitin Namdeo

“It is pointless to embark on any journey if you do not believe yourself worthy of the destination.”

– Anthon St. Maarten

“To travel is worth any cost or sacrifice.”

– Elizabeth Gilbert

“Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion.”

– Oprah Winfrey

“Adventure should be part of everyone’s life. It is the whole difference between being fully alive and just existing.”

– Holly Morris

“A ship is safe in the harbour, but that’s not what ships are built for.”

– Gael Attal

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

– Mark Twain

Poetic quotes about solo travel

These longer solo travel quotes are nothing short of art.

“Everywhere you go, you shall find dramatic splendour and awe because your majestic soul is part of the vivid whole, and nothing about you is ignoble.”

– Kilroy J. Oldster

“The goal of my life is to tie adventure to my feet, stock memories in my pocket, hold imagination in my palms like fairy dust and sprinkle it on my tales.”

– Mitali Meelan

“It seemed an advantage to be travelling alone. Our responses to the world are crucially moulded by the company we keep, for we temper our curiosity to fit in with the expectations of others… “Being closely observed by a companion can also inhibit our observation of others; then, too, we may become caught up in adjusting ourselves to the companion’s questions and remarks, or feel the need to make ourselves seem more normal than is good for our curiosity.” 

– Alain de Botton

“I am of course lost in this journey I’m on, but I do remain confident, though I am lost it will be a great adventure, this adventure will surpass my wildest imagination. So call me a fool, but I’m happy to be lost.”

– Micheline Jean Louis

“It’s not getting from A to B. It’s not the beginning or the destination that counts. It’s the ride in between…This train is alive with things that should be seen and heard. It’s a living, breathing something – you just have to want to learn its rhythm.”

– David Baldacci

“To awaken alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. You are surrounded by adventure. You have no idea of what is in store for you, but you will, if you are wise and know the art of travel, let yourself go on the stream of the unknown.”

Solo female travel quotes

Solo female travel is becoming more and more popular. I’ve done a few solo trips in recent years, and it never ceases to amaze me how different my travel experience is when I’m alone rather than with my partner or friends.

These quotations capture the independent spirit of solo female travellers.

“Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.”

“When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.”

“Looking in the mirror, I saw a joyful face. And this happy girl was just about to go on a trip, with a one way ticket in her bag. Life was a never ending journey.”

– Nico J. Genes

“She remembered who she was and the game changed.”

– Lalah Delia

Quotes that prove solo travel makes you stronger

Solo travel often starts with taking a leap of faith. If it’s your first solo trip, you must actively work on believing in yourself and trusting your instincts.

Sometimes in travel (and in life), the only certainty is uncertainty. Things won’t always be easy, things wont’ always go to plan. Barriers and hurdles are almost guaranteed – but these experiences are likely to make you stronger and more resilient.

These travel alone quotes are all about testing your limits.

“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.”

– Neale Donald Walsch

“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s OK. The journey changes you; it should change you.

“It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.”

– Anthony Bourdain

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion with one’s courage.”

“It is in all of us to defy expectations, to go into the world and to be brave, and to want, to need, to hunger for adventures. To embrace the chance and risk so that we may breathe and know what it is to be free.”

– Mae Chevrette

“Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively, unless you can choose a challenge instead of a competence.”

– Eleanor Roosevelt

“On the path to greatness, life teaches you to walk with stones in your shoes.”

– Matshona Dhliwayo

“Life is a journey with big rocks to climb, little ones to trip over, and milestones to mark where we have been.”

– David Cuschieri

Quotations that prove solo travel changes your perspective

I’ve never met anyone who decided to solo travel and came back the same person. Travel changes you – that’s undeniable – and often travel alone can shape you in ways you never could have anticipated.

One of the greatest lessons travel can teach you is to be humble. Travel helps you find your place in the world. A solo trip can give you the tools you need to tackle all of life’s adventures – and misadventures, too.

These solo travel quotes refer to self-discovery, breaking through your comfort zone, and seeing travel as a motif for the journey of life.

“A person susceptible to ‘Wanderlust’ is not so much addicted to movement as committed to transformation.”

– Pico Iyer

“Adventure can be an end in itself. Self-discovery is the secret ingredient.”

– Grace Lichtenstein

“I have traveled many roads in my life. Some were imbued with pain and I needed to avert my gaze. Others were so beautiful that I would have remained there forever. But always, at some point in these routes, I reached a place where I encountered myself.”

– Pablo Holmberg

“Travel doesn’t become adventure until you leave yourself behind.”

– Marty Rubin

“Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.”

– David McCullough Jr.

“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.”

– Gustav Flaubert

“The best trip is the journey you take in finding yourself.”

– Angela Vallely

“Mapmaking: You’re on the path and have already begun to morph – so has the road. The journey has chosen you. The only way out is forward and through.”

– Helen S. Rosenau

Remember, your trip might start out as a solo adventure but it might not end that way! It’s the bonds you form along the way that often make travel truly memorable.

For more inspiration, check out these beautiful quotes about travelling with friends .

“Traveling solo does not always mean you’re alone. Most often, you meet marvellous people along the way and make connections that last a lifetime.”

– Jacqueline Boone

Coming home: Solo travel quotes to mark the end of a journey

All good journeys must come to an end! It feels like just yesterday friends and family were wishing you a safe journey , and now it’s time to go back to the people you love.

