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24 Quotes to Inspire You to Pack Your Bags and Travel the World

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Traveling has been my one true passion in life. It keeps you on your toes, forces you to open your eyes and see the world from a different perspective, and accept things as they come. It also reminds you about what truly matters in life – the people you surround yourself with and the joy that comes from living in the moment.

It is so easy to get swept away in the routine of things and, before you know it, weeks, months or even years have passed by, and you have nothing to show for it. I’ve heard so many people in my life saying “Yeah, I’ll go travel, but first I need to __________.” But once you accomplish whatever that is, then there’s always another obstacle, another goal. That’s human nature.

But if you keep putting it off, one day you’ll wake up realizing that you missed your opportunity. Sure, perhaps you can go traveling once you’ve saved up a lot of money or are retired, but will those experiences be the same as if you had gone while you were still young and able-bodied? Traveling takes courage, especially if you want to do it long-term. But it is worth it.

I spent my first two years abroad making next to nothing, and yet I visited 10 new countries and met some amazing people along the way, including my husband. I will hold these memories forever in my heart, and I look forward to exploring the world even more – there’s still so much left to see! Each country I visit teaches me something new, both about the world and about myself, and these experiences and lessons are invaluable – I wouldn’t trade them for anything.

So, what are you waiting for? Read through some of my favorite travel quotes to motivate you to take the plunge and live your life the way you’ve always wanted it to be!

“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, “man is born to live, not to prepare to live.” – boris pasterna, “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, “be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.” – jennifer lee, “a journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. and all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. we find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.” – john steinbeck, “a good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” – lao tzu, “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, “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, “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 is never a matter of money but of courage.” – paolo coelho, “our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.” – lawrence block, “unexpected travel suggestions are dancing lessons from god.” – kurt vonnegut, jr., “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, “during the first period of a man’s life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.” – soren kierkegaard, “i can’t think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything. suddenly you are five years old again. you can’t read anything, you have only the most rudimentary sense of how things work, you can’t even reliably cross a street without endangering your life. your whole existence becomes a series of interesting guesses.” – bill bryson, “if you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.” – james michener, “i may not have gone where i intended to go, but i think i have ended up where i needed to be.” – douglas adams, “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, “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, “life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” – neale donald walsch, “the difference between a tourist and a traveler is that a tourist doesn’t know where he’s been and a traveler doesn’t know where he’s going.”, “you must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.” – thoreau, “a ship in harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships are for.” – william shedd, “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, do you have any other quotes that inspire you share them below i’d love to hear about all of your experiences, happy travels i hope this inspired you to work towards the things that truly matter in life. your happiness is the most important thing in this world – go find it ., other articles you might enjoy:.

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50 Travel Quotes that will inspire you to pack your bags

01/09/2024 By Traveling Canucks 62 Comments Categories: Featured Reflections Travel Stories Travel Tips

Travel Quotes for Travel Inspiration

Sometimes a few simple travel quotes or phrase is all it takes to spark action in our lives.

We always welcome inspirational words, so we thought it would be fun to share some quotes that have inspired us in the past. Hopefully one or two of them give you the push you need to plan that next adventure. Enjoy!

50 Inspirational 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

A wise traveler never despises his own country. – Carlo Goldoni

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

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

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

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

You seldom, if ever, get lucky sitting down. – Zig Ziglar

Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride. – Anthony Bourdain

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

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

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

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

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

Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right! – Henry Ford

More famous travel quotes to inspire you 

To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries. – aldous huxley.

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

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

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

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today. – Benjamin Franklin

Promise me you’ll always remember: you’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – A.A. Milne, Winne the Pooh

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

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

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

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

When dealing with complex transportation issues, the best thing to do is pull up with a cold beer and let somebody else figure it out. – Anthony Bourdain

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

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

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. – Elbert Hubbard

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

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

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

We may run, walk, stumble, drive, or fly, but let us never lose sight of the reason for the journey, or miss a chance to see a rainbow on the way. – Gloria Gaither

An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching. – Gandhi

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

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

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

A traveling fool is better than a sitting wise person. – Mongolian Proverb

You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take. – Wayne  Gretzky

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

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

You can do anything, but not everything. – David Allen

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

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

If 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

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

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05/15/2012 at 6:21 pm

The following is from the first paragraph of Moby Dick. There are times when “normal” life no longer cuts it, when I have to go somewhere far away where the language, food, people and sights and smells are different. This quote describes the feeling that spurs me to travel…

“… Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people’s hats off – then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.”

06/16/2012 at 1:28 pm

Thanks for sharing Jane!

05/15/2012 at 8:02 pm

Great quotes, I love them all. Thanks for sharing.

06/16/2012 at 1:29 pm

You’re welcome Kim! Good luck on your future travels – you have quite the adventure in front of you!

05/16/2012 at 3:54 am

Thanks for the great tips! I just hope a lot of people would benefit from these tips.. Anyway, thanks a lot for the thoughts!

06/16/2012 at 1:32 pm

You’re welcome Jenny! I hope 1 or 2 of these quotes inspires you to take on a new adventure

10/02/2019 at 2:25 am

Thanks jeny

05/16/2012 at 10:27 am

Great collection of inspirational quotes. Thanks for posting! Here’s one of our favorites: “The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.” ― Dorothy Parker

I like that Marla – thanks for sharing! 🙂

05/16/2012 at 10:37 am

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

06/16/2012 at 1:33 pm

Hah! That’s a good one Donna

05/16/2012 at 11:35 am

Great selection! Here’s my fav:

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

08/01/2012 at 5:12 pm

Great contribution Micki – thanks! 🙂

05/16/2012 at 11:44 am

Great quotes! I have a few that inspire me:

If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad. -Jane Austin

“To move, to breath, 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

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…” — Dr. Seuss (Oh, the Places You’ll Go!)”

“Travel is like adultery; one is always tempted to be unfaithful to one’s own country. To have imagination is inevitably to be dissatisfied with where you live…in our wanderlust, we are lovers looking for consummation.” – Anatole Broyard

08/01/2012 at 5:13 pm

Awesome quotes Stacey – thanks for contributing!

05/16/2012 at 2:34 pm

Other great quotes:

“The earth is round, we shall meet” – African Proverb

“If a diploma can famously be a passport, a passport can be a diploma” – Pico Iyer. Read the rest of his wonderful essay on travel here: http://www.cmi-gear.com/tim/travels/chapter12-travel.asp

Thanks Sarah – we appreciate the contributions! 🙂

05/16/2012 at 3:02 pm

These are wonderful quotes. I like this one the best: “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. – Freya”

It reminds me of some silly movie I once saw where the actress said she loved finding herself in a city or town where she couldn’t speak the language, knew nobody, and didn’t know where she was. That defined what a good day for her was.

