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130 Best Inspirational Travel Quotes to Inspire Wanderlust

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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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!

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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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50 Inspirational Travel Quotes to Ignite the Wanderlust in You

As a child gazing at a world map, I would daydream about exploring every exotic shore on the horizon. However, embarking on my first transatlantic journey revealed how challenging travel can also be. From navigating unforeseen obstacles to trying new foods, each foray away from home transforms us.

Travel expands perspectives, unravels preconceived notions, and illuminates the rich tapestry of global cultures. These inspirational travel quotes capture the allure of discovering new places, overcoming adversity, and the personal growth inspired by our journeys. May the words ignite your own wanderlust spirit and send you voyaging to far-flung realms!

Key Takeaways:

The call of distant shores: travel quotes about new destinations, “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – lao tzu.

The Chinese philosopher highlights how even vast undertakings like world travel start small, with courage and intention. His wisdom inspired me to take my first solo trip to Asia . Though daunting, those initial steps created a path to the most rewarding experience of my life.

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

After hiking through jaw-dropping Yosemite Valley , I understood what Flaubert meant. Surrounded by towering granite cliffs and sequoia trees, I felt small yet connected to the grandeur of nature. Travel humbles and exhilarates us.

“Travel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever.” – Publilius Syrus

The ancient writer cautions that travel alone does not guarantee growth. We must approach our journeys with open minds, curiosity to learn, and critical thinking. Travel reveals our true natures.

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

Twain’s humor gets at a truth – sharing transport and living quarters reveals a travel companion’s character. Challenging situations will expose their integrity, patience, and problem-solving. Choose wisely for smooth journeys.

Embracing the Path Less Trodden: Quotes on Travel and Adventure

“life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – helen keller.

Despite blindness and deafness, travel gave Keller fascinating insights into human nature, heightened her remaining senses, and broadened her worldview. She encourages us not to let fear limit our adventurous sides.

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

Many associate wandering with aimlessness. But as Bilbo Baggins of The Hobbit discovered, sometimes finding your way requires getting intentionally lost and following where the road takes you.

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

No description or photo can ever match being enveloped by the damp heat of the Borneo jungle or deafened by the volcanic eruption in Tonga I witnessed. Some moments must be lived firsthand – so get out there!

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

While trying new foods could cause belly issues and hiking the Inca Trail knee aches, staying within our comfort zones can actually shrink our worlds. When we stop challenging ourselves, we stop living and learning.

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

This line from On the Road captures the restless spirit of adventure – to throw caution to the wind and risk it all for the freedom of the open road, come what may. It’s a siren call that tugs at every true wanderer’s soul.

The Gifts of the Journey: Quotes on the Benefits of Travel

“the more i traveled, the more i realized that fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.” – shirley maclaine.

MacLaine aptly expresses how travel breaks down the barriers between us, laying bare our common humanity. Prejudices seem to fade when we actually connect with people .

“Travel expands the mind and fills the gap.” – Sheda Savage

This quote perfectly captures the sense of returning from a journey feeling more full as a person, with a bank of indelible memories and learnings to enrich daily life. Travel indeed widens our mental horizons.

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

By staying home, we deprive ourselves of the fuller story and limit our knowledge of history, cultures, geographies, cuisines, languages, and more. Travel lets us read every chapter.

“Untouched by the customs and complexities of man, nature patiently waits to unleash her wonders on those who seek adventure.” – Pippa de Bruyn

De Bruyn inspires us to venture into remote corners where, free from human influence, nature surprises and rejuvenates the spirit. My trans-Siberian train journey through the stark Mongolian wilderness quenched my thirst for the rawness of the elements.

“To travel is to evolve.” – Pierre Bernardo

Through constantly navigating new cultures, terrains, people, and languages, travel expands our competence and knowledge. Tackling each unfamiliar situation shapes us through experience. We return home as expanded versions of ourselves.

Unveiling the World’s Secrets: Quotes About Exploring New Places

“a mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – oliver wendell holmes, jr..

Holmes reveals how the insights gained through travel permanently change our psychology and worldview. After living in Mumbai , the poverty sharpened my gratitude and showed me how joy transcends wealth. My perspective forever transformed.

“The world is big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.” – John Muir

This quote by the great naturalist makes me think of one of the joys of map-gazing as a child – imagining how much was out there to discover. Muir inspires us to seize the daylight and set off on the ultimate adventure – exploring the planet.

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

The ancient Taoist master understood the magic that happens when travelers remain open to evolving journeys. Chance encounters, spontaneity and newfound freedom await those who let the journey unfold organically.

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

This reminder to tread lightly and respectfully should guide all travels. We take home cherished memories that enrich the soul. What we leave behind is our responsibility. From picking up trash to supporting local businesses, we vote with our actions to protect destinations.

The Tapestry of Global Traditions: Quotes About Different Cultures

“when we reject the single story, when we realize there is never a single story about any place, we regain a kind of paradise.” – chimamanda ngozi adichie.

Nigerian writer Adichie warns about the danger of a “single story” stereotype dominating perceptions of a people or place. By listening directly to locals’ multidimensional stories with empathy, we gain a nuanced cross-cultural understanding.

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

Twain perfectly expresses how living within diverse cultures expands minds and dissolves ingrained biases. Experiential learning fills gaps left by classroom lessons alone. This quote serves as my ongoing anthem for cultivating empathy through travel.

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

Here the author highlights the out-of-body experience of observing one’s own culture from afar for the first time. In a loose sense, travel introduces you to yourself within the tapestry of global diversity. These reflections foster personal growth.

Triumphs on the Trail: Quotes About Overcoming Travel Challenges

“the real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” – marcel proust.

The French novelist illuminates that transformative travel is not just about seeing sights but gaining new perspectives. Visiting the pyramids shifted my perception of “old” from a negative to a sense of awe about human endurance.

Journeys That Shape Us: Quotes About Travel’s Transformative Power

“travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.” – anonymous.

This quote elegantly captures how travel enriches us far beyond a monetary value. The memories, knowledge, confidence, friendships, and personal growth sparked by travel develop the spirit in priceless ways.

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

Such a profound distinction – travel engages us far beyond the fleeting pleasures of a vacation. When we open ourselves to unfamiliar people and places, we open doors to transformation.

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

By testing ourselves in unfamiliar environments, the grit of travel reveals our true natures and we gain clearer self-knowledge. My solo backpacking trip helped me shed limiting beliefs about my introversion and capabilities.

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

Beyond sites seen, travel reveals humanity’s connective tissue. The shared joy and tribulations forge fast friendships. I still visit those I met on my very first hostel trip decades ago – they feel like old souls.

Timeless Travel Tales: Quotes on Creating Lasting Memories

“to travel is to live.” – hans christian andersen.

This pithy quote sums it up – immersing ourselves in new places and cultures makes us feel truly alive. Vibrant sights, sounds, and connections create indelible memories that enrich life after the journey ends.

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

Quindlen’s quote reflects how travel allows us to reinvent ourselves and craft new narratives. Career woman becomes nomad. Homebody tastes street food. Daily routines give way to unexpected adventures and discovery.

“Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground.” – Paul Bowles

Eloquently put – there is no substitute for personally experiencing the textures and flavors of a place. Travel transforms foreign lands from abstractions into cherished memories that forge human connections.

Lessons Learned on the Road: Quotes About Personal Growth from Travel

“traveling tends to magnify all human emotions.” – peter hoeg.

The heightened novelty and stress of navigating new places often intensify reactions. Trips reveal the deepest aspects of relationships and force personal evolution at an accelerated pace.

“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

Keightley describes the awakening – travel liberates us from cultural conditioning and societal expectations. We relinquish roles to rediscover our authentic selves and what truly matters.

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

T.S. Eliot reminds us that the magic happens along the open road, with each twist and turn expanding our horizons – not just upon reaching the destination. Travel is about embracing the process, not the outcome.

The Essential Expedition: Quotes About Why Travel Matters

“travel is never a matter of money, but of courage.” – paulo coehlo.

While finances impact possibilities, at its core, travel demands the courage to venture beyond the familiar and comfortable. As Coehlo says, daring to explore opens our lives and selves.

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

Michener makes clear that keeping an open mind and embracing cultural differences are prerequisites for meaningful travel that fosters human kinship.

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

By absorbing the diversity of life in unfamiliar realms, we enrich our perspectives and grayscale turns technicolor. Staying put closes the book while travel turns every page.

May these quotes ignite your lifelong quest to boldly venture beyond horizons, open minds to humanity’s mosaic, and discover more authentic selves. Keep collecting inspiring passages to reflect upon while lacing up your boots before the next journey that calls you.

Which travel quote resonates most deeply with your own wanderlust spirit? Share your favorites to keep motivating fellow travelers and explorers.

I know what it's like to go from being a crazy backpacker without a care in the world, via being a vaguely sensible parent to being an adventurer once more. In other words, evolving into a Grown-up Traveller.

Like everyone else, I love to travel, have visited a lot of countries and all that but my big thing is Africa.

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101 Travel Quotes to Inspire Your Wanderlust (Photos included)

There’s nothing quite like the feeling of wanderlust. The desire to explore new places, meet new people, and experience different cultures is a passion that many of us share.

And what better way to fuel that passion than with some inspiring quotes?

Whether you’re gearing up for your next trip or just dreaming about distant destinations, these inspirational travel quotes will help to stoke the flames of your Wanderlust!

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Growing up, my father was a very good public speaker. When he spoke, everyone just seemed to listen. One thing he loved to do was use quotes in his speeches because sometimes someone else has just said it better.

These quotes resonate with me in one aspect of traveling. I hope they will resonate with you as well! You’ll find multiple categories for these “wanderful” quotes, including short, unique, and my favorite, funny quotes.

Top 10 Best Travel Quotes to Inspire Your Wanderlust

1. “i choose to collect memories instead of things.” -elena levon.

2. “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

3. “Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you.” – Bethany Hamilton

4. “Life is like a camera: focus on what’s important, capture the good times, develop from the negatives, and if things don’t work out, take another shot.” – Ziad K. Abdelnour

5. “Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.” -Robin Sharma

6. “If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.” -Lemony Snicket

7. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” -C.S. Lewis

8. “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” -Maya Angelou

9. “Not all girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice. Some girls are made of adventure, fine beer, brains, and no fear.” -Steve Maraboli

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

Inspirational Wanderlust Travel Quotes

11. “impossible is just an opinion.” -paulo coelho.

12. “Every single thing that has ever happened in your life is preparing you for something that’s meant to come.” -Anonymous

13. “Forget all the reasons why it won’t work and believe the one reason why it will.” – Ziad K. Abdelnour

14. “Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

15. “A year from now, you will wish you had started today.” -Karen Lamb

16. “Worrying is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but doesn’t get you anywhere.” – Glenn Turner

17. “At any given moment, you have the power to say this is not how the story is going to end.” – Christine Mason Miller

18. “You can’t do anything about the length of your life. But you can do something about its width and depth.” -Evan Esar

19. “There are seven days in a week and someday isn’t one of them.” -Dorothy Parker

20. “Life itself is a privilege. But to live life to the fullest, well. That is a choice.” -Andy Andrews

21. “Better to see something once than hear about it a thousand times.” -Anonymous

22. “You are absolutely capable of creating the life you can’t stop thinking about. Stop living in your head. It’s time to make your dreams happen.” -Anonymous

23. “It’s a beautiful day to go after your dreams.” -Alia Bhatt

24. “Tell the story of the mountains you’ve climbed. Your words could become a part of someone else’s survival guide.” -Morgan Harper Nichols

25. “Travel is an investment in yourself.” -Matthew Karsten

Short Travel Quotes to Inspire Your Wanderlust

26. “if not now, then when” -john lewis.

27. “The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” -Lao Tzu

28. “Wherever you are, be all there.” -Jim Elliot

29. “In a world where you can be anything, be kind.” -Jennifer Dukes Lee

30. “What if I fall? Oh, my darling, what if you fly?” – Erin Hanson

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

32. “Be somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody.” – Brad Montague

33. “Insecurity kills more dreams than failure ever will.” – Suzy Kassem

34. “Today I choose joy.” – Kevyn Aucoin

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

36. “Jobs fill your pocket. Adventures fill your soul.” -Jaime Lyn Beatty

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

38. “No reason to stay is a good reason to go.” -Anonymous

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

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

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

42. “And into the forest I go to lose my mind and find my soul.” -John Muir

Funny Travel Quotes to Inspire Your Wanderlust

43. “for me, being ‘chill’ is getting to the airport 3 hours before take-off so i can sit in a restaurant directly across from my gate and be anxious about missing my flight from there.” -alli brown.

44. “Running to the boarding gate is my favorite workout.” – Anonymous

45. “I want someone to look at me the way I look at a travel magazine.” – Bob Hope

46. “i’ve been to almost as many places as my luggage.” -bob hope.

47. “I need a vacation of 6 months. Twice a year!” – Anonymous

48. “The airport is a lawless place. 7 AM? Drink a beer. Tired? Sleep on the floor. Hungry? Chips now cost $17.” -Alyssa Limperis

49. “Did you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone?” – Erma Bombeck

50. “Good things come to those who book flights.” -Anonymous

51. “Don’t worry about the world ending today. It’s already tomorrow in Australia.” -Charles M. Schulz

52. Travitude (n.) – When you start to get grumpy and sassy because you miss traveling.

53. “Better an oops than a what if.” -Beau Taplin

54. “Stuck somewhere between “I need to save” and “you only live once.” -Anonymous

55. “Kilometers are shorter than miles. Save gas, take your next trip in kilometers.” -George Carlin

56. “The worst thing about being a tourist is having another tourist recognize you as a tourist.” – Russell Baker

57. “I love those days when my only decision is window or aisle.” -Anonymous

58. “Hiking is my gym workout.” -Anonymous

Adventure Travel Quotes to Inspire Your Wanderlust

59. “a person who has never made a mistake never tried anything new.” -albert einstein.

60. “If you are brave enough to say ‘goodbye,’ life will reward you with a new ‘hello.'” -Paulo Coehlo

61. “You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe. Trust. Let go. And see what happens.” – Mandy Hale

62. “Spontaneity is the best kind of adventure.” -Anonymous

63. “You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Christopher Columbus

64. “Climb the mountain. Not so the world can see you, but you can see the world.” -Anonymous

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

66. “At the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair messy, and your eyes sparkling.” -Shanti

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

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

69. “Let’s wander where the wifi is weak.” -Anonymous

70. “Life without adventures is like pizza without cheese.” -Anonymous

71. “We are travelers on a cosmic journey, stardust swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity.” -Paulo Coelho

72. “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” -Neal Donald Walsch

73. “And so, the adventure begins…” -Anonymous

Famous Travel Quotes to Inspire Your Wanderlust

74. “tell me and i forget. teach me and i remember. involve me and i learn.” -benjamin franklin.

75. “Oh the places you’ll go!” -Dr. Seuss

76. “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” -Harriet Tubman

77. “It’s kinda fun to do the impossible.” -Walt Disney

78. “Actually, the best gift you could give her was a lifetime of adventures.” -Lewis Carroll

79. “Once a year, go somewhere you’ve never been before.” -The Dalai Llama

80. “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” -Oscar Wilde

81. “In 20 years, you will be more disappointed by what you didn’t do than by what you did.” -Mark Twain

82. “But when you stop and look around, this life is pretty amazing.” -Dr. Seuss

83. “comparison is the thief of joy.” -theodore roosevelt.

Unique Travel Quotes to Inspire Your Wanderlust

84. “imagination is everything. it is the preview of life’s coming attractions. imagination is more important than knowledge.” -albert einstein.

85. “You get a strange feeling when you leave a place like you’ll not only miss the people you love, but you miss the person you are at this time and place because you’ll never be this way ever again.” -Azar Nafasi

86. “The one who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The one who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been” -Albert Einstein

87. “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” -Albert Einstein

88. “Surround yourself with the dreamers and the doers, the believers and thinkers, but most of all, surround yourself with those who see greatness within you, even when you don’t see it yourself.” – Edmund Lee

89. “My confession is I fall in love with so many places I’m always half broken-hearted by goodbyes. And I don’t believe in non-attachment. There’s no passion inside of that. I believe in burning and longing. And I believe we leave tiny pieces of ourselves in every place we’ve loved.” Victoria Erickson

Even More Quotes About Traveling

90. “our reaction to a situation literally has the power to change the situation itself.” -anonymous.

91. “Go into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and do good.” -Minor Myers Jr.

92. “Don’t think too much. You’ll create a problem that wasn’t even there in the first place.” – Sukhraj S. Dhillon

93. “I would rather own a little and see the world than own the world and see a little.” -Alexander Sattler

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

95. “He who returns from a journey is not the same as he who left.” -Chinese Proverb

96. “Choose someone who is home and an adventure all at once.” -Amber DeLauer

97. “I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.” -Hellaire Belloc

98. “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” -A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh

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

100. “Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture your heart.” -Dayana Manrique

101. “Every exit is an entry somewhere else.” -Tom Stoppard

Rounding out 101 Travel Quotes to Inspire Your Wanderlust

I hope these have brightened up your day and given you the inspiration to get out there on the road, or at least start planning for a trip.

Have you found your new favorite travel quote? What are some of your favorites from this list? If so, please share in the comments below!

Even more travel inspiration and tips:

• 10 Reasons to Hop on a Plane Today
• 40 Essential Travel Safety Tips
• 25 Airport Tips for Stress-Free Travel
• The Best Travel Credit Card
• How to Travel with a Backpack (and Still Have Everything You Need)
• 33 Memorable Travel Traditions to Start Today

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My Favorite Travel Tips + Resources

Here is a quick glance at all my go-to travel tips and resources that I use to plan every trip! For more information, check out my travel resources page .

