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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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The 25 Best Travel Photography Quotes

A Post By: Jeremy Flint

Looking for travel photography quotes that’ll instruct, motivate, and inspire?

In this article, I share my top 25 favorite quotes for travel photographers of all stripes, including beginners, hobbyists, and even professionals. I’ve tried to include a mix of sources, so while some of the quoted photographers are classic travel shooters, others are much more contemporary.

I encourage you to read each quote carefully. Think about what it means. Then pick your favorites, write them down (or memorize them!), and try to apply them to your own photography on a regular basis.

So without further ado, let’s take a look at the best travel photography quotes in 2022, starting with some absolute classics.

1.“The whole point of taking pictures is so that you don’t have to explain things in words.” – Elliott Erwitt

Magnum photographer Elliott Erwitt notes that a photo can offer a visual for a subject that can’t (or shouldn’t) be explained. In essence, an image can provide description when words fail; it can also lead to better reactions, emotions, and thoughts.

2. “A picture is worth a thousand words.” – Frederick Barnard

This classic quote was reportedly first used by Frederick R. Barnard in Printer’s Ink magazine way back in 1921. Barnard was arguing that graphics can tell a story as effectively as descriptive text, and as admirers of National Geographic know, that’s still true today.

3. “You can always take a great photo – no matter what the conditions.” – Steve Davey

This quote comes from Travel Photography , a comprehensive guide written by Steve Davey, master of the craft. Davey is suggesting that while a photoshoot might not quite live up to your expectations, you can always achieve a unique image (even if it’s not a fine-art print destined for the wall).

4. “Travel photography is really a way of life: a way of traveling” – Steve Davey

This is another classic from Steve Davey; here, he’s speaking to the way that travel photography trips involve spending most of your time capturing places and experiencing new cultures. Getting out there to see and embrace the world is all part of the life of a travel photographer!

5. “Travel and photography have always been intertwined. I think we have such a brief amount of time in this world that I can’t think of a better use of it than to travel, to photograph the world, to experience life in different places. To me, there’s nothing more important than that.” – Steve McCurry

This quote, from photography legend Steve McCurry, highlights the very essence of travel photography. At root, it’s about experiencing the world and capturing its unique and wonderful elements.

6. “Being in the right place at the right time is, of course, the prime essential of all photography.” – David Noton

Noton’s statement simply highlights the importance of being there – after searching and finding a location to photograph and capturing the scene when the light is right . The location could be anywhere: A familiar place that you’ve captured before, a landscape in a far-off land, or some unexplored local area.

7. “Never stop looking. No matter where you are, there are good photographs.” – Art Wolfe

You don’t need to trek to the ends of the earth to create a special travel photo. All you need is a bit of luck; some magical light or even a rainbow can transform a boring, local landscape into a breathtaking scene.

Additional quotes for travel photographers

Need additional inspiration? Here are a few additional travel photography quotes to get those creative juices flowing:

8. “Most of the information we now get is through television and is mutilated. Photography offers the opportunity to spend much more time on a topic. It’s a relatively cheaper medium and can allow a photographer really to live in another place, show another reality, get closer to the truth.” – Sebastiao Salgado

9. “a traveler seeks engagement with the local people and culture, while a sightseer just checks off sights in the guidebook. a sightseeing photographer stands apart from the culture, snapping pictures at a distance. a travel photographer becomes involved with his or her surroundings and the people; the resulting pictures become more intimate.” – jim richardson.

10. “Having a camera around your neck gives you a good excuse to be nosy.” – Martin Parr

11. “the earth is art; the photographer is only a witness.” – yann arthus-bertrand, 12. “my life is shaped by the urgent need to wander and observe, and my camera is my passport.” – steve mccurry, 13. “there are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.” – ansel adams, 14. “don’t shoot what it looks like. shoot what it feels like.” – david allan harvey, 15. “photography isn’t about just pushing that button. it’s about the experience of being there.” – don mccullin, 16. “if i go to a place, it’s not to record what is going on only. it’s to try and have a picture which concretizes a situation in one glance and which has the strong relations of shapes. and when i go to a country, well, i’m hoping always to get that one picture about which people will say, “ah, this is true. you felt it right.” – henri cartier-bresson, 17. “the most valuable things in life are a man’s memories. and they are priceless.” – andre kertesz, 18. “my favorite thing is to go where i’ve never been.” – diane arbus, 19. “sometimes i arrive just when god’s ready to have someone click the shutter.” – ansel adams, 20. “i think of myself as an explorer who has spent his life on a long voyage of discovery.” – paul strand.

Timeless one-liners

In this final section, I share a handful of oft-repeated quotes. While they generally don’t have a clear author, they’re certainly relevant to travel photographers!

21. “Take only pictures, leave only footprints.”

22. “always say yes to new adventures.”, 23. “only going places that spark joy.”, 24. “keep calm and travel on.”, 25. “life is not meant to be in one place.”, the best travel photography quotes: final words.

Whether you’re just starting out in travel photography or are a seasoned pro, I hope you found some of the quotes in this article useful. The next time you’re about to head out on a trip or you hit a creative rut, remember these quotes – and let them guide you in your photography!

Now over to you:

Which of these quotes is your favorite? Do you have any additional travel photography quotes that you love? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

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Jeremy Flint is an award-winning photographer and writer, specialising in travel, landscape and location photography and is known for documenting images of beautiful destinations, cultures and communities from around the world. Jeremy has won awards including the National Geographic Traveller Grand Prize and the Association of Photographers Discovery Award, besides being commended in Outdoor Photographer of the Year. He has also been a finalist in the Travel Photographer of the year and British Photography Awards several times. He has been commissioned by commercial and editorial clients worldwide including National Geographic Traveller, Country Life, Discover Britain, USA National Parks and Visit Britain and has travelled extensively to over 65 countries.

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Travel Photography Quotes To Inspire Your Adventures

Why do you travel, and what makes travel photography special to you? Whether you’re looking to get the best travel photography quotes for Instagram, to write on a travel photo or just to inspire you, I hope these do the trick!

I picked the quotes that spoke to me the most, and that I hope make you excited to take more travel photos, but also to wander and take more photos even in your own backyard. They’re from famous photographers, travelers, authors and more to help you live your best travel photography life!

Travel Photography Quotes

Let these quotes inspire you to take amazing travel photos, and to not be afraid to be yourself and photograph what you see. When you travel, you have an amazing story to tell, and photography is an excellent way to tell your story by showing others what you’ve seen and experienced!

1. “A photographer must be prepared to catch and hold on to those elements which give distinction to the subject or lend it atmosphere. They are often momentary, chance-sent things: a gleam of light on water, a trail of smoke from a passing train, a cat crossing a threshold, the shadows cast by a setting sun. Sometimes they are a matter of luck; the photographer could not expect or hope for them. Sometimes they are a matter of patience, waiting for an effect to be repeated that he has seen and lost or for one that he anticipates.” ― Bill Brandt

2. “When people look at my pictures I want them to feel the way they do when they want to read a line of a poem twice.” ― Robert Frank

3. “Travel and photography have always been intertwined. I think we have such a brief amount of time in this world that I can’t think of a better use of my time than to travel, to photograph the world, experience life in different places. To me, there’s nothing more important than that.” ― Steve McCurry

4. “A traveler seeks engagement with the local people and culture, while a sightseer just checks off sights in the guidebook. A sightseeing photographer stands apart from the culture, snapping pictures at a distance. A travel photographer becomes involved with his or her surroundings and the people; the resulting pictures become more intimate.” ― Jim Richardson

5. “Sometimes the most interesting visual phenomena occur when you least expect it. Other times, you think you’re getting something amazing and the photographs turn out to be boring and predictable. So I think that’s why, a long time ago, I consciously tried to let go of artists’ angst, and instead just hope for the best and enjoy it. I love the journey as much as the destination. If I wasn’t a photographer, I’d still be a traveller.” ― Michael Kenna

6. “I hope to bring back pictures from the world that open people’s eyes – pictures that suggest the enigmatic nature of the world we live in, as well as its variety, complexity, beauty, and pain.” ― Alex Webb

7. “Don’t shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like.” ― David Alan Harvey

8. “No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.” ― Ansel Adams

9. “It was more about trying to find the essence of the place, what was unique. What was it about this place that made it intriguing? There’s no guarantee that you’re going to make good pictures just because you happen to be in an exotic location. The same rules of photography still apply: light and composition and a particular moment. You may be in an incredible place with an incredible story to tell, but you still have to craft it in a certain way.” ― Steve McCurry

10. “It may look like I’m just pointing the camera at what’s in front of me. But I’m trying to photograph what people see, but don’t notice – something that’s mysterious and unknown in everyday life.” ― Daido Moriyama

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

12. “No place is boring if you had a good nights’ sleep and a pocket full of unexposed film.” ― Robert Adams

13. “Photography is a form of time travel.” ― Neil DeGrasse Tyson

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

15. “There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.” ― Ansel Adams

16. “Travel becomes a strategy for accumulating photographs.” ― Susan Sontag

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

18. “Sometimes I do get to places just when God’s ready to have somebody click the shutter.” ― Ansel Adams

19. “Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

20. “Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.” ― Ansel Adams

21. “When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.” ― Ansel Adams

22. “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 Mafia 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” – Anthony Bourdain

23. “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.” ― Anthony Bourdain

24. “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness.” ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand

25. “I think of myself as a writer who photographs. Images, for me, can be considered poems, short stories or essays. And I’ve always thought the best place for my photographs was inside books of my own creation.” ― Sam Abell

26. “I brush aside words and ideas and focus on photography as a means of expressing a message that is both psychological and phenomenological. Without that framework, my approach is very simple – there is no artistry. I just shoot freely. For example, most of my snapshots I take from a moving car, or while running, without the finder, and in those instances, one might say that I’m taking the pictures more with my body than with my eyes.” ― Daido Moriyama

27. “Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever… It remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.” ― Aaron Siskind

28. “The camera makes you forget you’re there. It’s not like you are hiding but you forget, you are just looking so much.” ― Annie Leibovitz

29. “A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.” ― Diane Arbus

30. “The artist’s world is limitless. It can be found anywhere far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.”   ― Paul Strand

31. “The camera is an excuse to be someplace you otherwise don’t belong. It gives me both a point of connection and a point of separation.” ― Susan Meiselas

32. “The camera is much more than a recording apparatus, it is a medium via which messages reach us from another world.” ― Orson Welles

33. “If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t need to lug around a camera.” ― Lewis Hine

34. “The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” ― Dorothea Lange

35. “When the world asks, “what was it like?” Only the photographers can say, “See!” ― Mark Denman

36. “Your inspiration is better if it comes from many different sources and your sensibilities will transform all those influences and inspiration into your own visual world. It’s like reading the book instead of watching the movie.” ― Peter Lindbergh

37. “As a young person, and I know it’s hard to believe that I was shy, but you could take your camera, and it would take you to places: it was like having a friend, like having someone to go out with and look at the world. I would do things with a camera I wouldn’t do normally if I was just by myself.” ― Annie Leibovitz

Nature Travel Photography Quotes

Nature photography can be done wherever there’s nature, but even if you just go outside your front door to get a photo of a flower, it’s still travel in a sense – so these quotes apply to both! Exploration and discovery are common themes here. I love taking nature photos wherever I am, at home and while traveling!

38. “Both the grand and the intimate aspects of nature can be revealed in the expressive photograph. Both can stir enduring affirmations and discoveries, and can surely help the spectator in his search for identification with the vast world of natural beauty and wonder surrounding him.” ― Ansel Adams

39. “There are no forms in nature. Nature is a vast, chaotic collection of shapes. You as an artist create configurations out of chaos. You make a formal statement where there was none to begin with. All art is a combination of an external event and an internal event… I make a photograph to give you the equivalent of what I felt. Equivalent is still the best word.” ― Ansel Adams

40. “The whole world is, to me, very much “alive” – all the little growing things, even the rocks. I can’t look at a swell bit of grass and earth, for instance, without feeling the essential life – the things going on – within them. The same goes for a mountain, or a bit of the ocean, or a magnificent piece of old wood.” ― Ansel Adams

41. “It is my intention to present – through the medium of photography – intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.” ― Ansel Adams

42. “Beauty can be seen in all things, seeing and composing the beauty is what separates the snapshot from the photograph.” ― Matt Hardy

43. “Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy – your work becomes a dance with light and the weather. It takes you to a place within yourself.” ― Annie Leibovitz

Wanderlust Quotes

That feeling of wanting and needing to travel and explore, to experience new things, to just go somewhere other than your usual places… that’s wanderlust. It’s related to travel, but a bit different – so here are some quotes to inspire you, or to help you communicate that feeling of wanderlust!

44. “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

45. “For always roaming with a hungry heart, much have I seen and known.” — Alfred, Lord Tennyson

46. “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

47. “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

48. “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

​​49. “Every experience is a form of exploration.” ― Ansel Adams

50. “Without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, and moribund.” ― Anthony Bourdain

Travel Quotes

Alright, now for some travel quotes to inspire you to get out there and travel so you can take some photos to share with the world, on your Instagram or elsewhere, and so you can get more stories and life experiences… travel helps us grow and evolve, which are things that also inspire great photography! When thinking of photography inspiration and ideas, these can help:

51. “Travel is never a matter of money but of courage.” ― Paulo Coelho

52. “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.” — Anthony Bourdain

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

54. “It is all very beautiful and magical here – a quality which cannot be described. You have to live it and breathe it, let the sun bake it into you. The skies and land are so enormous, and the detail so precise and exquisite that wherever you are you are isolated in a glowing world between the macro and the micro, where everything is sidewise under you and over you, and the clocks stopped long ago.” ― Ansel Adams

55. “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

56. “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.” ― Anthony Bourdain

57. “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

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

59. “It liberates the vandal to travel — you never saw a bigoted, opinionated, stubborn, narrow-minded, self-conceited, almighty mean man in your life but he had stuck in one place since he was born and thought God made the world and dyspepsia and bile for his especial comfort and satisfaction.” ― Mark Twain

60. “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

61. “I could spend my life arriving each evening in a new city.” ― Bill Bryson

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

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

Adventure Travel Quotes

When you’re traveling, everything is an adventure if you let it be – the journey is sometimes more of an adventure than the destination! Here are some quotes to get you into the adventure mindset and get to snapping those photos:

64. “An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.” — Gilbert K. Chesterton

65. “So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” — Mark Twain

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

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

68. “Few places in this world are more dangerous than home. Fear not, therefore, to try the mountain passes. They will kill care, save you from deadly apathy, set you free, and call forth every faculty into vigorous, enthusiastic action.” — John Muir

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

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

71. “Just to travel is rather boring, but to travel with a purpose is educational and exciting.” — Sargent Shriver

72. “With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.” ― Mark Twain

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

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74. “It is better to travel well than to arrive.” ― Buddha

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

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

77. “You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.” – Paulo Coelho

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

79. “Half the fun of the travel is the esthetic of lostness.” ― Ray Bradbury

80. “Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.” ― Paulo Coelho

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

82. “I think food, culture, people, and landscape are all absolutely inseparable.” ― Anthony Bourdain

83. “If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” ― Paulo Coelho

84. “Do what you can, where you are, with what you have.” ― Teddy Roosevelt

Conclusion: 84 Best Travel Photography Quotes

So, there you have it! Quotes to inspire you to take more pictures, to photograph what you want, when and where because what you see matters – for your own memories, and for how you’re going to tell your travel stories to others (even if they only see your photos)!

You can definitely work on improving your photography skills as you go, but it’s mostly about developing your eye – getting what you see into the frame. Then, it’s all practice from there!

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Hi! I'm Sarah Simon, the founder of Mukikapup's Travels! I created this blog as a place to share travel and photography tips that I've learned and additional research using my experience solo traveling and living abroad, plus getting various degrees, including a Masters in Archaeology from Tel Aviv University in Israel. Mukikapup is a character my grandfather created to tell us stories about - read more on my "about" page. I'm so glad you're here!

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105 Vacation Captions for Your Next Travel-inspired Instagram Post

Enhance your best travel photos with these clever quotes and funny lines — perfect for any destination.

Since 1971, Travel + Leisure editors have followed one mission: to inform, inspire, and guide travelers to have deeper, more meaningful experiences. T+L's editors have traveled to countries all over the world, having flown, sailed, road tripped, and taken the train countless miles. They've visited small towns and big cities, hidden gems and popular destinations, beaches and mountains, and everything in between. With a breadth of knowledge about destinations around the globe, air travel, cruises, hotels, food and drinks, outdoor adventure, and more, they are able to take their real-world experience and provide readers with tried-and-tested trip ideas, in-depth intel, and inspiration at every point of a journey.

In the age of social media, there's a lot of pressure to be a wordsmith and create the perfect eye-catching travel post in real time. You've already got the breathtaking photos for Instagram; now you just need a suitable caption to wrap up your experiences.

Crafting your posts might even detract from being in the moment. To avoid this, instead of uploading photos throughout the day, try doing it before bed — or even as a post-vacation roundup. Keep the apps closed while you're enjoying an experience and turn off notifications to minimize distractions. Remember to use ethical posting practices, like avoiding geotags that could harm a destination or its locals — both people and wildlife.