I liked that quote. I feel the same way.

08/01/2012 at 5:14 pm

Thanks for sharing Barbara!

05/17/2012 at 9:45 am

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

love all of these!

Thanks Britany! 🙂

05/18/2012 at 4:57 am

I love the Barbara Hoffman quote. Anyone who has driven in Kazakhstan or Senegal knows this to be so true!

Love the blog, kind regards, Si

08/01/2012 at 5:15 pm

Cheers Si! Appreciate the kind words 🙂

05/18/2012 at 9:36 am

When I think of the word travel, I don’t always associate it with exploring and being active geographically speaking but more a state of mind – a curiosity for people, life and culture.

One of the things I enjoyed whilst on the road was collecting memorable quotes from people I met in each Country. It doubled as a great trigger to remind me of the moments and people I connected with also.

05/18/2012 at 9:43 pm

Number four is my favourite. I try to remember that all the time

05/18/2012 at 10:21 pm

Great list. I love travel inspiration quotes and there’s quite a few here that are new to me. This is one I’ll have to come back to. thanks

05/19/2012 at 8:12 am

My favorite: “Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free” from The Shawshank Redemption.

05/21/2012 at 1:39 pm

Love quotes! My favorite one is the Mark Twain – Explore, Dream, Discover. I’m also a huge fan of “Not all of those who wander are lost.” 🙂

Thanks for sharing!

05/21/2012 at 8:54 pm

I love this post. Some of these are quotes that I live by, while others were completely new. One of my favorite quotes (not exclusive to travel) is by Oscar Wilde, “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” I truly feel the most alive when I’m traveling.

05/22/2012 at 5:28 pm

These are great quotes — I like the Zig Ziglar one, you seldom get lucky just sitting down. So true.

05/22/2012 at 8:03 pm

I love collecting travel quotes. There was a Banana Republic store in Boulder with five of the most famous travel quotes. Every time I’d walk by I’d linger and dream.

05/25/2012 at 7:27 am

Great list of quotes! Sometimes all you need is something simple and inspirational to give you a push and keep going. Thanks for sharing these!

05/25/2012 at 8:20 pm

Great collection of quotes, but that photo stole the show…incredible…

05/26/2012 at 5:02 am

These are rather nice .. Truly this are inspiring .. i travel a lot but the problem is i don’t find people who are free to go alone ..

05/26/2012 at 10:52 am

I love reading travel quotes. Thanks for introducing me to a few new ones. I like this one, “We may run, walk, stumble, drive, or fly, but let us never lose sight of the reason for the journey, or miss a chance to see a rainbow on the way.”

05/28/2012 at 8:51 am

Great quotes! Reading these is getting me excited for my summer travel plans.

06/01/2012 at 1:21 pm

I do agree with Mark Twain in the first quote above. And I like this post generally. I actually had a really great time reading this. What’s your favorite travel quote? Anyway, thanks a lot for sharing this.

06/03/2012 at 2:44 pm

A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles. (Tim Cahill in the book Road Fever)

06/12/2012 at 6:11 am

Everybody would be inspired to travel reading this collection of travel quotes.

07/05/2012 at 1:15 am

That is true Christina…. For sure everyone will definitely inspire to travel after reading these travel quotes.

06/16/2012 at 1:57 pm

Love all your choices!

Another one:

“It is a very strange sensation to inexperienced youth to feel itself quite alone in the world: cut adrift from every connection; uncertain whether the port to which it is bound can be reached, and prevented by many impediments from returning to that it has quitted. The charm of adventure sweetens that sensation, the glow of pride warms it.” – Jane Eyre

06/22/2012 at 1:38 am

I love reading travel quotes. Truly this are inspiring … i travel a lot but the problem is i don’t find people who are free to go alone …

06/29/2012 at 8:05 am

I love traveling and those wonderful quotes make me excited to go somewhere beautiful place 🙂 Thnx for the delightful quotes!

07/04/2012 at 8:57 am

Thanks for sharing this! Loved reading the quotes… makes us excited for our travels! Happy travel and we hope to read more great content from you guys.

07/18/2012 at 6:49 am

May I add a couple of more from Mark Twain?

Mark Twain wrote:

…nothing so liberalizes a man and expands the kindly instincts that nature put in him as travel and contact with many kinds of people.

– Letter to San Francisco Alta California newspaper, dated May 18th, 1867; published June 23, 1867

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

– Innocents Abroad

07/18/2012 at 7:32 am

Of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty effort the fetters of Habit, the leaden weight of Routine, the cloak of many Cares and the slavery of Hope, one feels once more happy. The blood flows with the fast circulation of childhood. . . . A journey, in fact, appeals to the Imagination, to Memory, to Hope,—the three sister Graces of our moral being.

—Sir Richard Burton, Zanzibar (London, 1872), vol. 1, pp. 16-17

08/13/2012 at 6:32 pm

Great quotes! Very inspiring.

08/16/2012 at 12:26 pm

“A traveling fool is better than a sitting wise person.” Old Mongolian Proverb

09/20/2012 at 12:18 pm

Actually, #27 is my favorite travel quote! 🙂

09/15/2013 at 10:12 am

My favourite quotes are from an Italian Travel writer: Tiziano Terzani. If you get the chance to read one of his books you’ll love him!

10/12/2013 at 9:32 pm

Thanks for sharing! My favorite: Though we tavel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

03/27/2014 at 5:07 am

I love the quote from St. Augustine : “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.”

04/09/2015 at 6:28 pm

I am so inspired to travel! I love number 2, its so blunt but so very true.

04/19/2017 at 1:36 pm

Mark Twain has always been a writer I’ve thoroughly enjoy and aspire to become like. His thoughts are timelines. His stories are thought provoking. And most of all he lived a life well-lived. So, out of this list his quote is the one that I find the best when it comes to living not just traveling.

04/30/2019 at 12:53 am

Really inspirational and motivational. Specially like “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”.

05/11/2019 at 11:46 pm

Thanks for the great tips! I just hope a lot of people would benefit from these tips. I appreciate your effort.

06/12/2019 at 8:31 am

A compilation of best travel quotes. My favorite one is by – Simon Raven “Life is short and the world is wide, the sooner you start exploring it, the better.” Looking forward to hearing from you more

04/28/2020 at 2:42 am

A compilation of best travel quotes. My favorite one is by – Simon Raven “Life is short and the world is wide, the sooner you start exploring it, the better.” Looking forward to hearing from you more

07/15/2020 at 1:35 am

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move. Its my favourite one. I have it on my profile on worldee.com. Thank you for article.