• Booking flights: I use Google Flights to check all routes and find the best flights. Then I compare Skyscanner (for the lowest prices) before I book.
• For hotels, I go through Booking.com or book directly with Marriott (for points + rewards).
• When I travel internationally, I’ll book through Hostelworld for very budget-friendly stays.
• For vacation rentals, use Vrbo or Marriott Homes & Villas .
• Expedia also has some great bundles for hotels, flights, and car rentals altogether.
• Car Rentals: I love renting cars through Discover Cars . They have been consistent and provide the best customer service.
• Trains in Asia: Trip.com has the best options!
• Trains in Europe: Trainline or Omio .
• Visa Application: For a hassle-free process, apply for your visa from iVisa .
• Travel Credit Card: I book all my travel (flights, hotels, car rentals) through Chase Sapphire .
• Vaccines and Medications: Check the CDC website for updates on necessary vaccines to enter a country, including updates on Covid-19 and recommended places to visit. I recommend getting all the vaccines you need before you go!
• Tours + Experiences: I absolutely love my tours! Everything from eerie walking ghost tours to food tours, I’ll usually book something every trip either through Viator or GetYourGuide .
• Entertainment: Looking for entertainment like sporting events, theater shows, or concerts? Book with Ticket Squeeze !
• Tech : Keep your internet browsing safe, secure, and fast with ExpressVPN
• Language Learning: The best place to learn a new language is through Babbel as you travel to countries you don’t know the language.
• What to Pack: I almost always travel by backpack . For products I like, check out my packing guide page for all the things I take with me on different trips.

Pafoua is the author and creator of Her Wanderful World. Pafoua writes from her numerous excursions about all things travel, from fun itineraries to creating memorable experiences on the road. When she’s not traveling, Pafoua loves a fun board game night with her friends or is snuggled up reading a good book. You can find her on Instagram @herwanderfulworld.

117 Inspirational Travel Quotes to Fuel Your Wanderlust

Who doesn’t love a good travel quote? When I’m feeling a bit glum or stressed (let’s face it, we all do from time to time), I love reading inspirational travel quotes from travellers of centuries past.

I’ll admit – I used to dismiss travel quotes as trite sayings that were clichéd and overused – and you know what, some are. But there’s a lot to be learned from the words of Maya Angelou, Ibn Battuta, T.S. Eliot, John Steinbeck and their ilk.

Somehow, there’s always that one travel quote that is just what you are looking for to brighten your day, the one that reminds us we can really go out and conquer the world – or that taking that first solo trip is never as scary as it seems.

So here we are, the best travel quotes, inspirational travel quotes, journey quotes , adventure quotes and solo travel quotes to help perk up your day. Are you ready?

Inspirational Travel Quotes

“The World is a Book and Those Who do not Travel Only Read One Page.” – Saint Augustine

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

“The soul of the journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as one pleases.” William Hazlitt

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

“Don’t tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you travelled.”  The Prophet Mohamed

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

“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

“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.

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

“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

“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.

“Remember what Bilbo used to say: It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” – JRR Tolkien

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

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

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

“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

“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.

“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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“The open road is a beckoning, a strangeness, a place where a man can lose himself.” – William Least Heat Moon.

“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

“You know more of a road by having travelled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.” –  William Hazlitt

“Journeys are the midwives of thought. Few places are more conducive to internal conversations than moving planes, ships or trains.” –  Alain de Botton

“People travel to faraway places to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home.” –   Dagobert David Runes

“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.”  – Henry David Thoreau

“How you live your life is up to you. You have to go out and grab the world by the horns. Rope it before it ties you down and decides for you.” –  Sarah Reijonen

“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

“For the born traveller, travelling is a besetting vice. Like other vices, it is imperious, demanding its victim’s time, money, energy and the sacrifice of comfort.” –  Aldous Leonard Huxley

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

“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

“Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken.” – Frank Herbert

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

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

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

“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.

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

“Travel is only glamorous in retrospect” –  Paul Theroux

“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

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

“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

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

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

“Travel has a way of stretching the mind. The stretch comes not from travel’s immediate rewards, the inevitable myriad new sights, smells and sounds, but with experiencing firsthand how others do differently what we believed to be the right and only way.” – Ralph Crawshaw

“Every exit is an entry somewhere else.” – Tom Stoppard.

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

“Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.”- Greg Anderson

“The journey itself is my home.” – Bashō Matsuo

“He who knows no foreign languages knows nothing of his own.” – Wolfgang Goethe

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

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

“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

“Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all of one’s lifetime.” – Mark Twain

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

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

“Travel empties out everything you’ve into the box called your life, all the things you accumulate to tell you who you are” – Claire Fontaine

“Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.” – Wendell Berry

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

“I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me. I am then never less alone than when alone.”-  William Hazlitt

“If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.” –  Cesare Pavese

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

“I address you all tonight for who you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers.” – Brian Selznick.

“Your true traveler finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty – his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure.” –-Aldous Huxley

“Traveling outgrows its motives. It soon proves sufficient in itself. You think you are making a trip, but soon it is making you – or unmaking you.” – Nicolas Bouvier

“I wandered everywhere, through cities and countries wide. And everywhere I went, the world was on my side.” – Roman Payne

“Whenever you go on a trip to visit foreign lands or distant places, remember that they are all someone’s home and backyard.” – Vera Nazarian

“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

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

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

“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.

“To get away from one’s working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one’s self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change.” –  Charles Horton Cooley

“Too often. . .I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen.” – Louis L’Amour.

“We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey.” – John Hope Franklin

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

“People who don’t travel cannot have a global view, all they see is what’s in front of them. Those people cannot accept new things because all they know is where they live.” – Martin Yan

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

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

“An adventure may be worn as a muddy spot or it may be worn as a proud insignia. It is the woman wearing it who makes it the one thing or the other.” – Norma Shearer

“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

“Great things are done when men and mountains meet.” – William Blake

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

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

“In travelling, I shape myself betimes to idleness and take fools’ pleasure.”- George Eliot

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

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

“I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.” – George Bernard Shaw

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

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

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

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

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

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

“A child on a farm sees a plane fly overhead and dreams of a faraway place. A traveler on the plane sees the farmhouse…and thinks of home.” – Carl Burns

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

“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

“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

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

“Remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.” – Clifton Fadiman

“A journey, after all, neither begins in the instant we set out, nor ends when we have reached our doorstep once again. It starts much earlier and is really never over, because the film of memory continues running on inside of us long after we have come to a physical standstill. Indeed, there exists something like a contagion of travel, and the disease is essentially incurable.” – Ryszard Kapuściński

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

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

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

“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

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

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

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

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

“The farther you go, however, the harder it is to return. The world has many edges, and it’s easy to fall off.” – Anderson Cooper.

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

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

“Never hesitate to go far away, beyond all seas, all frontiers, all countries, all beliefs.” – Amin Maalouf

“You thought too hard. Same with travel. You can’t work too much at it, or it feels like work. You have to surrender yourself to the chaos. To the accidents.” –  Gayle Forman

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

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Best Wanderlust Quotes – 50 Awesome travel quotes

Here's 50 of the best wanderlust quotes to inspire your passion for travel. These beautiful travel quotes and images are perfect motivation to plan your next adventure!

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I've rounded up 50 of the best travel quotes guaranteed to ignite your passion for travel.

Whether you're planning a bike tour around the world , vacation in Greece , or trek in Nepal , these quotes will keep you motivated.

Each one of these wanderlust quotes has been matched with a beautiful image.

Feel free to share them to your travel quotes boards on pinterest, or print them out to put on a vision board!

Happy travels on your next adventure, and remember…

“Take only memories. Leave only footprints”

– Chief Seattle

Quotes for Wanderlusters

Here's out first selection of 10 wanderlusting quotes and phrases. We hope they'll give you all the travel inspiration you need to start thinking about your next trip or daring adventure!

“You must go on adventures to find out where you belong.”

— Sue Fitzmaurice

“I travel to be replenished with beauty, for travel makes the beauty of this world seem like a Christmas that never ends.”

— Carew Papritz

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“The real home of man is not his house but the road. Life itself is a travel that has to be done by foot.”

— Bruce Chitin

”Look for chances to take the less-traveled roads. There are no wrong turns.”

— Susan Magsamen

“Life is about the adventures you take and the memories you make. So travel often and live life with open eyes and an open heart.”

— Katie Grissom

“Life is a magical journey, so travel endlessly to unfold its profound and heart touching beauty.”

— Debasish Mridha

“Everyone is a Wordsworth in certain moods, and every traveler seeks out places that every traveler has missed.”

— Pico Iyer

“The world is full of wonderful things you haven’t seen yet. Don’t ever give up on the chance of seeing them.”

— J.K. Rowling

“Half the fun of the travel is the esthetic of lostness.”

– Ray Bradbury

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

– Lin Yutang

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“I do believe it's time for another adventure.”

“Adventure begins with a thought, decision and action.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“By seeing how small the world is, I realize how capable I am. I can conquer anything. Anywhere. Anyone.”

— Tawny Lara

“A wise traveler never despises his own country.”

– Carlo Goldoni

“I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.”

– Robert Louis Stevenson

“Don’t let your luggage define your travels, each life unravels differently.”

— Shane Koyczan

“Take a few minutes of every day to fantasize about how you would wander, travel, or explore if you could.”

– Wayne Dyer

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

– Anatole France

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“We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.”

– Hilaire Belloc

“Travel is like an endless university. You never stop learning.”

– Harvey Lloyd

“The symbol of joy today is travel. There is a wanderlust that infects the blood.”

– Rollin A. Sawyer

“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

“The key to a wonderful life is to never stop wandering into wonder.”

– Suzy Kassem

“She is free in her wildness, she is a wanderess, a drop of free water. She knows nothing of borders and cares nothing for rules or customs. ‘Time' for her isn’t something to fight against. Her life flows clean, with passion, like fresh water.”

– Roman Payne

“Travelers never think that they are the foreigners.”

– Mason Cooley

“Traveling tends to magnify all human emotions.”

– Peter Hoeg

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

– Anais Nin

“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.”

– Martin Buber

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Quotes about adventure and travel really do set the imagination free! By dreaming of trips to new places and other countries, we can see there is a world of possibilities out there.

Here's some more that made the top 50 list of wanderlust quotes.

“The impulse to travel is one of the hopeful symptoms of life.”

– Agnes Repplier

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

– Seneca

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

– Pat Conroy

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

– Paul Theroux

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

Miriam Beard

“Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.”

Paul Theroux

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

Marcel Proust

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

“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.”

Jawaharlal Nehru

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

Gustave Flaubert

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

Shirley MacLaine

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“He who would travel happily must travel light.”

Antoine de St. Exupery

“There is strange comfort in knowing that no matter what happens today, the Sun will rise again tomorrow.”

― Aaron Lauritsen

“You don't even know where I'm going.” “I don't care. I'd like to go anywhere.” ― John Steinbeck

“That’s the place to get to—nowhere. One wants to wander away from the world’s somewheres, into our own nowhere.”

― D.H. Lawrence

“She's an old soul with young eyes, a vintage heart, and a beautiful mind.”

― Nicole Lyons

“The Wanderlust has got me… by the belly-aching fire”

― Robert W. Service

“She had a wild, wandering soul but when she loved, she loved with chaos and that made all the difference.”

― Ariana Dancu

“because he had no place he could stay in without getting tired of it and because there was nowhere to go but everywhere, keep rolling under the stars…”

― Jack Kerouac

“All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.”

― J.R.R. Tolkien

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If you're interested in creating your own instagram travel captions for lovers of wanderlust, these short travel phrases and sayings are a good place to start.

• Jack Kerouac – Be in love with life… Every minute of it.
• Anita Desai – Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.
• Freya Stark – Surely, of all the wonders of the world, the horizon is the greatest.
• William Least Heat-Moon – There are two kinds of adventurers: those who go truly hoping to find adventure and those who go secretly hoping they won't.
• Paulo Coelho – I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It’s all a question of how I view my life.
• Anthony Bourdain – Travel is about the gorgeous feeling of teetering in the unknown.
• Lao Tzu – If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
• Mark Twain – So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Short Travel Quotes For Wanderlust

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

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

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

“Jobs fill your pocket. Adventures fill your soul.”

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

FAQ About Wanderlust

Here are some commonly asked questions and their answers about wanderlust:

What is the definition of wanderlust?

A strong desire to travel. The wish to travel far away and to many different places.

What is a wanderlust person?

Someone who is affected by wanderlust is always planning their next trip or dreaming of faraway places. In the UK, we say they have itchy feet.

Is Wanderlust a real word?

The word wanderlust was first used in English in 1902, and is said to have been German originally. Today, German's tend to use the word wanderlust less frequently, and instead use Fernweh which means ‘far-sickness'.

How do you use the word wanderlust?

Example of using the word wanderlust: My wanderlust and desire for new travel experiences has always prevented me from wanting to settle down in one place.

Synonyms for Wanderlust

Are you looking for alternative words to use for wanderlust? These travel words may be good suggestions, but honestly there are very few 100% alternative words you can use. These ones would have to have the words ‘for travel' placed after the end.

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150 Best & Inspirational Travel Quotes to Fuel Your Wanderlust

Last Updated on: Sep 21, 2023  

Are you looking for travel quotes and travel captions for Instagram? You have come to the right place. Everyone needs a bit of motivation and inspiration now and then. Words have the power to make changes and shift perspectives. A wonderful travel quote is sometimes the best way to get inspired. We love to read travel quotes! The explorers and adventurers of yore have given us much food for thought in the form of best travel quotes, Instagram captions and inspirational travel quotes!

Here are some inspirational travel quotes about journey, adventure, friends and destinations and some famous travel quotes from movies. From explorers of the past to modern-day gurus, we have tried to cover a few of our favourite and best travel quotes.  It might make you pack your bags and set out to see the world around you. For those who have already been bitten by the travel bug, some extra stimulation doesn’t hurt! Finally, even if not travel, these sayings might inspire you to come out of your comfort zone and do something that you are born to do!

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1. When was the last time you did something for the first time. – John C. Maxwell

This travel quote inspires us to do all the crazy stuffs we have done. I am very scared of water. Agni simply inspires me with this quote before I go all out for any water sports. Before doing the scuba diving at Andaman , I was out of my wits. But I did it. Be it playing with the snow at Tsomgo Lake near Gangtok or shouting at top of our lungs at the Rupin Pass summit, we try to do things that we have not done before.

2. 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

Travel for the simple joy of it. Not for the reasons like peer pressure, getting the best social media posts or simply because everyone is doing so. There is a subtle joy in the journey. Travel without prejudice and without being judgmental .

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

Only when you see the mighty mountains, the vastness of the seas and the magnanimity of nature, only then you can truly understand our place in the world. Travel has made us grow, it has made us grateful and humble – something no other thing could have done.

5. 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

This is perhaps one of the best quotes by Bourdain . It portrays all that is true about travelling without glorifying the glamour that is associated with travel these days. Travel is not about the perfect Instagram pictures where ladies sway around in their beautiful looking dresses and men looks perfect in with their six-pack abs. Travel is not only about taking the perfect sunset photos. Travel is not about glamour and fashion. Travel is anything but all these.

The photographs that you see everywhere are the best ones. Even this blog puts up only the best ones. But there are moments in travel that are not that great. There are long queues, missed flights, no sleep, dirty toilets and other mishaps. But whatever the experience is, good or bad, it shapes us into the person we are .

6. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails.

Explore. Dream. Discover.― Mark Twain

Yes, I had been waiting long for the perfect moment to do what I loved to. That moment actually never came until I realized that each moment is perfect for doing the thing I love. You just have to start off, begin the journey. Rest all will fall into place. This happens to be one of my favourite travel quotes.

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey. – John Hope Franklin

11. Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another. – Ernest Hemingway

12. All men dream, but no equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible. -T.E. Lawrence

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

14. Travelling is 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

15. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all of one’s lifetime. – Mark Twain

You cannot really sit at a corner and learn about the world and its people. Mark Twain has such great insight into travel and it shows in his quotes.

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

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

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

Do not lose you sense of wonder. Marvel in the little joys of life. Not only it will mak you travel better, but also your life. Nothing can beat the thrill of travelling for us. We are happiest when we are travelling and exploring the world.

19. 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

20. There is freedom waiting for you, on the breezes of the sky. And you ask “What if I fall?” Oh but my darling, what if you fly? – Erin Hanson

21. The traveller sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see. -Gilbert K. Chesterton

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

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

The quote by Erick Widman is directed to all those who have forgotten the simple joys of travelling while trying to capture and document the destinations. Once in a while, put away the camera or phone, stop taking down notes, and simply soak in the place.

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

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

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

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

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

29. Life is short and the world is wide, the sooner you start exploring it, the better. – Simon Raven

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

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

We totally agree with Michener. If we do not meet new people, reject their customs and traditions, we better remain at home. If e choose to live in our own castle, then it is no point in travelling to a new place. You can simply do that by a flick of a channel nowadays. We travel to meet new people, experience a new culture and taste various cuisine. And of course, in all our explorations, respect the people and their traditions .

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32. Wherever you go, go with all your heart. – Confucius

33. Travelling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. – Ibn Battuta

The famous Moroccan scholar and explorer had widely travelled the medieval. His thirty years of journey has been chronicled in A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Travelling.

While travelling, we are often wonderstruck at the beauty of the nature or cultural heritage of the place. There are times we think that that we can neither express these feelings by words, nor can capture the marvel on camera. But travelling has its own way of expression. It finds its way through the words of the traveller and we, ordinary people become extraordinary storytellers .