With great photos and travel-inspired quotes and one-liners at the ready, every traveler can share witty posts — no matter the destination. Below, get some inspiration or borrow one of these vacation captions for Instagram.

Vacation Captions for Instagram

It's about the journey, not the destination. But maybe it's a little bit about the destination … #[location]

Keep calm and travel on.

Wanderlust: a desire to travel and to understand one's very existence.

An adventure a day keeps the doctor away.

Up, up, and away … [airplane emoji]

Vacation mode: activated.

Out of office. [waving hand emoji]

Always take the scenic route.

Every day is one step closer to your next vacation.

Let the adventure begin.

PSA: use your PTO!

Do not disturb.

On cloud 9. [cloud emoji]

Wings up, notifications off. [airplane emoji]

In touch, but out of reach.

Check out and check in.

BRB, need a break.

Today's to-do list.

Don't call, thx!

Be back never. [peace sign hand emoji]

Take me to the airport. [airplane emoji]

Far off ...

Catch flights, not feelings!

Listen to your heart (and you'll find yourself at the airport).

See you never!

If I haven't responded to you, here's why.

Mentally, I'm still here.

Current views.

Memories in the making!

[pinpoint emoji] until further notice.

[destination].jpg

Digital greetings from [destination].

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Beach Caption Ideas

Time to seas the day.

Life's a beach.

Time for some vitamin sea. [beach emoji]

I never met a sunset I didn't like. [sunset emoji]

The tan will fade, but the memories will last forever.

Palm trees and the ocean breeze.

It's a shore thing.

On island time. [palm tree emoji]

Sunshine on my mind.

Every day is sun-day at the beach.

Incoming: vacation vibes. [sunglasses-wearing emoji]

Salty over this trip's ending.

Sunshine is my antidote. [sun emoji]

Mountain-inspired Captions

Find me where the wild things are.

The mountains are my happy place.

Sky above. Earth below. Peace within.

The best views come from the hardest climb.

Take me to the mountains.

All good things are wild and free.

Adventure awaits.

I will move mountains.

Climbing my way to bigger and better things.

A change of scenery.

Today's forecast [weather emoji].

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European Vacation Captions

Italy stole a pizza my heart.

London calling.

Doing it for the Amster-gram.

I Louvre Paris.

When in Rome …

Leaving Germany is going to be the wurst.

It's always pub o'clock in London!

Fiesta like there's no mañana.

Choc full of Belgian chocolate! [chocolate bar emoji]

Irish I never had to leave Ireland.

Sea you soon, Croatia.

Eiffel for France, and now I never want to leave.

Czech this out!

New passport stamp! [green check emoji]

Real big [destination] energy. [flag emoji]

Have a good trip! [in the destination's language]

Cheers! [in the destination's language]

Hello, [Destination]! [in the destination's language]

U.S. Destinations and Staycation Captions

Viva Las Vegas!

Woke up in the city that never sleeps.

Chicago has blown me away — now I see why they call it the #WindyCity!

California dreaming.

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.

North is a direction. The South is a lifestyle.

Everything's bigger in Texas.

New York state of mind.

Seattle days and summer rays!

Welcome to colorful Colorado.

All you need is a little faith, trust, and pixie dust.

Escaping in place.

Hometown tourist.

Not pictured: [something unexpected not shown in the photos].

Bright lights and neon nights.

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Travel quotes that make perfect vacation captions.

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

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

“The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” — Oprah Winfrey

“Travel is about the gorgeous feeling of teetering in the unknown.” — Anthony Bourdain

“Each fresh peak ascended teaches something.” — Sir Martin Convay

“Travel can be anywhere, it's not measured in miles.” — Samantha Brown

“Never stop doing things for the first time.” — Anonymous

“There should be sympathy cards for having to go back to work after vacation.” — Anonymous

“Jet lag is for amateurs.” — Dick Clark

“Bizarre travel plans are dancing lessons from God.” — Kurt Vonnegut

“I've been everywhere, man.” — Johnny Cash

“On the road again. Just can't wait to get on the road again.” — Willie Nelson

"Grab your passport and my hand." — Taylor Swift

"Take me anywhere, I don't care." — The Smiths

"Heaven is [another] place on earth." — Belinda Carlisle

"I'm walking fast through the traffic lights. Busy streets and busy lives …" — Taylor Swift

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120 Best Travel Quotes (with Photos) to Fuel Your Wanderlust

Travel quotes possess a unique power, encapsulating the essence of our journeying experiences. Whether they are motivational quotes about traveling or inspirational travel quotes on exploration, these words often resonate deeply within us. I have curated a collection of inspiring quotes paired with captivating images to convey the profound sentiments evoked by travel.

When merged with striking visuals, these quotes possess the ability to transport others to the essence of your travel encounters. My selection of travel quotes is designed to ignite inspiration and drive, urging you and fellow wanderers to embark on new explorations. Whether as travel quotes for Instagram or Pinterest , these words are crafted to accompany your travel stories seamlessly. For an extra dose of wanderlust, explore my adventure quotes as well!

Prepare to be stirred by a fusion of my cherished travel quotes and poignant photographs captured during my journeys. Let these words and images kindle your wanderlust!

120 Best Travel Quotes

Travel adventure quotes.

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

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

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

4. “It is better to travel well than to arrive.” – Buddha

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

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

7. “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.” – Mark Twain

8. Is there something you want to do that freaks you out? Go for it! Sometimes, the scariest ideas turn into the best travel memories.

11. “Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.” – Paul Theroux

12. “Great things never came from comfort zones.”

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

14. “The travel route to wisdom starts with the first step, even if it is taken in the wrong direction.” – Paulo Coelho

15. “The best trips are the ones where you don’t make any plans and just see where the wind takes you.”

16. “Adventure may hurt you, but monotony will kill you.”

Famous Travel Quotes

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

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

19. “Never let your memories be greater than your dreams.”

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

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

24. “Travel makes one modest, you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.”

25. “Jobs fill your pockets, adventures fill your soul.” – Jamie Lyn Beatty

26. “Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.”

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

28. “Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.”

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

Time to Travel Quotes

30. “The gladdest moment in human life, me thinks, is a departure into unknown lands.” – Sir Richard Burton

31. “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

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

33. “Traveling is like an adventure where you don’t know what’s going to happen next, but you’re excited to find out.”

34. “The world is a magical place, and it’s full of adventures waiting to be had.”

35. “I thought I wanted a career. Turns out I just want a paycheck to buy plane tickets.”

36. “I want to make memories all over the world.”

37. “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

Inspirational Travel Quotes

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

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

42. “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

43. “Without new experiences, something inside us sleeps. The sleeper must be awakened.”

44. “Travel, because money returns. Time doesn’t.”

45. “Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.” -H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Travel Quotes for Couples

46. “Adventures are best served together.”

47. “Let’s get lost.”

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

49. “Travel brings power and love back to your life.” — Rumi

50. “Actually, the best gift you could have given her was a lifetime of adventures.”– Lewis Carroll

51. “To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return.” – Margaret Mitchell

53. “Be careful who you make memories with. Those things can last a lifetime.” — Ugo Eze

54. “I’ve fallen in love with adventures, so I begin to wonder if that’s why I’ve fallen for you.” – E. Grin

55. “A couple who travel together, grow together.” – Ahmad Fuadi

Memory Travel Quotes

56. “The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see.” – Gilbert K. Chesterton

57. “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.”

58. “I’m in love with cities I’ve never been to and people I’ve never met.” – John Green

59. “Traveling- it leaves you speechless then turns you into a storyteller.” -Ibn Battuta

60. “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

61. “You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy plane tickets, which is kind of the same thing.”

62. “Traveling is a way to discover new cultures and ways of life, to learn about the world and ourselves, and to create lasting memories.”

63. “Live with no excuses and travel with no regrets.” -Oscar Wilde

64. “Girls just wanna have sun.”

65. “Culture shock is feeling homesick but not knowing where home is.” – Rick Steves

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

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

Short Travel Quotes

68. “The world is a canvas to the imagination.” – Henry David Thoreau

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

71. “I’m not a tourist, I’m a traveler.” – Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) in 24

72. “Backpacking is money spent on education.”

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

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

75. “The great affair is to move.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

76. “Never stop doing things for the first time.”

77. “Travel is like an endless university. You never stop learning.” -Harvey Lloyd

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

79. “Travel is my therapy.”

80. “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.”

81. “Do not dare not to dare.”

82. “Be afraid. And do it anyway.”

Instagram Travel Quotes

83. “I Googled my symptoms. Turns out I just needed to go on a vacay.”

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

85. “I wish I had never gone traveling.” Said no one, EVER!

86. “Because when you stop and look around, this life is pretty amazing.”

89. “I am not a great reader. I am more of a man of action. But I do like a good book about travel and adventure.” – Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford)

90. “I’ve got 99 problems. But I’m on vacation, so I’m ignoring them all!”

Funny Travel Quotes

91. “This is my resting beach face.”

92. “I love those days when my only decision is window or aisle.”

93. “The road to enlightenment is long and difficult, and you should try not to forget snacks and beer.”

94. “I followed my heart, and it led me to the airport.”

95. “I’m getting used to wearing flip-flops everywhere. It’s a dangerous place to be. Next thing you know, I’m gonna show up to a board meeting in sandals.”

96. “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

97. “You know it’s time for vacation when you start looking like the person on your driver’s license.”

98. “In Travel Mode. Do not disturb.”

99. “Girls don’t wait for the prince anymore. They pack and travel the world.”

Solo Travel Quotes

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

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

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

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

104. “This heart of mine was made to travel this world.”

105. “My Friend: I’m getting a house. Another Friend: I’m having a baby. His Friend: I’m getting married…Me: I’m headed to the airport.”

107. “Travel doesn’t become an adventure until you leave yourself behind.”

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

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

110. “I’m a travel addict on the road to recovery. Just kidding. I’m headed to the airport.”

Family Travel Quotes

111. “Traveling with kids is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.”

112. “Traveling with kids is not a vacation. It’s an adventure.”

113. “Traveling with kids is like taking a time machine back to when you were a kid and experiencing everything with them.”

114. “Two of the greatest gifts we can give our children are roots and wings.” -Hodding Carter

115. “Traveling in the company of those we love is home in motion.” -Leigh Hunt

116. “The world is a playground, and traveling with kids is like having a VIP pass.”

117. “The greatest legacy we can leave our children is happy memories.” -Og Mandino

118. “Forget toys. It’s time to travel.”

119. “Every day we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.” -Charles R Swindoll

120. “Making memories one family trip at a time.”

Travel Captions

Unleash your creativity by crafting personalized pins and infuse them with the enchanting allure of these remarkable travel quotes.

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

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

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

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

“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

“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

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

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

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 harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ~ Mark Twain

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

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

“A traveler without observation is a bird without wings” ~ Moslih Eddin Saadi

Final Thoughts on the Best Travel Quotes

May these travel quotes ignite a passion within you to embrace life to the fullest and perceive the world through a lens of excitement. Whether you seek a respite from the rigors of office life or embark on a thrilling backpacking expedition, each encounter you face will serve as invaluable lessons and cherished memories.

Incorporate these travel quotes into your journal entries, share them across your social media platforms to rally friends to join your adventures, or use them as captivating captions for your upcoming posts. Let the spirit of wanderlust proliferate and inspire a wave of exploration!

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Travel Captions For Instagram – 100 Instagram Travel Caption Ideas For Your Epic Travel Photos

Posted on Last updated: June 11, 2021

As a full-time travel blogger and Instagrammer, I know how hard it can be to craft the perfect Instagram caption to go with your epic travel photos .

Whether you just spent the day island hopping in Italy , hiking in the Azores or swimming in waterfalls in Sri Lanka , chances are you have gorgeous photos of your adventures.

It’s only normal to want to share them with your family and friends back home! So you sit down at the end of the day, open Instagram, choose a photo, but you’re struggling to decide what to say with it.

That’s where this Instagram travel captions article comes in! In this post I listed over 100 caption suggestions that you can use with your awesome travel photos!

Whether you’re searching for inspirational quotes or funny captions, there is something here for everyone. I also included some captions for different trip types, ranging from road trips with friends to beach vacations with family.

So what are you waiting for, let’s dive in and discover the best travel captions for Instagram!

• 1 Inspirational travel quotes for Instagram
• 2 Funny travel captions for Instagram
• 3 Adventure captions for Instagram
• 4 Travel captions for your beach & summer photos
• 5 Throwback captions for travel
• 6 Family vacation captions
• 7 Short travel quotes for Instagram
• 8 Road trip instagram captions

Inspirational travel quotes for Instagram

These are some of my personal favourite travel quotes , which always make for an excellent Instagram caption for travel photos.

They’re the inspirational sort of travel captions, which will make anyone reading them cringe a bit, but also want to pack a suitcase and jump on a plane.

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

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

“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

“To live would be an awfully big adventure”–  Peter Pan

“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

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

“Adventure should be part of everyone’s life. It is the whole difference between being fully alive and just existing.” –  Holly Morris

“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

“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 Bourdain is the host of some of the most incredible travel TV shows , a must-see for anyone looking for travel inspiration while at home !)

“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

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

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

Funny travel captions for Instagram

Sometimes we don’t want to be inspirational. We want to be witty and funny, so that our friends back home following us on Instagram don’t think we’re obnoxious travellers.

If that’s what you’re looking for, these funny Instagram travel captions are perfect for you!

“I don’t know where I’m going from here but I promise it won’t be boring.” –  David Bowie

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” –  John Lennon

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

“If thinking about it makes you excited, imagine actually doing it!” –  Anonymous

“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

“If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine. It’s lethal.” –  Paulo Coelho

“No, no! The adventures first, explanations take such a dreadful time.” –  Lewis Carroll

“When there is no WiFi, you might be about to have an adventure.” –  Anonymous

“No good story ever starts with “ oh do you remember that unforgettable day at the office?! ” – Anonymous

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

Adventure captions for Instagram

Sometimes inspirational isn’t enough, we want to caption our Instagram travel photos with something that will really move our followers.

These adventure quotes for Instagram are perfect for your more adventurous travel photos.

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

“Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure, and go ever upward.”–  Drew Houston

“A comfort zone is a beautiful place… but nothing ever grows there.” –  Anonymous

“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

“Adventure can be an end in itself. Self-discovery is the secret ingredient.” –  Grace Lichtenstein

“There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.” – Jack Kerouac (Taken from “On The Road”, one of the best travel books , which then became also an awesome travel movie )

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

“If we wait until we are ready, we will be waiting for the rest of our life!” –  Lemony Snicket

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

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

“Actually, the best gift you could have given her was a lifetime of adventures.” – Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

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

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

“We live in a 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

“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” –  Walt Disney

“Travel doesn’t become an adventure, until you leave yourself behind.” –  Anonymous

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

Travel captions for your beach & summer photos

As you may guess from other content on this blog, beach destinations are my absolute favourite. So it’s only natural that I would have a large amount of beach and summer photos on my Instagram page.

If you’re looking for awesome beach quotes to match your photos, these summer vacation captions are perfect for that!  

“At the beach, life is different. Time doesn’t move hour to hour but mood to moment. We live by the currents, plan with the tides and follow the sun.” –  Sandy Gingras

“Sunshine is the best medicine.” –  Unknown

“There’s no place I’d rather be, Then on my surfboard out at sea, Lingering in the ocean blue, And if I had one wish come true, I’d surf till the sun sets, Beyond the horizon” –  Lilo & Stitch  (Honestly, this movie is one of the main reasons Hawaii is so high on my  travel bucket list  and the reason I started  surfing !)

“Sky above, sand below, peace within.” –  Unknown

“I believe in the ocean curing all bad moods. I believe in the waves wiping away worries. I believe in seashells bringing good luck. I believe in toes in the sand grounding my soul.” –  Unknown 

“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” –  Ralph Waldo Emerson

“In need of vitamin Sea” –  Unknown

“I followed my heart, and it led me to the beach.” –  Unknown

“Catch a wave and you’re sitting on top of the world.” –  The Beach Boys

“Good times and tan lines” –  Unknown

“Time wasted at the beach is time well spent.” –  Unknown

“B.E.A.C.H.: Best Escape Anyone Can Have.“ –  Unknown

“Sunrise, sunburn, sunset, repeat.” –  Luke Bryan

“Salty hair, don’t care.” –  Unknown

“My sense of direction leads me one way: to the beach.“ –  Unknown

“To escape and sit quietly on the beach – that’s my idea of paradise.” –  Emilia Wickstead

Throwback captions for travel

We all know that feeling. When you come home from a trip and find yourself looking back at all the photos and videos, wishing you were still there.

You want to share some of the photos, but aren’t sure what to caption them, after all you’re not there any more.

In come these perfect throwback quotes! These Instagram caption suggestions are perfect for looking back and reflecting on your trip.

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

“Collect Moment, Not Things.” – Unknown

“The tan lines will fade, but the memories will last forever” – Unknown

“ Good times with even better people.” – Unknown

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

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

“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

“I live for the nights that I can’t remember with the people that I won’t forget.” — Drake, “Show Me a Good Time”

“Life moves on, but these memories are forever.” – Unknown

“We take photographs as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone.” – Katie Thurmes

“Little moments, big memories.” – Unknown

Family vacation captions

Family trips are always a bit different from normal trips. They’re a great opportunity to spend time with your loved ones, away from the stress of every day life.