08/06/2020 at 1:48 am

Great post there had fun reading it. anyway my favourite is It’s good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters in the end

09/30/2022 at 10:07 am

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 It’s my favorite quotation. I always try to follow it. It gives me a lot of inspiration.

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15 Best Packing Quotes to Remind you to Pack Light and Smart

Last Updated on: Jun 6, 2021  

There are some who loves packing for a trip and usually excel at it. They can actually utilize the space in the suitcase or bag with nicely folded clothes and compartments for different types of articles. And then there are people like me who are absolutely terrible at packing! But whatever you pack for a trip, it is always advised to pack light. So here is a list of packing quotes that might help with your packing woes.

Yes, sometime I take a look at them when I really do not want to do the packing, the trip starts the next day.

Best Packing Quotes

1 . “just in case” is the curse of packing. – alexandra potter.

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

3. when preparing to climb a mountain – pack a light heart. – dan may, 4. let your memory be your travel bag. – alexander solzhenitsyn, 5. when preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. then take half the clothes and twice the money – susan heller.

6. Travel light. Live light. Spread the light. Be the light. – Yogi Bhajan

We also have a great collection of 125+ Travel Quotes that will inspire you to travel!

7. I’m very bad at packing. It ends up being a circus, throwing everything in there. You never want to come up short. – Drew Storen

8. on a long journey even a straw weighs heavy. – spanish proverb.

9. If I’d known how much packing I’d have to do, I’d have run again. – Harry S Truman

10. i have learnt that i am incapable of packing the right amount of clothing, probably because i start 10 minutes before i’m supposed to leave, and that i truly hate airports. – marcus brigstocke, 11. he who would travel happily must travel light. – antoine de saint-exupéry.

12. I enjoy the preparatory elements of travel – packing my bags and choosing my outfits – but my favourite part is getting there. – Dominic Monaghan

13. i took only one suitcase, and a cosmetics case for medicines but i was worried about books. solitude is all right with books, awful without. – martha gellhorn, 14. packing for a trip can be exciting. but unpacking is always depressing. – unknown.

15. Excess baggage is a symptom of something we are missing on the inside – a fear that we won’t be accepted for what we are, as if our selves are not enough. We bring too much of our past experience, the clutter of our emotions. These things get in the way and keep us from getting close to others. Then we are left with the task of having to find someone else to carry it, whether it is our luggage or our loneliness. – Mary Morris

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152 Best Travel Quotes To Inspire You To See The World

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

What follows is a complete collection of 152 of the best travel quotes, complete with adventure travel quotes from famous figures like Anthony Bourdain, John Muir, and Mark Twain.

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

Table of Contents show 152 Best Travel Quotes • Famous Travel Quotes • Mark Twain Travel Quotes • Funny Travel Quotes • Short Travel Quotes • Misc Travel Quotes • Inspirational Travel Quotes • Travel With Friends Quotes • Adventure Travel Quotes • Solo Travel Quotes • Anthony Bourdain Travel Quotes More Travel Content & Tips  

152 Best Travel Quotes

• famous travel quotes.

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

Take only memories, leave only footprints. — Unknown

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

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

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

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

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

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

Paris is always a good idea. — Audrey Hepburn

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

Collect moments, not things. — Unknown

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oh the places you’ll go. — Dr. Seuss

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

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

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

• Mark Twain Travel Quotes

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

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

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

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

• Funny Travel Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Short Travel Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Life is short and the world is wide. — Unknown

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Travel far enough, you meet yourself. — David Mitchell

The journey itself is my home. — Matsuo Basho

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

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

A good traveler leaves no tracks. — Lao Tzu

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

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

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

• Misc Travel Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Inspirational Travel Quotes

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

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

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

Do not dare not to dare. — C.S. Lewis

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Travel With Friends Quotes

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

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

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

• Adventure Travel Quotes

Adventure is worthwhile in itself. — Amelia Earhart

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Solo Travel Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

He travels the fastest who travels alone. — Rudyard Kipling

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Anthony Bourdain Travel Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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70+ of the BEST Travel Quotes [2023]

If you love to travel as much as me, you’ll also love a great travel quote. After all who doesn’t love travel quotes?!

For me, and for many others, they provide a source of inspiration every single day, motivating me to explore more of the world, go deeper into communities and fall in love with cultures. 

Whether you are planning a trip or looking for some inspiration I have pulled together my favourite quotes on travel and some of the most famous travel quotes, by people such as Anthony Bourdain and Paul Coelho.

Considering the situation in the world right now, I think we could all use some of the most inspirational quotes on travel for 2021. There are so many amazing quotes about travel and quotes to inspire travel, these are some of my favourites.

There are 50 of the best travel quotes listed here, but if I have missed any please do send them my way and I will add them to this list. The quotes range on topics such as adventure, journeys, self-discovery and more. 

I hope you love this list of the best travel quotes…

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50+ quotes on travel , 1. “not all those who wander are lost.” – j.r.r. tolkien.

A favourite of the best short traveling quotes.

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

3. “a journey is best measured in friends rather than miles.” – tim cahill, 4. “if you think adventures are dangerous, try routine: it’s lethal.” – paul coelho, 5. “it seems that the more places i see and experience, the bigger i realize the world to be. the more i become aware of, the more i realize how relatively little i know of it, how many places i have still to go, how much more there is to learn.” – anthony bourdain.

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

Another of my favourite short travel quotes.

7. “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.” – Sarah Frances Brown

8. “live life with no excuses, travel with no regret” – oscar wilde, 9. “remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination.” – roy m. goodman, 10. “the real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes” – marcel proust.

11. “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

Another favourite of my quotes about wanderlust.

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

13. “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, 14. “life was made for good friends and great adventures.” – unknown.

15. “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

16. “take only memories, leave only footprints.” – chief seattle.

One of the best adventure travel quotes…

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

18. “once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.” – dalai lama, 19. “the most beautiful in the world is, of course, the world itself.” – wallace stevens, looking for more quotes check out these wilderness quotes you need to read.

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

But which of these famous travel quotes is the best??

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

22. “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, 23. “with age, comes wisdom. with travel, comes understanding.” – sandra lake, 24. “the world makes way for the man who knows where he is going.” – ralph waldo emerson.

I used to have these travelling quotes on a necklace when I was backpacking in 2017.

25. “For there is nothing greater than becoming lost”

26. “wherever you go, go with all your heart” – confucius , 27. “oh the places you’ll go.” – dr. seuss.

Another favourite inspirational quote for travel.

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

29. “to travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries” – aldous huxley, looking for more quotes check out quotes about waterfalls.