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

35. The most beautiful in the world is, of course, the world itself. – Wallace Stevens

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

37. The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

38. To travel isto take a journey into yourself. – Danny Kaye

39. A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. – Lao Tzu

40. The tans will fade, but the memories will last forever.

41. One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more. – Thomas Jefferson

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

43. Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit. – Frank Borman

44. Travel expands the mind and fills the gap. – Sheda Savage

45. Time flies. It’s up to you to be the navigator. – Robert Orben

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

47. Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. – Izaak Walton

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

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

50. It feels good to be lost in the right direction. – Anonymous

51. Don’t listen to what they say. Go see. – Anonymous

52. The goal is to die with memories not dreams

53. Live your life by a compass not a clock. – Stephen Covey

54. Collect moments, not things. – Anonymous

55. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. – Lao Tzu

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

57. Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go. – T. S. Eliott

58. What is life but one grand adventure? – Unknown

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

We love this quote by Coelho. Well, money does make things easier and we need it to visit places. But even with all the money in the world we will not be able to travel if don’t have the courage to go out of our comfort zone.

59. It is better to travel well than to arrive. – Buddha

60. Backpacking is money spent on Education.

61. Veni Vidi Amavi. We came, we saw, we loved. – Roman proverb.

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

63. There are seven days in a week and “someday” isn’t one of them. – Benny Lewis

64. The journey, not the arrival matters. – T.S. Eliot

65. Spontaneity is what travel is all about. – Zach Anner

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

Oscar Wilde has summarized life and travel so well in this small line.

67. Travel far enough, you meet yourself. – David Mitchell

68. Attitude is the difference between an ordeal and an adventure. – Bob Bitchin

69. I’m in love. Again. How on earth do people pick a favourite travel spot? – Jen Malone.

70. The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper. – W.B. Yeats

71. I love to travel but hate to arrive. – Albert Einstein

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

This is perhaps one of the most appropriate quote of current times. With so much political confusion and religious hatred all around, it is very easy to form an opinion about a place and its people. Travel, because it is by visiting the place, you will come to know how wrong an opinion you had of that country!

73. I always want to wear flip flops, but my boss doesn’t like it…guess, I’ve to travel then!

74. Girls don’t wait for the prince anymore, they pack and travel the world.

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

76. There are two kinds of travel: first class and with children. – Robert Benchley

77. I crossed a time zone and I feel younger already. If I keep traveling west, I can become immortal! – Jarod Kintz

78. You define a good flight by negatives: you didn’t get hijacked, you didn’t crash, you didn’t throw up, you weren’t late, you weren’t nauseated by the food. So you are grateful. – Paul Theroux

79. All you need is love a passport.

80. There is nothing safer than flying – it’s crashing that is dangerous. – Theo Cowan

81. Modern travelling is not travelling at all; it is merely being sent to a place and very little different from becoming a parcel. – John Ruskin

82. Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory. – Ed Viesturs

83. When travelling with someone, take large doses of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee. – Helen Hayes

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84. If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all. – Dan Rather

85. All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveller is unaware. – Martin Buber

This is the motto that we follow while travelling. We do have a rough plan in mind, but we are always flexible. Who knows that there might be one more beauty just round the corner that is not written in the guidebooks? When we travelled to Nepal, we completely overhauled our travel itinerary only to see the BistekJatra and SindurJatra at Bhakatpur. And believe me, it was an amazing experience.

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

87. A person susceptible to “wanderlust” is not so much addicted to movement as committed to transformation. – Pico Iyer

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

89. What you’ve done becomes the judge of what you’re going to do — especially in other people’s minds. When you’re travelling, 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

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

If we had to worry about the mishaps that might happen on road, then we probably could never have travelled. Even when we started travelling together, I never used to worry much about what might happen on the road. The joy of discovering the new path, crazier experiences always made me excited before a trip. Hoffman has just hit the nail on head with this quote.

91. 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

93. Travelling’s not something you’re good at. It’s something you do. Like Breathing. – Gayle Foreman

94. You need not even listen, just wait…the world will offer itself freely to you, unmasking itself. – Franz Kafka

95. Take only memories, leave only footprints. – Chief Seattle

The quote by Seattle holds true even more nowadays. This one should be followed by all. Travelling is about making memories and not throwing your trash; Clean and green environment always helps

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

Though we do not believe in lists, but we totally agree with Susan Sontag. We do not know whether we will be ever able to complete our list in this lifetime, but we do not lose hope. Given a chance, we will visit everywhere!

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

John Green just resonates my feeling. Agni and I totally love to meet new people, talk to them and share life stories with each other.

98. 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

99. I have loved her, my little wanderer, with a mind full of wild forests and eyes that await adventures. – Conny Cernik

Travel Quotes from Movies

100. Carpe Diem. Seize the Days boys. Make your lives extraordinary. – Dead Poets Society

101. Live moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. – Ferris Bueller, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

102. So, do you want to take a leap of faith, or become an old man, filled with regret, waiting to die alone. – Saito, Inception

103. You get only one life. Its actually your duty to live it as fully as possible. – Will Traynor, Me Before You

104. The core of man’s spirit comes from new experiences. – Christopher McCandless, Into the Wild

105. I think if you wanted to you could board the train. And where it would take me? On. – Dumbledore and Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

106. I didn’t know where I was going until I got there. – Cheryl Strayed, Wild

107. 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

108. I was amazed that what I needed to survive could be carried on my back. And most surprising of all, that I could carry it. – Wild

109. I would rather have 30 minutes of “wonderful” than a lifetime of nothing special. – Shelby, Steel Magnolias

110. Life is about courage and going into the unknown. – The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

111. As soon as I saw you, I knew an adventure was about to happen. – Winnie the Pooh

Winnie the Pooh just steals my heart with this quote. And I always keep telling this to Agni while reminiscing the first time we met!

112. I love waking up in the morning not knowing what’s gonna happen or who I’m gonna meet, where I’m gonna wind up. – Jack Dawson, Titanic

Some Other Famous Travel Quotes

113. Of all the books in the world, the best stories are found between the pages of a passport. – Unknown

114. If you want to succeed you should strike out new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. – John D. Rockefeller

115. Adventure, yeah. I guess that’s what you call it when everybody comes back alive. – Mercedes Lackey

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

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

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

119. Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken. – Frank Herbert

120. 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

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

122. There is no unhappiness like the misery of sighting land (and work) again after a cheerful, careless voyage. – Mark Twain

123. 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

124. To get away from one’s working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one’s self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change. – Charles Horton Cooley

125. A wise traveller never despises his own country. – William Hazlitt

126. I’ve always enjoyed traveling and having experience with different cultures and different people. But it’s also a wonderful thing to be able to benefit and enable research, not only in our country but around the world. – Laurel Clark

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

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

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

130. Every perfect traveller always creates the country where he travels. – Nikos Kazantzakis

131. You get educated by travelling. – Solange Knowles

133. Travelling, you realize that differences are lost: each city takes to resembling all cities, places exchange their form, order, distances, a shapeless dust cloud invades the continents. – Italo Calvino

134. People travel to faraway places to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home. – Dagobert D. Runes

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

135. 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

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

137. The more we travelled, the more we learnt new things. More boundaries were broken, horizons broaden. Once you have travelled, you cannot go back to the confined cubicle of yours.

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

139. Travel does what good novelists also do to the life of everyday, 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

140. Travel like Gandhi, with simple clothes, open eyes and an uncluttered mind. – Rick Steves

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

142. Life is an experiment in which you may fail or succeed. Explore more, expect least. – Santosh Kalvar

143. 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

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

145. I like different places. I like any places that isn’t here. – Edna Ferber

146. TRAVEL!! Before you run out of time…

147. Travel far enough to meet yourself – David Mitchell

148. An investment in travel is an investment into yourself – Matthew Karsten

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

150. Cover the earth before it covers you. – Dagobert D. Runes

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• 30 Best Wanderlust Quotes to Inspire You

So go ahead, let your mind "wander." Whether you're looking for the perfect social media caption, a few nature-focused words to include with an outdoorsy gift , or just something to inspire your next adventure, here are 30 of the best wanderlust quotes. 

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30 of the Best Wanderlust Quotes

General Quotes About Wanderlust

1.  “A person susceptible to 'wanderlust' is not so much addicted to movement as committed to transformation.” – novelist Pico Iyer

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

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

4. “Adventure is worthwhile.” –  Aesop

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

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

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

8. “It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” – Ernest Hemingway

9.  “There are far better things ahead than the ones we leave behind.”   – C.S. Lewis

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

11. “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.”  – author  Jawaharlal Nehru

12. “Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more that what we could learn from books.” – philanthropist John Lubbock

13. “The world is full of wonderful things you haven’t seen yet. Don’t ever give up on the chance of seeing them.” —   J.K. Rowling

14. “The key to a wonderful life is to never stop wandering into wonder.” –   writer and philosopher S uzy Kassem

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

Best Wanderlust Quotes About National Parks

16. “There is nothing so American as our national parks …The fundamental idea behind the parks… is that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us.”  — Franklin D. Roosevelt

17. “Within National Parks is room — glorious room — room in which to find ourselves, in which to think and hope, to dream and plan, to rest and resolve.” — naturalist Enos Mills

18. “The National Parks are the Declaration of Independence applied to the landscape.”   — filmmaker Ken Burns

19. “I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.”   — Ansel Adams

20. "National parks are the best idea we ever had. Absolutely American, absolutely democratic, they reflect us at our best rather than our worst." – American novelist and environmentalist   Wallace Stegner

Best Wanderlust Quotes About Water

21.  “Water is the driving force of all nature.” – Leonardo da Vinci

22. “Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” – author A. A. Milne

23. “If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.” — natural science writer and anthropologist Loren Eiseley

24. “Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.” — Lao Tzu

25.   “A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.” – Henry David Thoreau

Best Wanderlust Quotes About Mountains

26.  “It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.” – mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary , one of the first people to ever summit Mount Everest!

27. " Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity."  — John Muir

28. “Mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion.” – mountaineer   Anatoli Boukreev (who, by the way, successfully summited 10 of the world's 14 mountain peaks above 8,000 meters - 26,000 feet!)

29.  “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

30. “He who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary.” –  Friedrich Nietzsche

Well friends, there you have it  – 30 awesome, inspirational wanderlust quotes. Which ones are your favorite and which ones are totally new to you? Happy adventuring out there, and stay safe!

Thank you for the great quotes. They help to inspire me as I ready for my next trip. But, you do owe us one more quote as 2 & 15 are the same. :)

Having just returned from Antarctica and already planning my next two travel adventures, thank you for sharing these beautiful quotes. They did my wandering heart good.

Thank you for the lovey and inspirational quotes as it was a great way to start my Sunday morning.

Thank you for sharing the 30 quotes. It was like a breath of fresh air to read through them!

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100+ Wanderlust quotes that will wake up the travel bug inside you

We live in a beautiful world that has no shortage of spectacular places and adventures that are waiting to be discovered and wanderlust is the strong urge to travel the world in pursuit of these unique experiences . And nothing can trigger our wanderlust like inspiring quotes that will make you think, turn your point of view, and inspire you to say yes to adventure and just get out there and see the world . Quotes that are proof that, contrary to the popular belief, a picture isn’t always worth a thousand words. Here are 108 of my favorite wanderlust quotes that will wake up the travel bug inside you.

Popular Wanderlust Quotes

Here are some of the most popular wanderlust quotes that we all know and love. You’ve probably heard some of them.

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

2. “The world is a book and those who don’t travel read only one page.” ― St. Augustine

3. “The journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step.” ―  Lao Tzu

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

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

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

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

8. “The world is a book, and those who don’t travel only read one page.” ―  St Augustine

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

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

11. “The world is a book and those who don’t travel read only one page.” ― St. Augustine of Hippo

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

13. “Live without excuses, travel without regret” ― Oscar Wilde

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

15. “With age, comes wisdom. With travel, comes understanding.” ― Sandra Lake

16. “Only those who risk going too far can find out how far one can go.” ― T.S. Eliot

17. “It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” ― Ernest Hemingway

Adventure Quotes

If you love adventure, you’ll surely love these adventure wanderlust quotes.

18. “To say yes to life is at one and the same thing to say yes to oneself.” ― Dag Hammarskjöld

19. “So much of who we are is where we have been.” ― William   Langewiesche

20. “Everything I was I carry with me, everything I will be lies waiting on the road ahead.” ―  Ma Jian

21. “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

22. “Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.” ―  Erol Ozan

23. “See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. Ask for no guarantees, ask for no security.” ―  Ray Bradbury,

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

25. “No man is brave that has never walked a hundred miles. If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until no one knows your name. Travel is the great leveler, the great teacher, bitter as medicine, crueler than mirror-glass. A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet.” ―  Patrick Rothfuss

26. “We live in a wonderful world that’s 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.” ―  Jawaharlal Nehru

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

Why do we travel quotes

If you’re looking for some travel inspiration or a picturesque way to explain why we travel and where does our lust for wandering come from, you’ll surely love these wanderlust quotes.

28. “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 ( A Hat Full of Sky )

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

30. “We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next to find ourselves. We travel to open our hearts, eyes, and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate. We travel to bring what we can, in our ignorance and knowledge, to those parts of the globe whose riches are differently dispersed. And we travel, in essence, to become young fools again; to slow time down, get taken in, and fall in love once more.” ―  Pico Iyer

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

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. “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

34. “The only way to an open mind is by taking a plane into the open world.” — C. JoyBell C.

Deep wanderlust quotes

If you like deeper quotes that will tickle your brain and make you think about life, these deep wanderlust quotes will inspire you.

35. “My confession is I fall in love with so many places I’m always half broken-hearted by goodbyes. And I don’t believe in burning, and longing. And I believe we leave tiny pieces of ourselves in every place we’ve loved.” — Victoria Erickson

36. “All I wanted was to live a life where I could be me and be okay with that. I had no need for material possessions, money, or even close friends with me on my journey. I never understood people very well anyway, and they never seemed to understand me very well either. All I wanted was my art and the chance to be the creator of my own world, my own reality. I wanted the open road and new beginnings every day.” ―  Charlotte Eriksson

37. “Cities were always like people, showing their varying personalities to the traveler. Depending on the city and on the traveler, there might begin a mutual love or dislike, friendship, or enmity. Where one city will rise a certain individual to glory, it will destroy another who is not suited to its personality. Only through travel can we know where we belong or not, where we are loved and where we are rejected.” ―  Roman Payne

38. “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

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

Short Wanderlust Quotes

If you’re looking for some short wanderlust quotes to add to your Instagram or other social media posts, these are perfect!

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

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

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

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

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

45. “I read, I travel, I become” ―  Derek Walcott

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

47. “There ain’t no journey that don’t change you some.” ―  David Mitchell

48. “The journey itself is my home.” ―  Matsuo Basho

49. “Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.” ―  Anthony Bourdain

50. “So shut up, live, travel, adventure, bless and don’t be sorry” ―  Jack Kerouac

51. “The Wanderlust has got me… by the belly-aching fire” ―  Robert W. Service, 

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

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

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

55. “Traveling tends to magnify all human emotions.” –   Peter Hoeg

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

57. “The Earth has music for those who listen –   William Shakespeare

58. “People don’t take trips…trips take people.” –   John Steinback

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

60. “And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.” – John Muir

61. “It feels good to be lost in the right direction”.   –   Unknown

Inspiring quotes

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

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

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

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

66. “Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.” ―  Wendell Berry

67. “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live” ―  Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter)

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

69. “Cover the earth before it covers you.” — Dagobert D. Runes

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

71. “By traveling to all the corners of the globe it allows me to further define the ever-changing world we live in, which in turn helps me to redefine myself, therefore it is an important process towards becoming a complete person.” — Andrew James Pritchard

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

73. “Traveling solo does not always mean you’re alone. Most often, you meet marvelous people along the way and make connections that last a lifetime.” — Jacqueline Boone

Destination-seeking quotes

74. “I wandered everywhere, through cities and countries wide. And everywhere I went, the world was on my side.” ―  Roman Payne

75. “There’s something about arriving in new cities, wandering empty streets with no destination. I will never lose the love for the arriving, but I’m born to leave.” ―  Charlotte Eriksson

76. “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

77. “Every one of a hundred thousand cities around the world had its own special sunset and it was worth going there, just once, if only to see the sun go down.” ―  Ryu Murakami

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

79. “So I find words I never thought to speak In streets I never thought I should revisit When I left my body on a distant shore.” ―  T.S. Eliot

80. “You’re not sorry to go, of course. With people like us our home is where we are not… No one person in the world is necessary to you or to me.” ―  F. Scott Fitzgerald

81. “Arriving at each new city, the traveler finds again a past of his that he did not know he had: the foreignness of what you no longer are or no longer possess lies in wait for you in foreign, unpossessed places.” ―  Italo Calvino

82. “Nostalgia in reverse, the longing for yet another strange land, grew especially strong in spring.” ―  Vladimir Nabokov

Nomad Quotes

83. “There’s a race of men that don’t fit in, A race that can’t sit still; So they break the hearts of kith and kin, And they roam the world at will. They range the field and rove the flood, And they climb the mountain’s crest; Their’s is the curse of the gypsy blood, And they don’t know how to rest.” ―  Robert Service

84. “To belong nowhere is a blessing and a curse, like any kind of freedom.” ―  Leah Stewart

85. “He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn , about the wildlands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.” ―  J.R.R. Tolkien

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

87. “All my life I have lived and behaved very much like the sandpiper just running down the edges of different countries and continents, looking for something.” ―  Elizabeth Bishop

88. “Why is it that I can’t be content to live a normal life? Why do I spiral into depression when I am away from the wilderness for too long?” ―  Heather Anderson

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

90. “Because he had no place he could stay in without getting tired of it and because there was nowhere to go but everywhere, keep rolling under the stars…” ―  Jack Kerouac

91. “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

Quotes to ignite your travel bug

92. “It sounds so far away and different. I like different places. I like any place that isn’t here.” ―  Edna Ferber,

93. “If we were meant to stay in one place, we would have roots instead of feet.” ―  Rachel Wolchin

94. “When no possessions keep us when no countries contain us, and no time detains us, man becomes a heroic wanderer, and woman, a wanderess.” ―  Roman Payne

95. “The impulse to travel is one of the hopeful symptoms of life. ” ―  Agnes Repplier

96. “It’s not the destination where you end up but the mishaps and memories you create along the way!” ―  Penelope Riley,

97. “This was what my spirit longed to do, to wander in strange lands. It couldn’t stand being trapped in one body all the time. It had wanderlust.” ―  Samantha Shannon,

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

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

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

101. “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a while. Including you. ―  Unknown

102. “Better see something once than hear about it a thousand times.”   ―  Asian Proverb

103. “Ownership of most things is overrated. Ownership of worldly experience is not.” — Dave Levant

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104. “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

105. “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

106. “I was lying to myself when I thought I was lost, I have never been lost – I just wasn’t ready to be found.” ―  Nikki Rowe

107. “That’s the place to get to—nowhere. One wants to wander away from the world’s somewhere, into our own nowhere.” ―  D.H. Lawrence

108. “But wanderlust is like a pretty girl – you wake up one morning, find she’s grown old and decide that either you’re going to commit your life or you’re going to walk away.” ―  Charlie LeDuff

109. “We wanderers, ever seeking the lonelier way, begin no day where we have ended another day; and no sunrise finds us where sunset left us. Even while the earth sleeps we travel. We are the seeds of the tenacious plant, and it is in our ripeness and our fullness of heart that we are given to the wind and are scattered.” ―  Kahlil Gibran

110. “How you live your life is up to you. You have to go out and grab the world by the horns. Rope it before it ties you down and decides for you.” ―  Sarah Reijonen

111. “With age, comes wisdom. With travel, comes understanding.” — Sandra Lake

How did you like this list of our favorite wanderlust quotes? Which one did you like the most? Do you think we didn’t mention some cool wanderlust quotes? Let us know in the comments and if you liked this post, also check out this list of the funniest travel quotes and our favorite travel light quotes .