If you’re looking to capture and share the magic of those moments, these family trip quotes for Instagram are perfect for you!

“Home is a people. Not a place.” – Robin Hobb

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

“Having kids is a reason to travel, never a reason to stop.” – Anon

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

“When you travel with children you are giving something that can never be taken away: experience, exposure, and a way of life.” – Pamela Chandler

“I think that the best thing we can do for our children is to allow them to do things for themselves, allow them to be strong, allow them to experience life on their own terms, allow them to take the subway… let them be better people, let them believe more in themselves.” – JoyBell C.

“Two of the greatest gifts we can give our children are roots and wings.” – Hodding Carter

Short travel quotes for Instagram

Long and inspiration captions are great if you have people willing to read them. However if you know your friends and followers have a short attention span, these short vacation quotes for Instagram are perfect for you!

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

“We have to live a life of no regrets.” –  Portgas D. Ace (Eiichiro Ora – One Piece)

“Life is an adventure, not a package tour” –  Eckhart Tolle

“Adventure Awaits. Go find it!”–  Anonymous

“Carpe Diem. Seize the day (boys). Make your life extraordinary”–  John Keating, Dead Poets Society

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

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

“What if I fall? Oh, but my darling, what if you fly?” ― Erin Hanson

“A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” –  Tim Cahill   quotes about travelling with friends – one of my favourite !

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

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

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

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

“Wanderlust: n. a strong desire for or impulse to wander or travel and explore the world”

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

Road trip instagram captions

There is something about road trips that set them apart from normal trips. Whether it’s a road trip in Australia , Costa Rica , New Zealand or Jordan , the long hours we spent driving were amongst my favourite of the whole trip.

It’s only fair that your Instagram captions for these specific travel memories be as epic as your road trips. So whether you’re looking for inspirational or funny road trip captions for Instagram, here are some excellent suggestions!

“The journey is part of the experience – an expression of the seriousness of one’s intent. One doesn’t take the A train to Mecca.” – Anthony Bourdain, “ A Cook’s Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines”

“Because the greatest part of a road trip isn’t arriving at your destination. It’s all the wild stuff that happens along the way.” – Emma Chase ,  “Tamed”

“ The freedom of the open road is seductive, serendipitous and absolutely liberating.” – Aaron Lauritsen ,  “ 100 Days Drive: The Great North American Road Trip”

“I’m dreamin’ of the road again, Set free in the wind, Feels like we’ve found home again, On the road that’s grown within” – Hollow Coves, “The Open Road”

“It’s a road trip! It’s about adventure! … It’s not like we have somewhere to go.” – John Green , “ An Abundance of Katherines”

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

“Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But not matter, the road is life.” – Jack Kerouac

“Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn’t mean to take . ” – Angela N Blount 

“A road trip is a way for the whole family to spend time together and annoy each other in interesting new places.” – Tom Lichtenheld

“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.” – Rosalía de Castro 

“Just grab a friend and take a ride, together upon the open road.” –  The Goofy Movie

Final thoughts on the best travel quotes to use as Instagram captions

There you have it, the ultimate compilation of awesome Instagram captions for your travel photos! I hope you find them useful in crafting your perfect Instagram travel captions!

If there are other cool travel quotes that you think would make for great Instagram captions just let me know in the comments below, I’d love to include them in this guide!

If you’re looking for inspiration for your solo trips, check out these awesome solo travel quotes !

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105 Best Travel Quotes To Inspire WANDERLUST With Photos

Last Updated August 19, 2024 William Tang

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Sometimes you just need that extra bit of motivation to push you out the door or a good reminder of what makes travel life-changing. Through the years, we’ve been collecting the best travel quotes that’ll truly inspire some serious wanderlust.

By combining these wanderlust quotes with photos to create the most fitting pictures, use the table of contents below to jump straight down to organized categories such as trip with friends quotes, short travel quotes, meaningful wanderlust quotes about life and discovery, and more!

What you’ll get from this article

• A list of our favourite travel quotes.
• Wanderlust quotes are categorized to make it easy to find something that you’re looking for.

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“Best” is always subjective and yes there are many other great takes on quotes that can inspire one to travel or speak to why the idea of travel is so powerful and life-changing.

Below, we’re going to be listing the best travel quotes with the associated person that wrote or said them. We’ve created pin-able images for many of the quotes for you to use and share.

For organization, wanderlust inspired quotes are broken down into high level categories. Some may belong to multiple but I tried my best to segment them into appropriate buckets.

We’ve also dropped a few nuggets of wisdom and color commentary for a few that we really love.

As we mentioned, the selection of the “best” quotes is subjective. Every quote speaks to every individual differently because of where you are in your life, the experiences you’ve had, your mind space, where you want to be, and your aspirations.

These are the best in our eyes because they aren’t deep in meaning and haven’t been overused to death.

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

Passed on from generation to generation is the idea that we need to fit in our own box and follow the norms set for us. It can be societal, cultural, or anything. We’ve found joy in our lives not following that conventional path.

Starting Going Awesome Places and turning it into a full time job sounded crazy (still kind of is) but we carved our own way through it. Sure there are parallel paths but I’d like to think we’ve blazed our own trail.

2. “We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone.” – Katie Thurmes

I’ll be the first to admit that we take way too many photos when we travel but when we go back and look at the own albums (whether on our phones or photobooks we print), it really is a wonderful portal back in time to moments and time gone but not forgotten.

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

Now that’s the incredible thing about travel. If you open your mind and your heart, anywhere new is a wonderful adventure of discovery and not strange of weird.

Take the incredible journey I had in our 9 day Ethiopia itinerary . Sure it was uncomfortable and challenging but I embraced it all.

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

You can make your dreams come true with a simple step. It might be the hardest step that you’ve ever had to take because you don’t know where the journey will take you but all it takes are the first baby steps.

Sometimes it can be literal when you take that step off the plane when we went skydiving in New Zealand .

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

Where we grow up in many ways define who we are and what we know. Like it or not, places like our favorite restaurants in North York , the Oxford County Cheese Trail , or local walks in the parks in Richmond Hill , are a core part of who you are.

It’s our own little bubble and when we are able to bust out of it to see what the world is like, it will challenge you to open your eyes, mind, and be a better person. In Mary’s words, you will never be the same again.

6. “Wanderlust: a strong desire for or impulse to wander or travel and explore the world”

We cheated a little here but we sometimes throw around the word wanderlust but what does it actually mean? With this fun travel quote, now you know!

Now who has that impulse to explore the world?

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

My mind immediately went to the new worlds we’ve seen while going to the best places to scuba diving in the world but this is one of the best quotes about travel because it encourages us to leave the comforts of home to make new discoveries.

You can take this from the perspective of us being land mammals or the fact that we naturally want to be close to the things that we feel at home with. Whether small or large, you won’t learn something new until you put yourself out there and venture to places unknown.

And no, it’s not just “man” but all the wonderful people of this earth!

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

This is one of the best travel quotes because it is SO TRUE .

The experiences you gather while travelling are honestly worth more than all the money you can make.

9. “There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.” – Jo Walton

As a photographer, my favourite moments are during sunrise and sunset. Every time we compile a list of the best photography spots like this one in Prague , there’s at least one sunrise or sunset included.

There’s a calmness, stillness, and serenity to the start and end of the day and yes, they’re totally free.

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

As a married couple, there’s a deep honesty to this travel quote. As a couple, travel will test your relationship to the max and we always say that even more -so than moving in is to go on a trip together to see if you have partner in life.

In John Steinbeck ‘s travel quote, he talks about how you have to let travel flow the way it wants to go. You can try to bend it, mold it, and control it but you have to let it take you

Some of the best wanderlust sayings are by accomplished writers. They’re incredibly deep, thoughtful, and literary.

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

This is one of the most well-known wanderlust quotes that speaks to how the journey is more important than the destination. Many of us travel without that end point in mind and that’s totally okay!

12. “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.” – Mark Twain

Travel is the greatest teacher of them all. It’s something that has truly opened my mind and is something that more of us need. I’d like to think that we don’t travel for travel’s sake but we do it with purpose – to open our minds, break barriers, and gain broader understanding of the world.

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

The more you travel the more you realize that what you know and take for granted is but just a tiny bubble on this great earth. While I don’t know if I’ll ever see it all but to travel is to expand your horizons.

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

Everything you encounter – people, food, culture, fortunes, and mishaps stay with you forever and you become better for it.

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

I’ve been feeling a little empty ever since COVID-19 and our lockdown existence. It’s truly made me realize how important it is my life.

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

Bucket-lists are such a topic of contention these days but I say there’s nothing wrong about dreaming and building your list of places you want to go, what you want to do, and things you want to experience. Just expect it to be a long list.

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

18. “It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” – Ursula K. Le Guin

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

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

I’m pretty OCD when it comes to planning and I’m sure it comes through on the itineraries we publish but some of the best travel moments always come from the unexpected. In many ways, as much as I want to be in control, I feel that I am but a passenger.

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

There’s a level of fulfilment when travelling and I love that I can expand my horizons and see our world in a new and different way.

Sometimes you just need something short and sweet to convey your love of travel.

Here are our favorite short travel quotes but there are also quotes that cross with other categories so make sure to browse through the entire list as there are definitely more short quotes than just these ones below.

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

You probably don’t know yet but you’ll be going to a ton of awesome places in your lifetime.

23. “Don’t quit your day dream.” – Anonymous

Always be dreaming and more than that, make it a reality.

24. “Where to next?” – Anonymous

This is more like the question that I get asked the most beyond “where’s your favorite place you’ve been to?”. This

If you’re a traveler, this is a question that you get almost every single time. It’s also a fantastic short travel quote because it’s almost rhetorical. There’s always somewhere you’re planning on going or want to go to.

It’s also a bit of a loaded question because I’m sure your list is quite long.

25. “Travel has a way of stretching the mind.” – Ralph Crawshaw

26. “I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way.” – Anonymous

27. “Live with no excuses and travel with no regrets.” – Oscar Wilde

Not just an amazing travel quote but great words to live by in all facets of your life.

28. “Don’t listen to what they say, go see.” – Chinese Proverb

In travel, it’s easy for someone to say that you can know everything you need to know by reading about it in the books or looking at photos but it’s something else entirely to see, experience, and feel it in person.

29. “I want to make memories all over the world.” – Anonymous

30. “Dare to live the life you’ve always wanted.” – Anonymous

We try to live without regret and this is a great short quote that we try to live life by.

31. “The journey, not the arrival matters.” – T.S. Eliot

32. “All you need to know is that it’s possible.” – Wolf, an Appalachian Trail Hiker

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

I don’t always travel that light with our packing lists but this is a great short travel quote that’s always the forefront of my mind. I always ask myself, “do I really need this?”.

Here, I’m in the middle of Tokyo with the original Peak Design 5L Sling that makes a great light travel set up.

Sticking to the road less travelled can be the most rewarding. Here are a couple of quotes that push me to always incorporate something a little different on my trips.

34. “Whenever you find yourself on the side of majority, it’s time to pause and reflect.” – Mark Twain

It’s so easy to follow the crowd and be sucked into what everyone’s doing on Instagram or places that are the most popular. I’ve always found that the best trips are the ones that most people don’t know about.

35. “Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it.” – Rick Watson

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

To some extent all great quotes come from a place of philosophical thought but to keep things organized, these are some of the most famous quotes by legendary philosophers that have stood the test of time.

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

Wisdom, experiences, happiness, and wonder – it’s out there for you to explore.

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

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

If you’ve read about how Going Awesome Places came to be , you’ll know that I kind of stumbled upon it by accident. It’s through travel that I’ve become a better storyteller. Ibn Battuta was absolutely right.

40. “Travel brings power and love back into your life.” – Rumi Jalalud-Din

This quote speaks to the greatest reward of travel. Travel has given me so much on many levels. I’m gracious beyond words.

41. “The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see.” – G.K. Chesterton

42. “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

This has to ring so true right. The best test of a friendship is to travel and you quickly find out whether you can stand them or not.

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

44. “Life was meant for great adventures and close friends.” – Anonymous

45. “True friends never apart maybe in distance never in heart.” – Helen Keller

46. “We are all travelers in the wilderness of the world & the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

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

48. “As with any journey, whom you travel with is more important than the destination.” – Anonymous

49. “Life is about doing things that don’t suck with people who don’t suck.” – Anonymous

There’s enough suckage in life. Spend time with those that don’t suck.

50. “One of the great things about travel is that you find out how many good, kind people there are.”  – Edith Wharton

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

52. “As soon as I saw you, I knew a grand adventure was about to happen.” – Winnie The Pooh

Sometimes you just know who’s going to make an awesome travel partner.

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

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

As much as I love solo travel, it just isn’t the same when you can’t share your travel experiences with someone else.

55. “No road is long with good company.”  – Turkish proverb

56. “Friends that travel together, stay together.” – Anonymous

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

58. “If you want to go fast go alone. If you want to go far go together.” – African Proverb

59. “Sharing adventures means enjoying them 100% more.” – Anonymous

We seek good wanderlust quotes because we’re looking to be inspired. In a simple sentence, you’ll feel that itch to book that ticket. These quotes speak to a way of life, and why you need to just go.

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

Sustainable travel is so important and its core principle can be said in this simple travel quote.

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

62. “Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and think of what could go right.” – Anonymous

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

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

65. “Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and think of what could go right.” – Anonymous

Travel is about taking that leap of faith. It could be a big investment in money. It could be a big risk quitting your job or taking a sabbatical. It could be scary doing it on your own. Whatever it is, think about how incredible the experiences will be to push you over that edge.

66. “Wanderlust isn’t about running away from it all.  It’s about experiencing the outside to discover the inside.” – Unknown

This is so true. Some might have the perspective that intrepid travellers are running away from something at home. The reality is that for many, travel is a way for us to learn more about ourselves and running towards truth.

Beyond inspiration, travel and wanderlust quotes tell us how we should think about life and what is important.

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

Time moves faster than ever. There are only so many “I’ll do that later” you can use before you run out. Don’t let those opportunities slip on by.

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

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

This is one of my all-time favourites that can easily go into the short travel quotes section. It’s a motto in life that’s truly transformative.

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

71. “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

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

73. “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” – Mae West

You have one life to live. Make it count is what I say.

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

Adventure is such a core part of our travel DNA and these quotes about travel should inspire you to launch your very own.

75. “To live will be an awfully big adventure.” – Peter Pan

76. “Adventure is worthwhile.” – Aesop

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

When the adrenaline is pumping, and you don’t know what’s coming next is when I feel the most alive. That includes being terrified of heights and jumping out of a plane in the Abel Tasman .

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

79. “Great things never came from comfort zones.” – Anonymous

80. “Travel doesn’t become adventure until you leave yourself behind.” – Anonymous

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

82. “The gladdest moment in human life, methinks, is a departure into unknown lands.” – Sir Richard Burton

83. “Just go. Go see all the beauty in the world.” – Anonymous

There is truly so much beauty in the world. Everywhere I go, I’m constantly amazed.

Above all else, travel is what puts a smile on many people’s faces. This collection of wanderlust quotes should give you what people call “the travel feels” these days.

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

85. “The life you have led doesn’t need to be the only life you have.” – Anna Quindlen

86. “Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.” – Maya Angelou

There are so many ways to interpret this one but I think of it as always staying positive whether it’s someone feeling down or when shit happens when you travel.

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

I have a couple of these songs on my road trip mixtape. Songs are such a great way to convey ideas and these are a few lyrics that make me want to travel even more.

88. “And I think to myself, what a wonderful world”. – Louis Armstrong, “It’s a Wonderful World”

This isn’t normally something you associate with travel but when you think about those skies of blue, clouds of white, trees of green, colors of the rainbow, and all the faces of people going by, I can’t help but think about all the things that make travel so amazing.

89. “Life is short; I wanna live it well. One life, one story to tell.” – Switchfoot, “Live It Well”

If you know me well, you’ll know that Switchfoot is my all-time favourite band. Their lyrics are what I love the most about them because they always have incredibly deep meaning. Life is precious, you’ve got one shot to make it count.

90. “But hold me fast, hold me fast, cause I’m a hopeless wanderer.”  – Mumford & Sons, “Hopeless Wanderer”

91. “Gonna travel, gonna travel wild and free. I’m gonna pack my bags because this great big world is calling me.”  – Elvis Presley, “Harem Holiday”

92. “Tell everybody I’m on my way. New friends and new places to see. With blue skies ahead, yes I’m on my way.” – Phil Collins, “On My Way”

They might not be authors or philosophers but they equally have important things to say about the impact of travel and why it matters.

93. “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

The late Anthony Bourdain was someone that truly understood travel. He was such a great storyteller and this quote reminds me of my earlier days when I was backpacking around Europe and just not having a care in the world.

94. “Don’t count the days. Make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali

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

96. “Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.” – Albert Einstein

97. “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 does change you and always for the better. Anthony Bourdain goes a step further by also encourages us to leave the places we visit better off.

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

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

100. “Paris is always a good idea.” – Audrey Hepburn

There are a couple of wanderlust quotes from movies that stand out. Some are well-known and others you might not’ve heard of or watched.