30. “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

31. “we travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost.” – ray bradbury, 32. “life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – helen keller , 33. “adventure is worthwhile.” – aesop.

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

35. “where we travel, is where our soul stays”, 36. “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, 37. “i once found myself whilst travelling, i left a part of my heart there”.

I adore these wanderlust quotes.

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

39. “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

40. “two roads diverged in a wood and i – i took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference” – robert frost, 41. “wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” – anita desai.

This is the best quote about travel.

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

43. “see the line where the sky meets the sea, it calls me. and no one knows, how far i’ll go” – moana, 44. “never go too long without watching a sunset” – atticus, 45. “collect moments, not things.”, 46. “the gladdest moment in human life is a departure into unknown lands.” – sir richard burton.

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

47. “go where you feel most alive”, 48. “traveling’s not something you’re good at. it’s something you do. like breathing.” – gayle foreman, 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. “we travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.”.

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

52. “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, tom sawyer abroad, 53. “i read; i travel; i become” ― derek walcott, 54.  “the traveler sees what he sees. the tourist sees what he has come to see.” ― g.k. chesterton, 55. “travel makes one modest. you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – gustave flaubert, 56.  “travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.” – anonymous, 57.  “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, 58. “travel brings power and love back into your life.” ― jalaluddin rumi, 59. “i address you all tonight for who you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. you are the true dreamers.” ― brian selznick, the invention of hugo cabret, 60.“ i travel not to go anywhere, but to go. i travel for travel’s sake. the great affair is to move.” ― robert louis stevenson, travels with a donkey in the cevennes, 61. “travel brings power and love back into your life.” ― jalaluddin rumi, 62. “the world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” ― augustine of hippo, 63. “the real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” ― marcel proust, 64. “the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” ― lao tzu, 65. “adventure is worthwhile.” – aesop, 66. “it is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” ― ursula k. le guin, the left hand of darkness, 67. “once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.” – anonymous, 68. “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, a hat full of sky, 69. “the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” ― lao tzu, 70. “books are the plane, and the train, and the road. they are the destination and the journey. they are home.” ― anna quindlen, how reading changed my life, my travel tips and recommendations.

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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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Arrivederci! 70 Travel Quotes That'll Have You Packing Your Bags

Grab your bags and your passport — we’re going… somewhere! OK, OK, we might not be jetting anywhere right this minute, but we can probably agree that we all wish we were headed to an exciting locale for new adventures . Because even when we can’t travel (example: basically all of 2020), we’re thinking about it. And planning it. We’re building up our Pinterest boards, mentally packing our suitcases , and dreaming about all of the incredible food we’re going to try. Oh, and we’re poring over epic travel quotes that further serve to fuel our wanderlust. Anyone who has been “bitten by the travel bug” understands that it isn’t just a hobby; it’s a way of life.

You may be thinking, But wait, how can we afford all of this hypothetical travel? Well, fortunately, travel doesn’t have to be expensive. There are myriad ways to save money on a vacation (yes, even on a trip to Disney with your kids ). Or, hey, if you’re in desperate need of a new skyline, you could consider cracking into your rainy day fund . That’s to say nothing of local, low-cost travel opportunities, like hitting the beach .

So, don’t let worry deter you from your travel dreams. Instead, let the following curation of travel quotes remind you that travel is always worthwhile.

Short Travel Quotes

• “Cover the earth before it covers you.” — Dagobert Runes
• “People don’t take trips, trips take people.” — John Steinbeck
• “The journey matters more than the destination.” — Tony Fahkry
• “I travel because I become uncomfortable being too uncomfortable.” — Carew Papritz
• “Go where you feel most alive.” — Unknown
• “ Live your life by a compass, not a clock.” — Stephen Covey
• “Travel far enough, you meet yourself.” — David Mitchell
• “Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.” — Dalai Lama
• “It is better to travel well than to arrive.” — Buddha
• “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” — Confucius
• “Life is short, and the world is wide.” — Unknown
• “Paris is always a good idea.” — Audrey Hepburn
• “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” — Susan Sontag
• “My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been.” — Diane Arbus
• “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” — Anita Desai
• “Not all those who wander are lost.” — J.R.R. Tolkien
• “So much of who we are is where we have been.” — William Langewiesche
• “Travel is my therapy .” — Unknown
• “We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost.” — Ray Bradbury
• “We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.” — Hilaire Belloc

Travel with Friends Quotes

• “A journey is best measured in friends , rather than miles.” — Tim Cahill
• “I have found out that there is no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.” — Mark Twain
• “There is a whole world out there. Pack your backpack, your best friend, and go.” — Unknown
• “There is an unspoken bond you create with the friends you travel with.” — Kristen Sarah
• “You can pack for every occasion, but a good friend will always be the best thing you could bring!” — Unknown
• “We are all travelers in the wilderness of the world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.” — Robert Louis Stevenson
• “The 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
• “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
• “Sometimes all you need is a great friend and a tank of gas.” — Unknown
• “Good friends follow you anywhere.” — Winnie the Pooh
• “In life, it’s not where you go, it’s who you travel with.” — Charles M. Schulz
• “If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” — African proverb
• “A good friend listens to your adventures. Your best friend makes them with you.” — Unknown
• “No road is long with good company.” — Turkish proverb

Inspirational Travel Quotes

• “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes
• “Travel makes one modest, you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” — Gustave Flaubert
• “Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.” — Unknown
• “Traveling: It leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” — Idb Battuta
• “Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart . But that’s OK. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.” — Anthony Bourdain
• “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” — Augustine of Hippo
• “Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.” — Unknown
• “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. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” — Mark Twain
• “I’m shaking the dust of this crummy little town off my feet, and I’m gonna see the world.” — It’s a Wonderful Life , George Bailey
• “Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• “Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.” — Lawrence Block
• “When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.” — Susan Heller
• “I can’t think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything. Suddenly, you are five years old again. You can’t read anything, you have only the most rudimentary sense of how things work, you can’t even reliably cross a street without endangering your life. Your whole existence becomes a series of interesting guesses.” — Bill Bryson
• “All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” — Martin Buber
• “Of all the books in the world, the best stories are found between the pages of a passport.” — Unknown
• “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.” — Douglas Adams
• “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
• “A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving.” — Lao Tzu
• “A traveler is really not someone who crosses ground so much as someone who is always hungry for the next challenge and adventure.” — Pico Iyer
• “I travel because I’d rather look back at my life, saying, ‘I can’t believe I did that,’ instead of, ‘if only I had.’” — Florine Bos
• “Travel doesn’t become an adventure until you leave yourself behind.” — Marty Rubin
• “If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is.” — Angelina Jolie
• “If you are 32, physically fit, hungry to learn to 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 cook. Learn from them… wherever you go.” — Anthony Bourdain
• “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” — Henry Miller
• “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other places, other lives, other souls.” — Anais Nin
• “Happy is the soul that has a friend. Happier is the soul that trusts in the truth of the heart of a friend. Happiest is the soul that knows the solemnity of friendship and honors its laws.” — Ogwo David Emenike
• “True friends will always push you towards the great possibilities of your future, false friends will always chain you to the mistakes in your past.” — Seth Brown
• “I am not the same, having seen the moonshine on the other side of the world.” — Mary Anne Radmacher
• “Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent in the office or mowing your lawn.” — Jack Kerouac
• “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” — Gustave Flaubert
• “Take only memories, leave only footprints.” — Chief Seattle
• “The gladdest moment in human life is a departure into unknown lands.” — Sir Richard Burton
• “Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.” — Jennifer Lee
• “You need not even listen, just wait… the world will offer itself freely to you, unmasking itself.” — Franz Kafka
• “Travel expands the mind and fills the gap.” — Sheda Savage