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Kirtika saha

Monday 4th of May 2020

Such a wonderful travelling quotes. This is so amazing passion for travelling. They are great article. Thanks for sharing your information.

Passport Symphony

Sunday 10th of May 2020

Thank you, Kirtika. Glad to hear these wanderlust quotes woke up the travel bug inside you

Fuel Your Wanderlust With These 25 Inspirational Travel Quotes

Are you searching for the best inspirational quotes to fuel your upcoming adventures? I’ve compiled a list of 25 of my favorite inspirational travel quotes that will make you want to buy that plane ticket!

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Inspirational Travel Quotes to Fuel Your Wanderlust

They’re not lost, they’re just out writing inspirational travel quotes….

There is so much truth in this inspirational quote…

I’m already disappointed by the things I didn’t do yesterday…

Such a sad but true inspirational quote…

I try to live this inspirational quote every day…

That inspirational quote inspired me to get rid of my unnecessary junk that was weighing me down…

If Helen Keller isn’t an inspiration, who is…

More of a love story inspiration than travel inspiration…

Hope these are inspiring you to get out and see the world…

1999 is a complete blank…

Nick bought me a travel journal before our first big trip and wrote this inspirational travel quote on the first page. It’s been my favorite ever since…

Inspirational life quote…

Another inspirational quote that is so sad but so true…

I have to recite this inspirational travel quote to myself during every difficult hiking adventure…

Especially when traveling solo…

Mine was last week…

This inspirational travel quote describes my greatest fear…

I’d like to think that Nick says this about me…

The best girl power inspirational quote of all time…

All I want for Christmas…

Plus I want to go back to all the places I’ve been…

Inspiration to stop being so serious…

I love this one so much…

And make your life an inspiration…

Hope you’re planning your next trip…

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Inspirational Travel Quotes About Life

During this time, we all need a little inspiration to get us through the day, especially when traveling isn’t as easy to come by as it usually is.

So to get through a travel drought or even to simply inspire you to go on the next adventure, there’re quotes.

Are you ready to have some of the best travel quotes to inspire you?

This go-to list of 100+ travel quotes, from The Travel Between, will inspire and empower you to get ready to travel with your family again.

Here is the ultimate inspirational travel quotes list. Be sure to pin and tweet your favorites so you’ll have them to inspire you later.

100+ Travel Quotes

1. Live your life by a compass, not a clock.

2. Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.

3. Retirement only means it’s time for a new adventure.

4. Lose yourself and find everything else.

5. Never lose your inner child’s sense of adventure.

The only trip you will regret is the one you didn’t take. Tweet

6. 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

7. I climb mountains so I can see where the sun sleeps.

8. At some point in life, the world’s beauty becomes enough.

9. Shopping is fun and all… but this is my favorite kind of sail.

10. 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

11. Life is a grand adventure. Go live it.

12. Never act your age.

13. Sometimes you need to just slow down, remain calm, breathe, and simply let life happen.

14. What’s better than traveling with the ones you love?

15. If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.

-Lemony Snicket 

16. Say yes to new adventures.

17. The only trip you will regret is the one you didn’t take.

18. Go where you feel the most alive.

19. I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way.

20. I have written a considerable amount- both fiction and nonfiction-about the Caribbean. My love for this part of the world is centered on a deep admiration for its people-a people who are both tough and romantic, Dreamers and Cynics, people who face a thousand defeats and are never defeated.

-Mark Kurlansky

21. Time for an adventure.

22. Good things come to those that travel.

23. Catch a lifetime of memories.

24. Adventure is always worthwhile.

25. It is nice finding that place where you can just go and relax.

-Moise Arias

Maybe the journey isn’t so much about becoming anything. Maybe it’s about unbecoming everything that isn’t really you. So you can be who you were meant to be in the first place. Tweet

26. Never regret not being more adventurous.

27. Not all those who wander are lost.

28. If you can’t live longer, live deeper.

29. Set your clock to beach time and start your day with a cup of coffee, watching the sun rise over the water.

30. Our lives are like the wind… or like sounds. We come into being, resonate with each other… then fade away.

-Hayao Miyazaki

31. It’s all about you falling in love again.

32. When in doubt… vacation!

33. Take me and let’s go travel.

34. Never regret not pursuing dreams.

35. If traveling was free, you would never see me again.

-Bob Marley

36. Never regret not vacationing more.

37. Travel is my therapy.

38. We travel not to escape life. But for life not to escape us.

39. Where will your paths take you?

40. Blessed are the curious, for they shall have adventures.

-Lovelle Drachman

41. Never regret not staying in touch with friends.

42. Dear Santa, All I want is a six month vacation. Twice a year.

43. Travel is always a good idea.

44. All you need is love and a passport.

45. A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

-John A Shedd

Since life is short and the world is wide, the sooner you start exploring it the better. Tweet

46. We love the sweet sound of “out of office!

47. You have nothing to lose and the world to see.

48. I want a vacation so long, I forget all my passwords.

49. Travel is rebellion in the purest form.

50. When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

-Henry Ford

51. My heart was made to travel.

52. Explore uncharted waters.

53. Dear Travel,

Our friendship is forever.

54. Sometimes all we need is a fresh start.

55. I like to be a free spirit. Some don’t like that, but that’s the way I am.

-Princess Diana

56. Explore the Unknown

57. Give into wanderlust

58. Let the waves hit your feet and the dock be your seat.

59. Be strong now, because things will get better. It might be stormy now, but it can’t rain forever.

60. Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.

61. Even the darkest nights will end and the sun will rise.

62. The best way to predict the future is to create it.

63. You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.

-Jon Kabat-Zinn

64. Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

-Andre Gide

65. So come with me, where dreams are born, and time is never planned.

-J. M. Barrie

If you can’t live longer, live deeper. Tweet

66. Travel has a way of stretching the mind.

-Ralph Crawshaw

67. Because when you stop and look around this life is pretty amazing.

68. There’s a sunrise and sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.

-Joe Walton

69. We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

-Hilaire Belloc

70. It doesn’t matter where you are, you are nowhere compared to where you can go.

-Bob Proctor

71. Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.

-Fred Rogers

72. Be fearless in pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.

-Jennifer Lee

73. Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.

-Dolly Parton

74. Sometimes you gotta back up to go forward.

-Happy Feet 2

75. I rather die on an adventure than live standing still.

-V. E. Schwab

76. The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination, and brings eternal joy to the Soul.

-Robert Wyland

77. Once a year go someplace you’ve never been before.

-Dalai Lama

78. To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.

-Soren Kierkegaard

79. The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

-Marcel Proust

80. You lose sight of things… and when you travel, everything balances out.

Daranna Gidel

81. A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you can control it.

-John Steinbeck

82. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.

-Margaret Lee Runbeck

83. Some beautiful paths can be discovered without getting lost.

84. The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.

85. There is one voyage, the first, the last, the only one.

-Thomas Wolfe

We travel not to escape life. But for life not to escape us. Tweet

86.  In matters of healing the body and mind, vacation is a true genius.

-Mehmet Murat IIdan

87. When all else fails, take a vacation.

-Betty Williams

88. Life is short. Eat dessert first, work less, and vacation more.

-Lee Mischell

89. No matter what happens, travel gives you a story to tell.

-Jewish proverb

90. If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it is lethal.

-Paulo Coelho

91. And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.

-Bob Thiele & George Weiss

92. Travel sparks our imagination, feeds our curiosity, and reminds us how much we all have in common.

-Deborah Lloyd

93. The mountains are calling and I must go.

94. On vacation, you can wear all of the colorful and casual clothing you like, but you must always be elegant.

-Christian Dior

95. A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it.

-Robert Orban

96. Since life is short and the world is wide, the sooner you start exploring it the better.

-Simon Raven

97. There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature.

-Henry David Thoreau

98. When in doubt, paddle out.

99. To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

-Robert Louis Stevenson

100. Maybe the journey isn’t so much about becoming anything. Maybe it’s about unbecoming everything that isn’t really you. So you can be who you were meant to be in the first place.

101. Jobs fill your pocket but adventure fills your soul.

-Jaime Lyn Beatty

Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling. Tweet

And there we have it! 100+ inspirational travel quotes to get you ready to travel and explore the world again.

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95 most inspirational travel quotes ever penned

Our favourite inspirational travel quotes have encouraged us to travel with abandon over the years. Perhaps they will do the same for you…

For us, there is no such thing as luxury travel; travel is, by default, a luxury. It is a privilege provided by the country of our birth, a privilege that many are not as fortunate to enjoy.

Sometimes, we have to pinch ourselves at just how ridiculous our lives have become: an ex-teacher and jobbing writer travelling the world for a living. It is absurd, it is astonishing, it is luxury.

When I first went travelling at 21 years old, my father gave me this quote scrawled on a piece of card.

It infused me with wanderlust. It encouraged me to get out of my comfort zone, make the most of my time, see the world and enjoy the freedom that comes with being on the road. It remains one of the most inspirational travel quotes I’ve read (even if Twain did not actually say it).

Today, 20 years and almost 100 countries later, it’s still in my wallet. Despite its tattered and dishevelled appearance, it’s every bit as important to me now as it was then.

With that in mind, we’ve collated our most beloved inspirational travel quotes to encourage readers to “explore, dream and discover” for themselves.

inspirational travel quotes

1. “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

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

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

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

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

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

7. “Don’t tell me the sky’s the limit when there are footprints on the moon.” – Paul Brandt

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

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

10. “A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” – Lao Tzu

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

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

13. “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.” – Jawaharlal Nehru

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

15. “There is no moment of delight in any pilgrimage like the beginning of it.” – Charles Dudley Warner

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

23. “What you’ve done becomes the judge of what you’re going to do – especially in other people’s minds. When you’re travelling, 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

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

25. “Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.” – Paul Theroux

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

27. “Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty-his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure.” – Aldous Huxley

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

29. “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

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

31. “I can’t control the wind but I can adjust the sail.” – Ricky Skaggs

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

33. “People travel to faraway places to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home.” – Dagobert D. Runes

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

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

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

37. “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

38. “All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” – Martin Buber

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

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

41. “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, the sea, the sky – all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.” – Cesare Pavese

42. “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

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

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

45. “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

46. “There are far, far better things ahead than we leave behind.” – C.S. Lewis

47. “Travel does what good novelists also do to the life of everyday, 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

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

49. “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 traveller learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time.” – Paul Fussell

50. “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

51. “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

52. “Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation.” – Elizabeth Drew

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

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

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

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

57. “Time flies. It’s up to you to be the navigator.” – Robert Orben

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

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

60. “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

61. “If an ass goes travelling, he’ll not come home a horse.” – Thomas Fuller

62. “Travelling tends to magnify all human emotions.” – Peter Hoeg

63. “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

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

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

66. “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

67. “I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.” – George Bernard Shaw

68. “A wise traveler never despises his own country.” – Carlo Goldoni

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

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

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

72. “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

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

74. “A man of ordinary talent will always be ordinary, whether he travels or not; but a man of superior talent will go to pieces if he remains forever in the same place.” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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

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

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

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

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

80. “Take only memories, leave only footprints.” – Chief Seattle – or Si’ahl

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

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

83. “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.” – Jawaharlal Nehru

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

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

86. “Paris is always a good idea.” – Julia Ormond (although it is often wrongly attributed to Audrey Hepburn)

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

88. “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

89. “Jobs fill your pocket but adventures fill your soul.” – Jaime Lyn Beatty

90. “It is in our nature to explore, to reach out into the unknown. The only true failure would be not to explore at all.” – Sir Ernest Shackleton

91. “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

92. “Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things can not be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” – Mark Twain

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

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

95. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain (or possibly H Jackson Brown Jr )

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Welcome to the world of Travel Quotes ! If you’re someone who finds inspiration, motivation, and a sense of wanderlust through powerful words, you’re in the right place. Travel Quotes have an incredible ability to transport us to far-off lands, spark our imagination, and ignite our desire to explore the unknown.

Throughout history, these poignant snippets of wisdom have encapsulated the essence of travel, encapsulating the thrill of wanderlust and the beauty of exploration in just a few words. Whether it’s a famous saying, a line from a book, or a memorable phrase from a travel influencer, Travel Quotes have the power to evoke emotions, stir our souls, and propel us towards new adventures.

In this blog post, we’ll dive deep into the world of Travel Quotes , exploring their significance, impact, and the way they resonate with travel enthusiasts worldwide. Join us as we embark on a journey through inspiring words that fuel our dreams, awaken our spirits, and encourage us to embrace the magic of exploration.

Traveling is not merely a physical journey; it’s an exploration of the soul, a quest for new experiences, cultures, and perspectives. They encapsulate this essence in captivating words, transporting us to distant lands and inspiring our inner wanderlust .

These snippets of wisdom are more than just words on a page or screen; they are windows to different worlds, encapsulating the essence of travel in a few impactful sentences. They often resonate with our deepest desires for adventure, igniting the flame of curiosity and prompting us to embark on our next journey.

Through eloquent expressions , Travel Quotes evoke emotions, capture moments, and paint vivid pictures of landscapes we yearn to explore. Whether penned by famous authors, intrepid explorers, or modern-day travel influencers, these quotes hold the power to stir our spirits and fuel our imagination.

When we encounter a Travel Quote that strikes a chord within us, it’s not just a collection of words; it becomes a mantra, a source of inspiration that nudges us to pack our bags and set forth on an adventure.

Want to dive deeper into the impact of these quotes on travelers? Explore some of the most profound and captivating Travel Quotes from various cultures and authors, and witness the magic they bring to the world of exploration and discovery.

Understanding Wanderlust Through Quotes

Wanderlust isn’t just a desire to travel; it’s an insatiable hunger for exploration, a craving for experiences beyond our comfort zones. Travel Quotes that embody wanderlust encapsulate the very essence of this deep-rooted longing for adventure.

These quotes transport us mentally, often accompanied by stunning visuals of far-flung destinations, enticing landscapes, and the promise of discovery. They articulate the yearning to traverse unfamiliar paths, encounter diverse cultures, and immerse ourselves in the beauty of the unknown.

Wanderlust Quotes resonate with our innate curiosity, reminding us that the world is vast and teeming with wonders waiting to be explored. They speak of untamed wilderness, hidden gems, and the thrill of discovering the uncharted.

Wanderlust Quotes encapsulate travelers’ fervor, urging us to break routines, embrace spontaneity, and explore the unfamiliar.

Explore mesmerizing Travel Quotes evoking the wanderer’s spirit, transporting you to distant lands, and igniting your longing for new horizons.

Unleashing the Power of Adventure Through Quotes

Adventure Quotes serve as catalysts, sparking the flames of wanderlust and igniting the desire for thrilling escapades. These quotes encapsulate the raw excitement and thrill of daring expeditions and escapades into the unknown.

Encompassing the essence of adventure, these powerful snippets of wisdom inspire us to break free from the ordinary, embrace uncertainty, and seek exhilarating experiences. They echo the sentiment that true growth lies beyond our comfort zones.

From the exhilarating tales of explorers scaling towering peaks to the vivid descriptions of nomads traversing uncharted territories, Adventure Quotes embody the spirit of daring endeavors. They evoke visions of adrenaline-pumping activities, remote locales, and the unbridled joy of discovering the extraordinary.

These quotes are not just words; they are invitations to leap into the unknown, to embark on journeys that challenge and transform us. They prompt us to embrace spontaneity, take risks, and immerse ourselves in the thrill of the unfamiliar.

Finding Inspiration in Travel’s Wisdom

Inspirational Travel Quotes serve as beacons of hope, encouragement, and motivation in the realm of exploration. These quotes possess an innate ability to ignite the spark within us, nudging us towards new adventures and experiences.

They resonate deeply, urging us to take that first step into the unknown, embrace uncertainty, and broaden our horizons. These quotes that inspire are often like whispered secrets from seasoned travelers, reminding us that life’s greatest lessons are learned on the road.

From the poetic descriptions of distant lands to the insightful musings of explorers, Inspirational Travel Quotes capture the transformative power of travel. They speak of personal growth, self-discovery, and the sheer joy of immersing oneself in diverse cultures.