These quotes sum up the bittersweet feeling of coming home after a solo trip.

“It’s a long ride home with nothing but me for company. I bore myself sometimes. Not often. Just now and again.”

– A.J. Hartley & David Hewson

“It’s amazing how many different roads we can take, but they all lead home.”

– Jewel E. Ann

“Some journeys take you farther from where you come from, but closer to where you belong.”

– Ron Franscell

“The real work of an expedition begins when you return.”

– Louise Arner Boyd

“This life is an enduring and complex journey, but finally I have reached the point in my story where I am appreciative of where I’ve been, proud of where I am, and excited about where I have yet to go.”

– Becca Lee

“I, too, once journeyed beyond the stars.”

– Elizabeth Lim

“Maybe happy endings were real, as long as you understood that they weren’t endings, but steps on the road.”

– Katharine McGee

“When it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.

When it is over, I don’t want to wonder if I have made of my life something particular, and real. I don’t want to find myself sighing and frightened, or full of argument.

I don’t want to end up simply having visited this world.”

– Mary Oliver

That’s a wrap! I hope these 65 travel alone quotes have made you see solo travel in a new light, or perhaps motivated you to take the leap into solo travel.

Do you have any more inspiring quotes to share? I’d love to hear them in the comments below!

“Challenges are opportunities for growth and learning. Embrace them and see how far you can go.”

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Wonderful quotes for solo travellers. The solo female traveller quotes are also interesting.

This quotes make people strong to take decision and travel alone. Thanks for sharing such types of motivating quotes.

Many many thanks for sharing with us.

Beautiful quotes. I love them all. Thanks for sharing.

These quotes will definitely encourage anyone to go for solo travelling. Everyone will be inspired by these. Thank you.

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• "Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow." — Anita Desai
• “To travel is to live.” – Hans Christian Andersen
• "Travel brings power and love back into your life." — Rumi Jalalud-Din
• “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” ― St. Augustine
• “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” ― Lao Tzu
• "I read; I travel; I become." ― Derek Walcott
• "Adventure is worthwhile." — Aesop
• "To travel is to evolve." — Pierre Bernardo
• "Not all those who wander are lost." — J.R.R. Tolkien
• "Travel far, travel often, and travel without regrets." — Oscar Wilde
• "An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered." — G.K. Chesterton
• "To travel is worth any cost or sacrifice." — Elizabeth Gilbert
• “Oh, the places you’ll go!” – Dr. Suess 
• “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller
• “Live your life by a compass, not a clock.” – Erica Jong
• “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” ― Anita Desai

Inspirational Travel Quotes 

• "Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world." — Gustave Flaubert
• “Travel far enough, you meet yourself.” ― David Mitchell
• "I am one of those who never knows the direction of my journey until I have almost arrived." — Anna Louise Strong
• "The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself." — Wallace Stevens
• "One’s destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things." — Henry Miller
• "Surely, of all the wonders of the world, the horizon is the greatest." — Freya Stark
• "Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• "This is what holidays, travels, vacations are about. It is not really rest or even leisure we chase. “We strain to renew our capacity to wonder, to shock ourselves into astonishment once again." — Shana Alexander
• "Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling." — Margaret Lee Runbeck
• "We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls." —Anaïs Nin
• “Do not follow where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
• “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust
• “With age, comes wisdom. With travel, comes understanding.” – Sandra Lake

Vacation Quotes 

• “No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.” ― Elbert Hubbard
• “After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working.” ― Kenneth Grahame 
• “When all else fails, take a vacation.” ― Betty Williams
• “In matters of healing the body or the mind, vacation is a true genius!” ― Mehmet Murat ildan
• “Here's to a vacation of no regrets!” ― Joan Rylen
• "I can lie around and relax at home. A vacation is a chance for doing.”― Tessa Bailey
• “Well, I think every day’s a vacation for me. When you really, really like what you’re working on, it’s like always being on vacation.” ― Andy Warhol
• “Reading is just a vacation you pay less for, with an agenda you have no control over.” ― J.S. Wik
• “What I needed in the moment was a family vacation.” ― Deena Kastor

Funny Travel Quotes 

• "Jet lag is for amateurs." — Dick Clark
• "I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them." — Mark Twain
• “Don’t tell me the sky’s the limit when there are footprints on the moon.” – Paul Brandt
• “Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.” – Paul Theroux
• “A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” – John Steinbeck
• “There is nothing safer than flying—it’s crashing that is dangerous.” –Theo Cowan
• “If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal.” –Paulo Coelho
• “Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.” –Robin S. Sharma
• “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” –Susan Sontag
• “Boy, those French. They have a different word for everything.” –Steve Martin
• “Adventure, yeah. I guess that’s what you call it when everybody comes back alive.” –Mercedes Lackey
• “Don’t worry about the world ending today, it’s already tomorrow in Australia.” – Charles M. Schulz
• “Drink heavily with the locals whenever possible.” – Anthony Bourdain
• “The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist.” – Russell Baker

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50+ Best Travel Quotes With Friends 2024

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Whilst traveling solo or with your partner can be fun, there’s something special about going on a trip with friends.

From the late night sessions pre-planning your travels to the shared memories of past adventures, traveling with friends couldn’t be better.