This article was originally published on Jan. 8, 2021

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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Most Inspirational Travel Quotes

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.

• Are you gifting your friend a birthday or Christmas travel gift ? Write one of these travel quotes on a note to add to your gift to him or her.
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• Use these quotes to satisfy your travel cravings and feed your wanderlust!

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160 Inspirational Quotes That Will Change The Way You Travel (With Photos!)

I used to think all quotes were cliché. People would always mention them like overused pieces of advice to throw their wisdom at people. The thing is, all the quotes you keep hearing over and over don’t resonate with you. You need to find phrases that will inspire your heart and motivate your mind. You have to keep the ones that you can relate to and discard the ones you disagree with. Now I use quotes as an inspiring way to tell someone to follow their dreams.

As cliché as it sounds, life is short. Even if you always say that you want to travel, time gradually creeps up on you. So I hope that my favorite travel quotes will make you want to travel today because now is the time to pursue your travel goals.

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Famous Travel Quotes

Travel quotes that will fuel your wanderlust, brutally honest travel quotes, motivational journey quotes, tourists vs travellers quotes, inspirational quotes about travelling the world, my favorite travel quotes.

Those quotes will show you that travel changes you. Not always in the way you would imagine. Travel can be uncertain, even lonely. But overall travel experiences are unlike anything else. Because travel has the power to transform your life . That being said I hope the following quotes will impact you as much as they impacted me.

All of those quotes (more than 150!) are also perfect for Instagram captions so do not hesitate to get some inspiration with those travel quotes for Instagram!

1. “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” ―  Marcel Proust 2. “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” ― Susan Sontag 3. “He who must travel happily must travel light.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupery 4. “Actually, the best gift you could have given her was a lifetime of adventures.” ― Lewis Carroll 5. “If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it is lethal.” ― Paulo Coelho 6. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” ― 老子 (Laozi) 7. “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” ― Henry Miller

8. “Don’t tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you have travelled.” ― Mohammed 9. “Take only memories, leave only footprints.” ― Chief Si’ahl 10. “Great things are done when men and mountains meet.” ― William Blake 11. “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” ― Dr. Seuss 12. “Not all those who wander are lost.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien 13. “It is better to see something once than to hear about it a thousand times.” ― Asian Proverb 14. “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” ― Gustave Flaubert

15. “Live life with no excuses, travel with no regret.” ― Oscar Wilde 16. “Jobs fill your pocket. Adventures fill your soul.” ― Jaime Lyn Beatty 17. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” ― André Gide 18. “I’m in love with cities I’ve never been to and people I’ve never met.” ― John Green 19. “Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination.” ― Roy M. Goodman 20. “To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” ― Aldous Huxley

21. “Make voyages. Attempt them. There’s nothing else.” ― Tennesse Williams 22. “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.” ― Ryū Murakami 23. “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 24. “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 25. “Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.” ― Anthony Bourdain 26. “Travel is about the gorgeous feeling of teetering in the unknown.” ― Anthony Bourdain

27. “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 28. “Never hesitate to go far away, beyond all seas, all frontiers, all countries, all beliefs.” ― Amin Maalouf 29. “To travel is worth any cost or sacrifice.” ― Elizabeth Gilbert 30. “Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken.” ― Frank Herbert 31. “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 32. “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world.” — Freya Stark

33. “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 34. “Travel brings power and love back into your life.” ― Rumi 35. “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 36. “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 safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr. 37. “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 38. “Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.” ― Jeniffer Lee

39. “Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself. It is not far. It is within reach. Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know. Perhaps it is everywhere – on water and land.” ― Walt Whitma 40. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” — Muriel Strode 41. “Human beings are more alike than unalike, and what is true anywhere is true everywhere, yet I encourage travel to as many destinations as possible for the sake of education as well as pleasure.” ― Maya Angelou 42. “The universe is a sort of book, whose first page one has read when one has seen only one’s own country.” — Louis Charles Fougeret de Monbron 43. “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” — Mark Twain 44. “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 45. “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

46. “It is a bitter-sweet thing, knowing two cultures. Once you leave your birthplace nothing is ever the same.” ― Sarah Turnbull 47. “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 48. “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 49. “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 50. “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 51. “Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.” ― Paul Theroux 52. “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

53. “The value of your travels does not hinge on how many stamps you have in your passport when you get home — and the slow nuanced experience of a single country is always better than the hurried, superficial experience of forty countries.” ― Rolf Potts 54. “Travel is the only context in which some people ever look around. If we spent half the energy looking at our own neighborhoods, we’d probably learn twice as much.” ― Lucy R. Lippard 55. “When one is traveling, everything looks brighter and lovelier. That does not mean it IS brighter and lovelier; it just means that sweet, kindly home suffers in comparison to tarted-up foreign places with all their jewels on.” ― Catherynne M. Valente 56. “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 57. “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 – arrange everything before-hand?” ― Richard Aldington 58. “All this hurrying from place to place won’t bring you any relief, for you’re traveling in the company of your own emotions, followed by your troubles all the way.” ― Seneca 59. “I have wandered all my life, and I have traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.” ― Hilaire Belloc

60. “Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation.” ― Elizabeth Drew 61. “It is always sad to leave a place to which one knows one will never return. Such are the mélancolies du voyage : perhaps they are one of the most rewarding things about traveling.” ― Gustave Flaubert 62. “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 63. “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 64. “It seems that the more places I see and experience, the bigger I realize the world to be. The more I become aware of, the more I realize how relatively little I know of it, how many places I have still to go, how much more there is to learn. Maybe that’s enlightenment enough – to know that there is no final resting place of the mind, no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom, at least for me, means realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go.” ― Anthony Bourdain 65. “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 66. “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