These quotes not only stir wanderlust but also encourage us to embrace change, challenge preconceptions, and embrace the unfamiliar. They are more than words; they are catalysts for embarking on life-changing journeys.

Explore inspiring Travel Quotes encouraging new perspectives, embracing diversity, and finding inspiration in the world’s wonders.

Maximizing the Impact of Inspirational Quotes

In the digital age, They thrive on social media, captivating and sparking wanderlust. Leveraging these quotes on platforms like Instagram and Pinterest can amplify audience engagement and connection.

Instagram Posts: Captivating Visual Stories

Instagram , a visual-centric platform, thrives on compelling content that not only engages but also resonates with its users. Incorporating Travel Quotes into your posts can add depth and emotion to your captivating travel snapshots or mesmerizing landscapes.

Pair stunning images with inspirational quotes for a captivating narrative that resonates, evokes emotions, and inspires adventures. Weave Travel Quotes seamlessly into captions for compelling, visually appealing posts.

Pinterest Boards: Curating Inspiration

Pinterest is a treasure trove of inspiration, where users create visual boards curated around themes that resonate with them. Including Travel Quotes in your boards can amplify their impact, serving as motivational snippets amid captivating imagery.

Create narrative boards—”Wanderlust Quotes,” “Adventure Inspiration,” or “Travel Cravings”—infused with diverse Travel Quotes. Elevate aesthetics and offer motivation for your audience’s journeys.

Making the Most of Travel Quotes

Customize Travel Quote content on social media: understand audience, use relevant hashtags, engage, and post consistently for impact.

Discover impactful Travel Quotes that elevate your social media presence, captivating your audience’s imagination and inspiring adventures

Journey through Travel Quotes—portals to new adventures and worlds. Evoking emotions, kindling dreams, awakening the adventurer within. Carry their essence, embrace the unknown, and appreciate the world’s diversity. Let these Quotes guide you through uncharted territories, offering inspiration and a renewed perspective on travel. Every journey begins with a single step. Embrace their wisdom, embark on your odyssey, and let exploration’s magic unfold.

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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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151 Best Travel Quotes That Will Inspire Wanderlust

As we prepare to travel again, there are fun ways we can keep our wanderlust alive, all while sitting at home. Cue staycations and inspiring travel quotes! 

Maybe you have a travel quote painted on your wall, as a decal on your bumper, or tattooed on your forearm. No matter the situation, whether it be during times of travel or travel journaling , travel quotes are a great reminder of life, love, and adventure .

Here are the 151 best travel quotes that will inspire the wanderlust in you.

Inspirational Travel Quotes

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

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

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

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

“Don’t tell me the sky’s the limit when there are footprints on the moon.” – Paul Brandt

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

“I don’t know the question, but travel is definitely the answer.” – Unknown

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

“Travel like Gandhi, with simple clothes, open eyes, and an uncluttered mind.” – Rick Steves

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

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

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

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

“There are seven days in the week, and someday isn’t one of them.” – Unknown

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

“Don’t tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you have traveled.” – Mohamed

“Life is like a camera: you focus on what is important, capture the good times, develop from the negative and if things do not work out, take another shot.” – Unknown

“Discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust

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

“Half the fun of travel is the aesthetic of lostness.” – Ray Bradbury

“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

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

“I can’t control the wind but I can adjust the sail.” – Ricky Skaggs

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

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

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

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

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

“Travel leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibu Battuta

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

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

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

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

“At the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair messy and your eyes sparkling.” – Shant

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

“Add life to your days, not days to your life.” – Unknown

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

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

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

“If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.” – Glenn Clark

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

“So much of who we are is where we have been.” – William Langewiesche

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

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

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

“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

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

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

“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

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

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

“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

“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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

“Veni, Vini, Amavi. We came, we saw, we loved.” – Unknown

“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

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

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

“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 

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

“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.” – Henry David Thoreau

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

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

“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

“And if travel is like love, it is, in the end, 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

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

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

“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

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

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

“Cover the earth, before it covers you.” – Dagobert D. Runes

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

Funny Travel Quotes

“The best way to know a city is to eat it.” – Scott Westerfeld

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

“Don’t worry about the world ending today, it’s already tomorrow in Australia.” – Charles M. Schulz

“ Jet lag is for amateurs.” – Dick Clark

 “I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places.” – Henry Youngman

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

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

“I crossed a time zone and I feel younger already. If I keep traveling west, I can become immortal.” – Jarod Kintz

“If anyone is Christmas shopping for me, I’m a size window seat in plane tickets.” – Anonymous

“I wish I was a postcard. For under a dollar, I could travel to any location in the world.” – Anonymous

“I would totally give up travel, but I’m not a quitter.” – Anonymous

“Road trips require a couple of things: a well-balanced diet of caffeine, salt and sugar and an excellent selection of tunes – oh, and directions.” – Jenn McKinlay

“My fear of flying starts as soon as I buckle myself in and then the guy up front mumbles a few unintelligible words then before I know it I’m thrust into the back of my seat by acceleration that seems way too fast and the rest of the trip is an endless nightmare of turbulence, of near misses. And then the cabbie drops me off at the airport.” – Dennis Miller

Witty Instagram Captions

Rome stole a pizza my heart.

Stuck somewhere between “I need to save” and “you only live once”.

Friend: Let’s go to Bora Bora. Me: Man, I wanna go, but I’m pora pora.

It’s bad manners to let vacation wait!

Travel! Before you run out of time…

Moher photos, please.

Always take the scenic route.

An adventure a day keeps the doctor away.

Catch flights, not feelings.

Enjoy your vacation! Right baguette ya!

Good times and tan lines.

You used to call me on my shell phone…

Seek to sea more.

Eiffel in love in Paris.

I follow my heart … and it usually leads me to the airport.

Maybe you can’t buy happiness, but you can buy plane tickets!

It feels good to be lost in the right direction.

Paris, I hope our paths will croissant again.

Friend Travel Quotes

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

“It doesn’t matter where you’re going, it’s who you have beside you.” – Unknown

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

 “ Friends that travel together, stay together.” – Unknown

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

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

“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

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

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

“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

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

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

“Wherever it is you may be, it is your friends who make your world.” – Chris Bradford

“When you get lost in a really strange place, nothing is more comforting than finding your friend whom you trust and can show the way.” – Toba Beta

Anthony Bourdain Travel Quotes

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

“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

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

“I’m a big believer in winging it. I’m a big believer that you’re never going to find 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

“Plans should be ephemeral, so be prepared to move away from them.” – Anthony Bourdain

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

“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

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

“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

“Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all of one’s lifetime.” – Mark Twain

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

“The funniest things are forbidden.” – 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 

“There is no unhappiness like the misery of sighting land (and work) again after a cheerful, careless voyage.” – Mark Twain 

“Take the universe as a whole, and it is a very clever conception and quite competently carried out, but I don’t think much of this globe as a work of art. It would have been better to take more time to it and do it right, it seems to me, than to rush it through, helter-skelter, in six days, just for reputation.” – Mark Twain 

“The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become until he goes abroad. I speak now, of course, in the supposition that the gentle reader has not been abroad, and therefore is not already a consummate ass.” – Mark Twain

“It is a subject that is bound to stir the pulses of any man one talks seriously to about, for in this age of inventive wonders all men have come to believe that in some genius’ brain sleeps the solution of the grand problem of aerial navigation — and along with that belief is the hope that that genius will reveal his miracle before they die, and likewise a dread that he will poke off somewhere and die himself before he finds out that he has such a wonder lying dormant in his brain.” – Mark Twain

Jack Kerouac Travel Quotes

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

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

“So shut up, live, travel, adventure, bless, and don’t be sorry.” — Jack Kerouac, “Desolation Angels”

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

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Travel quotes are there to express the feeling you experienced while traveling. Combine the best travel quotes with the power of an image and instantly let people have a taste of your travel feelings. This collection of travel quotes is made to inspire and motivate you and others to pack your bags and go explore! Or simply to add as a travel caption under your brand new Instagram post or to pin to your Pinterest . Also read our adventure quotes to spark your wanderlust !

Top 50 Best Travel Quotes

1. “Jobs fill your pockets, adventures fill your soul.” 2. “Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.” 3. “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” 4. “Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.”

5. “Travel is my therapy. ” – Travel Quote

6. “ In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take ” In 2017, we took an exciting and scary step. We decided to turn our travel blog from a hobby into our full-time job. We would’ve had so much regret if we didn’t take this opportunity. Now, each of these travel quotes fit the stories we’ve made.

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7. “My goal is to run out of pages in my passport.” 8. “Not all those who wander are lost.” 9. “Travel is an investment in yourself.”

10. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

11. “Life is short, and the world is wide.” 12. “It’s not what you look at that matters. It’s what you see.” 13. “The goal is to die with memories not dreams.” 14. “Sandy Toes sunkissed nose.”

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15. “Dare to live the life you’ve always wanted. ”

16. “Travel. Your money will return. Your time won’t.” 17. “Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.” 18. “Collect Moments, Not Things.” 19. “Live life with no excuses, travel with no regret.”

20. “Adventures are the best way to learn.”

21. “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.” 22. “We have nothing to lose and a world to see.” 23. “We don’t need objects; we need adventures.” 24. “Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.”

25. “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Popular Travel Quote

26. “Of all the books in the world. The best stories are found between the pages of a passport.” 27. “Work, Travel, Save, Repeat.” 28. “Travel opens your heart, broadens your mind, and fills your life with stories to tell.” 29. “I love places that make you realize how tiny you and your problems are.”

30. “Have stories to tell not stuff to show. ”

31. “If we were meant to stay in one place, we’d have roots instead of feet.” 32. “At the end of the day your feet should be dirty, your hair messy and your eyes sparkling.” 33. “Don’t let fear get in the way of the life you are meant to live.” 34. “I travel because I become uncomfortable being too comfortable.”

35. “Leave nothing but footprints, take nothing but photos, kill nothing but time. ”

36. “Always take the scenic road.” 37. “Live your life by a compass, not a clock.” 38. “Go where you feel most alive.”

39. “I want to make memories all over the world” Every destination you’ll visit leaves its own unique memory. Our travels through Sri Lanka , Myanmar , or Petra in Jordan already give us goosebumps. As this travel quote says: Make memories all over the world!

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40. “Travel is the healthiest addiction ”

40. “Doing what you like is freedom, liking what you do is happiness.” 41. “Happiness is planning a trip with the ones that you love.” 43. “I don’t know where I’m going but I’m going. Are you coming with me?” 44. “Let’s get lost.”

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

46. “Beach please.” 47. “Don’t call it a dream. Call it a plan.” 48. “Don’t be that person who is too busy when you are young and then too tired when you are old.” 49. “Travel makes you realize that no matter how much you know, there’s always more to learn.”

50. “Ocean air, salty hair.”

Wanderlust Travel Quotes

Now you know our favorite travel quotes, what will you be using them for? You can use these quotes for many purposes.

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• Use these quotes to satisfy your travel cravings and feed your wanderlust!

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175 Inspiring Wanderlust Captions and Quotes

Have you been bit by the travel bug? Share your travel dreams with these inspiring wanderlust captions and quotes for Instagram.

Wanderlust Captions and Quotes

Looking the perfect wanderlust captions for Instagram?

In today’s world, social media platforms like Instagram have become a regular part of our daily lives. Whether we are at home or traveling, we love to share our experiences with friends and followers on these platforms.

As an avid traveler and travel content creator, I have a fair amount of experience with coming up with the perfect travel captions.

Sometimes I’m sharing our travels while other times I’m dreaming of our next adventure. If you’re struggling to come up with your next wanderlust inducing Instagram caption, feel free to grab one of my favorite inspiring travel quotes and captions from this post!

Happy sharing!

Short Wanderlust Captions

Whether you’re exploring a new city, lounging on the beach, or trying a new exotic cuisine, the perfect travel caption is out there! So, let’s dive in and explore some of the best short wanderlust captions to get started:

• Happiest wandering
• Wanderlust life
• Wanderlust fam
• Wanderlust mode on
• Planet wanderlust
• Roam. Wander. Explore.
• Wanderlust wonder
• Roaming free
• Wanderlust adventure
• Forever wandering
• Unplug and explore
• Wanderlust vibes
• Come wander with me
• Always exploring
• Wanderlust soul
• Let your soul roam.
• Born to explore
• Wanderlust heart
• Bit by the travel bug
• Where do I want to go? Everywhere.

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Funny Wanderlust Captions

When it comes to sharing your travel adventures on Instagram, it can be tough to come up with a caption that perfectly captures the moment. That’s where funny travel captions come in! Adding a dash of humor to your posts can make them stand out and bring a smile to your followers’ faces.

• 4 am alarm. Completely undress for security. Pay $25 for breakfast. Board flight like a prisoner. Can’t freaking wait.
• Running to catch my flight is my cardio.
• I love airports because normal life rules don’t apply. Pizza and drinks at 7 am. Totally acceptable.
• I followed my heart…and it led me to the airport.
• Calories don’t count on vacation.
• Physically I’m here, mentally I’m in Mexico ordering a margarita.
• You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy a plane ticket which is sort of the same thing.
• Work tip: stand up. Stretch. Take a walk. Go to the airport. Get on a plane. Never return.
• Anyone else wonder why no one is concerned about the birds living inside the airport?
• Whatever the question, a plane ticket is the answer. 
• I need 6 months of vacation. Twice a year
• Travel should be covered by health insurance.
• Can’t decide if I just need a hug, tequila shots, or to quit my job and just travel.
• Can’t. Busy. Traveling. Bye.
• Warning: May start talking about travel at any moment.
• Warning: I bring my emotional baggage on every trip.
• I may look like I’m listening, but I’m really planning my next trip.
• Catchin flights, not feelings.
• In case you needed to know, I’m a size window seat in plane tickets.
• When the hotel employee tells you to “Enjoy your stay.” And you say “You too.”
• My doctor said I should travel more. Also I’m calling myself doctor now.
• Adventure? Alpaca my bags!
• The only reason to set my alarm for 4 am: to catch a flight.
• Can everyone please stop going to Europe. I’m a work. So rude.
• Me: I packed for three weeks in my carry-on. Also me: I can’t believe I’m washing my underwear in the bathroom sink.

One Word Caption for Travel

One of the most important aspects of posting on Instagram is selecting the right caption for your photo. While lengthy captions can be engaging, a short and simple one-word travel caption can be just as effective in capturing the essence of your experience. If you’re looking for something short, simple, and to the point, try these one word travel captions in your next post. (I also think these are perfect for reels too!)

• Globetrotter
• Wanderlusting
• Unpredictable

Wanderlust Captions for Instagram

Using wanderlust captions in your next Instagram post can help you to evoke a sense of adventure and inspire your followers to travel. Check out these wanderlust captions for Instagram:

• Wandering with purpose
• Like a wanderer
• Busy wandering
• Wanderlust dreamer
• Dream big, dream often.
• A beautiful day to wander.
• Born with wanderlust in my veins
• Wanderlust season
• Dreaming of the open road
• Wanderlust warrior
• What a lovely day to wander…
• Craving a wander
• Dreaming out loud
• Just wander
• Never lose your sense of wonder
• Bring it on, world.
• What I’ve been waiting for…
• Wanderlust Wednesday
• Free spirit
• No such thing as too much travel

Wander Captions

• Worth the journey
• When the world is calling…
• Wander more
• Born with a traveler’s heart
• Passport to wander
• Working on wandering
• I’d rather be roaming
• Miles to go
• Stay and wander
• You never know until you go.
• The wanderlust project
• On an epic expedition
• Disconnect to reconnect
• North, south, east, west, and everywhere in between.

Short Travel Captions for Instagram

Sharing our travels on social media is more than just a trend. It’s a way of connecting with like-minded individuals, inspiring each other, creating memories and sharing the love of travel. Try some of these inspiring travel captions in your next post:

• Free to roam
• Forever chasing moments
• Made with wanderlust
• Roam the planet
• Set your dreams free
• Dream, plan, do.
• Time for a refresh
• Keep wandering.
• In love with life
• More moments of wonder
• Raw and untamed
• Travel fever
• Where we wander
• Where to next?
• World wanderer
• Wanderlust activated
• Wish and wander
• Explore to unwind
• Escaping reality

Travel Captions for Instagram

I know every Instagram guru tells you to write longer captions. If you’re struggling to come up with a long travel caption for Instagram, try starting with these captions:

• Wanderlust…that unrelenting, ever-present desire that stirs my soul, compelling me to close my eyes and envision my next epic adventure. With each day, my dreams become more vivid, carrying me to places unknown. Have you been bit by the travel bug too?
• With a passport in hand and a heart full of wanderlust, I’m ready to chase my dreams wherever they may take me. Where are you dreaming of going next?
• I keep dreaming, because dreaming is the first step to making my travel dreams come true. Tell me some of your big, bold, audacious dreams.
• My heart is forever stuck in wanderlust mode, and my mind is a wanderer, forever on the lookout for the next destination that calls my name. What destination is calling your name?
• Constantly reminded that there’s a big, beautiful world out there waiting to be explored. Where will your next adventure take you?

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Wanderlust Travel Quotes

Sharing a beautiful travel quote on social media is more than just a way of expressing our wanderlust. It’s also a way of connecting with like-minded individuals who share our passion for travel. A travel quote can catch the eye of someone who has been to a particular destination or someone who has always dreamt of visiting it. In many ways, travel quotes create a sense of connection and foster a sense of community among people who love to travel.