101. “I’m shaking the dust of this crummy town off my feet and I’m gonna see the world!” – George Bailey from “It’s a Wonderful Life”

102. “The world is not in your books and maps, it’s out there.” – The Hobbit

Pictures tell a thousand words and videos many more but there’s nothing like being in these places that people talk about and taking it in with all of your senses.

103. “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it.” – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

104. “You only get one life. It’s actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.” – Me Before You

105. “I want adventure in the great wide somewhere.” – Beauty and the Beast

I’m not sure if we’ve ever done a list this long but we hope that you’ve been able to pull a few favorites of your own with the best quotes about travel.

Many of these have anchored but have also set me free when it comes to traveling the world. In one way or another, these quotes have driven me to take the leap, to continue to explore, and to get outside of my comfort zone.

Wanderlust is defined as “a strong desire to travel”.

Best quotes about travel are ones that are easy to understand, have deep analogies to life, and of course create strong feelings of wanderlust.

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“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller “I haven’t been everywhere but it’s on my list.” – Helen Sontag “Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and think of what could go right.” – Anonymous “We travel not to escape life, but for life to not escape us.” – Anonymous “I want adventure in the great wide somewhere.” – Beauty and the Beast

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson “Jobs fill your pocket, but adventures fill your soul.” – Jamie Lyn Beatty Thi “We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone.” – Katie Thurmes “Life is about doing things that don’t suck with people who don’t suck.” – Anonymous “To travel is to live.” – Hans Christian Andersen “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” – Mae West

“Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien “To travel is to live.” – Hans Christian Andersen “I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way.” – Anonymous “Oh the places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss “People don’t take trips, trips take people.” – John Steinbeck “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – St. Augustine “Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta “Take only memories, leave only footprints.” – Chief Seattle

“Oh the places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss “Don’t quit your day dream.” – Anonymous “Where to next?” – Anonymous “Travel has a way of stretching the mind.” – Ralph Crawshaw “I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way.” – Anonymous “Don’t listen to what they say, go see.” – Chinese Proverb “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” – Confucius “Take only memories, leave only footprints.” – Chief Seattle

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75 Best Travel Captions for Instagram That Will Create Instant Wanderlust

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Writing a compelling travel caption can be one of the hardest parts of posting your favorite travel photo on Instagram . You’re trying to find the perfect words to accurately describe the feeling that you had during that exact moment and sometimes it just doesn’t come that easy.

This happens far too often which is why I love using a captivating travel quote for Instagram to help tell a story to my followers. Whether I am trying to find a relatable travel the world quote for my  incredible Maldives photos . Or I need the perfect adventure travel quote to accurately portray that time I went wild camping in Botswana ! There are always suitable travel captions for Instagram which can be used on a number of gorgeous photos.

Luckily, I’ve done the research and rounded up some of the best travel captions for Instagram that you can use when you’ve struck a case of writer’s block! Using one of these 75 travel inspired quotes will absolutely create instant wanderlust with your followers! Just make sure that if you use these quotes you give proper credit to the writer!

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Best Travel the World Quotes for Instagram

Wanderlust   wan·der·lust/[noun] a strong desire to travel

Fernweh   feirn·veyh/ [noun]  German; the feeling of being homesick for a place you’ve never been; a crave for travel

Resfeber   race·fay·ber /[noun] Swedish; the restless race of the traveler’s heart before the journey begins, when anxiety and anticipations are tangled together

Eudaimonia [noun] Greek; the content, happy state you feel when you travel

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

“Traveling, it makes you speechless then turns you into a storyteller” – Ibn Battuta

“Don’t be a tourist, be a traveller” – Adolf Vella

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

“Oh the places you’ll go” – Dr. Seuss

“To travel is to live” – Hans Christian Andersen

“Of all the books in the world, the best stories are found between the pages of a passport”

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

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

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

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

“The best education I have ever received was through travel” – Lisa Ling

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

“The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself” – Wallace Stevens

“Travel is still the most intense mode of learning” – Kevin Kelly

“My favorite thing to do is go where I’ve never been” – Diane Arbus

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

“Travel opens up your heart, broadens your mind and fills your life with stories to tell” – Paula Bendfelt

Best Travel Quotes that are Inspirational

“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.” – Anthony Bourdain

“Everyday is a journey, and the journey itself is home” – Matsuo Basho

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

“Life is short and the world is wide”- Simon Raven

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

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

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

“The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see” – G.K. Chesterton

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

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

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

“In twenty years you will be more disappointed by what you didn’t do than by what you did” – Mark Twain

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

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

“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” – Anthony Bourdain

Best Adventure Travel Quotes

“This is what you should do; love the Earth and the sun and the animals” – Walt Whitman

“Great things never came from comfort zones” – Ben Francia

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

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

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

“Adventure is worthwhile” – Aesop

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

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

“Oh darling, lets be adventurers” – Anonymous

“If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it is lethal” – Paulo Coelho

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

“One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure” – William Feather

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

“It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves” – Andre Gide

“I choose to collect memories instead of things” – Elena Levon

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Best Couple Travel Quotes for Instagram

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

“‘Where you are is where I want to be”- Anonymous

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

“The best things in life are the people we love, the places we’ve been and the memories we’ve made along the way” – Anonymous

“Couples that travel together stay together” – Anonymous

“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.” – Paulo Coelho

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

Best Sunset Travel Captions for Instagram

“It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream” – Bern Williams

“A sunset is the sun’s fiery kiss to the night” – Crystal Woods

“The more clouds you have in your sky, the more colorful the sunset will be” – Sajal Sazzad

“Every sunset is an opportunity to reset” – Richie Norton

“Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Best Smile Captions for Instagram

“Smiles are always in fashion”

“Be the reason someone smiles today”

“Smile while you still have teeth”

“There is always a reason to smile. Find it.”

“Never regret anything that made you smile”

“Smiling is my favorite exercise”

“7 billion smiles, and yours is my favorite”

“She wrote love with her smile and magic with her eyes”

“Never regret something that once made you smile”

“All people smile in the same language”

I hope that you found these travel captions for Instagram helpful and that you can use them on your own Instagram page!

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130+ Best Inspirational Travel Quotes to Inspire Wanderlust (with photos!)

There are so many quotes that inspire wanderlust and travel that I wanted a place to put all my favorites. This will be updated regularly as I come across new quotes (or as you tell me your favs!) This is an ongoing updated this to create the ultimate list of inspirational travel quotes. The best travel quotes are meant to inspire you – to book the ticket, take the adventure, and to check off that bucket list (so I’ve tried to avoid cliche’s as much as possible).

There’s a mix of short travel quotes, long travel quotes, travel quotes by famous travelers (like Anthony Bourdain) and some lesser-known. Some are funny travel quotes while others are a bit more serious travel quotes. Some are quotes about traveling with friends or traveling with family, and others are about solo travel – you can do both! I hope this list inspires you to get out and explore the wonderful world we live in.

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100+ Inspirational Travel Quotes:

• “You will never be completely at home again because part of your heart will always 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 my ultimate favorite quote – I even got it tattooed on my back! I have pieces of my heart all over the world!

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2. Live your life by a compass, not a clock ~ unknown There is something about travel that destroys our routine – and it’s amazing. It’s something I try to do once in a while even when I’m not traveling.

3. Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey ~ Babs Hoffman There are always potholes, but trying to enjoy the journey despite them is important.

4. “ 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’ve come to accept that I’ll get lost wherever I am, so I just have to keep going!

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

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

7. Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life. ~ Omar Khayyam

8. You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. ~ Unknown

9. Somewhere on your journey, don’t forget to turn around and enjoy the view. ~Anonymous

10. 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

11. Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow. ~ Anita Desai

12. All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it. ~ Samuel Johnson

13. It doesn’t matter where you’re going, it’s who you have beside you. ~ Unknown

14. A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles. ~Tim Cayhill

15. Travel doesn’t become an adventure until you leave yourself behind. ~ Unknown

16. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing at all. ~ Helen Keller

17. It’s a big world out there, would be a shame not to experience ~ JD Andrews

18. I’m in love with cities I’ve never been to and people I’ve never met. ~ MelodyTwong

19. Travel… the best way to be lost and found at the same time. ~Breanna Smith

20. We travel, some of us forever, to see other places, other lives, other souls. ~ Anais Nin

21. Fill your life with adventures, not thing. Have stories to tell, not stuff to show. ~ Unknown

22. It’s a big and beautiful world. Most of us live & die in the same corner where we were born & never get to see any of it. I don’t want to be most of us. ~Oberyn Martell, Game of Thrones

24. I want to make memories all over the world – Unknown

25. Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you. – David McCullough Jr.

27. Never go on trips with anyone you do not love – Hemingway

28. Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man & the universe – Anatole France

29. The important thing is to never stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. – Albert Einstein

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

31. You only live once, but if you do it right, once in enough. – Mae West

32. The journey is my home – Unknown

33. It’s not the destination where you end up… but the mishaps and memories you create along the way – Unknown

34. Traveling is an adventure that comes with a breathtaking view – Benj Pasek & Justin Paul

35. Great things never came from comfort zones – Anonymous

37. You can shake the sand from your shoes, but you can’t shake it from your soul. – Anonymous

38. Don’t quite your day dream – Unknown

39. Fear is only temporary. Regret lasts forever. – Anonymous

41. 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 harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover – Mark Twain

42. All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware. – Martin Buber

43. Without new experiences, something inside us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken. – Unknown

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

45. Because when you stop and look around, this life is pretty amazing. – Unknown

46. In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count, but the life in your years. – Unknown

47. The ‘traveler’ rush that hits you upon arrival to a new place is like a drug. And like a drug, the more you expose yourself to it, the more you want it. – Clayton B. Cornell

48. Travel is not a reward for working, it’s education for living – Anthony Bourdain

49. We travel, some of forever, to see other places, other lives, other soulds – Anais Nin

51. The farther I travel, the closer I am to myself – Andrew McCarthy

52. Stop dreaming about your bucket list, and start living it! – Annette White

53. Travel opens your heart, broadens your mind, and fills your life with stories to tell. – Paula Bendfelt

54. The ideal is to feel at home, anywhere – everywhere – Geoff Dyer

56. Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. ~ T.S. Eliot

57. Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness. ~ Mark Twain

58. You don’t have to be rich to travel well. ~ Eugene Fodor

59. Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire. ~ Jennifer Lee

60. Don’t count the days. Make the days count. ~ Muhammed Ali

61. You need not even listen, just wait .. the world will offer itself freely to you, unmaking itself. ~ Frankz Kafka

62. You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself. – Ella Maillart.

63. We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. – Hilaire Belloc

64. 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.

65. Nothing lasts forever, except the day before you start your vacation. – Gayland Anderson

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

67. The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharp – WB Yeats

68. It doesn’t matter where you are. You are nowhere compared to where you can go. – Bob Proctor

69. If we travel simply to indulge ourselves we are missing some of the greatest lessons life has to offer. – Unknown

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

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

72. It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description. Angkor Way and Machu Picchu, for instance, seem to demand silence, like a love affair you can never talk about. For a while, you fumble for words, trying to 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. – Anthony Bourdain.

73. The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper – WB Yeats

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

75. It doesn’t matter where you are. You are nowhere compared to where you can go. – Erick Widman

76. Travel is about the gorgeous feeling of teetering in the unknown. – Anthony Bourdain

77. If we travel simply to indulge ourselves, we are missing some of the greatest lessons life has to offer. – Unknown

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

79. 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

80. When a man is a traveler, the world is his house and the sky is his roof, where he hangs his hat is his home, and all the people are his family. – Peter Hoeg

81. Travelling in the company of those we love is home in motion. – Leigh Hunt

82. Take the time to put the camera away and gaze in wonder at what’s there in front of you. – Erick Widman

83. 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.

84. Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. An 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. – Anthony Bourdain

85. The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see. – GK Chesterton

86. Travelling tends to magnify all human emotions – Peter Hoeg

87. To see the world, things dangerous to come to. To see behind the walls, draw closer. To find each other. And to feel. That is the purpose of life. – Secret Life of Walter Mitty

88. The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart. – Helen Keller

89. 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 Anderson

90. Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag. – Alexander Solzhenitsyn

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

92. Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life – Marcel Proust

93. How is it possible to feel nostalgia for a world I never knew? – Ernesto Che Guevara

94. Meals make the society, hold the fabric together in lots of ways that were charming and interesting and intoxicating to me. The perfect meal, or the best meals, occur in a context that frequently has a very little to do with the food itself. – Anthony Bourdain

95. 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

96. Travel, not to escape life, but so life does not escape you. – Unknown

97. 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

98. Travel does what good novelists also do to the life of every day, placing it like a picture in a frame or a gem in its setting, so that the intrinsic qualities are made more clear. Travel does this with the very stuff that everyday life is made of, giving to it the sharp contour and meaning of art. – Freya Stark

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

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

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

102. Not until we are lost do we begin to find ourselves. – Henry David Thoreau

103.  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

104. 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

105. Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness. – Mark Twain

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

107. We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time. – T. S. Eliot

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

109. 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 harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. – Mark Twain

110.   I have worn the dust of many foreign streets, but to brush it off would surely be a crime. I have the memories of many foreign adventures, but to forget them, would surely be a sin. So, breathe in the dust, and keep the memories in. – Rowland Waring-Flood

111. 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.

112. A traveler without observation is a bird without wings. – Moslih Eddin Saadi

113. All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware. – Martin Buber

114. All the pathos and irony of leaving one’s youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel: one knows that the first joy can never be recovered, and the wise traveler learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time. – Paul Fussell

115. 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

116. One of the great things about travel is that you find out how many good, kind people there are. – Edith Wharton

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

118. As soon as I saw you I knew a grand adventure was about to happen. – A. A. Milne

119. All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware. – Martin Buber

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

121. A traveler without observation is a bird without wings. – Moslih Eddin Saadi

122. All the pathos and irony of leaving one’s youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel: one knows that the first joy can never be recovered, and the wise traveler learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time. – Paul Fussell

123. 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

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

125. Investment in travel is an investment in yourself. – Matthew Karsten

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

127. Blessed are the curious for they shall have adventures. – Lovelle Drachman.

128. Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, “Wow! What a Ride!” – Hunter S. Thompson

129. Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life. – Dolly Parton

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

131. No one has ever described the place where I have just arrived: This is the emotion that makes me want to travel. It is one of the greatest reasons to go anywhere.” – Paul Theroux, The Pillars of Hercules.

132. The World is a Book, and those who do not Travel, Read only one page. – Agustine of Hippo

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

134. The heaviest baggage for a traveler is an empty wallet. – English proverb

135. A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. – John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley

136. Better to travel hopefully than to arrive. – English Proverb

137. The Journey itself is my home. – Bash ō Matsuo

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

139. In the desert of life, the wise travel by caravan, while the fool prefers to travel alone. – Arab Proverb

139. I did not write half of what I saw, for I knew I would not be believed. – Marco Polo

140. So shut up, live, travel, adventure, bless, and don’t be sorry. – Jack Kerouac

141. The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination. – Don Williams, Jr.

142. Arriving there is what you are destined for. Ithaka gave you the Marvellous Journey – C.P. Cavafy

143. I did not write half of what I saw, for I knew I would not be believed. – Marco Polo

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

145. 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 parentheses in eternity. – Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

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

147. I travel light. I think the most important thing is to be in a good mood and enjoy life, wherever you are. – Diane Von Furstenberg.

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

149. The life you have led does not need to be the only life you have. – Anna Quindlen

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

151. The true traveler finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. it’s the symbol of his liberty- his excessive

152. 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

153. 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

154. 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

155. The greatest justification for travel is not self-improvement but rather performing a vanishing act, disappearing without a trace. – Paul Theroux

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

157. Living on Earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip around the sun every year. – Unknown

158. Plane travel is nature’s way of making you look like your passport photo. – Al Gore

159. Travel is a new experience that can transport you out of your everyday routine to create memories with the ones you love. – Brian Chesky

160. He who has not traveled widely thinks that his mother is the best cook. – African Proverb

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

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

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

1 64. Culture shock is often felt sharply at the borders between countries, but sometimes it doesn’t hit fully until you’ve been in a place for a long time. – Henri Cartier-Bresson, The Mind’s Eye

165. If you are planning to travel where corn grows, you should take a sickle with you. – Ethiopian Proverb

166. You go away for a long time and return a different person – You never come all the way back – Paul Theroux, Dark Star Safari

167. The traveler sees the world in its true proportions: Small enough to hold within his arms, yet large enough to encompass him. He feels himself part of the universe, instead of separate and apart from it – James Michener

So there you have it – 167 incredibly inspirational travel quotes (so far) to get you to live your best life.

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Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow is my favourite. It’s so true

I love travel quotes. They are so inspirational. Since I’m a solo traveller, #35 really resonates with me.

This is a hard one! Which would my favorite be…? I’m between my compatriot Rosalia de Castro and the unknown “Live your life by a compass, not a clock”. Thanks for sharing!

Wow, quote number one hit differently! Pieces of my heart have been left in nearly every place I’ve ever visited, any place I’ve ever made a memory with new or old friends.

“I’m in love with cities I’ve never been to and people I’ve never met.” I think that pretty much sums up why I’m driven to travel 😀 Great list!