67. “People travel to faraway places to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home.” ― Dagobert D. Runes 68. “People don’t take trips—trips take people.” ― John Steinbeck 69. “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 70. “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 71. “No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow. ” ― Lin Yutang 72. “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 73. “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

74. “Your comfort zone is a place where you keep yourself in a self-illusion and nothing can grow there but your potentiality can grow only when you can think and grow out of that zone.” ― Rashedur Ryan Rahman 75. “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 76. “Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.” ― Thomas Fuller 77. “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 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. “If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion, and avoid the people, you might better stay home.” ― James A. Michener 80. “There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign” ― Robert Louis Stevenson

81. “The trouble is, you think you have time.” ― Jack Kornfield 82. “Adventure rewrites the routine of our lives and wakes us sharply from the comforts of the familiar. It allows us to see how vast the expanse of our experience. Our ability to grow is no longer linear but becomes unrestricted to any direction we wish to run.” ― Josh Gates 83. “You can’t control the past, but you can control where you go next.” ― Kirsten Hubbard 84. “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 85. “A traveler without observation is a bird without wings.” ― Moslih Eddin Saadi

86. “Journeys are the midwives of thought. Few places are more conducive to internal conversations than moving planes, ships or trains.” ― Alain de Botton 87. “Travellers understand, instinctively and by experience, that travel and adventure change and elongate time, even while navigating the deadlines of airline and train departures.” ― Paul Sheehan 88. “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 89. “Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quiestest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey.” ― Pat Conroy 90. “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 91. “Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.” ― Anatole France

92. “Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey! ” ― Barbara Hoffman 93. “Half the fun of the travel is the esthetic of lostness.” ― Ray Bradbury 94. “A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” ― 老子 (Laozi) 95. “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 9 6. “Everything I was I carry with me, everything I will be lies waiting on the road ahead.” ― Ma Jian 97. “A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” ― John Steinbeck

98. “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 99. “It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin 100. “I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” ― Robert Louis Stevenson 101. “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other places, other lives, other souls.” ― Anais Nin 102. “The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what’s in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.” ― Norton Juster 103. “Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.” ― Greg Anderson

104. “I love to travel, but hate to arrive.” ― Albert Einstein 105. “Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.” ― Jack Kerouac 106. “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 107. “It is not the destination where you end up but the mishaps and memories you create along the way!” ― Penelope Riley 108. “For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn’t end.” ― Michelle Obama 109. “You take people, you put them on a journey, you give them peril, you find out who they really are.” ― Joss Whedon 110. “All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” ― Martin Buber

111. “Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travellers don’t know where they’re going.” ― Paul Theroux 112. “Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it.” ― Rick Warren 113. “Tourists went on holidays while travelers did something else. They traveled.” ― Alex Garland 114. “Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.” ― Lawrence Block 115.  “The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see.” ― G.K. Chesterton

116. “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 117. “Anyone who needs more than one suitcase is a tourist, not a traveler” ― Ira Levin 118. “Move to a new country and you quickly see that visiting a place as a tourist, and actually moving there for good, are two very different things.” ― Tahir Shah 119. “A tourist can’t help but have a distorted opinion of a place: he meets unrepresentative people, has unrepresentative experiences, and runs around imposing upon the place the fantastic mental pictures he had in his head when he got there.” ― Michael Lewis 120. “It makes a difference how you feel on this planet Earth: a citizen, a temporary tourist, or an exotic cast-away.” ― Talismanist Giebra

121. “A mind that is stretched by new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” ― Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. 122. “I can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads.” ― Paulo Coelho 123. “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 124. “Surely, of all the wonders of the world, the horizon is the greatest.” ― Freya Stark 125. “The man who goes alone can start today, but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.” ― Henry David Thoreau 126. “Maybe you had to leave in order to miss a place; maybe you had to travel to figure out how beloved your starting point was.” ― Jodi Picoult

127. “Wherever you go, you take yourself with you.” ― Neil Gaiman 128. “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 129. “No place is ever as bad as they tell you it’s going to be.” ― Chuck Thompson 130. “I wandered everywhere, through cities and countries wide. And everywhere I went, the world was on my side.” ― Roman Payne 131. “I travel a lot. I hate having my life disrupted by routine.” ― Caskie Stinnett 132. “Traveling is not something you’re good at. It’s something you do. Like breathing.” ― Gayle Foreman

133. “We travel initially to lose ourselves; and we travel next to find ourselves. We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate. We travel to bring what little we can, in our ignorance and knowledge, to those parts of the globe where riches are differently dispersed. And we travel, in essence, to become young fools again – to slow time down and get taken in, and to fall in love once more.” ― Pico Iyer 134. “It is not down on any map; true places never are.” ― Herman Melville 135. “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 136. “Travel teaches toleration.” ― Benjamin Disraeli 137. “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 138. “Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember and remember more than I have seen.” ― Benjamin Disraeli

139. “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 140. “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 141. “I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” ― Mary Anne Radmacher 142. “If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.” ― Glenn Clark 143. “The impulse to travel is one of the hopeful symptoms of life. ” ― Agnes Repplier 144. “Maps encourage boldness. They’re like cryptic love letters. They make anything seem possible.” ― Mark Jenkins

145. “Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.” ― Erol Ozan 146. “Blessed are the curious for they shall have adventures.” ― Lovelle Drachman 147. “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” ― Mae West 148. “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 149. “Being exposed to the existence of other languages increases the perception that the world is populated by people who not only speak differently from oneself but whose cultures and philosophies are other than one’s own.” ― Maya Angelou 150. ”Don’t let your luggage define your travels, each life unravels differently.” ― Shane L. Koyczan

151. “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 152. “Traveling is more than having a destination in mind; it’s discovering a place in your heart.” ― Mark Amend 153. “Travel sparks our imagination, feeds our curiosity, and reminds us how much we all have in common.” ―  Deborah Lloyd 154. “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 155. “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

156. “Travel is like knowledge. The more you see, the more you know you haven’t seen.” ― Mark Hertsgaard 157. “Wanderlust is incurable.” ― Mark Jenkins 158. “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 159. “A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” ―  Tim Cahill 160. “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” ―  Anita Desai

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65 Luggage Quotes On Success In Life

These luggage quotes will inspire you. Luggage, suitcases, or other bags in which to pack personal belongings for traveling.

A collection of motivating, happy, and encouraging luggage quotes, luggage sayings, and luggage proverbs.