Try some of these inspiring wanderlust quotes for your next travel Insta post:

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

“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

“I travel around the world in a way that tries to open my mind and give me empathy and inspire me to come home and make this world a better place.” Rick Steves

“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

“Life is an opportunity. Seize the day. Live each day to the fullest. Life is not a project, but a journey to be enjoyed.” Catherine Pulsifer

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

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

“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

“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

“Life is about the adventures you take and the memories you make. So travel often and live life with open eyes and an open heart.” Katie Gissom

“The world is vast and meant for wandering. There is always somewhere else to go.” Nick Burd

“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

“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

“Real travel requires a maximum of unscheduled wandering, for there is no other way of discovering surprises and marvels, which, as I see it, is the only good reason for not staying at home.” Alan Watts

Travel Quotes for Instagram

Many of us love sharing travel quotes as a way of reminiscing about past adventures. It offers a beautiful way to remember our travels, experience, and the incredible moments we had in the past. Travel quotes can act as postcards or souvenirs, and they allow us to relive those moments in our minds and stir wanderlust in others.

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

“A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places.” Isabelle Eberhardt

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

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

“You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.” Dr. Suess

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

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

“A hangover suggests a great night, jet lag suggests a great adventure.” J.D. Andrews

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

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

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

“A person susceptible to “wanderlust” is not so much addicted to movement as committed to transformation.” Pico Iyer

“She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city” Roman Payne

“Every exit is an entry somewhere else.” Tom Stoppar

“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

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

“Sometimes when you lose your way, you find yourself.” Mandy Hale

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

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

“Leave the road, take the trails.” Pythagoras

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Inspirational Travel Quotes

Did you know that sharing wanderlust travel quotes on social media can have a positive effect on our mental health? Studies have shown that experiencing beautiful landscapes, nature, and scenery can increase happiness and overall well-being. By sharing and creating content that highlights the beauty of travel, we are also promoting positivity among those who need it the most.

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“Experience, travel – these are as education in themselves.” Euripides

“Never let your mind tell your heart not to wander.” Unknown

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

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

“Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.” Wendell Berry

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

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

 “I can just let my curiosity wander unleashed.” James C. Collins

“The journey is the destination.” Dan Eldon

“Life offers you a thousand chances… all you have to do is take one.” Frances Mayes, Under the Tuscan Sun

“The key to a wonderful life is to never stop wandering into wonder.” Suzy Kassem

“Life has a special meaning for those who wander!” Paul Sachudhanandam

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

“I’ll never stop wandering. And when the time comes to die, I’ll find the wildest, loneliest, most desolate spot there is.” Everett Ruess

“Here today, up and off to somewhere else tomorrow! Travel, change, interest, excitement! The whole world before you, and a horizon that’s always changing!” Kenneth Grahame

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

This quote inspired the name of our travel blog, ‘to-some-place-now’. It all started as an annual goal settings exercise in 2015, and then became our mantra. We now set travel goals every new year and check them off together. 

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

Once you travel the world, it will help you understand where you stand, and how much more you can learn, embrace and experience. Our sorrows become smaller, when we explore the world from a different horizon. 

• “Experience, travel – these are as education in themselves”. – Euripides

So true. The more you travel, the more you learn about different places, cultures and local customs.

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

If you can’t find a partner to travel with you, travel solo. Don’t miss a chance to explore this wonderful world. There are group tours to help you get your feet wet into traveling, and so many destinations that are safe for exploring solo – try it!

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

We only have a finite number of years, and of them all active years are even less. So don’t wait, just go – travel!

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

People all over the world are similar, our emotions, our fears and we all share an unseen bond. Go out, make friends!

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

Of course, we have to go by the clock, when we work full time and earn a living, but this quote inspires me to work towards a life full of travel, where the compass determines what I/we do rather than the clock or our alarm.

• “Travel far enough, you meet yourself ” – David Mitchell
• “We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost.” – Ray Bradbury

We do travel for all of the 3 reasons, and also to experience different cultures and cuisines. 

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

These words of the Chinese philosopher Confucius are so true. 

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

Our passport stamps and fridge magnets are our treasured trophies. It shows how well traveled we are! Don’t you think? What do you collect from your travels?

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

One of my favorite poets, Robert Frost, road less traveled is metaphorical. This wanderlust travel quote doesn’t only apply to destinations, but also to life and career choices!

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

This is one of the perfect wanderlust travel quotes to add to your T-shirt or phone wallpaper.

• “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
• ” Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

This quote is pregnant with so much meaning. We should lead a life without regrets. Live life according to your values, stay true to yourselves, travel, follow our dreams and our passions. 

• “Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
• “Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta

Ibn Battuta was not only a writer, but a kick-ass world explorer. Imagine traveling all the way from Africa, Central Asia and then working with the Tughlaq Dynasty in India. He contributed to the movement of Dar al Islam and preserved the influences that Islam had on the globe. He was born in Tangier in Morocco. 

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

John Shedd’s quote is all about going out there, and trying new things. It says that it’s better to get out and do the things you want to do, rather than sit and do nothing. And remember even if you fail, the good thing is that you have at least tried, and that experience will be rewarding.

• “Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of the experience.” – Francis Bacon
• “The gladdest moment in human life, methinks, is a departure into unknown lands.” – Sir Richard Burton

Unknown destinations spark a lot of interest, and it surely feeds a curious mind!

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

This wanderlust travel quote was taken from a novel by Paulo Coelho, ‘The Alchemist’, one of my favorites. The novel is filled with bits of wisdom you can believe from the story, and use it to guide your travel inspiration. 

• “Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.” – Henry David Thoreau

Travel opens up opportunities to understand our core better – who we are, what are our limitations, what we miss the most, our confidence, our fears and build a better version of ourselves. 

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

• “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist.” – Oscar Wilde

To live is to experience all emotions from happiness, sorrow, excitement, fear, to adrenaline rush in trying new things. This life is worth living, rather than mere existence. 

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

Anaïs Nin’s honest accounts of her private life are very inspirational, as no other woman author showcased that in those times. Her writing on life, love, growth, and fulfillment had touched millions, and still keeps inspiring us to this day. 

• “I wandered everywhere, through cities and countries wide. And everywhere I went, the world was on my side.” – Roman Payne

This wanderlust quote is so us. Everywhere we traveled to, we have been treated well, and felt welcomed. People, regardless of color, country or values have good intentions and are warm and loving!

• The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Saint Augustine
• “Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life – and travel – leaves marks on you. Most of the time, those marks – on your body or on your heart – are beautiful. Often, though, they hurt”. – Anthony Bourdain

One of the finest travel documentarian Anthony Bourdain shares how travel changes you in so many different ways – some small, and some life altering. 

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

In travels (or otherwise), we always have to start small. And these small steps lead to bigger things and help you achieve your wildest dreams!

• “I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.”- George Bernard Shaw

Don’t you agree with this quote of GB Shaw? I mean, a new destination abroad should be exciting, fresh and should feed curiosity in you!

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

Having explored so many unique cultures and cities, it had definitely made us more humble, well-educated and well-traveled. This is much more than the masters degrees and the professional work experiences we have gained. 

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

Who’s in? 

• “Wherever You Go Becomes A Part Of You Somehow.” – Anita Desai

I love this travel quote by Anita Desai. If I were to start another travel blog, I will probably name it, ‘Travel-a-part-of-you’. Because it is true. From Paris, Lisbon to Sarajevo, all the cobblestone lanes, cuisines to historical nuances become a part of you, and your thought process (about the world!)

• “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” – Albert Einstein

I learnt this important lesson during my University days, when learning about world history, and that is not to never stop questioning. Question things, be eager, be curious and explore and learn more. 

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

Our views about the world (and people) around us are based on literature, print and social media. But all of this is ‘someone’s’ version/perspective or experience. You must travel to see for yourself, and make your own opinions. More often you will discover a different side of this world – that you didn’t even know existed. 

• “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

Ah…..to travel is to live! Just LOVE – LOVE – LOVE this quote! What about you?

• “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller
• “The World Is Big And I Want To Have A Good Look At It Before It Gets Dark.” – John Muir

Live this life, and chase your dreams before time runs out, and you are no longer able to travel. John Muir was born in the United Kingdom, but he is best known for his time spent at the Yosemite National Park, USA. 

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

We couldn’t agree more. I mean, there are places that you will love, some you will visit probably once, and some never. But all in all, what appeals to me, may not to you, and vice versa. Hence it is super important to read, but go and see for yourselves. 

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

Happiness isn’t an end goal – like an end destination. It is a state of being, where you constantly find happiness in small moments, and occasions. It is a conscious choice, we all have to make.

• “To awaken alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.” – Freya Stark
• “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Andre Gide

So true. You cannot experience a gorgeous sunset, photograph amazing landscapes and buildings without leaving the comfort of your home. Travel is hard work (from planning, saving to booking a trip), and the rewards are amazing!

• “Better to see something once than hear about it a thousand times.” – Anonymous

This travel quote amplifies the fact that we learn a lot by exploring, rather than just reading or listening about it. 

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

You do need a little money to book flights, accommodation, insurance and food for your trips, but you don’t have to be a millionaire to explore this wonderful world. Make plans, budget well, and look for destinations that give you the most of your money (tons of affordable cities that you can choose from)!

Travel tips: Start creating your bucket list from Iceland Ireland Italy to Thailand, and saving for your travel fund, and get inspiration here

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

This wanderlust travel quote really resonates with us. It is just wonderful to travel to a new place, and take time to refresh and rejuvenate ourselves. New places, change of pace definitely brings in a fresh perspective to things!

• “No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.” – Lin Yutang
• “Travel is never a matter of money, but of courage.” — Paulo Coelho

Another delightful quote from Paulo Coelho, and so true. Travel is never about money, it is about courage – taking the time from the day to day responsibilities, making sacrifices to save money to book that trip. Be brave, go travel!

• “ A wise man travels to discover himself.” – James Russell Lowell
• “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

RL Stevenson is another novelist and poet we love. His well known works include Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and this quote definitely inspires us to keep moving!

• “The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to.” – Alain de Botton
• “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller
• “Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.” – Anonymous

Travel doesn’t require a ton of money, but it surely does make you richer with all the wisdom and experiences you gain through your journeys. 

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

‘On the Road’ is one of the well known works of Jack Kerouac, an American author. He took several cross-country road trips to Chicago, Los Angeles, Denver and Mexico City, and these trips provided the inspiration for Kerouac’s next and greatest novel, On the Road. 

• “ A wise traveler never despises his own country.” – Carlo Goldoni

The year 2020 was all about exploring your own backyard. And this travel quote shows that it is important for travelers to love their own countries, and not despise them.

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

We plan, but sometimes things don’t go as planned. So you know we/the traveler is not necessarily in total command of the trip, but just needs to go with the flow. 

• “Do not follow where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail”
• “If we were meant to stay in one place, we’d have roots instead of feet” – Rachel Wolchin

I find this travel quote very interesting. This actually popped up on my Facebook feed once, and it instantly clicked.  If you desire travel, you shouldn’t be wasting any opportunity to explore – we have two feet, and we go to use them to wander this beautiful world. 

• “Travel is an investment in yourself.”
• “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag

Our bucket list keeps expanding. With so many destinations, new UNESCO heritage sites, and sister cities – I can safely say – I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list’ 🙂 

• “Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.” – Wendell Berry
• “Take only memories, leave only footprints.” – Chief Seattle
• “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

This travel quote is from T.S. Eliot’s poem “Little Gidding” , which means that humanity will always have a desire to explore and push itself further than where it is now. Isn’t it true? Once we know what is out there, we want to strive and get more, using our new knowledge and strength.

• “It is not down in any map; true places never are.” – Herman Melville
• “Life is short and the world is wide, the sooner you start exploring it, the better.” – Simon Raven

With over 195 UN recognized countries, there is not enough time to explore it all. But we can definitely try to add more destinations to our ‘explored’ list!

• “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

Travel is definitely more than sightseeing, it is about learning the history and culture of the destination, trying out local cuisines, and talking to locals. What does travel mean to you?

• “The journey not the arrival matters.” – T.S. Eliot
• “Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone.” – The Dhammapada
• “If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine. It’s lethal.” – Paulo Coelho

Day to day, mundane tasks are just that – mundane. It is a good idea to break the regular norms, come out of your comfort zone, and try something new. Routine can also be the killer of creativity.  Adventures inspire stories, and actions that bring profound changes to our lives. 

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

Aren’t these words the most musical and magical? For us, to travel truly is to live. 

• “Adventure is worthwhile.” – Amelia Earhart

Travel and adventure is always worthwhile. 

• “Your true traveler finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty-his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure.” – Aldous Huxley
•  “One must travel, to learn. Every day, now, old Scriptural phrases that never possessed any significance for me before, take to themselves a meaning.” – Mark Twain

100% completely agree with these words of Mark Twain. When we travel, we must be open to learning new things, sometimes un-learning and breaking away from old thoughts is also a rewarding travel experience in itself. 

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

The world is wonderful, and we love exploring every inch of it!

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

Not all of our trips were flawless (potholes). There are flight delays, long wait lines, missed trains, sometimes waking up early with little to no sleep, can be exhausting and tiring, but it pays off in the end. We forget all the pain, and toil once we eagerly reach our destination and check off the bucket list. So stop worrying about small discomforts, look at the bigger picture. 

• “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

If we are open to all and any destination, we can explore a lot in a short time. On a practical note, if you open up ‘last minute deals’, you can find so many international travel destinations. Take a leap forward, book and go explore. 

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

How cute is this Instagram caption? 

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

That’s me! Absolutely me when it comes to cities. I fell in love with Paris even before I visited. I knew a lot about Sarajevo, its delights and scars, decades before I explored this capital city!

• “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

Imagine sipping the same coffee from the Swiss Alps, or Venice, or in a casa from Havana Cuba.  A new destination fills our every day with tons of excitement. 

• “A man of ordinary talent will always be ordinary, whether he travels or not; but a man of superior talent will go to pieces if he remains forever in the same place.” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• “Half of the fun of travel is the aesthetic of lostness.” – Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury was an American author, and this wanderlust quote apty summarises that some of our fondest travel memories come from being lost in a new destination. Some of the biggest lessons we’ve learned, those hidden gems we have found, the yummiest coffee we had in a small coffee corner is all from being lost. And that’s the beauty of it: sometimes getting lost brings in delightful encounters. 

• “Somewhere on your journey, don’t forget to turn around and enjoy the view.” – Unknown

When you are constantly on the go, it is also important to stop and enjoy the scenery and the world in front of us. This travel quote is metaphorical too, as in, in your life time – after all the jobs, relationships and hard work, we need to stop and admire the work we have done so far, and celebrate our successes and hurdles we overcome. 

• “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

This is another — Jack Kerouac favorite 🙂

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

It is important to enjoy the journey. 

• “To me, travel is more valuable than any stupid piece of bling money can buy.” – Raquel Cepeda

We all like to own fancy nice items. Everyone is different, and some things that delight one person, may not delight another, and it is totally fine. It is important to enjoy But the amount you gain from travel can far outweigh a new watch, can you really evenly weight self development against a possession?

• “I’ll look back on this and smile because it was life and I decided to live it. This and smile because it was life and I decided to live it”
• “Take every chance you get in life because some things only happen once.” – Karen Gibbs
• “Travel opens your heart, broadens your mind, and fills your life with stories to tell”
• “Travel makes you realize that no matter how much you know, there’s always more to learn”

These were all of our favorite travel quotes. You can grab a pack of 30 Instagram templates to share your favorite quotes with your followers.  

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Mayuri is the founder & editor of ToSomePlaceNew. An Indian-Canadian globetrotter, she has traveled to over 100 cities and 35+ countries. Mayuri has a graduate degree in History and is an MBA. She loves traveling the world, capturing historical nuances, and discussing that over a cup of coffee with her husband, Salil. She currently resides in Edmonton, Canada, and plots travel plans to Europe, the Americas, and beyond. 

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450+ Travel Quotes for Instagram to Inspire Wanderlust

Travel Instagram captions and quotes are essential for showcasing the beauty and experiences of your journeys.

Whether you are an avid traveler or just embarking on an exciting expedition, crafting the perfect caption is crucial to complement your travel photos and videos on Instagram.

Here’s the scoop on travel quotes for Instagram!

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Travel Instagram Captions are the written descriptions that accompany your travel photos and videos on the social media platform.

They are meant to encapsulate the essence of your travel experience and evoke emotions, curiosity, and wanderlust among your followers.

Engaging travel captions for Instagram can be created by infusing personal experiences, emotions, and vivid descriptions that transport the audience to the locations depicted in the posts.

Incorporating relevant travel quotes or popular phrases can also add depth and relatability to the captions.

Instagram captions are important for travel posts as they provide context, storytelling, and a personal touch to the visual content.

They enable the sharing of travel experiences, recommendations, and insights, fostering connections and inspiring others to embark on their own adventures.