Thanks for sharing these quotes! “Somewhere on your journey, don’t forget to turn around and enjoy the view.” is one that resonates with me most strongly. It is such an important reminder that sometimes when we’re traveling we need to put down our tour book and busy agenda and just stop to appreciate the new and exciting surroundings around us. Thanks for the reminder!

Absolutely! It’s easy to get swept up in all the “must sees” instead of what the destination is trying to show us!

Traveling is an adventure that comes with a breathtaking view is my favorite. Cant wait to travel again. Hope this pandemic ends soon

I completely love the first quote you mentioned!! I can see why you got it tattooed. After reading them all, the other one which stands out to me the most is the one about us being the foreigners!

So many beautiful quotes! I can’t wait to be able to travel again

Oh I just loved these quotes. Thanks for the great post!! I miss traveling so much!

Same here! Glad you enjoy them!

I love these! Thanks for sharing. 🙂

This is so inspirational! Love it!

Love these inspirational travel quotes! My favourite is number 11. It’s so true that a destination stays with you long after you leave it whether it’s a smell, a dish etc.

So many beautiful quotes! Love the positivity and inspiration during this crazy time we are in 🙂

So many great quotes, thanks for sharing. It reminds me of travel days.

This is a fantastic list of inspiring travel quotes! I’ve heard of most of them but also there a few that are new to me, so I really appreciate this! This one is one of my all time favorites –“Travel is not a reward for working, it’s education for living” – Anthony Bourdain

Thanks for including that one on this ultimate list!

Haha that’s my favorite reminder that work is just work. – Which (at least in America) is often forgotten.

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Between vacations, many daydream about what adventures the next trip holds. You can spend your days switching back and forth from looking at your favorite travel photos to trying to go about your day to day life. But a few friendly reminders that the next adventure is closer than you think can help you put your wanderlust to rest. And one of the best distractions comes with this list of travel quotes. Pick your favorite from the collection below and use it to inspire your next trip!

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Once you find your top picks from the quotes listed below, make sure to put them to use. Consider creating something special that will help you keep your favorite travel memories alive with the project ideas below:

• Luggage Tag : Make custom luggage tags for you and the family that highlight exactly how much you’re ready to hop on a plane.
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These travel quotes are as hilarious as they are true. Pick your favorite to send to a friend or to use in your next Instagram caption.

• “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag
• “Work, Travel, Save, Repeat.” – Unknown
• “When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.” – Susan Heller
• “Can we just skip to the part of my life where I travel the world?” – Unknown
• “Vacation calories don’t count. Right?” – Unknown
• “I want someone to look at me the way I look at a travel magazine.” – Unknown
• “I need six months of vacation, twice a year.” – Unknown
• “The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist.” – Russell Baker
• “I’ve been to almost as many places as my luggage.” – Bob Hope
• “Travel becomes a strategy for accumulating photographs.” – Susan Sontag

These inspirational travel quotes will remind you of the transformational experience traveling can be. They also look great on a travel mug .

• “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Andre Gide
• “Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination.” – Roy M. Goodman
• The most beautiful in the world is, of course, the world itself.” – Wallace Stevens
• “Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta
• “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
• “A person susceptible to ‘wanderlust’ is not so much addicted to movement as committed to transformation.”  – Pico Iyer
• “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” – Anais Nin
• “I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

They’re short, they’re sweet, and they’re oh-so-true. These short travel quotes will have you wanting to be back on a beach in no time.

• “Jobs fill your pocket, but adventures fill your soul.” – Jamie Lyn Beatty
• “To Travel is to Live.” – Hans Christian Andersen
• “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller
• “Blessed are the curious for they shall have adventures.” – Lovelle Drachman
• “Take only memories, leave only footprints.” – Chief Seattle
• “Live your life by a compass not a clock.” – Stephen Covey
• “Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
• “Oh the places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss
• “Adventure is worthwhile.” – Aesop
• “Life is short and the world is wide.” – Unknown
• “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu

These famous minds knew exactly how addicting travel can be, and we want to share their insights with you.

• “It is not down in any map; true places never are.” – Herman Melville
• “I’m in love with cities I’ve never been to and people I’ve never met.” – John Green
• “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Augustine of Hippo
• “Live life with no excuses, travel with no regret.” – Oscar Wilde
• “Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.” – Dalai Lama
• “People don’t take trips, trips take people.” – John Steinbeck
• “A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” – Lao Tzu
• “The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
• “It’s not what you look at that matters. It’s what you see.” – Henry David Thoreau
• “Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” – Robert Frost

Mark Twain Travel Quotes

• “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 harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain
• “Travel is  fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.” – Mark Twain
• “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
• “It liberates the vandal to travel — you never saw a bigoted, opinionated, stubborn, narrow-minded, self-conceited, almighty mean man in your life but he had stuck in one place since he was born and thought God made the world and dyspepsia and bile for his especial comfort and satisfaction.” – Mark Twain

Anthony Bourdain Travel Quotes

• “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
• “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
• “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.” – Anthony Bourdain
• “Travel is about the gorgeous feeling of teetering in the unknown.” – Anthony Bourdain

Do you love solo travel? If so, these adventure quotes were made just for you. And don’t be afraid to share them with other fellow travelers who don’t mind the occasional solo adventure.

• “A ship in a harbor is safe, but it not what ships are built for.” – John A. Shedd
• “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Gustav Flaubert
• “Travel far enough, you meet yourself.” – David Mitchell
• “Adventure is a path. Real adventure, self-determined, self-motivated, often risky, forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world.” – Mark Jenkins
• “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 awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.” – Freya Stark
• “Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone.” – The Dhammapada

Whether it’s with your Dad, your sister, your friend, or your significant other– these travel together quotes are sure to remind you of all the wonderful memories you shared together.

Couple Travel Quotes

• “I would like to travel the world with you twice. Once to see the world. Twice, to see the way you see the world.” – Anonymous
• “It doesn’t matter where you are going. It matters who is beside you.” – Anonymous
• “Will you give me yourself? Will you come travel with me? Shall we stick by each other as long as we live?” – Walt Whitman
• “What we find in a soul mate is not something to tame, but something wild to run with.” – Robert Brault
• “Go the distance, couples who travel together are more likely to stay together and feel more connected.” – Anonymous
• “Here’s to all the places we went. And here’s to all the places we ‘ll go. And here’s to me, whispering again and again and again and again: I love you.” – Anonymous

Family Travel Quotes

• “When traveling with someone, take large doses of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.” – Helen Hayes
• “As soon as I saw you, I knew an adventure was about to happen.” – A. A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh
• “Actually, the best gift you could have given her was a lifetime of adventures” – Lewis Carroll
• “It’s a magical world, Hobbes, ol’ buddy… Let’s go exploring!” – Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes
• “The greatest legacy we can leave our children is happy memories” – Og Mandino

Travel With Friends Quotes

• “A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill
• “Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.” – Izaak Walton
• “The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” – Shirley MacLaine
• “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
• “Sharing adventures means enjoying them 100% more.” – Anonymous
• “Friends that travel together, stay together.” – Anonymous

If you want to document your travel experiences on social media, we have the Instagram captions for you. Use these short and fun travel captions for Instagram to share how you spent your vacation.

• An adventure a day keeps the doctor away.
• Left my heart in [insert city here].
• Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.
• I have not been everywhere yet, but it’s on my list.
• The tan will fade, but the memories will last forever.
• “Jet lag is for amateurs.” – Dick Clark
• I follow my heart … and it usually leads me to the airport.
• Life is not meant to be lived in one place.
• Always say yes to new adventures.
• BBN: Be back never.
• Always take the scenic route.
• Eating my way through [or insert city or country here]
• “One’s destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.” – Henry Miller

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84 Travel quotes for anyone with a case of wanderlust.

Quotes about travel describe everything from an impromptu day trip to the globetrotting adventure of a lifetime.

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Inspirational travel quotes to fill your sails.

There are key phrases you pass through when planning a trip. First, your wanderlust grows into a pang you can’t ignore. You put a budget together and decide it’s finally time to get going. You start planning, and excitement builds … but then, you look over the crest of your euphoria and see the downward plunge of the roller coaster pre-departure loose ends.

If you’re traveling to a different country and don’t speak the language, for example, you suddenly wonder, how well will you navigate signs? You also start asking, will your budget be enough? Have you thought of every plan B for missed flights, buses, and trains? Will you get all your work done before you leave?

The best travel quotes are the inspirational ones that remind you why you set sail in the first place. Choose your favorite quotes to use as a regular reminder of your “why.”

Henry Miller

Are you excited about going to a new place, or more excited about specific experiences you’ll have there?

Use this educational Seneca quote on a poster for a classroom or on a flyer for something like a language learning course.

Travel takes courage, especially when flying solo or going to new places with a change of language. The only way to experience something great, though, is to push outside your comfort zone.

Alexander Sattler

We all have friends who spend entire paychecks on trips. Where we travel, how often, and at what cost all tell us something about our priorities.

Asian Proverb

No number of photos of a famous place will ever satisfy the desire you have to see it.

Clint Borgen

You can also learn more about yourself when you venture outside of your daily routine. This quote can make for an interesting opener in a letter you write to friends while abroad.

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Travel quotes for Instagram that you’ll want to share.

The vibe of your Instagram feed might be just for friends and family, or you might be a maestro of hashtags who shares content with a growing community of followers. Travel quotes for Instagram cover the gambit from inspiring “live out of a suitcase” influencers to people taking a once-in-a-lifetime trip they’ve planned for ages. How do you find the right Instagram travel quote for you?

Instagram travel quotes are short by necessity, but they pack incredible meaning in a few words. Peruse this curated list of the most inspiring, shortest, and most Instagrammable travel quotes to find the one that instantly clicks. Then, let Adobe Express help you make Instagram posts or stories of all the photos you’re about to share, because there’s no better place for your favorite vacation photos than Instagram.

Henry David Thoreau

What better quote than this one to use in a collage or carousel of colorful photos from multiple destinations?

Robert Louis Stevenson

Travel is a lesson in humility for a lot of us. What does it feel like to be the foreigner when you travel?

Oscar Wilde

Share this in an Instagram story with photo evidence of one of the most outlandish things you’ve done while traveling. No regrets, right?

Ibn Battuta

There are so many stories to tell after a major trip. If you write cards or letters during or after the trip, watch how you turn into a storyteller with each incredible experience.

Jacques Cousteau

If you took one trip that turned you into a travel addict, and haven’t stopped traveling since, this Instagram travel quote is perfect for you.

The friendships you make while traveling have a unique energy to them. Can you tag some of your travel friends in an Instagram post with this quote?

Funny travel quotes that rouse a knowing laugh.

Travel is inspiring and some of the best social media content in your feed comes from the trips your friends and family take. You love browsing the photos and dreaming of the destinations, don’t you?

Once it’s your turn to travel, though, there are always some unglamorous hiccups. Funny quotes about travel tease out the tougher parts of a trip, like overspending a budget or traveling with people who aren’t the best travel buddies.

Travel has so much magic to it that even these funny travel quotes rouse smiles. Choose your favorites from this list and share them in cards to family or in social posts you share.

Quit vegetating and go travel somewhere.

Babs Hoffman

This cute travel quote is helpful to remember the next time you have flight delays.

Jack Kerouac

Use this quote on a poster and it can be a constant reminder to never let yourself idle in your comfort zone.

Audrey Hepburn

This short, cute travel quote is great for a banner at a bon voyage party. Even if the destination isn’t Paris, the message is clear: Taking a trip is always worthwhile.

Travel is like the insecticide to an infestation of lazy thinking. Travel more and see how it expands your mind in ways you never imagined.

Gustave Flaubert

This memorable travel quote works perfectly on a poster with a graphic or photo of the globe.

Family travel quotes—from touching to “touché.”

Traveling with family conjures a special kind of magic. There are few people in the world who can annoy us so much, and yet we still adore them. That makes traveling together a seesaw of going nuts and having the time of our lives.

Your role on a family trip changes over time, from the backseat of the car on family trips as a kid to the adult who treats Mom and Dad to a flight somewhere fantastic. There are elements of family travel that never change, though. There’s always a moment when you’re begrudgingly awake but together at the crack of dawn. There are evenings when no one realizes it’s time to call it a night. There are photo-ops galore, and always more memories made than you could count.

Family travel quotes bottle that magic into something you can use in a card or letter , post on Instagram , or to keep in your head—just like the memories you make.

Hodding Carter

If you have kids and take vacations as a family, thinking about what each trip does for a young person’s frame of mind is a huge part of planning.

Rick Steves

This travel quote can be as meaningful for a child on a poster as it can be in a collage of memories of major adventures taken as an adult.

Rachel Hartman

This family travel quote works for families with small kids and for those traveling together as adults. What a sweet sentiment to put in a letter or card , don’t you think?

Bill Bryson

Put this into context. What activities that are “normal” at home change for you when you experience them away from home? What small details, when altered, make something feel totally new?

Fred Connors

Not every trip has to be exotic or flashy for Instagram. Often, it’s more important just to be together and have fun.

Donna Hedges

Having family to travel with is also the best reason to never say never to a dream trip or destination.

Travel quotes for couples with a shared sense of adventure.

Would you take a trip with a new partner to get to know one another? Would you take a trip to shake things up after years of daily routines? Maybe you already travel with your partner, and these famous citations are the travel love quotes that define your chemistry.

Whatever your case, traveling as a couple creates shared experiences that are unforgettable.

Go catch the sun with these superb travel quotes for couples. Pick your favorites to use as social media banners , Instagram posts , and cards or letters to family and friends. You’ll want to document the next adventure every way you can.

Ernest Hemingway

Travel is wonderful, but it’s also stressful. Travel is insightful for couples as well as individually, because your partner will see you in every state.

Samuel Johnson

This thought-provoking travel quote is also true of your romantic relationship. Use travel to anchor the reality of your relationship—because it will expose how things really are.

If you’re in a long-term relationship and haven’t felt excited about life at home recently, travel as a couple can act as a defibrillator of excitement.

Make this a rule for a romantic relationship, and the benefits will compound year-over-year.

A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh

When you meet that special someone and discover you both love travel, the future before you glows with exciting possibilities.

Anita Desai

Wherever you go together becomes part of your relationship, too. Reflect on that together after a trip as a couple.

Travel with a partner can be scary, but that can also mean it’s something to try.

Travel with friends quotes to caption photos, fill collages, and inspire more trips.

Road trips after graduation, backpacking to learn a language, and trips to find yourself alongside your best friend can become the stuff of legends.

It’s fun to jump on the bandwagon, too, when a friend is going somewhere and you want to tag along. Travel with friends is that easy—if you share a passion for adventure, taking a trip together gives you a sense of familiarity that contrasts in an unforgettable way with the new places you experience together.

Choose your favorites of these quotes about traveling with friends, and they can serve as the perfect captions for your Instagram stories along the way.

Shirley MacLaine

Travel with friends makes better friends of those you travel with, and offers the opportunity to make new friends in unlikely places, too.

Leonardo DiCaprio

One of the best parts about traveling with friends is the time together without other distractions.

Crestless Wave

Are you “that friend?” If you aren’t, you should become that friend’s co-pilot.

Turkish proverb

Another benefit to traveling with friends is having company during the pleasant and the tough parts of a trip. No airport layover feels quite as long with a good friend by your side.

Charles M. Schulz

Sometimes, it’s hardly about the destination. It’s about the time spent together and the memories made.

The next time any friend of yours says “travel,” you should say, “let’s go.” Put this on a poster and keep it in sight as a reminder.

Marcel Proust

Experiencing and discovering places through your friends’ eyes opens yours to new perspectives, too.

Travel alone quotes for the bona fide adventurers.

Traveling alone is for true adventurers. Not only do those who travel alone often choose destinations off the beaten path, they also venture into new aspects of themselves on the way.

Travel alone quotes highlight the value of spending time solo and they celebrate the full control over every aspect of a trip when it’s yours. They send us off with affirming “safe travel” quotes, and they’re perfect for banners and flyers at a bon voyage party, too.

Choose your favorite travel quotes about solo journeys, then make them your own. They’ll quickly inspire your next adventure.

When you travel alone, you don’t have to wait for anyone. Use this travel quote on a poster to encourage you to take any adventure you dream up.

J.R.R. Tolkien

Not all who wander are lonely, either. Traveling alone is the favorite way to travel for some people.

David Mitchell

Consider journaling or writing letters to friends and family while you travel so you can capture things you learn about yourself along the way.

William Langewiesche

Some places and some trips we have to experience solo for them to form us the way they ought to.

Antoine de St. Exupery

Sometimes, that means traveling light on company, too.

Neale Donald Walsch

If traveling alone seems like a stretch for you, that’s more reason to do it.

Matthew Karsten

This is a great message to put on a flyer for any kind of travel offer, especially if it supports solo travelers.

Tips when using quotes about travel.

Where can you use travel quotes? The short answer is “anywhere.” For the travel quotes that are so good you just have to share them, think about:

• Cards — use travel quotes in cards to send quick messages packed with feeling.
• Letters — when you write letters to friends and family during a trip, travel quotes act as a view into the adventure you’re living.
• Posters — use travel quotes on posters for a constant source of inspiration.
• Banners — string your favorite travel quotes on banners to hang for a bon voyage party.
• Collages — one perfect travel quote in the center of a collage of vacation photos is always fun.
• Flyers — use travel quotes on flyers that promote different kinds of travel, upcoming trips, or travel resources.
• Instagram posts — for photos, reels, and carousels, a travel quote in an Instagram post can add context.
• Instagram stories — for the fleeting moments on a trip you just have to share, Instagram stories are always improved with a good travel quote.