Best Luggage Quotes

• “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 Terán
• “Let your memory be your travel bag.” ~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
• “Memories are who we are. In the end, that’s all the luggage you take with you. Love and Memories are what last.” ~ Kristin Hannah
• “Don’t let your luggage define your travels, each life unravels differently.” ~ Shane Koyczan

“I love flying. I’ve been to almost as many places as my luggage.” ~ Bob Hope

• “Lost luggage is just an opportunity to start afresh.” ~ Chris Evans
• “I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” ~ Oscar Wilde
• “When it comes to luggage, I am an under packer.” ~ Pharrell Williams
• “To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” ~ Aldous Huxley

“Running through airports with pounds of luggage – that’s a good workout.” ~ Rachel McAdams

• “If anybody here has trouble with the concept of design humility, reflect on this: It took us 5,000 years to put wheels on our luggage.” ~ William McDonough
• “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” ~ Susan Sontag
• “Never have anyone else carry your luggage. Pack only what you need.” ~ Karen Finerman
• “The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.” ~ Mark Russell

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

• “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.” ~ Alton Brown
• “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
• “So let’s not pretend that travel is always fun. We don’t spend 10 hours lost in the Louvre because we like it, and the view from the top of Machu Picchu probably doesn’t make up for the hassle of lost luggage. (More often than not, I need a holiday after my holiday.) We travel because we need to, because distance and difference are the secret tonic of creativity. When we get home, home is still the same. But something in our mind has been changed, and that changes everything.” ~ Jonah Lehrer , Luggage quotes travel
• “The federal government said today they’ve begun training sessions for airport security workers to provide what they call more customer satisfaction to the travels, they want to make it easier for us. They’re instructing security guards to glance at your luggage tags so that they can call you by your first name. Isn’t that creepy? The guy touching your wife, calling her by her first name.” ~ Jay Leno

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Watch your step.” ~ Thomas S. Monson

• “I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.” ~ Maya Angelou
• “Orville Wright said to his brother, “Wilbur, you were only in the air for 12 seconds. How could my luggage be in Cleveland?”” ~ Red Buttons
• “I want to travel on a train that smells like snowflakes. I want to sip in cafes that smell like comets. Under the pressure of my step, I want the streets to emit the precise odor of a diamond necklace. I want the newspapers I read to smell like the violins left in pawnshops by weeping hobos on Christmas Eve. I want to carry luggage that reeks of the neurons in Einstein’s brain. I want a city’s gases to smell like the golden belly hairs of the gods. And when I gaze at a televised picture of the moon, I want to detect, from a distance of 239,000 miles, the aroma of fresh mozzarella.” ~ Tom Robbins
• “Life is a journey, and one thing’s for sure: You don’t see many hearses with luggage racks on them. We’re privileged to be here, so instead of just using God’s resources, we should leave the place a little better than we found it – or at least leave it the same.” ~ Joel Cunningham

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

• “There ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them. – Mark Twain, author Making the team is one thing, becoming a team is another.” ~ Graham Lowe
• “Although he travels all day, the sage never loses sight of his luggage carts.” ~ Laozi
• “At the other end of the scale I was there with a whole lot of young British athletes so I was getting to see them take their first steps on the international ladder. I’d like to think maybe in five years time I’ll look back and I’ll forget all about the lost luggage and I’ll forget about the horrible hotel, but I’ll remember these wonderful athletes stepping onto the track for the first time.” ~ Jill Douglas
• “Time is the only luxury. It’s the only thing you can’t get back. If you lose your luggage – I’m not gonna say the obvious brand of luggage that I’d normally say because I’ve got a meeting with them soon – if you lose your expensive luggage at the airport, you can get that back. You can’t get the time back.” ~ Kanye West

“Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel.” ~ Yogi Berra

• “I used to think that nails-down-a-chalkboard was the worst sound in the world. Then I moved on to people-eating-cereal-on-the-phone. But only this week did I stumble across the rightful winner: it’s the sound of a baggage carousel coming to a grinding halt, having reunited every passenger on your flight with their luggage, except for you.” ~ Sloane Crosley
• “The extra luggage of indiscriminate dreams, desires and attachments will make your life’s journey miserable.” ~ Mata Amritanandamayi
• “Believe me, I’ve done my time travelling the world in cramped conditions and carrying my own luggage. Now my leisure is summers in the south of France or the Hamptons, walking in Connemara, and year-round shopping in Manhattan and Paris.” ~ Anne Robinson
• “How subtle is the relationship between the traveler and his luggage! He knows, as no one else knows, its idiosyncrasies, its contents … and always some small nuisance which he wishes he had not brought; had known, indeed, before starting that he would regret it, but brought it all the same.” ~ Vita Sackville-West

“Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.” ~ Carlos Santana

• “The Concorde is great. It gives you three extra hours to find your luggage.” ~ Bob Hope
• “The avarice of the old: it’s absurd to increase one’s luggage as one nears the journey’s end.” ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
• “The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage.” ~ Aneurin Bevan

“Aphorisms are literature’s hand luggage. Light and compact, they fit easily into the overhead compartment of your brain.” ~ James Geary

• “How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!” In reality, “How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!” were probably not Simon Bolivar’s last words (although he did, historically, say them). His last words may have been “Jose! Bring the luggage. They do not want us here.” The significant source for “How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!” is also Alaska’s source, Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s The General in his Labyrinth.” ~ John Green
• “Kids didn’t have huge backpacks when I was their age. We didn’t have backpacks at all. Now it seemed all the kids had them. You saw little second-graders bent over like sherpas, dragging themselves through the school doors under the weight of their packs. Some of the kids had their packs on rollers, hauling them like luggage at the airport. I didn’t understand any of this. The world was becoming digital; everything was smaller and lighter. But kids at school lugged more weight than ever.” ~ Michael Crichton
• “You think when someone you love passes away, everything becomes clearer, that your priorities and perspectives align in a way they’ve never aligned before because of the sobriety of it all. But it doesn’t. Those revelations just become skewed and distorted until you’re forced to rewrite them entirely. You can’t walk straight on a new path when you have too much luggage on your back. You just keep swerving, trying to find a way to accommodate the weight, but it’s all dead and you know it’s going to take you down. The only answer is to reroute.-Emma” ~ Rachel Wade
• “Talk about meeting your soul mate … I truly feel I have been given that gift. And believe me, I wasn’t some lightweight package. I’m, like, the package that didn’t just come with luggage – I had trunks.” ~ Demi Moore
• “So many people always try to help me carry my luggage and help me do things I can do myself. If I can do it myself, I’m going to do it myself. I’m not going to let other people do it for me, and I think that’s a big part of where I came from. I’m not a real prissy girl.” ~ Carrie Underwood