• “Wander often, wonder always.”
•  “Embracing the beauty of new horizons.”
•  “Lost in the magic of [Destination].”
• “Wanderlust: the desire to travel and explore.”
• “Adventure awaits, just a plane ticket away.”
• “The world is your oyster, go out and discover it.”
• “Travel far and wide, leave footprints everywhere you go.”
• “Escape the ordinary and embrace extraordinary experiences.”
• “Explore new places, meet new faces.”
• “Life is short, book the flight and make memories that last forever.”
• “Collect moments, not things – travel is the best investment in yourself.”
• “Seek adventures that nourish your soul and inspire your spirit.”
• “Take only pictures, leave only footprints – respect nature wherever you roam.”
• “Discover hidden gems in every corner of the world – it’s all about perspective!”
• “Embrace cultures beyond your own for a truly enriching experience on your travels.
• “Let wanderlust guide you to places you’ve never dreamed of visiting before.”
• “Find beauty in every sunset, from beaches to mountainsides.”
• “Pack light but dream big – adventure is calling!”
• “Escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life with a getaway to paradise.”
• “Unplug from technology and reconnect with nature on your journeys.”
• “Travel sparks creativity by exposing us to new sights, sounds, tastes.”
• “Explore historic landmarks that have stood the test of time.”
• “Capture breathtaking landscapes that will take your breath away.”
• “Adventures are best when shared – tag along with friends or loved ones!”
• “Unleash your inner explorer as you traverse through unknown territories.”
• “Immerse yourself in local traditions for an authentic cultural experience.”
• “Indulge in local cuisine for a taste bud-expanding journey.”
• “Step out of your comfort zone – growth happens outside familiarity.”
• “Travel has no boundaries – let your dreams take flight!”
• “Rise and shine – the world is waiting for you to explore it.”
• “Escape the ordinary, embrace the extraordinary.”
• “Collect moments, not things.”
• “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.”
• “Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.”
• “Every journey starts with a single step – where will yours take you?”
• “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.”
• “Travel far enough to meet yourself.”
• “Adventure awaits around every corner – go out and find it!”
• “Dare to live the life you’ve always imagined – start by exploring new places.”
• “Discover magic in every moment as you wander through unfamiliar territories.”
• “Go where your heart desires and let curiosity guide you on incredible journeys.”
• “Embrace spontaneity and create unforgettable memories along the way.”
• “Explore off-the-beaten-path destinations for unique experiences that inspire.”
• “Make memories that last a lifetime by venturing out of your comfort zone.”
• “Find inspiration in breathtaking landscapes that stir your soul.”
• “Leave footprints behind as evidence of your adventures around the globe.”
• “Discover diverse cultures and broaden your horizons through travel.”
• “Challenge yourself with thrilling activities that push boundaries.”
• “Be present in every moment as you navigate through unknown territories.”
• “Capture captivating moments on camera to share with others back home.”
• “Connect with fellow travelers from all walks of life and form lifelong friendships.”
• “Wanderlust fuels our desire to explore new horizons.”
• “Choose experiences over possessions – travel enriches our lives.”

How to Find the Best Travel Quotes for Instagram?

Finding the best travel quotes for Instagram involves exploring various sources such as travel books, famous travel authors, classic literature, and even modern song lyrics & movies.

Additionally, numerous websites and apps curate and categorize travel quotes, making it easier to discover the perfect quote for your Instagram captions.

Travel quotes for Instagram can be found in literary works, online quote archives, travel-themed social media accounts, and through the exploration of different cultures and languages, uncovering unique expressions that resonate with your travel experiences.

Popular adventure travel captions for Instagram include phrases like “Embrace the journey, cherish the memories.” and “Adventure awaits, it’s time to explore the unknown.”

These captions radiate excitement and encourage others to pursue thrilling experiences.

Here are more examples include in your caption:

• “Embark on the ultimate adrenaline rush with these thrilling adventure travel destinations.”
• “Get ready for the adventure of a lifetime with these awe-inspiring travel experiences.”
• “Discover hidden gems and breathtaking landscapes on your next adventure trip.”
• “Embrace your inner explorer and journey to remote corners of the world on an epic adventure vacation.”
• “Experience heart-pounding activities and immerse yourself in nature’s wonders on these adventure getaways.”
• “Unleash your adventurous spirit and dive into unforgettable outdoor escapades across the globe.”
• “Escape the ordinary and embark on a wild journey filled with exhilarating adventures in stunning locales.”
• “Seek out new thrills as you explore extraordinary landscapes during your next adventure travel expedition.”
• “Ignite your sense of wanderlust as you venture off-the-beaten-path to discover extraordinary places around the world.”
• “Challenge yourself and create lifelong memories while conquering some of nature’s most spectacular terrains.”
• “Embark on an adrenaline-fueled journey through rugged terrains, scenic trails, and breathtaking landscapes.”
• “Indulge in thrilling outdoor activities that will leave you spellbound by their sheer excitement.”
• “Experience the thrill of exploring untamed wilderness, from dense jungles to towering mountain peaks.”
• “Immerse yourself in local cultures while enjoying exhilarating adventures in far-flung destinations.”
• “From white-water rafting to rock climbing, get ready for non-stop excitement at these adventure hotspots.”
• “Savor unforgettable moments as you hike through stunning national parks and capture jaw-dropping vistas.”
• “Discover new perspectives as you zip-line through lush forests or soar high above scenic canyons.”
• “Venture off-road for thrilling ATV rides that showcase rugged terrain like never before.”
• “Dive into crystal-clear waters to explore vibrant coral reefs and encounter a world of marine wonders.”
• “Follow in the footsteps of intrepid explorers as you trek through remote wilderness areas.”
• “Embark on a thrilling safari adventure and witness majestic wildlife in their natural habitats.”
• “Conquer towering peaks and push your limits with high-altitude mountaineering expeditions.”
• “Experience the rush of paragliding as you soar above breathtaking landscapes and enjoy panoramic views.”
• “Navigate treacherous rapids during an exhilarating white-water rafting trip that will get your heart racing.”
• “Discover hidden caves and underground river systems while exploring mysterious subterranean worlds.”

Using travel quotes to inspire wanderlust through Instagram involves pairing them with mesmerizing travel photos, creating a harmonious blend of visual and textual stimuli that ignite curiosity and desire for exploration within the audience.

What are the Most Inspiring Travel Captions for Instagram?

The most inspiring travel captions for Instagram are the ones that evoke a sense of wonder, curiosity, and adventure. They encapsulate the essence of the travel experience and convey the emotions and discoveries encountered during the journey.

Inspirational travel Instagram captions for 2023 may include phrases like “Embracing new beginnings with each expedition.” and “Discovering the world’s wonders, one journey at a time.”

Here are more inspiring travel captions:

• “Embrace the unknown and let your wanderlust guide you.”
• “Discovering new horizons fuels the soul’s desire for adventure.”
• “Traveling opens our eyes to the beauty of diversity and unity.”
• “Every journey is a chance to learn, grow, and become a better version of ourselves.”
• “Exploring new places ignites a sense of wonder that lingers long after we return home.”
• “In every destination lies an opportunity for self-discovery and personal transformation.”
• “Escape the ordinary and immerse yourself in extraordinary experiences around the world.”
• “Life is short, so travel often to collect memories that will last forever in your heart.”
• “Step out of your comfort zone and into a world full of endless possibilities waiting to be explored.”
• “Travel teaches us that there are countless paths to happiness, each with its own unique charm.”
• “Let go of routine; set sail on an expedition where adventure becomes your compass.”
• “Uncover hidden gems as you venture through lands both near and far.”
• “Recharge your spirit by seeking solace in nature’s breathtaking wonders.”
• “Expand your perspective by immersing yourself in cultures different from yours.”
• “Capture moments that take your breath away – they become cherished memories forever.”
• “Find beauty not only in iconic landmarks but also in everyday sights off the beaten path.”
• “Get lost without fear, for it is when we lose ourselves that we truly find what matters most.”
• “Leave footprints across borders as you embrace connections with people from all walks of life.”
• “Experience firsthand how travel has the power to bridge divides and create understanding.”
• “Open up a whole new world with each step you take beyond familiar shores.” 
• “Embark on journeys where sunsets paint vibrant hues on foreign landscapes.”
• “Discover the magic that lies within every destination, waiting to be uncovered.”
• “Indulge in the flavors of different cuisines, letting your taste buds explore a world of delights.”
• “Take a leap of faith and let travel be the wings that carry you to new heights.”
• “Through travel, witness how diverse cultures interweave to create a rich tapestry of humanity.”
• “Find peace in simplicity as you disconnect from the chaos and reconnect with nature’s tranquility.”
• “Traveling is not just about reaching destinations; it’s about unraveling stories along the way.”
• “Let curiosity guide your footsteps as you traverse unfamiliar paths and stumble upon hidden treasures.”
• “Experience life through different lenses as you immerse yourself in local customs and traditions.”
• “Remember: It’s not about miles traveled but about hearts touched during your journey.”

Create captions that evoke wanderlust in travel posts by utilizing descriptive language, evocative imagery, and invoking a sense of curiosity and longing through your words.

Transporting the audience into the scene and letting them envision themselves in those captivating locations can inspire wanderlust.

• “Exploring the hidden gems of [travel destination] 🌍”
• “Adventures await in…🌴”
• “Capturing memories in… ✨”
• “Discovering the beauty of… 💫”
• “Wanderlust mode: ON in [travel destination] 🗺️”
• “Embracing the culture and charm of…👣”
• “Lost in the magic of… ✨✈️”
• “[Travel destination]: Where dreams become reality 💭💫”
• “Indulging in breathtaking views at…🌅🏞️”
• “Unforgettable moments created in [travel destination] 📸❤️”
• “A paradise for adventurers ⛰️🚀”
• “The perfect escape from reality ✈️💼”
• “Where culture and history collide 👥🏰”
• “A feast for the senses 🍽️🎶”
• “Unlocking new horizons 🔐🔭”
• “Embrace your inner wanderer ⛺👟” 
• “Discovering hidden treasures 💎💼”  
• “Creating memories one step at a time 👣❤️ “
• “Reconnecting with nature’s wonders 🍃⛰️ “
• “Exploring enchanting landscapes 💫✨”
• “Relaxation meets adventure 😌⚡”
• “Unforgettable experiences await 🌟✈️”
• “A journey to remember 🌍📸”
• “Embracing the local flavors 🍽️🥂”
• “Stepping into a world of wonders ✨🚶‍♀️”
• “A photographer’s paradise 📷💫”
• “[Travel destinations]: Discovering the unexplored corners 💡🔎” 
• “[Travel destinations]: Embracing the unknown with open arms 👐❓” 
• “Capturing moments that take our breath away 😮❤️” 
• “Exploring new horizons and expanding our perspectives 🔭🗺️” 
• “[Travel destination] in all its glory! 🌈😍”
• “Sunsets and palm trees make [travel destination] paradise on Earth! 🌅🌴”
• “Discovering hidden treasures in [travel destination] is an adventure worth taking! 💎⚓”
• “Exploring [travel destination] feels like stepping into a fairytale! ✨✈️”
• “Wandering through the streets of [travel destination], getting lost in its charm! 👣💕”
• “Savoring every moment spent in [travel destination], creating memories to last a lifetime! ❤️✨”
• “Feeling awestruck by the beauty that surrounds me in [travel destination] 😍🏞️”
• “The history, culture, and vibrant atmosphere of [travel destination] are truly captivating! 👥💃”
• “Taking a break from reality and immersing myself in the tranquility of [travel destination] 🌿🌊”
• “Embarking on an incredible journey through [travel destination], where every step is an adventure! 👟😊”
• “Experiencing pure bliss in the enchanting landscapes of [travel destination] ✨💖”
• “Feeling alive and free as I explore the wonders of [travel destination] 🙌🌍”
• “Letting my wanderlust guide me to new and exciting experiences in [travel destination] 🗺️✈️”
• “Creating memories that will last a lifetime with loved ones in [travel destination] 💕📸”
• “Finding serenity and peace amidst the stunning beauty of [travel destination] 🏞️💫”
• “Admiring architectural marvels and historical landmarks in bustling cities like London or Rome!”    
• “Embracing nature’s wonders at majestic destinations such as Yosemite National Park or Machu Picchu!”  
• “Recharging my soul at serene locations like Bali, Maldives, or Santorini!
• “Exploring the historic streets of [Destination]. A journey through time and culture. 🏛️🌆 
• “Finding tranquility amidst the mesmerizing landscapes of [Destination]. A paradise on Earth. 🏞️🌿”

How to Use Instagram Captions to Inspire Wanderlust?

To inspire wanderlust through Instagram captions, it’s important to convey the allure and enchantment of travel destinations and experiences.

Incorporating vivid descriptions, sharing personal insights, and alluring travel quotes can ignite the desire to wander and explore in your audience.

The best ways to inspire wanderlust through Instagram captions include sharing captivating tales of discovery, expressing genuine emotions, and showcasing the beauty and diversity of global destinations.

Additionally, utilizing poetic language and impactful quotes can further inspire wanderlust.

Crafting inspirational travel captions that inspire others involves narrating compelling stories, conveying the transformative power of travel, and conveying the enriching experiences that travel brings.

It’s about creating a connection and fostering a sense of shared adventure and discovery.

Using Instagram captions to share inspirational travel quotes can involve integrating them seamlessly into your travel stories, amplifying the emotional impact of the visuals, and inspiring your audience to venture out and explore the world.

What are the Most Creative Adventure Travel Captions for Instagram?

The most creative adventure travel captions for Instagram resonate with the thrill and exhilaration of embarking on new ventures.

They infuse elements of excitement, wonder, and discovery, resonating with the bold spirit of adventure enthusiasts.

Writing funny and short adventure travel captions for Instagram involves injecting humor, lightheartedness, and a sense of spontaneity into the captions.

Puns, playful references, and witty remarks can add an entertaining and relatable flair to the adventure captions.

• “Embrace the unknown and wander into new horizons.”
• “Let the adventure begin, and may it never end.”
• “Seek thrills, find joy, and capture memories that last a lifetime.”
• “Exploring the world one step at a time, embracing each journey with open arms.”
• “Adventure awaits around every corner – go out there and find it!”
• “Leave footprints in places where only your soul has been before.”
• “Life is short, so travel far and wide to make every moment count.”
• “Dive into the unknown and discover hidden gems along the way.”
• “Take risks, make memories, and live for those moments that take your breath away.”
• “Adventure: because sometimes wandering aimlessly leads you to the most incredible places.”
• “Explore uncharted territories with a heart full of curiosity.”
• “Let your spirit roam free in search of thrilling escapades all over the globe.”
• “Climb mountains not only to conquer them but also to discover yourself along the way.”
• “Adventure calls – will you answer?”
• “Discover beauty beyond imagination as you chase adventures across continents.”
• “Unleash your inner explorer as you embark on untamed journeys across diverse landscapes.”
• “Go off the beaten path – it’s where true magic happens.”
• “Wanderlust is not just a word; it’s an insatiable craving for extraordinary experiences.”
• “Traveling solo doesn’t mean being alone; it means discovering independence in exhilarating ways.”
• “Take flight towards adventure; let wanderlust be your guide through unexplored frontiers.”
• “Powered by adrenaline, fueled by wanderlust – every destination becomes an unforgettable expedition!”
• “Leave behind comfort zones as you venture into awe-inspiring realms filled with endless possibilities.”
• “Every journey is an opportunity to immerse yourself fully in different cultures’ rich tapestry.”
• “Capture slices of pure life as you explore the world’s hidden gems, one adventure at a time.”
• “If happiness had coordinates, you’d find it in the wilderness of new experiences.”
• “Embrace the thrill of uncertainty and let wanderlust guide your path to unparalleled memories.”
• “The world is vast and full of wonders – it’s time to curate your own extraordinary story.”
• “Cherish every sunset, conquer every summit, and create unforgettable stories with each journey.”
• “Wander far enough to uncover the true essence of yourself amidst captivating landscapes.”
• “Let wanderlust take you on an exhilarating ride through breathtaking scenery and heart-pounding adventures!”
• “Uncover secrets that nature whispers as you explore untouched corners of this beautiful planet.”
• “Seek refuge from routine in exploring unfamiliar terrain; there’s magic waiting around every bend.”
• “Admire nature’s grandeur while embarking on thrilling escapades that leave imprints on your soul.”
• “Experience a symphony for the senses through daring adventures across diverse landscapes worldwide!”
• “Get lost in moments that make your heart race and fill your spirit with boundless joy!”
• “Discover exhilaration anew with each bold step into uncharted territories awaiting your arrival.”
• “Grab life by the handlebars and ride into compelling landscapes that awaken the adventurer within.”
• “Inhale wanderlust like oxygen as you embark on extraordinary odysseys across unknown horizons.”
• “Escape ordinary routines by venturing into extraordinary destinations – a feast for both eyes and soul!”
• “Every travel experience holds a puzzle piece connecting our souls to different cultures globally!”
• “Release inhibitions while immersing yourself in incredible journeys where spontaneity reigns supreme.”
• “Connect with nature’s untamed beauty through adrenaline-fueled adventures under open skies.”
• “Open new chapters abroad as each destination becomes a colorful page etched onto precious memories.”
• “Savor freedom like never before as you wander through captivating landscapes with wide-eyed wonder.”
• “Let loose the adventurer within, chasing sunsets and soaking up cultures in mesmerizing destinations.”
• “Capture moments that defy gravity; let your travel adventures be a testament to your soaring spirit.”
• “Discover treasures beyond material wealth—moments that inspire awe and leave you forever changed.”
• “Adventure is where ordinary meets extraordinary – embrace the thrill of intrepid journeys worldwide!”
• “Embarking on a journey with a backpack full of dreams and a heart full of wanderlust.”
• “Lost in the wilderness, found in the adventure.”

Popular adventure travel song lyrics for Instagram captions include excerpts from uplifting songs that celebrate exploration, freedom, and the thrill of the unknown. Lyrics that evoke emotions and paint vivid imagery are ideal for adventure-themed posts.

• “I wanna run away, I wanna fly away.”
• “Take me anywhere, take me everywhere.”
• “Let’s escape this ordinary life.”
• “Into the wild we go, where freedom unfolds.”
• “On an endless road to nowhere but everywhere.”
• “Adventure awaits at every turn, let’s dive in and learn.”
• “We’re explorers in this vast world of unknowns.”
• “Adventures fill our souls like stories yet untold.”

How to Create Engaging Beach Travel Captions for Instagram?

Creating engaging beach travel captions for Instagram involves capturing the essence of the seaside escapades, whether it’s the tranquil serenity, exhilarating water sports, or the pure joy of basking in the sun.

Crafting captivating captions that exude the beauty and allure of beach vacations can enhance the visual impact of your posts.

Some short and witty beach travel captions for Instagram posts may include phrases like “Salty air, sun-kissed hair.” and “Tides, tan lines, and good times.”