But if you’re still on the fence and need inspiration, check out these hand picked travel quotes with friends that will motivate you to plan your next travel adventure and explore the world with your closest friends.

Why Should You Travel With Friends?

Traveling with friends is one of the best experiences you can share together.

There are plenty of practical reasons why it’s helpful to have someone you know by your side whilst you’re exploring the world, but there are also lots of ways that traveling together can build your friendship and make your bond even stronger.

10 Simple Reasons Why Travelling With Friends is a Good Idea

• You’ll never end up sitting next to a stranger on a long haul flight, train or bus journey.
• You’ll have people you trust , that you can leave your bags with when you need.
• You’ll have friends to take photos of you so you won’t need to bother strangers.
• You can take less luggage if you travel with friends, by splitting some of the practical items like plug adapters and hair dryers etc.
• You’ll have friends to plan your adventure with, which means less planning for you , but also more people to bounce ideas off, and learn travel tips from.
• Travelling as a group is often cheaper , as you can hire an apartment or a car together, which would be considerably more expensive if you were traveling solo or with just a partner. Meaning your travel savings will last longer and that you can go further on your adventures.
• Nothing develops a deeper bond with your true friends than traveling together and making lifelong memories.
• You’ll have people who know you, who will be there for you no matter what.
• After the memorable trip you’ll have friends to relive all those awesome travel stories with for years to come.
• Whilst traveling with your friends will sometimes test your friendship to it’s limits , you’ll have the opportunity to grow even closer to your friends as you are confronted with challenging situations that you’ll have to battle and get through together.

Travel with Friends Quotes for Instagram

Below are the best quotes about traveling with friends , taken from song writers, authors, cartoonists, a footballer and most surprisingly Winnie the Pooh!

So whether you’re searching for the ideal travel Instagram captions or desperately waiting for your next road trip with friends, these quotes will inspire you to make the most of your holiday with friends.

Feel free to copy and paste these friends quotes, or share them with your buddies.

Travel with Friends Captions for Instagram

1. “Friends that travel together, stay together.” – Unknown

2. “Travel is better with friends.” – Unknown

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3. “In life, it’s not where you go – it’s who you travel with.” – Charles M. Schulz

4. “Good friends follow you anywhere.”  – Winnie the Pooh

5. “There is an unspoken bond you create with the friends you travel with.”  – Kristen Sarah

6. “If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” –  African proverb

Vacation with Friends Quotes for Instagram

Human beings naturally bond with those who share similar goals to them and bond even more with those who share the same special moment – whether it be hiking an active volcano in Guatemala , going in search of the Northern Lights in Arctic Norway , or hot air ballooning over the temples of Bagan in Myanmar .

These moments spent travelling with friends will resonate with each and everyone of you forever. So to inspire your intrepid travels here are some of the best quotes about adventure with friends.

Vacation Quotes with Friends

7. “Sometimes all you need is a great friend and thirst for adventure.” – Unknown

8. “Life was meant for good friends and great adventures.” – Unknown

9. “Sharing adventures means enjoying them 100% more.” – Unknown

10. “Everyone needs this friend that calls and says, “Get dressed, we’re going on an adventure.” – Unknown

Best Friends Travel Captions for Instagram

There’s nothing like traveling the world with your best friend. You’ll be able to share travel memories and adventures with someone you know will always have your back.

So whether you’re excitedly waiting for your next trip or you’re looking for the perfect travel with friends captions for your summer vacation photos, these best friend travel quotes should help inspire you.

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11. “A good friend listens to your adventures. Your best friend makes them with you.” – Unknown

12. “Having a best friend is like having your own little corner of the world to escape to.” – Unknown

13. “You can pack for every occasion, but a good friend will always be the best thing you could bring!”  – Unknown

14. “A daring adventure with your best friends might be just what the doctor ordered” – Unknown

15. “There is a whole world out there. Pack your backpack, your best friend and go.” – Unknown

16. “As soon as I saw you, I knew a grand adventure was about to happen.” – Winnie The Pooh

Road Trip Captions with Friends

Traveling with friends isn’t always sunsets and adventures, it often means spending large amounts of time, journeying on the road with the same people.

However, the long journeys can pass quickly when you have close friends to entertain you and make you laugh, making your friendship even stronger.

So here are a collection of the best travel quotes with friends about road tripping together, and if you enjoy them then check out this larger selection of road trip quotes to inspire you.

Road Trip Travel Captions with Friends

17. “As with any journey, who you travel with is more important than the destination.” – Unknown

18. “A journey well shared is a journey well enjoyed.” – Unknown

19. “No road is long with good company.” – Turkish proverb

20. “Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.” – Izaak Walton

21. “A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill

22. “Sometimes all you need is a great friend and a tank of gas.” –  Thelma and Louise

Travel Quotes With Friends You’ll Meet Along The Way

Travel is all about making new connections , whether it’s with locals or fellow travellers. Those new friendships just waiting to happen, are some of the best reasons to get out there and explore.

Whilst spending time with travellers you meet on your trip you’ll get a window into another culture, always have a friend to visit in another country, and will be able to enjoy a sense of kinship through your shared love of seeing the world.

So to inspire your travels, I’ve collated the best trip quotes for friends that you’ll make whilst exploring the globe.