Exercise: Find your travel style.

Take this quiz to discover what travel style you have. This will help choose the best travel quotes for your brand of adventure.

Ask yourself:

Total your points. Then see which is your type of travel:

• 4-7 points: Cultural Explorer
• 8-11 points: Leisure Traveler
• 12-15 points: Adventure Seeker
• 16-20 points: Sightseeing Enthusiast

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Adobe Express has templates and customization tools to put your favorite travel quotes to work. If you want to use travel quotes in cards , letters , posters , banners , collages , flyers , Instagram posts , Instagram stories , or other creative projects, Adobe Express makes it as simple as picking a template and personalizing it, or making your own idea with easy-to-use tools. Whatever message you want to transmit, Adobe Express brings it to life, no experience required.

70 Best Travel Instagram Captions for Your Next Vacation

Planning a getaway? Don't leave home without one of these cute and funny sayings.

Best Travel Captions

Funny travel captions, travel quote captions.

The only thing better than jet-setting around the world to different trips, taking in sandy beaches , lush greenery and crashing waves along with new foods, activities and fun is showing off your collection of awe-inspiring photos.

We always encouraged to live in the moment, and not worry about sharing those gorgeous snapshots of your trip while you're away. But once you're back to everyday life, you need the perfect Instagram caption to sum up your travels .

Don't waste a moment of hard-earned vacation time crafting the perfect pun or saying to highlight those breathtaking snaps. We put together this list of cute, silly, funny and inspirational travel captions. And we have something to sum up any sort of destination you took, like beachy messages , nature-inspired quotes and even sayings for those of you who hit the road with your bestie .

• Vacay all day.
• Life is better in flip-flops.
• Already dreaming of my next vacation.
• Meet me under the palms.
• Don’t spend your money on things. Spend it on experiences!
• No point in unpacking... I'm ready to hit the road again soon!
• Paradise isn’t a place. It’s a feeling.
• Sunshine is the best medicine.
• Always take the scenic route.
• BRB, going to soak up some vitamin sea.
• Wanderlust and adventures await.
• Let’s wander where the Wi-Fi is weak.
• I’ve found my happy place.
• What’s on my bucket list? Everywhere.
• Take only pictures, leave only footprints.
• Always say yes to new adventures.
• Life is short and the world is wide. Better get started.
• My new routine: Journey. Explore. Discover. Repeat.
• Only going places that spark joy.
• Keep calm and travel on.
• Will travel for food (and a good sunset).
• The best things happen outside of our comfort zones.
• Constantly searching for views that take my breath away.
• I feel most at home when I’m exploring the world.
• Until you step into the unknown, you don’t know what you’re made of.
• Life is not meant to be lived in one place.

• My perfect vacation: feet up, head back, eyes closed!
• I need a vacation so long, I forget all my passwords.
• In a relationship with: my passport.
• This is my resting beach face.
• Tropic like it's hot!
• Out of office.
• Do not disturb.
• The art of doing nothing.
• Gone exploring. Leave a message after the beep.
• An adventure a day keeps the doctor away.
• Calories don’t count when you’re on vacation.
• Catch flights, not feelings.
• I follow my heart … and it usually leads me to the airport.
• Greetings from [insert location]. I live here now.
• I travel so my life isn’t disrupted by routine.
• Maybe you can’t buy happiness, but you can buy plane tickets (and that's kind of the same thing).
• Skipping ahead to the part of my life where I travel the world.
• Tan lines and jetlag fade, but memories last forever.
• I’m a travel addict on the road to recovery. Just kidding, I’m headed to the airport.
• All I need is a three-month vacation four times a year. That’s really not asking for much.
• BBN: Be back never.

• "Travel brings power and love back into your life." — Rumi Jalalud-Din
• "Adventure is worthwhile." — Aesop
• "Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world." — Gustave Flaubert
• "I read; I travel; I become." ― Derek Walcott
• "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
• "Jet lag is for amateurs." — Dick Clark
• "A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving." — Lao Tzu
• "Travel far, travel often, and travel without regrets." — Oscar Wilde
• "To travel is to evolve." — Pierre Bernardo
• "The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself." — Wallace Stevens
• "Adventure is out there!" — Up
• "Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow." — Anita Desai
• "I am one of those who never knows the direction of my journey until I have almost arrived." — Anna Louise Strong
• "Not all those who wander are lost." — J.R.R. Tolkien
• "We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls." — Anaïs Nin
• "An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered." — G.K. Chesterton
• "Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling." — Margaret Lee Runbeck
• "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." — Lao Tzu
• "To travel is worth any cost or sacrifice." — Elizabeth Gilbert
• "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
• "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
• "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

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101 Adventure Quotes to Inspire Your Next Travel Adventure

Adventure is one of The Wanderlover’s core values. We see it as the heartbeat of life!

Adventure inspires travel to foreign places and step outside comfort zones. Whether you’re hiking through mountains, exploring remote beaches, or taking a leap into the unknown, adventure opens your eyes to the endless possibilities around you.

Here’s a collection of 101 adventure quotes to ignite your wanderlust and inspire your next journey!

The Essence of Adventure

• “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller Life’s richness lies in embracing the unknown.
• “Adventure is worthwhile in itself.” – Amelia Earhart It’s not just about the destination but the journey.
• “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – André Gide Growth happens when we let go of what’s safe.
• “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 Embrace life’s adventures fearlessly.
• “Adventure isn’t hanging on a rope off the side of a mountain. Adventure is an attitude that we must apply to the day-to-day obstacles of life.” – John Amatt Adventure is a mindset, not a destination.

Embracing the Journey

• “To live will be an awfully big adventure.” – J.M. Barrie (Peter Pan) Life itself is the greatest adventure of all.
• “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.” – Mark Twain Take risks, and embrace the adventures that come your way.
• “Jobs fill your pockets, but adventures fill your soul.” – Jaime Lyn Beatty What truly enriches us are the experiences we collect.
• “The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” – Oprah Winfrey Dream big, and pursue your passions without hesitation.
• “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Saint Augustine Every corner of the earth holds a new story to discover.

Pushing Boundaries

• “Adventure may hurt you, but monotony will kill you.” – Unknown The unknown might be scary, but stagnation is far worse.
• “A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” – John A. Shedd You were made to explore, not to stay within your comfort zone.
• “There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” – Jawaharlal Nehru Adventure is everywhere, waiting for you to see it.
• “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Create your own adventure, and leave your mark on the world.
• “Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.” – T.S. Eliot Pushing your limits is where true adventure begins.

A Life Full of Adventure

• “Fill your life with adventures, not things. Have stories to tell, not stuff to show.” – Unknown Experiences are far more valuable than material possessions.
• “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag Keep adding new destinations to your journey.
• “Life was meant for good friends and great adventures.” – Unknown Adventures are better when shared with those you love.
• “Take only memories, leave only footprints.” – Chief Seattle Respect the places you explore and leave them as you found them.
• “To travel is to live.” – Hans Christian Andersen Adventure is the essence of life.

Wanderlust at Heart

• “Travel far enough, you meet yourself.” – David Mitchell The more you explore, the more you learn about who you truly are.
• “The best view comes after the hardest climb.” – Unknown The most rewarding experiences come after overcoming challenges.
• “Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien Wandering is about discovery, not direction.
• “We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” – Unknown Travel keeps us connected to the world and ourselves.
• “Adventure awaits.” – Unknown The thrill of the unknown is just around the corner.

Quotes for the Bold Explorer

• “There’s no such thing as too much adventure.” – Unknown Keep seeking new experiences—there’s always more to explore.
• “Blessed are the curious, for they shall have adventures.” – Lovelle Drachman Curiosity leads to new discoveries.
• “Attitude is the difference between an ordeal and an adventure.” – Bob Bitchin Your mindset shapes your journey.
• “Adventure: the pursuit of life.” – Daniel Roy Wiarda Adventure is about chasing the moments that make you feel alive.
• “The gladdest moment in human life, methinks, is a departure into unknown lands.” – Sir Richard Burton There’s joy in stepping into the unknown.

Exploring the World

• “Adventure is calling, and I must go.” – Unknown When adventure beckons, don’t hesitate to answer.
• “Take every chance you get in life, because some things only happen once.” – Karen Gibbs Opportunities for adventure are fleeting—seize them.
• “Dare to live the life you’ve always wanted.” – Unknown Adventure is about chasing the life that excites you.
• “A life without adventure is like a book without words.” – Unknown Life is incomplete without the thrill of new experiences.
• “Adventure begins at the end of your comfort zone.” – Neale Donald Walsch The magic happens when you push past your fears.

The Magic of New Experiences

• “You must go on adventures to find out where you truly belong.” – Sue Fitzmaurice Adventure reveals your true self.
• “There is no greater joy than taking a leap into the unknown.” – Unknown The thrill of not knowing what’s next is what makes life exciting.
• “Adventure is not outside man; it is within.” – George Eliot The greatest adventures often lead us inward.
• “The journey, not the arrival, matters.” – T.S. Eliot It’s the experiences along the way that truly count.
• “Adventure awaits those who dare to explore.” – Unknown Take the leap, and discover what’s waiting for you.
• “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.” – Mark Jenkins True adventure challenges you to see the world through your own eyes.

Outlook on Adventure

• “Adventure isn’t outside man; it’s within.” – George Eliot The greatest journeys are often internal.
• “You don’t have to be rich to travel well.” – Eugene Fodor Adventure is about experiences, not luxury.
• “We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm, and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” – Jawaharlal Nehru Every moment holds the potential for adventure.
• “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” – Neale Donald Walsch To truly live, you have to step outside what feels safe.
• “Adventure is what happens when you just did something stupid.” – Professor Bernie Sometimes, mistakes lead to the best stories.
• “Adventure is allowing the unexpected to happen to you. Exploration is experiencing what you have not experienced before.” – Richard Aldington Adventure is all about embracing surprises.
• “Without adventure, civilization is in full decay.” – Alfred North Whitehead Adventure is essential to keeping life vibrant and exciting.
• “Adventure is not in the guidebook, and beauty is not on the map. Seek and you shall find.” – Terry and Renny Russell The most magical places are often the ones you stumble upon.
• “One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.” – William Feather Seeing life as an adventure makes every day more exciting.

Quotes to Spark Your Curiosity

• “Curiosity is the one thing invincible in nature.” – Freya Stark Curiosity is the fuel that keeps adventurers going.
• “If happiness is the goal – and it should be – then adventures should be top priority.” – Richard Branson Adventures bring a unique kind of joy.
• “To unpathed waters, undreamed shores.” – William Shakespeare Seek out the places no one has been before.
• “Adventure is a state of mind and spirit.” – Jacqueline Cochran It’s not just about where you go, but how you approach life.
• “You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” – Rabindranath Tagore Action is the key to every adventure.
• “It feels good to be lost in the right direction.” – Unknown Sometimes, getting lost leads to the best discoveries.
• “Adventure is an attitude, not a behavior.” – Unknown It’s how you face the world, not just what you do.
• “You don’t need magic to disappear, all you need is a destination.” – Unknown Travel is its own form of magic.
• “Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.” – David McCullough Jr. Adventure is about personal growth, not recognition.
• “And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.” – John Muir Nature has a way of bringing clarity to the soul.
• “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” – Anita Desai Each new place you visit leaves an imprint on who you are.

Pushing Beyond Limits

• “You never know what’s around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you’ve climbed a mountain.” – Tom Hiddleston The journey itself is where the adventure lies.
• “May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home.” – Trenton Lee Stewart Shared adventures deepen relationships.
• “The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” – Oprah Winfrey Pursuing your passions is the ultimate adventure.
• “To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” – Aldous Huxley Travel breaks down stereotypes and opens minds.
• “Adventure must be held in an open hand, a willing heart, and the courage to trust where it leads.” – Unknown Trust in the process of exploration.
• “Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.” – Edward Abbey Nature provides the perfect backdrop for adventure.
• “May your adventures bring you joy, your travels bring you peace, and your journeys bring you home.” – Unknown Adventure doesn’t have to be far from home to be meaningful.
• “Travel far enough, you meet yourself.” – David Mitchell The more you travel, the more you discover who you are.
• “Life is an adventure; make sure to enjoy the ride.” – Unknown Embrace all the ups and downs that come your way.

The Spirit of Exploration

• “The only question in life is whether or not you are going to answer a hearty ‘YES!’ to your adventure.” – Joseph Campbell Say yes to the opportunities that scare you.
• “You can’t find adventures sitting on your couch.” – Unknown Adventure requires action.
• “I’d rather take risks and regret it than not take risks and regret not doing it.” – Unknown It’s better to try and fail than to never have tried at all.
• “Adventure doesn’t come calling like the answer to a prayer. You have to go looking for it.” – Unknown Seek out your own adventures.
• “Adventure is about what you’re willing to risk for the chance to discover something new.” – Unknown The unknown is what makes adventure thrilling.
• “In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take.” – Lewis Carroll Don’t let fear hold you back from a life of adventure.
• “Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn’t mean to take.” – Angela N. Blount Unexpected turns often lead to the best experiences.
• “Adventure doesn’t have to be extreme. Sometimes, it’s just taking a new way home.” – Unknown Even the smallest changes can lead to new discoveries.
• “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust How you see the world is as important as what you see.
• “Go where you feel most alive.” – Unknown Let your spirit guide your adventures.

Adventure is Everywhere

• “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Gustave Flaubert Traveling reminds us of the vastness of the world.
• “Sometimes adventure is just a little change in your routine.” – Unknown You don’t have to go far to find excitement.
• “Life is short, and the world is wide.” – Simon Raven There’s so much out there waiting to be explored.
• “The best journeys in life are those that answer questions you never thought to ask.” – Rick Ridgeway Adventure often reveals things you didn’t know you needed.
• “Adventure is a beautiful metaphor for life’s greatest mysteries.” – Unknown The unknown keeps life exciting.

Finding Yourself on the Journey

• “Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.” – Jerry Seinfeld Not every adventure is smooth, but it’s always worthwhile.
• “Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.” – Dalai Lama Make it a point to explore new places regularly.
• “The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.” – Oprah Winfrey Your dream life is the ultimate adventure.
• “Great things never came from comfort zones.” – Unknown Step outside your routine for true growth.
• “Adventures don’t come calling like unexpected cousins calling from out of town. You have to go looking for them.” – Unknown Adventure is something you have to actively seek.
• “The journey not the arrival matters.” – T.S. Eliot What you learn along the way is the real reward.
• “Adventures fill your soul.” – Unknown Experiences feed the spirit in a way nothing else can.
• “Better to see something once than hear about it a thousand times.” – Asian Proverb Experiencing something firsthand is far more valuable than hearing about it.
• “When you stop doing things for fun, you might as well be dead.” – Ernest Hemingway Life without adventure is a life half-lived.
• “The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure.” – Christopher McCandless Our souls crave exploration.

Embrace Every Opportunity

• “The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure.” – Christopher McCandless Our souls crave exploration and discovery.
• “One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.” – Thomas Jefferson Solo adventures offer deep moments of reflection.
• “Adventures don’t come to those who wait; they’re discovered by those who seek.” – Unknown Be proactive in finding your next great journey.
• “Adventure is out there.” – Up (Pixar) Life is full of adventures waiting to happen—sometimes in unexpected places.
• “The journey is the destination.” – Dan Eldon It’s not about where you end up, but what you experience along the way.
• “You must go on adventures to find out where you truly belong.” – Sue Fitzmaurice Adventure helps you discover your purpose and place in the world.

These 101 adventure quotes are a call to explore, to embrace the unknown, and to live boldly. Each one serves as a reminder that the world is vast, and life’s greatest rewards come from taking risks and stepping outside of your comfort zone. Whether you’re embarking on a physical journey or an inner one, adventure awaits.

With these 101 adventure quotes, you’re armed with endless inspiration to fuel your next journey. Whether it’s a solo trip across the globe, a spontaneous weekend getaway, or a simple venture into the unfamiliar in your everyday life, remember that adventure is all around you. So go out, explore, and create unforgettable memories!

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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:

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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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The best quotes about travel will inspire you to pack your bags, book that ticket, and start your journey in a new place. We’re always thinking about our next trip, and sometimes a saying or quote can remind us why we travel in the first place.

Traveling is a great opportunity to step out of your comfort zone, reflect on the bigger picture, and learn about the world and yourself. If you need some motivation, I’ve got a collection of inspirational travel quotes , quotes about traveling with friends , funny travel quotes , and more. With that and our step-by-step guide on planning a trip anywhere , you will have no excuses.

Short travel quotes

Most inspiring travel quotes, best quotes about traveling with friends, travel quotes for couples, best quotes about traveling with family, quotes for traveling alone & solo travel quotes.

Spend some time reading through these adventure travel quotes and see which ones resonate with you most. Keep your favorites handy, so you can revisit them when you want some insight or something to inspire your wanderlust !

These short travel quotes are simple but can inspire lofty ideas for your next journey!

1. A change of latitude would help my attitude. – Unknown

As this short travel quote suggests, going to a new place can give you a total attitude adjustment!