Here are more beach captions:

• “Life’s a beach, enjoy the waves and soak up the sun!”
• “Sandy toes, salty kisses – perfect beach getaway!”
• “Take me to the ocean and leave me there.”
• “Beach therapy: Vitamin Sea and sunshine.”
• “Keep calm and get your tan on at the beach!”
• “Sunsets are proof that no matter what happens, every day can end beautifully.”
• “Paradise found – just add sand and palm trees.”
• “Seas the day! Embrace every moment at the beach.”
• “Catch some rays, make lasting memories at the beach.”
• “Life is better in flip-flops with a cool drink in hand.”
• “Wanderlust: chasing palm trees, waves, and endless summer vibes.”
• “Ocean air, salty hair – blissful days by the water’s edge.”
• “Saltwater heals everything – let go of worries at the beach!”
• “Find your inner peace with toes buried in golden sand.”
• “Leave only footprints; take only memories from your sandy adventures.”
• “Sunshine is my favorite accessory for a day by the sea.”
• “Nothing but good vibes here; let’s ride some waves!”
• “Beach please! I’m ready for lazy days under swaying palms.”
• “In need of vitamin sea? Head to paradise on Earth – it’s called a beach!”
• “Inhale confidence; exhale worries while soaking up rays at your favorite spot.”
• “Surfing through life one wave at a time – catch you on those perfect swells!”
• “Let’s escape reality together – find solace where land meets endless blue waters.”
• “Dreaming of being whisked away to sandy shores – who wants to join?”
• “A dip in crystal-clear waters is all it takes to wash away any stress.”
• “Lose yourself in the rhythm of crashing waves and salty breezes – beach vibes only!”
• “Beach hair, don’t care – let’s embrace that effortless windswept look.”
• “The best moments are made at the beach – create memories that will last a lifetime.”
• “Let your worries wash away with each ebb and flow of the tide.”
• “Dive into paradise and discover what lies beneath the serene surface.”
• “Find your inner mermaid (or merman) at the beach – live life with a touch of magic.”
• “Walking on sunshine – basking in golden rays at your tropical escape.”
• “Sunkissed skin and freckles; proof of days well spent by the ocean’s edge.”
• “A day at the beach is worth a thousand words – capture it all in one picture-perfect moment.”
• “Life is better barefoot on sandy shores – enjoy every step along this coastal journey.”
• “Beach therapy: where saltwater heals, sunsets inspire, and smiles come naturally.”
• “Salty kisses and sandy toes – just another day in paradise.”
• “Seize each wave like it’s an opportunity to dance with nature.”
• “Embrace wanderlust; explore beaches across oceans, enjoying their diverse beauty.”
• “Escape reality by diving into an ocean of tranquility. Let serenity be your guide!”
• “Lush palm trees, gentle waves; lose yourself in nature’s tranquil embrace.”
• “Just sitting here watching waves kiss the shore – feeling blissful as time drifts away.”
• “On sandy shores or hidden coves, create memories that forever whisper stories of joy.”
• “With sun-kissed skin and laughter echoing through dunes, we find happiness wherever we roam.”
• “Blessed with infinite shades of blue; find solace where sky meets sea.”
• “Paradise found: warm sand beneath my feet, a gentle breeze kissing my face.”
• “Leave behind footprints of wanderlust as you explore the world one beach at a time.”
• “Let your problems drown in the soothing rhythm of crashing waves.”
• “Tropical vibes and sunny skies – this beach getaway is pure paradise!”

Tips for crafting captivating Instagram captions for beach vacations include incorporating sensory descriptions, capturing the carefree spirit of beach moments, and utilizing beach-themed quotes to complement the scenic beauty portrayed in the travel photos.

Using travel quotes to complement beach travel Instagram captions adds depth and poetic resonance to the seaside reveries depicted in the posts, infusing them with a touch of introspection and contemplation amidst the coastal escapades.

• “Life is short, buy the plane ticket!”
• “Adventure awaits… and so does room service!”
• “Traveling: Where finding yourself often involves getting lost first.”
• “Jet-lagged but still fabulous! #TravelProblems”
• “Eat, sleep, travel, repeat… in that exact order.”
• “Wanderlust: The only thing contagious that we actually want to catch!”
• “Vacation calories don’t count, right? Bring on the gelato!”
• “Going places and leaving a trail of laughter behind me.”
• “My passport is calling, and I must go! And pack snacks…”
• “‘I haven’t been everywhere yet, but it’s on my list’ – Slightly modified by procrastination.”
• “Exploring new destinations one souvenir shop at a time.”
• “‘Are you there yet?’ – A question that deserves its own vacation timeout.”
• “When in doubt, choose the window seat for the best views and awkward elbow encounters.”
• “Note to self: Pack extra patience for navigating foreign languages and public transportation systems.”
• “Who needs maps when you have Google Maps? Oh wait…no signal! *cue epic adventure*”
• “The world is my oyster…and I’m allergic to seafood!”
• “Always leave room in your suitcase for unexpected shopping sprees… or souvenirs shaped like Eiffel Towers.
• “Beach hair? Don’t care!”
• “Foreign cuisine goals: Eat everything without asking what it is!”
• “Traveling with friends means creating memories… and blaming each other for missing flights!”
• “Jetlagged selfie game strong!”
• “Traveling alone isn’t lonely when you make friends with local food vendors.”
• “FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) has reached an all-time high… and so has my airline mileage!”
• “Traveling is the best way to learn geography… and discover your terrible sense of direction.”
• “Warning: May spontaneously break into dance when surrounded by stunning landscapes.”
• “Spontaneity is the key to adventure. And occasionally missing return flights.”
• “Don’t forget to pack your sense of humor. Lost luggage can be replaced, but laughter is priceless!”
• “Life’s too short for boring vacations! Let’s add a touch of chaos and make it memorable!”
• “Travel tip: Take photos before eating that picture-perfect meal. No one likes a cold foodstagram!”
• “Exploring cities one wrong turn at a time!”
• “Packing light? That’s cute! I packed three outfits per day… just in case!”
• “Chasing sunsets like there’s no tomorrow… or sunrise for that matter.”
• “I came, I saw, I took way too many selfies!”
• “Jetsetter on a budget: 5-star dreams with a 2-star hotel reality.”
• “Time flies when you’re having fun…and trying to catch connecting flights.”
• “Travel isn’t about the destination; it’s about getting on board with free snacks!
• ”The only thing wilder than my travels? My passport photo!”
• ”Vacation rule #1: Always say yes to dessert…and then order seconds.”
• ”Palm trees and pina coladas – the perfect cure for wanderlust.”
• ”Traveling opens our hearts, minds…and sometimes our suitcases if we overpack.”
• ”Not all who wander are lost… Just temporarily disoriented without Google Maps.”
• “My travel budget: 10% plane tickets, 90% snacks.”
• “I need a six-month vacation twice a year.”
• “Jet lag is just my body’s way of saying, ‘You didn’t need that sleep anyway.'”
• “My passport is my favorite accessory.”
• “Traveling: where the only exercise I get is running out of money.”
• “I followed my heart, and it led me to the airport.”
• “If travel were free, you’d never see me again.”
• “I’m not lost; I’m just exploring alternative routes to my destination.”
• “My favorite exercise is a mix of running late and jumping to conclusions.”
• “I don’t need a hairstylist; I need a destination.”
• “I’m not a morning person unless it’s to catch a flight.”
• “My luggage gets more vacation days than I do.”
• “Traveling is the only time where ‘getting lost’ is a legitimate goal.”
• “I travel for the funny stories and the questionable decisions.”
• “I don’t always travel, but when I do, it’s to escape reality and find better Wi-Fi.”
• “My favorite kind of social distancing is being in a different country.”
• “I left my heart in [insert last vacation spot]… and probably my charger too.”
• “Traveling: because my Hogwarts letter got lost in the mail.”
• “I’m not a tourist; I’m a professional souvenir collector.”
• “My travel philosophy: Go, fly, roam, travel, voyage, explore, journey, discover, adventure.”
• “I’m on a seafood diet. I see food, and I eat it… especially when I travel.”
• “I wish travel therapy was covered by my health insurance.”
• “I’m not avoiding work; I’m on a workcation.”
• “Traveling is the art of getting lost and finding yourself simultaneously.”
• “I’m not great at geography, but I can pack a suitcase like a pro.”
• “My sense of direction leads me to amazing places—mostly by accident.”
• “The only trip you will regret is the one you don’t take, or the one where you forget your charger.”
• “I travel so much; my passport thinks it’s a frequent flyer.”
• “I’m not a thrill-seeker; I’m a chill-seeker. Find me by the beach.”
• “My favorite travel game is ‘Guess which language I don’t speak.'”
• “Traveling: the only time my diet consists of 70% gelato.”
• “I don’t travel to escape life; I travel to make sure life doesn’t escape me.”
• “My two moods: Packing for a trip and unpacking from a trip.”
• “I have a crush on the world, and I’m not afraid to show it.”
• “Jet lag is my spirit animal.”
• “My travel style: Dress like you might meet your worst enemy.”
• “I need a vacation from my vacation.”
• “I don’t always travel, but when I do, I prefer to get lost.”
• “My suitcase and I have a special bond. It never judges how much I pack.”
• “I’m not a tourist; I’m a temporary local.”
• “I’m not saying I’m Wonder Woman; I’m just saying no one has ever seen me and Wonder Woman in the same room.”
• “Traveling: the only time I appreciate a long layover.”
• “My bucket list: Fill the bucket with beach sand.”
• “I like long walks… to the airport gate for my next adventure.”
• “I’m not a morning person, but I’ll wake up at sunrise for a good photo.”
• “I followed my dreams, and they led me to the airport.”
• “If traveling were a job, I’d be the CEO of Vacation.”
• “I have a ‘to-do’ list: travel, eat, nap, repeat.”
• “I don’t need a map; I have Google Maps and a questionable sense of direction.”
• “My travel motto: Go where the WiFi is weak, and the cocktails are strong.”
• “Traveling: Where new adventures await around every corner.”
• “Exploring the world one stamp at a time.”
• “Jetting off to new destinations, leaving worries behind.”
• “Embracing the unknown and finding beauty in unexpected places.”
• “Capturing memories that will last a lifetime through travel photography.”
• “Breaking out of my comfort zone, one trip at a time.”
• “Discovering hidden gems and local treasures in every city visited.”
• “Traveling is not just about seeing new places, but also experiencing different cultures and traditions.”
• “Finding solace in the serenity of nature during travel escapades.”
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• “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu
• “Hike more, worry less.”
• “Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing.” – Barry Finlay
• “In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.” – John Muir
• “The best view comes after the hardest climb.”
• “Take only memories, leave only footprints.” – Chief Seattle
• “Hiking is not escapism; it’s realism. The people who choose to spend time outdoors are not running away from anything; we are returning to where we belong.” – Jennifer Pharr Davis
• “Mountains have a way of dealing with overconfidence.” – Hermann Buhl
• “Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.” – John Muir
• “Hiking is a bit like life: The journey only requires you to put one foot in front of the other… again and again and again.” – Linda Brill
• “Hike your own hike.”
• “The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” – John Muir
• “I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.” – Henry David Thoreau
• “Adventure awaits.”
• “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” – Lao Tzu
• “The mountains are calling, and I must go.” – John Muir
• “Hiking and happiness go hand in hand or foot in boot.” – Diane Spicer
• “Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.”
• “May your trails be crooked, winding, and dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.” – Edward Abbey
• “Let’s find some beautiful place to get lost.”
• “Hiking: the best workout that doesn’t feel like work.”
• “On the mountains of truth, you can never climb in vain.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
• “The best journeys in life are those that answer questions you never thought to ask.”
• “Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” – Gary Snyder
• “Hiking is the answer. Who cares what the question is?”
• “I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” – John Burroughs
• “To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles.” – Mary Davis
• “Hiking: Cheaper than therapy.”
• “Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.” – John Muir
• “The best way to lengthen your life is to stretch out on a trail.” – Charles de Lint
• “Life is short, and the world is wide. Get out there and explore.”
• “Wandering where WiFi is weak.”
• “Hike the trails of life with the boots of perseverance.”
• “Hiking is not just exercise; it’s therapy with a view.”
• “The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.”
• “Just because my path is different doesn’t mean I’m lost.”
• “I hike because I really like snacks and napping in the woods.”
• “My favorite exercise is a cross between a lunge and a crunch. I call it lunch.”
• “Hiking is just walking where it’s okay to pee.”
• “I’m outdoorsy in that I like getting drunk on patios.”
• “The only time I enjoy a long walk is when it’s taken by someone who annoys me.”
• “I don’t need therapy; I just need a mountain and some good company.”
• “I’m not lazy; I’m on energy-saving mode.”
• “Hiking: where the wifi is weak, but the connection is strong.”
• “I thought I wanted a career. Turns out, I just wanted a paycheck to go hiking.”
• “Camping is nature’s way of promoting the motel business.”
• “I’m on a whiskey diet. I’ve lost three days already.”
• “My happy place is where the coffee is strong and the hiking trails are endless.”
• “I’m not a morning person or a night person. I’m a ‘whenever I can sneak in a nap’ person.”
• “The early bird can have the worm because worms are gross and mornings are stupid.”
• “If you see me on a trail running, my campfire was probably stolen.”
• “I’m not fat; I’m just easy to see.”
• “I only run when I’m being chased or when the trail mix is on sale.”
• “Hiking is my cardio, and by cardio, I mean eating trail mix.”
• “My hiking style is best described as ‘I need a shower.'”
• “I only hike on days that end in ‘y.'”
• “Sail away with me, where every sunset feels like a hug from the universe. ⛵✨ #WanderlustAdventures”
• “Exploring this wonderful world, one adventure at a time. 🌍✨ #WanderlustMagic”
• “Roaming through places full of beauty, finding magic in every corner. 🌺✨ #TravelEnchantment”
• “Embarking on a journey to find the beautiful in every step and every sunset. 🌍✨ #DiscoverBeauty”
• “Pack your dreams, buckle up your curiosity, and let’s travel the world together. 🌍✈️ #WanderlustAdventures”
• “Battered suitcases were piled high as dreams, waiting to unfold across the map of possibilities. 🌍✨ #JourneyBegins”
• “Amidst diverse landscapes, become common ground where every journey finds its unity. 🌏✨ #TravelHarmony”
• “The open road grants the freedom to make your own map, weaving tales of adventure at every turn. 🗺️🌟 #ExploreYourPath”
• “In every new destination, find a piece of the past to hold, a memory to carry forward into the future. 🌍✨ #TravelMemoirs”
• “Embrace the call of adventure, let your spirit soar, and go ever upward to the heights of new horizons. 🌄✈️ #RiseAndExplore”
• “Amidst the miles, the journey changes us, sculpting our souls with the beauty of every experience. 🌍✨ #TransformativeTravels”
• “Travel unfolds the things you didn’t know you were seeking, revealing the treasures of the unknown. 🌏✨ #DiscoverUnexpected”
• “The path to discovery isn’t always comfortable, but it’s on those winding roads that we find the true essence of our journey. 🌍✨ #UncomfortableAdventures”
• “Wander with your eyes open, for it’s in the details that the world reveals its most enchanting secrets. 🌎✨ #EyesWideWanderlust”
• “In the journey of exploration, you’ve come to the right place to unwrap the gifts of the world’s wonders. 🌍✨ #TravelTreasures”

In the realm of travel, each quote encapsulates the essence of exploration, wanderlust, and the transformative power of traversing the globe.

From the whimsical to the profound, these quotes serve as compass points guiding us through the vast landscapes of our own adventures.

They remind us that the journey is not merely about reaching a destination but about discovering the beauty, humor, and wisdom that unfurl along the way.

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Solopreneur Taseen Alam Invites People on a Global Adventure with Nomad Footsteps

In a world that often feels increasingly smaller and more familiar, one passionate solopreneur is on a mission to reignite our sense of wanderlust and cultural curiosity.

Meet Taseen Alam, the intrepid explorer and storyteller behind Nomad Footsteps , a captivating travel blog that transports readers to the farthest corners of the globe.

About The Author: Taseen Alam

Taseen has embarked on a journey that most only dream of, leaving behind the conventional path to pursue his love for travel and cross-cultural connections.

With an insatiable desire to uncover the world’s hidden gems, he has ventured off the beaten track, immersing himself in diverse cultures and chronicling his adventures through rich narratives and stunning visuals.

Nomad Footsteps: A Virtual Passport to the World

Nomad Footsteps is more than just a travel blog; it’s a digital canvas where Taseen Alam paints vivid portraits of the people, places, and experiences that have left an indelible mark on his soul.

Through his evocative writing and breathtaking photography, readers are transported to remote villages, bustling cities, and awe-inspiring natural wonders, experiencing each destination with a depth and authenticity rarely captured.

“Travel is not just about ticking off items on a bucket list,” says Taseen Alam . “It’s about embracing the unknown, stepping outside of your comfort zone, and allowing yourself to be transformed by the people and cultures you encounter. With Nomad Footsteps, I aim to inspire others to embark on their journeys of self-discovery, to travel mindfully, and to foster a deeper appreciation for the rich tapestry of our world.”

A Tapestry of Human Experience

From the vibrant street markets of Marrakech to the serene temples of Kyoto, Taseen’s meticulously curated content showcases the diversity of the human experience.

His blog serves as a virtual gateway, inviting readers to explore the world’s myriad cultures, traditions, and cuisines without ever leaving their armchairs.

A Sustainable Journey

But Nomad Footsteps is more than just a digital travelogue; it’s a rallying cry for responsible and sustainable tourism.

Taseen’s commitment to ethical practices and environmental consciousness shines through in his writing, inspiring readers to tread lightly and embrace a mindset of cultural sensitivity.

The Road Ahead

As Nomad Footsteps continues to gain momentum, Taseen’s passion for storytelling and exploration shows no signs of waning.

With plans to venture into uncharted territories and forge new partnerships, this solopreneur is poised to become a leading voice in the travel blogging community, inspiring a new generation of globetrotters to embrace the call of the open road.

Embrace the Adventure

For those seeking an authentic and immersive glimpse into the world’s rich cultural tapestry, Nomad Footsteps beckons.

Join Taseen Alam on a global adventure that will ignite your spirit of wanderlust and forever change the way you view the world.