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23. “The more I travelled, the more I realized fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” – Shirley MacLaine

24. “A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.” – Maya Angelou

25. “There’s not a word yet for old friends who’ve just met.” – Jim Henson

26. “The fastest way to make a friend for life is to travel with a stranger” – Unknown

27. “One of the great things about travel is that you find out how many good, kind people there are.” – Edith Wharton

28. “We are all travelers in the wilderness of the world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.” –  Robert Louis Stevenson

Best Friends Travel Quotes

There’s nothing more exhilarating than ticking off your bucket list with your best bud by your side.

Those moments will go down as the greatest times in your life, and will forever be implanted in your memories.

So it makes sense to experience them with your best friend, a person you’ll be happy to have those memories tied to for a lifetime.

So below I’ve collected some of the best fun with friends quotes that apply to travel.

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29. “I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.” –  Mark Twain

30. “Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.” –  Ernest Hemingway

31. “You and me, we are more than friends. We are like a small travel gang!” – Unknown

32. “Friends, sun, sand, and sea – that sounds like a summer to me.” – Unknown

33. “It doesn’t matter where you’re going, it’s who you have beside you.” – Unknown

34. “When traveling life’s journey, it’s good to have a friend’s hand to hold on to.” – Unknown

Instagram Captions for Travel with Friends

Strong friendships are so important in life.

From helping you in times of need by encouraging and supporting you, to smiling at your side when you have good fortunes.

Travel is full of ups and downs, so good friends are a necessity, hence I’ve curated quotes on friends and how they can make your travel experience so much better.

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35. “The best things in life are the people we love, the places we’ve been, and the memories we’ve made along the way.” – Unknown

36. “Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” –  Woodrow T. Wilson

37. “Wherever it is you may be, it is your friends who make your world.”  – Chris Bradford

38. “Together is our favourite place to be.” – Unknown

39. “Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.” –  John Evelyn

40. “Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” –  Anais Nin

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41. “Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” – Oprah Winfrey

42. “True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.” – David Tyson

43. “The real test of friendship is can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple?” – Eugene Kennedy

44. “A real friend is someone who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” – Walter Winchell

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45. “When you get lost in a really strange place, nothing is more comforting than finding your friend whom you trust and can show the way.” –  Toba Beta

46. “Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all people cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.” – Maya Angelou

47. “Good times and crazy friends make the best memories.”

48. “We’d rather have a passport full of stamps than a house full of stuff.” – Unknown

49. “Take that person and travel around the world. Buy a plane ticket for the two of you to travel ALL around the world and go to places that are hard to get to and hard to get out of. And when you come back… and if you’re still in love with that person… get married at the airport.” – Bill Murray

50. “There are no strangers in this world, only friends you haven’t met yet.” – William Butler Yeats

51. “Live life with no excuses, travel with no regrets.” – Oscar Wilde

52. “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” — Lao Tzu

…and that’s 50+ Captions for Traveling with Friends and Friends Trip Quotes for Instagram

Thats a wrap!

I hope these quotes about travelling with friends has motivated you to book your next adventure with your best friend or close buddies.

I’d love to know which of these inspirational travel with friends quotes are your favourite?

Are there any more awesome journey with friends quotes that you know?

Please share them in the comments below, whether they are funny travel quotes , adventure with friends quotes, or any other quotes for friends.

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Doggo Captions that will Take Your Heart Away 🙂

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It is an absolute marvel to travel with your pet. Should you decide to Instagram those experiences, you need to use some adorable travelling with dog captions. Isn’t it?

My travel blog gives you 121 travel dog quotes that are sure to add more beauty to your IG pictures. Come, let’s get started!

121 Adorable Traveling With Dog Captions For Instagram!

Let’s start scrolling some super adorable dog vacation quotes –

I dressed my show-stopper, for a photo shoot with flowers!

He always takes lead, to ensure my journey is neat

He knew I was in a bad mood, so he didn’t even ask for food!

When I stare, he knows I care, so he doesn’t dare

Even at the beach, he doesn’t need a leash, because he is at peace!

I ensure to dress him up, for he feels completely pumped up!

All is good because he loved his food

He transcends, beyond what I intend!

 Once in the snow, he becomes a show

When I say slow, he starts to plow, to show he is not able to flow!

 His paws, all along the path, get me awed!

When I saw my dog in the fog, I went agog!

I was afraid he would disappear into those dense greens. Because I always felt he was nature’s own being. 

I wonder if he has my genes because he cares for me like a queen!

I never keep him buckled, for we are a couple!

He enjoyed the sail because he kept wagging his tail!

I told him, “Don’t scuttle”, he looked at me puzzled!

When he sat, I put on him a hat that gave him the look of a brat!

While trekking, he keeps everything in check!

The moment I opened my tote, he instantly read that he was going to get his bread!

Can you please be kind to him? He is my child!

When he saw another in fur, he purred!

 Seeing nature, with this amazing creature!

I was surprised, for I couldn’t differentiate his nature from that of the natures’!

He loves my company, but out there, he loves it more!

He kept walking atop, without a stop!

He howled because I fell down

He was brown, the new eye of the town!

Look at those innocent eyes, adoring the skies!

I have never seen him this high, he himself is probably wondering why!

I can spot him among crores because I know how he roars!

He loves to explore, by the shore!

I didn’t show him the way out the door, he was already there before!

He was sore, but now restored!