2. Adventure is out there. – Charles Muntz

This travel quote from the animated film Up has inspired kids and adults alike. Adventure is out there; go find it!

3. Live your life by a compass, not a clock. – Erica Jong

I appreciate travel life quotes like this one. It’s not about how long you live, it’s whether you live it to the fullest. And for me, that means seeing the world!

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

This simple travel quote is a good one for life in general. Whether you’re moving to a new city or taking a trip around the world, oh, the places you’ll go!

5. Take only memories, leave only footprints. – Chief Seattle

This poignant travel quote is a reminder to treat our planet with respect, especially while traveling. Things like eco-tourism, carbon offsets, and environmental footprints need more attention!

6. The journey, not the arrival, matters. – T.S. Eliot

This is a quote about trips that can encourage you to slow down and enjoy the journey. Sometimes, we get so wrapped up in where we’re going, that we forget to appreciate all that’s around us.

7. There is a world elsewhere. – Shakespeare

This poetic travel quote is short and sweet. It’s easy to become distracted by daily life, but there is so much more out there.

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

This travel quote says it all: traveling truly is one of the best ways to experience life.

The best travel quotes will inspire you to take the leap and go on a new adventure! Check out these inspirational travel quotes for more insight and direction.

9. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. – Lao Tzu

This inspiring travel quote applies to life, too. Step by step, we can reach new destinations, as well as our goals.

10. A ship is safe in the harbor, but that’s not what ships are built for. – Gael Attal

Remember that you are the ship, and you’re meant to experience this beautiful, magical world while you’re here!

11. Better to see something once than hear about it a thousand times. – Asian proverb

No matter how many photos you see or stories you hear, nothing beats seeing a place in person!

12. Don’t tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you have traveled. – Mohammed

This travel saying reminds us that experiencing unfamiliar places and cultures is one of the best ways to learn.

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

This inspirational travel quote is about taking charge of your life and, as a traveler, getting off the beaten path to discover new places.

14. Investment in travel is an investment in yourself. – Matthew Karsten

A lot of people think about investing in their career or home, but the life experience you get through traveling is one of the greatest investments. The insight, perspective, and resilience you gain can help you in all facets of life.

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

This tried and true travel quote is another one that can inspire you to push past fears and embrace adventure! And remember, everyone’s comfort zone is different!

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

While taking a trip requires money, this inspirational travel quote reminds us that you also need the courage to leave behind familiarity for adventure.

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

Frost was a poet who understood the importance of charting your own path rather than following the crowd. That principle applies to traveling too, as you can find all kinds of unique places when you venture away from the tourist traps.

18. We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us. – Anonymous

This is one of the best travel quotes because it sums up why so many people pack their bags. When we’re traveling, we’re fully living !

Quotes about traveling the world

These quotes about traveling to new places will ignite your desire to pack up and go somewhere new!

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

Here is a famous travel quote that can spark wanderlust in anyone, especially travel junkies like us!

20. It’s a big world out there, it would be a shame not to experience it. – J.D. Andrews

Even if you can only go to the next town over, it’s always worth it to visit a new place and see something different.

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

This is another travel quote that points out how you need to face some fears to travel to new destinations. Of course, it’s totally worth it!

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

Here is a wonderful metaphor that can motivate you to step out of your comfort zone and go someplace new. Travel always reminds us that the world doesn’t revolve around us, and there are so many different ways of life.

23. The most beautiful thing in the world, is, of course, the world itself. -Wallace Stevens

This simple travel quote truly needs no explanation. When you feel down or uninspired, the world is there in all its natural beauty.

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

This quote about traveling the world can shift our perspective to see the big picture.

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

Some people live to travel, and they get bored when they’re in one place for too long. If that’s you, know that you’re not alone!

26. Travel because life is short, and the world is huge. – Anonymous

If you need an inspiring travel quote , here it is!

27. Travel makes one modest, you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world. – Gustave Flaubert

This travel quote is also about the big picture. If you’ve ever stood on the edge of a cliff or sailed in the middle of the ocean, you know that sensation of feeling ridiculously small in a big world.

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

A wonderful quote about traveling the world , this sentence captures the feeling of taking a piece of your travels with you while leaving a part of you behind .

Quotes about travel & adventure

These quotes are for travel lovers who crave their next adventure. If you’re ready to indulge your wanderlust, keep reading this adventure sayings !

29. Adventure may hurt you, but monotony will kill you. – Ghaniya Dewi Arassyi

This travel quote will resonate with many digital nomads and explorers. Waking up in a new place and experiencing a different culture may be jarring at first, but that kind of adventure is much better than doing the same thing every day.

30. All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware. – Martin Buber

Anyone who has traveled will agree that this wanderlust quote is 100% true.

31. Blessed are the curious for they shall have adventures. – Lovelle Drachman

Life is full of adventures and things to see, and if you’re curious enough, you’ll experience them all!

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

Odds are, the most interesting and fulfilled people you’ve met have spent more time seeing the world than buying things.

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

This is one of the best travel quotes for a burst of inspiration.

34. Jobs fill your pocket. Adventures fill your soul. – Unknown

While it’s pragmatic to have both, it’s true that you gain something when you travel that you don’t get anywhere else.

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

Helen Keller’s motivational travel quote applies to life in general, so whatever the word adventure means to you, go for it!

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

This is the perfect quote for travel lovers ! After a trip, you always come home with a story or two to tell, and those tales stay with you for life.

37. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. – Mark Twain

This is a simple travel quote to motivate you. Have you ever met anyone who said they regretted traveling?

Some of the best trips are the ones you take with good friends. I’m sure these travel quotes will inspire you to hit the road with your best friends. These are my favorite quotes about traveling with friends .

38. A good friend listens to your adventures. Your best friend makes them with you. – Unknown

Whoever said this trip quote knows what it’s like to have that best friend who will explore the world and navigate life with you.

39. Everyone needs this friend that calls and says, “Get dressed, we’re going on an adventure.” – Unknown

Here is another fun quote about traveling with friends . Do you have that bestie that’s always ready for the next adventure?

40. 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’m sure everyone can relate to this funny travel quote . When you take a trip with someone, you learn a lot about them, yourself, and your relationship!

41. It doesn’t matter where you’re going, it’s who you have beside you. – Unknown

As this travel quote suggests, one of the best parts of taking a trip isn’t the destination, but who you’re with.

42. Life is meant for good friends and great adventures. – Anonymous

I don’t think anyone can argue against the idea that adventure and friendship are two of the best things in life!

43. Sometimes all you need is a great friend and a tank of gas. – Thelma and Louise

This cute saying is the perfect travel quote to inspire your next road trip!

44. The more I travelled, the more I realized fear makes strangers of people who should be friends. – Shirley MacLaine

This life travel quote is an excellent reminder of how people can connect across cultures, countries, and languages. One of the best things about traveling is that it introduces you to diverse ways of seeing the world and living life, and of course, new friends.

45. Travel is better with friends. – Unknown

This travel quote needs no explanation. While a solo trip can be fun now and then, traveling with friends is one of the best experiences in life.

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

Those who love to explore will understand the depth of this quote. Traveling is the best way to find yourself, others, and new insights about the world.

Traveling with friends is great, but if you have a significant other, it’s a unique experience. Let these couples’ travel quotes encourage you to take a journey with your partner!

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

This couples’ travel quote is an important one. As with life and relationships, there are many things out of our control, and the same goes for traveling. However, that doesn’t mean the trip isn’t worthwhile!

48. Actually, the best gift you could have given her was a lifetime of adventures. – Lewis Carroll

This excerpt from Alice in Wonderland makes for a wonderful travel quote . Money gets spent, clothes get tattered, and cars break down, but adventures give you memories that last forever.

49. 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

I love this quote about traveling together because you can share perspectives and gain even more from your trip.

50. In life, it’s not where you go – it’s who you travel with. – Charles M. Schulz

Here is a beautiful quote about traveling with a partner or friend that I 100% agree with!

51. Never go on trips with anyone you do not love. – Hemingway

Although it’s a funny travel quote , it’s quite true!

52. No road is long with good company. – Turkish proverb

I love this proverb about travel because no matter where you’re going, as long as you have a loved one beside you, it’ll be okay.

53. Sharing adventures means enjoying them 100% more. – Unknown

This is another great travel quote for couples or friends. A solo adventure can be fun, but it’s different from sharing travel experiences with someone you love.

54. Together is our favorite place to be. – Unknown

This quote about travel and love is so heartwarming. Having your partner by your side can make any trip more magical, although simply being in each other’s presence is often enough.

55. Traveling 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

This longer travel quote is an interesting analogy that frequent travelers might relate to. Visiting new lands and meeting new people is like flirting; as soon as you start to connect, you move onto a different location.

56. What we find in a soulmate is not something wild to tame, but something wild to run with. – Robert Brault

Whether or not you believe in soulmates, it’s true that the best partner is the one we can go on adventures with.

Taking a trip as a family can be a bonding experience, as well as frustrating and memorable! These quotes about family vacations are funny and heartwarming, so they perfectly capture all facets of traveling with your kids.

57. A family that travels together stays together. – Unknown

Some travel quotes and sayings are cute and sweet, like this one. Family trips can be a wonderful opportunity to spend quality time together and strengthen bonds.

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

While it’s a funny travel quote , this saying can also correspond to family life. Sometimes families get tied into a routine and lose touch with each other. Taking a trip together disrupts the monotony and brings everyone closer.

59. Love is the food of life, travel is dessert. – Anonymous

If you ask any adventurous spirit, they’ll agree that love and travel is all you need!

60. Not all classrooms have 4 walls. – Unknown

I think this is one of the top travel quotes , and it’s especially pertinent to families. Sometimes, parents get nervous about letting their kids travel, but seeing a new place and a unique way of life is one of the most fulfilling ways to educate oneself.

61. Travel. Your money will return. Your time won’t. – Unknown

A contemplative quote about travel and life , this simple sentence encourages us to go on adventures while we can. After all, when we’re old, it’ll be easier to work than to hop on a plane!

62. Traveling in the company of those we love is home in motion. – Leigh Hunt

This is such a cute couples’ travel quote to remind us that home is the people we love, not a specific place.

63. Two of the greatest gifts we can give our children are roots and wings. – Hodding Carter

This is one of the sweetest travel quotes for families . While kids need stability, they also have vivid imaginations. Traveling with their parents can awaken their childlike wonder and instill in them a sense of adventure.

If you’ve ever taken a solo trip, you know that it’s one of the most life-changing experiences. And if you haven’t had the pleasure of traveling alone yet, hopefully, these quotes about solo trips can inspire you!

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

This is a beautiful travel quote about how you change as a person when you wake up in an unfamiliar environment. Going through daily life in a different place truly alters the way you view the bigger picture.

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

If you’re thinking of going on a solo adventure and need a nudge, consider this quote about traveling alone . Sometimes, going on a trip with people we know can distract us from the full experience of discovering a new place.

66. Not until we are lost do, we begin to find ourselves. – Henry David Thoreau

Here is another simple travel quote that has a deeper meaning. Sometimes, we have to get lost and break away from what’s familiar in order to truly meet ourselves.

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

Something that digital nomads crave is the feeling of being lost or a stranger in a new land. For these people, there is no other feeling like it!

68. 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. – Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Bourdain was one of the most beloved world travelers, so his adventure travel quote resonates deeply. The best thing about traveling is that you sprinkle a bit of yourself everywhere you go, and you bring a bit of that place back with you.

69. Travel far enough, you meet yourself. – David Mitchell

Read between the lines of this travel quote , and it makes so much sense. The more you stray from what you know, the more you learn about yourself, and the world!

70. When the traveler goes alone, he gets acquainted with himself. – Liberty Hyde Bailey

I agree that taking a trip with friends or a partner is awesome, but when you travel alone, you have so much time to get to know yourself.

Funny travel quotes

The deep, motivational sayings are great, but sometimes a funny travel quote is all you need to inspire your next adventure!

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

This is the perfect quote for travel lovers ! Where is your next adventure going to be?

72. I love to travel but hate to arrive. – Albert Einstein

This short and sweet saying is another reminder that it’s often the journey – not the destination – that matters most.

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

It could be Europe or a few miles from your house, but when you travel, you gain new insights into yourself – your personality, quirks, likes, dislikes, everything.

74. I need a vacation of 6 months. Twice a year! – Unknown

This silly travel quote is funny , but all too true!

75. If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it’s lethal. – Paulo Coelho

Yes, stability is important, but adventure is fulfilling and just as essential.

76. It’s bad manners to let vacation wait! – Unknown

Here’s another lighthearted travel quote to remind you to book that vacation!

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

This travel quote is funny yet wise. Even though we are more connected than ever, you truly don’t understand a place until you step foot there yourself.

78. You know it’s time for a vacation when you start looking like the person on your driving license… – Unknown

You can’t deny that this funny travel vacation quote is true !

Quotes about wanderlust

The best travel quotes plant a seed in your mind, a will in your heart, and a spark in your spirit. I’m sure these motivational quotes about traveling the world will awaken your inner wanderer!

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

This one is for the wanderers and frequent travelers. While there is a place for planning and preparation, some of the best trips are those with limited foresight.

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

One of the best quotes on traveling , this saying gets to the root of why so many people love to travel. Visiting a new destination opens us up to all kinds of sights, sounds, smells, people, and lessons.

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

This is another travel quote that’s funny and deep. You can plan your trip, but things never go 100% according to plan, and you often end up with experiences you didn’t expect!

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

Goodman’s quote about travel and happiness reminds us that the journey is more important than the destination.

83. Wanderlust: (n) a strong desire or urge to explore the world.

Does this definition of wanderlust resonate with you? Which part of the world do you want to see next?

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

Proust’s motivational quote about traveling rings true. The more you travel, the more you open your mind and heart.

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

Forget souvenirs; this travel quote reminds us that the best thing you gain from a trip is the richness of the experience.

86. You don’t need magic to disappear, all you need is a destination. – Unknown

It doesn’t matter if that destination is near or far, as long as it’s someplace new .

Quotes about wandering

Similar to the wanderlust quotes , these sayings appeal to those with a nomadic spirit. Which one is your favorite?

87. It is better to travel than to arrive. – Buddha

The Buddha’s quote points out that the true treasure is the journey itself.

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

Tolkien’s words remain one of the most popular quotes about wandering . Some people are simply born to travel and visit different lands!

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

Sometimes, a destination can seem strange and intimidating, but it’s simply a new adventure waiting for you!

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

I think this travel quote about nature makes a good point. When we explore all the beautiful natural places in the world, we gain a deeper appreciation for this planet.

91. The gladdest moment in human life, me thinks, is a departure into unknown lands. – Sir Richard Burton

This travel quote is self-explanatory, but travel lovers will agree that the best moments of their lives were probably while they were exploring.

92. We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. – Hilaire Belloc

There is something to this quote about travel and life . It describes how we can wander, either by hopping from one place to another or by changing up certain aspects of our lives. However, these are usually distractions, and it’s when we travel wholeheartedly that we feel fulfilled .

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This last section of trip quotes is perfect for sharing on social media or keeping around the house.

93. Forget champagne and caviar – Taste the world instead! – Hostelgeeks

Would you rather see the world than have fancy things? Me too!

94. Measure life by countries, not years. – Unknown

If you love to travel, you’ll appreciate this one. It’s a quote for travel and life and says that it’s not about how long you live; it’s about how well you live!

95. Of all the paths you take in life make sure a few of them are sandy. – Unknown

I bet you don’t need more convincing to take a tropical vacation, but this beachy travel quote is a good one!

96. The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost. – Henry David Thoreau

When you have the courage to step out of your comfort zone and get off the beaten path, you find yourself having experiences of which you wouldn’t even dream!

97. There’s no time to be bored in a world as beautiful as this. – Anonymous

This travel quote doesn’t need an explanation; there are so many gorgeous places to see in this world.

98. Travel – the best way to be lost and found at the same time. – Brenna Smith

This short travel quote is straight to the point!

99. With age, comes wisdom. With travel, comes understanding. – Sandra Lake

This inspirational travel quote is definitely worth sharing. The more we travel, the more we learn about different people and ways of life. And that leads to more understanding and tolerance, which is a beautiful thing!

100. You can’t have a narrow mind and a thick passport. – Pauline Frommer

Piggybacking off the previous travel quote , this sentence encapsulates the idea that adventuring requires an open mind.

I hope you loved these travel quotes and sayings! If they inspired you to go on an adventure or sparked your wanderlust, let me know. Also, what are some good travel quotes you’ve heard? Leave me a comment below to share your favorites!

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Reading through these quotes about travel has ignited a flame of wanderlust within me. Each quote speaks to the essence of exploration, the beauty of discovery, and the transformative power of journeying into the unknown. As I soak in the wisdom shared by these wordsmiths, I’m reminded that the world is a vast tapestry of experiences waiting to be unravelled, and I feel inspired to embark on my next adventure with an open heart and a curious spirit.