Our rapport is one in crores!

Into the water he flipped, adorable he looked!

I shouted, “Help”, and he yelped!

He stood clasping me, as I was gasping!

In the dark, we embark, leaving marks

He was bony, but never let me feel lonely

Whenever I am low, he makes me flow

On the beach, he went on his knees, because he loved the sea!

The whole experience was a beautiful blend of his soul, my soul, and natures’!

He slayed everyone, with his play!

He crammed onto the jaw of another with a paw!

I wondered why my little creature was limping, then I saw my leg, it was hurt!

Who is my best travel companion? This furred one, with a golden heart!

I have stopped being selective because here is one,  who is so protective!

Not every company is the best, but he is my fest!

I was depressed, now completely caressed!

He just emptied his bowel, all fuelled!

He found the voyage joyous!

In the woods, he stood, I thought the sight would make a good cover book!

What use is the cane, when he is there in the lane?

My bag became so cute because he sat on it!

Carried away into space, at his own pace!

I got on board with my abode!

He is my guide, who gives me pride

He is my child, I always wish to have him by my side

My little one strolled, while I crawled!

Well, his tail, he wags, while I carry all the bags!

The sky is blue, but my furred creature is gold!

He stays frozen, till he is sure he is frozen by the camera!

I thought I had lost my white fur because it was snowing all over!

I told him, “Let’s go on a hike”, and he instantly liked it!

Under the Sun, was my son, his reflection as pure as him!

For a second, I saw him looking at the Sea, thinking deeply. Really, could he be thinking?

Sitting on the grass, he was staring at the passage!

He doesn’t mind walking on the roads, it is his goal!

I said bye to my fear for I believe in my pup more than my own instincts!

My doggie never gets lazy, because he loves coffee

Hey furry! Why do you hurry?

I love him, who loves me to the brim

I am creating a story with my doggie!

How can I be dim, when there is Tim ?

My collared friend is ready to conquer the world for me. What then should I be afraid of?

We plotted to reach the rock before we halted!

My doggie becomes a talkie when I drink coffee!

Everybody sees his glory, soon he will become a sensational story!

This one grows naughty when it gets smoggy!

Spiro is my superhero!

This tiny fur’s grace cannot be replaced!

Treat this little one to the window seat, he will turn so sweet!

His petite feet are no more averse to heat!

When he sees a human greet, he considers it to be a feat!

Give him meat, he becomes replete!

If only trees had feet, my canine would have double company!

Up the hill, he became still, Why? Because it got chilly!

He loves to venture because he loves adventure!

He is carefree, so he is easy to carry!

I got wary, while he loved the ferry!

Meet Barry , who is a fairy, bringing merry to my life!

He might look hairy, but he isn’t scary!

As I stood admiring the tree and my furry, they dissipated my worry!

Travel with your pet, you will never fret!

I met my pet when I was in debt and now in jet, I am all set!

Upset? Travel with your pet!

I bet, that with your pet, there is no threat!

Travelling with your pet allows you to find your life object!

 On the road, as he strode, I came up with an ode!

He makes it apparent, that I am his parent

Not a second he can miss, for he comes back to kiss!

He is my bliss because he makes me exist!

Though in a carrier, he sees a barrier, he is happier, because I am his carrier!

My pup gets me pumped!

Though he is plump, he loves to jump!

My puppy looks at his tummy, to signal he is hungry!

When I say sit, he does it with grit!

Look at his wit, when he saw the pit, he decided to sit!

When I say stay, he doesn’t play

Realizing he was going astray, he decided to stay!

Strangers engaged because my boy was well-behaved!

All through the trail, he piled, loads of smiles!

Wading through the mile, in his style!

He stopped barking because he loved embarking!

He is rocking because everybody finds him sparkling!

He loved the farm because it was calm!

He calls me mom, through his charm

None dared to harm, because I was armed by this little Tom !

I am growing popular because people are so drawn to click pictures of my adorable pup!

His eyes glee, whenever he is posing with me!

I hope you use my travel dog quotes on your Instagram handle soon. Let me know how it works out for you. 

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Q&A on Trump’s Criminal Conviction

By Robert Farley , D'Angelo Gore , Lori Robertson and Eugene Kiely

Posted on May 31, 2024

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino .

Donald Trump became the first U.S. president, current or former, to be convicted of a criminal offense when a 12-person jury in New York on May 30 found him guilty on 34 felony counts of business fraud as part of an illegal scheme to influence the 2016 election by making payments to suppress a sordid tale of sex with a porn star.

The unprecedented conviction raises questions about what’s next for the 77-year-old man who is in line to become the Republican Party’s nominee for president in 2024.

In remarks at Trump Tower a day after his conviction, Trump called the United States “ a corrupt country ” and declared that he would be “ appealing this scam .”

(Trump also repeated many of the false, misleading and unsupported claims he has made about the judge, the judge’s rulings, the district attorney and other issues related to the trial. For more about Trump’s talking points, see our May 30 article, “ Trump’s Repeated Claims on His New York Hush Money Trial .” He also repeated false and unsubstantiated claims on other issues, such as taxes and migrants .)

Here, we answer some of the questions raised by the former president’s conviction:

What are the next steps in the case? What punishment could Trump face? Will he go to prison? Can Trump vote in the 2024 election? Can a felon run for president, hold office? Can Trump pardon himself on this conviction, if he wins?

What are the next steps in the case?

Sentencing and an appeal are up next in this case.

Sentencing by Justice Juan Merchan is scheduled for July 11. Before that date, a probation officer or someone in that department will interview Trump, and potentially others involved in the case or connected to Trump, and prepare  a pre-sentence report  for the judge. The report includes the personal history and criminal record of the defendant, and it recommends what sentence the defendant should receive, according to the New York State Unified Court System.

“The pre-sentence interview is a chance for the defendant to try to make a good impression and explain why he or she deserves a lighter punishment,” the state court system explains.

Trump’s lawyers have to wait until after the sentencing to appeal the conviction. First, Trump’s lawyers will file motions before the judge “in a couple weeks” saying why they found the trial to be “unfair,” Trump’s defense attorney Todd Blanche  told CNN  hours after the guilty verdict.

Cheryl Bader , a clinical associate professor of law at Fordham University School of Law, said these motions are typical when a defendant is convicted. The defense attorneys will ask the judge to overturn the jury’s conviction. “It’s rarely, rarely granted, and I don’t think there’s a chance that will happen in this case,” she told us in a phone interview.

Blanche told CNN that if the motions aren’t successful, “then as soon as we can appeal, we will. And the process in New York is there’s a sentencing, and then — and then we appeal from there.”

Bader, a former assistant U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey, walked us through the appeals process. “The case is considered completed at sentencing,” she said. “At that point, his lawyers file a notice of appeal … letting the court know that he intends to appeal.”

At that point, they will also request a “stay” on the sentence, meaning a pause on imposing the sentence while the case is being appealed.

This appeal goes to the  Appellate Division, First Judicial Department  in Manhattan. The appeals court doesn’t retry the case. “They’re not going to substitute their judgment on the facts for the jury’s judgment,” Bader explained. Instead, “they’re looking for where there was error that would have led to an improper prosecution or an unfair trial.”

The appeals process would take several months to a year, she said. After the notice of appeal is given, the record of the case is gathered, including trial transcripts, the indictment, pretrial motions, evidentiary rulings, jury selection and instructions, and more. Trump could also appeal the sentencing. The lawyers need to write their arguments for all of the issues they’re objecting to, and that takes time, Bader said.

And then the appeals court needs to consider the case and write a decision on it.

If Trump ultimately isn’t successful at the appellate level, he can appeal to the highest court in New York state, which is called the  Court of Appeals . But the court decides whether or not it takes the case.

After such an appeal to the highest state court, the case would be over — unless Trump tries to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. But there has to be a U.S. constitutional issue for that. “I don’t see one,” Bader said, but perhaps Trump’s lawyers would try to make an argument.

What punishment could Trump face? Will he go to prison?

Whether Trump is sentenced to any time in prison is up to the judge.

Each of the 34 counts of  falsifying business records in the first degree , a class E felony, carries a maximum sentence of up to  four years in prison . The judge could decide to impose the sentences consecutively or simultaneously. However, under New York law,  20 years  is the maximum prison time that Trump could get — not 187 years, as Trump  falsely claimed  in his May 31 remarks.

Norman Eisen , a CNN legal analyst and a senior fellow in governance studies for the Brookings Institution, said that “in the most serious” cases of business records falsification in New York that he studied, “a sentence of imprisonment was routinely imposed.” Trump’s case “is the most serious one in NY history,”  he wrote  on X, predicting that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin “Bragg will likely ask for incarceration & Merchan will consider it.”

While possible, Bader, with Fordham’s School of Law, told us she doesn’t think incarceration will happen.

For a first-time convicted felon, with a low-level, nonviolent felony and a person of advanced age, “under any circumstance like that, there’d be a relatively low chance of incarceration,” she said.

“On the other hand, I could see the prosecutor arguing that here’s a man who has shown disrespect for the court system and the rule of law and has violated the court’s orders on numerous occasions. He is not remorseful. And that in order to promote general deterrence, he needs to be punished,” she said in describing a possible argument from the prosecutor.

Bader said any incarceration sentence “would be only a token amount of time to make the point that Trump is not above the law.” Other sentencing possibilities include probation or a “conditional discharge” with conditions other than incarceration or probation.

The “simplest” option might be for the judge to fine Trump, she said.

Can Trump vote in the 2024 election?

Yes, Trump can vote as long as he is not in jail on Election Day, which this year is on Nov. 5.

Trump owns homes in New York and Florida, but in 2019 he changed his primary residence to Florida. However, Florida law does not apply in Trump’s case because he was convicted in New York. Instead, New York law applies.

“If you were convicted outside Florida, your voting rights are governed by the state where you were convicted,” as the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida explains on its website.

In 2021, New York state enacted a law that “restores the right to vote for a person convicted of a felony upon release from incarceration, regardless of if they are on parole or have a term of post-release supervision,” the New York State Board of Elections says . “If a convicted felon is not incarcerated, they are eligible to register to vote.”

Can a felon run for president, hold office?

Yes. According to Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution, there are three qualifications to serve as president: He or she must be at least 35 years old upon taking office, a U.S. resident for at least 14 years and a “natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States.”