Beautifully said! We couldn’t agree more that travel has a transformative power. I’m glad these travel quotes inspired you! Where will your next adventure be? 🙂

Traveling opens doors to new perspectives and unforgettable experiences. These quotes ignite my wanderlust and remind me of the endless adventures awaiting discovery. Let’s explore

Hi Tapu, Thanks so much! I 100% agree…travel is the best way to learn new things about the world and ourselves. Happy travelling 😉

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The best travel purses are stylish, lightweight and can hold and organize essential items without feeling cumbersome. We spent hours researching options from a variety of brands to find the very best travel purses; our winner is the MZ Wallace Small Sutton Deluxe , which is made from a durable and waterproof material and has eight useful pockets. We also evaluated purses from lululemon , Baggu , Cuyana , Lo & Sons and more to help you find the best option for your needs.

The best travel purses are durable, versatile, and can hold and organize essential items.

Before making a purchase, consider your travel purse’s primary use. Outdoor enthusiasts might want a water-repellent option , while travelers seeking a day-to-night bag might prefer a leather purse . It’s also helpful to evaluate the bag's size, weight, interior organization and security features, which can be especially important if traveling internationally. Below, the best travel purses of 2024.

• Best Travel Purse Overall: MZ Wallace Small Sutton Deluxe
• Best Affordable Travel Purse: Uniqlo Round Mini Shoulder Bag
• Best Crossbody Travel Purse: Lululemon Everywhere Crossbody Bag
• Best Anti-Theft Travel Purse: Travelon Anti-Theft Classic Mini Shoulder Bag
• Best Leather Travel Purse: Cuyana Double Moon Saddle Bag
• Best Sling Bag For Travel: Lo & Sons Bond Bag
• Best Small Travel Purse: Baggu Mini Nylon Shoulder Bag
• Best Large Travel Purse: Coach Lana Pebble Leather Shoulder Bag

Best Travel Purse Overall

Stylish, waterproof and great for organization, mz wallace small sutton deluxe.

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Dimensions: 9.8 x 5.5 x 10.2 inches |  Weight: 1.1 pounds |  Colors: 19 total |  Materials: Rec Oxford, leather trim

• Durable and waterproof exterior
• Eight pockets
• Detachable, adjustable crossbody strap
• Exterior pockets are not zippered

The MZ Wallace Small Sutton Deluxe earned the top spot on our list thanks to its compact size, well-organized interior and stylish yet durable design. It’s crafted from Rec Oxford fabric and has a padded, almost quilted appearance. The material is waterproof, so you won’t have to worry about the exterior if caught in the rain. There are eight pockets total (six on the inside and two on the outside) to keep you organized on the go, and the main compartment is spacious enough to fit a water bottle, book, passport, wallet, phone, sunglasses and more. Other helpful features include a zip top closure to keep everything secure, a detachable crossbody strap, a phone pocket and a key ring strap. 

Best Affordable Travel Purse

Compact, adjustable and under $20, uniqlo round mini shoulder bag.

Dimensions: 11 x 6.7 x 3.9 inches |  Weight: Not listed |  Colors: 12 total |  Materials: Nylon shell and polyester lining

• Adjustable strap
• Two interior pockets
• Water-repellent finish may wear off over time

If you’re looking for an inexpensive option that you won’t have to be too precious with, we recommend the Uniqlo Round Mini Shoulder Bag. It’s shaped like a half-moon and has an adjustable strap to ensure a secure fit. The 100% nylon fabric has a slightly crinkled effect and is treated with a water-repellent finish (although the manufacturer does note that it may wear off over time). There are also two smaller pockets inside for stashing smaller items like a backup charger and wallet. Although the construction is not as thick or durable as our top pick, it’s a great choice if you’re on a budget or want several different colors for variety.

Best Crossbody Travel Purse

Practical, sporty and water-repellent, lululemon everywhere crossbody bag.

Dimensions: 7.7 x 3.1 x 5.3 inches |  Weight: Not listed |  Colors: 2 total |  Materials: Nylon body and recycled polyester lining

• Water-repellent fabric
• Removable, adjustable crossbody strap
• Large exterior zippered pocket
• Limited color options (rose blush/silver and bone/silver)

Crossbody bags allow you to go hands-free when traveling and provide enough room for all your essentials without feeling bulky. This iteration from Lululemon has a removable, adjustable crossbody strap, silver hardware, and multiple pockets to stay organized. The exterior pocket zips close to keep your belongings secure, and the back slip pocket keeps your iPhone handy so you can whip it out when you need to make a call. Its casual look makes it best suited for everyday adventures rather than dressier occasions.

Best Anti-Theft Travel Purse

Rfid blocking pockets and slash-resistant straps, travelon anti-theft classic mini shoulder bag.

Dimensions: 8.5 x 8.5 x 2.3 inches |  Weight: 0.90 pounds |  Colors: 12 total |  Materials: Slash-resistant nylon

• Slash-resistant body and strap
• RFID-blocking pockets and card slots
• Fun colors and patterns to choose from 
• Design isn’t as stylish as other options

For international trips or getaways to busy locales, you might feel more secure choosing a purse with anti-theft features. The Travelon Anti-Theft Classic Mini Shoulder Bag stands out among the competition for its many security components, durable materials and uncluttered design. It’s made from slash-resistant nylon, and the strap has a stainless steel wire that runs through it, so thieves can’t cut it. The bag’s main compartment has an organizer with RFID-blocking pockets and the front zippered pocket locks to keep your valuables secure. Plus, it’s easy to wipe down with a damp cloth when it gets dirty. Reviewers say it’s the perfect size for travel, and it doesn’t feel too bulky or cumbersome, even when filled.

Best Leather Travel Purse

Elegant and well-made, cuyana double moon saddle bag.

Dimensions: 7 x 8.5 x 3.5 inches |  Weight: 1.1 pound pounds |  Colors: 3 total |  Materials: Italian pebbled leather

• Made from genuine leather
• Two spacious main compartments
• Add-on accessories cost more

Cuyana is known for its sleek, modern pieces made from gorgeous Italian leather—and this saddle bag is no exception. The pebbled leather is buttery soft, and the elegant shape can be dressed up or down, depending on the occasion. There are two main compartments—each with its own flap—and a back slip pocket for anything you need quick access to. Both compartments have a magnetic closure, so you won’t have to fumble with zippers when you’re out and about. You can further customize your bag with add-on accessories like an AirPod Case or cardholder .

Best Sling Bag For Travel

Spacious and sleek.

Lo & Sons

Lo & Sons Bond Bag

Dimensions: 9.3 x 4.5 x 2.5 inches |  Weight: 1.2 pounds |  Colors: 3 total |  Materials: Sheepskin leather

• Converts to a fanny pack
• Interior key leash and three mesh pockets
• TSA-approved lock can be used with the zippers
• Only three color options

Whether you’re planning to shop, hike or catch a live show during your upcoming travels, the Lo & Sons Bond Bag is a great companion. This sling bag will keep your hands free, and its main compartment typically swings to the front of your body, keeping your belongings safe and secure. The main body has three mesh pockets and one zippered pocket with three built-in card slots, so you don’t have to carry a wallet. There’s also a handy key leash and exterior pocket for your phone. 

I’ve owned this bag for over a year and constantly reach for it, whether I’m headed to a sports game, outdoor concert or casual lunch with friends. It looks sleek no matter what I wear it with and is surprisingly spacious for a sling bag.

Best Small Travel Purse

Compact and easily washable, baggu mini nylon shoulder bag.

Dimensions: 6 x 9 x 2.8 inches |  Weight: Not listed |  Colors: 13 total |  Materials: Recycled heavyweight nylon, recycled ripstop nylon lining 

• Adjustable, quilted strap 
• Made from recycled, washable nylon
• One interior zip pocket
• May not hold up to years of frequent wear
• Lighter colors, like Dove, are a bit see-through 

If you’re looking for a compact shoulder bag that’s functional but still stylish, the Baggu Mini Nylon Shoulder Bag is an excellent pick. It has a structured body that can stand on its own, and it’s made from recycled heavyweight nylon that can be machine-washed. (It’s the only bag on our list that’s washable.) The capacity isn’t huge, but it feels spacious for a smaller bag and works well for everyday use. Customers also appreciate the fun color options and say it’s incredibly lightweight.

Best Large Travel Purse

Three sizable compartments for all your belongings.

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Coach Lana Pebble Leather Shoulder Bag

Dimensions: 20.1 x 13.1 x 7.3 inches |  Weight: Not listed |  Colors: 3 total |  Materials: Polished pebble leather, fabric lining

• Made from polished leather
• Three distinct interior compartments
• Protective feet on bottom of bag
• Strap is not adjustable

Easily the largest bag on our list, the Lana Shoulder Bag is a beautifully crafted travel purse that can hold sizable items like an iPad, MacBook Air or an extra pair of shoes. It’s made from pebble leather with a layer of gloss that gives it a stylish sheen, and its flat shoulder strap has a ten-inch drop. Inside the bag, two distinct compartments are divided by a zippered pouch in the middle (within the zippered compartment, there’s also a smaller slip pocket). The two main compartments are ideal for storing a book, electronics, a water bottle, a sweater and other bulky essentials. Although it’s the most expensive bag we highlighted, it’s a well-made investment piece that will last a lifetime.

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• This article was overseen by senior travel editor Astrid Taran , who has used travel purses on countless trips to more than 35 countries. Two of her favorite travel purse brands are MZ Wallace and Cuyana .
• Katherine Louie , the author of this piece, is a lifestyle editor with extensive experience covering travel and lifestyle topics. She owns the Lo & Sons Bond Bag and uses it constantly, whether traveling internationally or heading on an outdoor excursion.
• This story is regularly checked to ensure that all prices and information are as current as possible.

How We Chose The Best Travel Purses

To find the best travel purses, we researched dozens of best-selling options, compared features and asked our team of experienced staffers for insights.

• We relied on expert advice, independent reviews, research and personal experience to make our recommendations. Louie has over a decade of firsthand experience testing bags, shoes, and other accessories and personally used one of the bags on this list. She also spent more than seven hours researching the best options on the market before making her final selections.
• We analyzed several important features, including dimensions, weight, materials, available color options and interior organization, to help readers pinpoint the best option for their needs.
• The final products on this list reflect in-depth research conducted by our writer and meticulous vetting by the editorial team.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

What is the safest type of purse to travel with.

Generally, crossbody bags are safer when traveling as they can’t be grabbed off your arm or shoulder. Look for bags made from thick, sturdy materials—such as leather—which make it harder for thieves to slash. The safest travel purse on our list is the  Travelon Anti-Theft Classic Mini Shoulder Bag because it’s constructed from slash-resistant nylon, and the strap has a stainless steel wire that runs through it. There are also RFID-blocking pockets inside to keep your credit cards secure.

What Kind Of Travel Bag Is Suitable For Short Trips?

All the bags we highlighted on this list are suitable for short trips. They can hold the essentials without feeling heavy or bulky. If you need to pack a few more items (or want to leave room for souvenirs on a day trip), the  Coach Lana Shoulder Bag is the largest bag we recommend. It has three spacious compartments and a comfortable, wide shoulder strap. 

What Color Bag Is Best For Travel?

While the type of travel purse you buy largely depends on personal preference, dark colors are better at hiding stains and spills. Neutral colorways—like black, tan, grey and white—are also good choices because they’re easy to pair with any outfit.

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Eligible U.S. citizens who want routine service can now renew their passports online. 

If you do not qualify to renew online, you may also renew by mail .

Follow these steps to renew your passport online and track your status:

Confirm you meet the requirements

• Create your account 

Start your application

• Enter your most recent passport info

Enter travel plans

• Upload digital photo

Sign and pay

Enroll in email updates.

You can renew online if you meet all these requirements:

• The passport you are renewing is or was valid for 10 years, and you are age 25 or older. 
• We issued the passport you are renewing between 2009 and 2015, or over 9 years but less than 15 years from the date you plan to submit your application. 
• You are not changing your name, gender, date of birth, or place of birth.
• You are not traveling for at least 8 weeks from the date you will submit your application. We will only offer routine service , and the time it takes to get a passport will be the same as renewing by mail. 
• You are applying for a regular (tourist) passport. You cannot renew a special issuance (diplomatic, official, service) passport online.
• You live in the United States (either state or territory). You do not qualify to renew online if you live in a foreign country or have an Army Post Office (APO) or Fleet Post Office (FPO) address.
• You have your passport with you, and it is not damaged or mutilated, and you have not reported it as lost or stolen. Keep your most recent passport and do not mail it to us. 
• You can pay for your passport using a credit or debit card.
• You can upload a digital passport photo.
• You are aware that we will cancel the passport you are renewing after you submit your application. You cannot use it for international travel.

If you do not qualify to renew online, you may be able to renew by mail or in person at a passport agency or center .

Create your account

Click the Sign In button on the MyTravelGov homepage . Clicking the button will take you to Login.gov where you can sign in as an existing customer or create a new account.   

Our MyTravelGov video  explains how to create an account.

Find answers to frequently asked questions about the process of creating an account.  

After creating your account, click on the "Renew Your Passport" button on the home page to start your application.  

You can save your application and finish it at a later date. You have 30 days to complete your application after you start it. If you do not complete your application in 30 days, you will need to start over. 

Enter info about your most recent passport

At this stage, we check the passport(s) you are renewing against our records to see if you can renew online. 

• Enter your information as we printed it on the passport you are renewing. 
• Try again if you believe you should be eligible to renew online. We may be experiencing temporary, technical issues with our system.
• If you are not eligible to renew online, the application will give you a list of reasons. Double check your information before re-entering it.

Validity of Most Recent Passport : Make sure your most recent passport is or was valid for 10 years. The passport must be expiring within one year or have been expired less than five years.  

Your Name : Check the spelling, capitalization, hyphens, and spacing between letters in your name and compare them to your most recent passport. 

• If your last name is spelled "McDonald" but printed as "Mc Donald," (with a space), make sure you enter your name as "Mc Donald"(with the space included) on the application. 
• If your last name is spelled “Smith-Jenkins“ (with a hyphen) and printed in your most recent passport with the hyphen, try entering your name as “Smith Jenkins” (without a hyphen) or "SmithJenkins" (with no space). We will add the hyphen to your name when we review your application. 

Passport Book, Passport Card, or Both Documents : You can renew passport books and passport cards online. If you want to renew a passport book but not a passport card, leave the card section blank on the application. If you want to renew a passport card but not a passport book, leave the book section blank.

The following chart explains what documents you can renew online:

This video explains how to enter info about your passport

If you are traveling in less than 8 weeks, you cannot renew online. We are only offering routine service .

• Routine times do not include mailing times.
• Routine times are the same for customers who renew online and by mail. 

Need your passport in 3-8 weeks? Get expedited service and renew by mail .

Need your passport in less than 3 weeks? Make an appointment to renew in person at a passport agency or center.

Upload a digital photo

You will need to upload an original, digital photo in .JPEG file format. 

• Go to our  Uploading a Digital Photo page  to see photo examples and requirements.
• Have someone else take your photo. No selfies.
• Do not scan a photo, or take a photo of an already printed photo.

This video will help you learn how to upload a digital photo

Paying for your Passport

To complete your application, you must  pay all passport fees  using a credit or debit card. Click the “Sign and Pay” button which will take you to pay.gov where you will pay your passport fees.  

Confirming Payment

We will send you emails about the status of your payment.

The first email will notify you that your payment is pending. The second email will confirm we processed your payment. If we are unable to process your payment, you will receive an email asking you to login to your account and pay again.  

Check your spam or junk folder if you do not see the emails in your inbox. 

Keep Your Most Recent Passport

When you complete your application, you will need the passport you are renewing on hand. Keep your most recent passport. Do not mail it to us, or try to use it to travel since we will cancel it. 

One week after you apply, go to our Online Passport Status System to enroll in more emails about the status of your application. We will notify you when your application is in process, approved, and when we send your passport. We will also notify you if we need more information to process your application. 

Our Application Status page includes details about what each status message means. 

This video explains what to do after you apply

How to get support

Request faster service or change your mailing address.

If your travel plans change, you may request expedite service for an extra $60, or 1-2 day delivery of your completed passport book for an extra $21.36. One-to-two day delivery is not available for passport cards. We only send cards via First Class Mail.

If you are changing your mailing address, please note your new address must be in the United States (either state or territory). You cannot use an Army Post Office (APO) or Fleet Post Office (FPO) address.

Call the National Passport Information Center at  1-877-487-2778  . Provide your application number, or your last name and date of birth.

After you contact us, you won’t see any changes to your application in your MyTravelGov account.

Respond to a request for more information

Follow the instructions in the letter or email. You must respond within 90 days of the date on the letter or email. Our  Respond to a Letter or Email webpage  has tips and reminders on how to respond. 

Contacting us if you need help

There are two different paths for support:  

Technical Support for your Account : Contact the Login.gov team if you need help changing your password, verifying your account, or changing your account information.  

Customer Support for your Passport Application : Contact us at 1-877-487-2778 if you have an issue completing your passport application, or you want to upgrade to expedited service, 1-2 day delivery, or change your mailing address. 

Processing Times for Renewing Online

Routine:  6-8 weeks*

Expedited: We do not offer this service if you are renewing online. Mail us your application and supporting documents. 

Urgent Travel:  We do not offer this service if you are renewing online. Make an appointment at a passport agency or center.

*Mailing times are not included in  processing times . Processing times only include the time your application is at one of our passport agencies or centers. The total time to get your passport includes both processing and mailing times. 

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