“These qualifications are understood to be exclusive,” Josh Chafetz , a Georgetown University law professor, told us last year when we were writing about Trump’s federal indictment related to allegations of mishandling sensitive classified documents after he left office. “Anyone can be president so long as they meet the constitutional qualifications and do not trigger any constitutional disqualifications.”

“Someone can run for president while under indictment or even having been convicted and serving prison time,” said Chafetz, who pointed to the example of Eugene V. Debs, the late labor leader, who, in 1920, ran for president from prison on the Socialist Party ticket and got almost 1 million votes.

There is an exception to that rule. The Constitution says in Section 3 of the 14th Amendment that no U.S. officeholder, including the president, can serve if they are convicted of “engag[ing] in insurrection or rebellion” against the U.S. — something Trump has not been charged with either in this case or the three others he faces.

Six Colorado voters successfully sued in state court to prevent Trump from appearing on that state’s ballot, citing the constitutional amendment barring insurrectionists from holding federal office. But the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the state ruling, “[b]ecause the Constitution makes Congress, rather than the States, responsible for enforcing Section 3 against federal officeholders and candidates.”

Can Trump pardon himself on this conviction, if he wins?

The short answer is no.

Trump was convicted in New York for offenses in violation of state law. Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution states that a president has the “[p]ower to grant reprieves and pardons for offences against the United States.” According to Constitution Annotated , a government-sanctioned record of the interpretations of the Constitution, that means the power extends to “federal crimes but not state or civil wrongs.”

In a case decided in 1925, Ex parte Grossman , the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed that interpretation, writing that the Constitution’s language specifying presidential pardon power for offenses “against the United States” was “presumably to make clear that the pardon of the President was to operate upon offenses against the United States as distinguished from offenses against the States.”

The New York governor has the power to pardon Trump for his conviction of crimes under state law. That’s currently Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat. After the verdict, Republican Rep. Nick LaLota called on Hochul “to immediately announce her intention to pardon President Trump and pre-emptively commute any sentence. To not do so is to allow America to become a banana republic.” Hochul released a statement on May 30 saying, “Today’s verdict reaffirms that no one is above the law.”

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Minister Blair concludes productive trip to Singapore to strengthen Canada’s defence relations with Indo-Pacific allies and partners

From: National Defence

News release

The Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, concluded a visit to Singapore where he led Canada’s delegation to the Shangri-La Dialogue from May 31 to June 2

June 2, 2024 – Singapore – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces

The Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, concluded a visit to Singapore where he led Canada’s delegation to the Shangri-La Dialogue from May 31 to June 2. Minister Blair was joined by the Chief of the Defence Staff, General Wayne Eyre, and senior National Defence officials.

During his visit, Minister Blair announced the deployment of three Royal Canadian Navy vessels to Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), where Canadian sailors will operate alongside Indo-Pacific allies and partners. This year, the maritime component of the exercise will be led by a Canadian commodore – demonstrating Canada’s commitment to leadership as we engage with Indo-Pacific partners. Following RIMPAC, HMCS Vancouver will continue on to a deployment in the Indo-Pacific through Operation HORIZON, Canada’s revamped Indo-Pacific military mission. Thanks to Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, Canada is now deploying three frigates per year to the region for the second year in a row. 

The Minister also announced that Canada has joined the Multilateral Initiative for Defence Industrial Base Resilience in the Indo-Pacific, launched at the Shangri-La Dialogue by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III. This important initiative will ensure that Canada and its partners in the Indo-Pacific can develop a resilient defence industrial base ready with the necessary technological footings to face potential challenges in the region.

Minister Blair made these announcements in his remarks to the Shangri-La Dialogue’s sixth plenary session.

Over the course of the Dialogue, the Minister also highlighted Canada’s recently released defence policy update, Our North, Strong and Free (ONSAF). The new policy boosts Canada’s investments in our military so that it has the tools and training required to operate in Canada and around the world — including in the Indo-Pacific. Backed by $8.1 billion over five years and $73 billion over twenty years in additional defence spending, ONSAF strengthens Canada’s ability to implement the defence initiatives in its Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS).

During his visit to Singapore, Minister Blair met with: 

• Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles. Minister Blair and Deputy Prime Minister Marles discussed their recently released defence policies and strategies, and how Canada and Australia share a similar outlook on the strategic environment in the Indo-Pacific region. They also discussed the high level of defence collaboration between Canada and Australia in the region, including through the Five Eyes community, and how Canada and Australia can continue to advance this partnership by coordinating their military operations and regional exercises, defence materiel cooperation, and collaboration on advanced capabilities development.
• China’s Minister of National Defence, Dong Jun. Minister Blair stated Canada’s belief that open lines of communication between our countries, and particularly between our defence establishments, are essential. This meeting was an important step in that regard. During the meeting, Minister Blair reiterated the importance of responsible state behaviour in accordance with international law. Minister Blair expressed Canada’s concern regarding PRC’s foreign interference. Minister Blair further highlighted Canada’s concern about recent Chinese military exercises around Taiwan, as well as China’s ongoing and growing economic and financial support to Russia. Minister Blair reiterated that communication between both countries is vital – and welcomed future opportunities for continued dialogue.    
• Japan’s Minister of Defense, Kihara Minoru. The Ministers discussed their countries’ strong bilateral defence partnership, the Women, Peace and Security agenda, and their intent to maintain momentum on strategic defence dialogue and bilateral defence cooperation. Minister Blair highlighted how the investments in Canada’s new defence policy, ONSAF, will support its contributions to the Indo-Pacific region. Minister Blair also thanked his Japanese counterpart for hosting Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) aircraft monitoring the implementation of sanctions against North Korea under Operation NEON.
• Republic of Korea Defence Minister Shin Won-sik. The Ministers discussed their growing bilateral defence partnership and Minister Blair highlighted how the investments in Canada’s new defence policy, ONSAF, will support Canada’s contributions to the Indo-Pacific region. Minister Blair noted Canada’s historic and ongoing contributions to Korean security, and reaffirmed Canada’s commitment through ongoing sanctions monitoring activities under Operation NEON, and contributions to the United Nations Command (UNC), including through the leadership of the current Canadian Deputy Commander of the UNC in the Republic of Korea.
• Malaysia’s Minister of Defence, Khaled Nordin. Minister Blair reiterated Canada’s commitment to their countries’ dynamic defence relationship and highlighted how Canada’s new defence policy, ONSAF, bolsters Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy commitments. Both Ministers discussed existing and future areas of bilateral and multilateral cooperation, including through ASEAN.
• New Zealand’s Minister of Defence, Judith Collins. The Ministers discussed the importance of security cooperation between Canada and New Zealand as Five Eyes partners with shared values and extensive defence ties. Minister Blair reiterated how the commitments in Canada’s new defence policy, ONSAF, support Canada’s readiness to deliver on its Indo-Pacific Strategy. The Ministers explored future opportunities for defence collaboration in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.
• The Philippines’ Secretary of Defense, Gilberto Teodoro. Minister Blair recognized that 2024 marks 75 years of Canada-Philippines diplomatic ties, and reaffirmed Canada’s commitment to growing bilateral defence relations. The Minister and Secretary discussed the defence cooperation activities outlined in the Defence Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding signed in January 2024 and the implementation of Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy. 
• Singapore’s Minister for Defence, Dr Ng Eng Hen. Minister Blair thanked his counterpart for once again hosting the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. The Ministers discussed the implementation of Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, as well as the progress made on the Defence Cooperation Arrangement signed by the two countries, which enables increased opportunities for interaction and partnership between the two countries’ armed forces.

During his trip to Singapore, Minister Blair engaged with young leaders from diplomatic, military, academic and civil society backgrounds at the International Institute for Strategic Studies’ Southeast Asia Young Leaders Programme roundtable.

Minister Blair also attended the Cohen Group’s policy breakfast, hosted by General Mike Scaparrotti, former North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Supreme Allied Commander. During the breakfast, defence leaders discussed the current security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region and how allies and partners can work toward common goals.

The Shangri-La Dialogue is a cornerstone event of Canada’s defence diplomacy in the region. The event brings together delegates from more than 50 countries to discuss regional security challenges and engage in important bilateral discussions with Indo-Pacific counterparts. As a Pacific nation, the security and stability of the broader Indo-Pacific region is vital in shaping Canada’s future and prosperity.

This was Minister Blair’s first official trip to the Indo-Pacific region as Minister of National Defence. The Canadian Minister of National Defence has attended the Shangri-La Dialogue every year since 2017. 

“Canada is a Pacific nation, and the security and prosperity of the Indo-Pacific region are vital to Canada’s future. Through Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, we are significantly boosting our military presence in the Indo-Pacific — including by deploying three frigates per year to the region for the second year in a row. Together with our partners and allies, Canada is standing up for a free, open, and inclusive Indo-Pacific.” - The Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence 

Quick facts

Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy is a comprehensive and integrated framework for increased Canadian engagement across the Indo-Pacific region. Canada will continue to work with allies and partners in the region to promote a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region.  

Through the strategy, Canada has increased its engagement, cooperation, and collaboration in the region to promote global peace and stability. As it continues to implement the Strategy, Canada’s focus includes persistent deployment in the region, increased participation in exercises and activities, tailored training, and cyber defence cooperation with regional partners. 

Canada military operations in the region include Operations (Op) NEON and HORIZON. We also participate in international exercises, such as Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) and collaborate with partners through Canada’s Military Training and Cooperation Program.

Op HORIZON is the Canadian Armed Force’s mission to implement the defence elements of Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy by increasing Canada’s military presence in the region, allowing for more engagement, cooperation, and collaboration. 

In April 2024, HMCS Montréal set sail for the Indo-Pacific region under Op Horizon. It is the first of three Halifax class frigates that are annually deploying to the region under Op HORIZON in support of Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, to uphold the rules-based international order and promote a free, open, and inclusive Indo-Pacific region.

This week, HMCS Vancouver will depart for Hawaii to take part in RIMPAC 2024 before proceeding to Op HORIZON in the Indo-Pacific region. HMCS Vancouver will also participate in Op NEON in the coming months.  

Associated links

• Minister Blair addresses the Sixth Plenary Session of the 2024 Shangri-La Dialogue
• Minister Blair announces deployment of Royal Canadian Navy ships to the Indo-Pacific Region
• Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy
• Operation NEON
• Operation HORIZON
• Our North, Strong and Free: A Renewed Vision for Canada’s Defence
• Backgrounder: Our North, Strong and Free: A Renewed Vision for Canada’s Defence

Diana Ebadi Press Secretary and Communications Advisor Office of the Minister of National Defence Email:   [email protected]

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