“Frank once slipped something into the pocket of a luggage handler at the airport and said: “Have a drink on me.” The luggage handler later found out it was a tea bag.” ~ Frank Carson

• “Dearest Charles– I found a box of this paper at the back of a bureau so I must write to you as I am mourning for my lost innocence. It never looked like living. The doctors despaired of it from the start… I am never quite alone. Members of my family keep turning up and collecting luggage and going away again, but the white raspberries are ripe. I have a good mind not to take Aloysius to Venice. I don’t want him to meet a lot of horrid Italian bears and pick up bad habits. Love or what you will. S.” ~ Evelyn Waugh
• “I think that the history of rock could be recycled in a different way and brought back into focus without the luggage that comes along with it.” ~ David Bowie
• “My grandmother refused to concede that any member of the family died of natural causes. An uncle’s cancer in middle age occurred because all the suitcases fell off the luggage rack onto him when he was in his teens, and so forth. Death was an acquired characteristic.” ~ Renata Adler

“A lively faith will bear aloft the mind, and leave the luggage of good works behind.” ~ John Dryden

• “My fascination with images open 24 hrs. is based on the complex interlocking if disparate facts heated pool that have no respect for grammar. The form then Denver 39 is second hand to nothing. The work then has a chance to electric service become its own cliché. Luggage. This is the inevitable fate fair ground of any inanimate object freightways by this I mean anything that does not have inconsistency as a possibility built in.” ~ Robert Rauschenberg
• “I know every time I fly, I get checked twice: they stop me at security, and then, they get me again at the gate. And last time, it was so bad, they actually made me go through the machine with the luggage.” ~ Wanda Sykes
• “Whenever I say I made a record in the garage, people just assume that I have, like, a Lear jet parked in there or something. But really there’s old luggage, a couple of bikes. It’s big enough to put one minivan in. That’s it. No dartboard. I’m so not macho.” ~ Dave Grohl
• “I’ve been racking my brain. I’ve been trying to figure out how Bob Dole’s luggage got on my airplane…I told the doctor, I said, ‘Look, I’m worried about the next election.’ … A misunderstanding.” ~ Rush Limbaugh

“Christian is going to be the strongest man in the NBA next year, because all he’s been doing all summer is carrying around the luggage for 11 guys.” ~ Charles Barkley

• “I personally go to the airport looking like a homeless person, because I think people will leave me alone. But I dress myself with my luggage – all my luggage matches.” ~ Andre Leon Talley
• “Humor is not about problems with airline luggage handlers. It’s about our lives in America and it’s about the ends of our lives and it’s about everything that happens after that and everything that happened before.” ~ Garrison Keillor
• “It’s always a happy day when YYZ appears on our luggage tags.” ~ Neil Peart

“United Airlines: Passengers are our worst enemy. We’re not too fond of luggage either.” ~ David Letterman

• “Things on the whole are faster in America; people don’t stand for election, they run for office. If a person says he’s sick, it doesn’t mean regurgitating, it means ill. Mad means angry, not insane. Don’t ask for the left-luggage; it’s called a checkroom.” ~ Jessica Mitford
• “I think I sort of realized it was an international thing when we went to South Korea for The Fast [and the Furious] 6 premiere. We knew nothing about South Korea, and we came through the sliding doors [at the airport] with my luggage and there were like 60 fans with Luketeer banners: “We’re your Korea Luketeers.” It was like, wow, this is amazing.” ~ Luke Evans
• “I was in China this year and I spent three weeks there with no luggage, in a really not very nice place and without anything except my passport and my wallet. You’re a long way from home and you’ve got no phone and you can’t get in touch with anybody.” ~ Jill Douglas
• “I was in Antwerp – which, I had about 20 shows left at that point – and a guy said, “That’s Dave Attell’s.” Also, Antwerp was my smallest audience, so the guy was right there. I was like, “What?” He said, “Dave Attell does a bit about, ‘Why are there luggage stores in the airport?'” I had never seen that, and I would never ever, ever, ever – please believe me – I would never lift material from somebody ever, and certainly not knowingly.” ~ David Cross

“Travelling, I worry about luggage, prices, and strange food. At home, I am free to broaden my mind by thinking about the higher things.” ~ Mason Cooley

• “I love Tumi because of the lifetime guarantee. And their luggage is just so solid. Looks good. Versatile. My carry-on bag is Tumi. My hanging bag is Tumi. My big suitcase is Tumi. All black. Love it.” ~ Mark Teixeira
• “US Airways made an $8 billion bid for Delta, including $4 billion in cash and $4 billion in lost luggage.” ~ Andy Borowitz

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60 Short Travel Quotes to Inspire Your Next Trip

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

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

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

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

Best Short Travel Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Adventure Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. “Adventure is out there!” – Up

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Solo Travel Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Travel Quotes for Couples

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Travel Quotes with Friends

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Family Travel Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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60 Quotes About Travel That Will Inspire Your Wanderlust

Finding the right words to describe the experience of traveling can be hard, but there’s something to be said about all of the beauty and joy that comes from it. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone down the Google rabbit hole searching for “travel quotes” that adequately convey a recent trip—so I’m hoping this post helps your own search.

Whether you have 100 stamps on your passport or you’re still dreaming about your first trip to Paris , these adventure quotes certainly ring true. Use them to find inspiration to start planning a trip or simply to spark memories of a past excursion.

(Pro Tip: one of my favorite travel hacks is to keep a note in my phone filled with these travel quotes for Instagram captions.)

The Best Quotes About Travel

1. “i’m in love with cities i’ve never been to and people i’ve never met.” — john green, 2. “better to see something once than hear about it a thousand times.” — unknown, 3. “travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.” — unknown, 4. “once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.” — dalai lama, 5. “of all the books in the world, the best stories are found between the pages of a passport.” — unknown.

6. “Happiness is planning a trip with the ones that you love.” — Unknown

7. “travel as much as you can, as far as you can, as long as you can. life’s not meant to be lived in one place.” — unknown, 8. “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, 9. “to travel is to live.” — hans christian andersen, 10. “i haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” — susan sontag.

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

12. “wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” — anita desai, 13. “the world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” — st. augustine, 14. “travel not to escape life, but so life doesn’t escape you.” — unknown, 15. “life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” — helen keller.

16. “Travel brings power and love back into your life.” — Rumi

17. “investment in travel is an investment in yourself.” — matthew karsten, 18. “traveling—it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” — ibn battuta, 19. “there’s no time to be bored in a world as beautiful as this.” — unknown, 20. “the only trip you will regret is the one you do not take.” — unknown.

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

22. “travel is the most intense mode of learning.” — kevin kelly, 23. “travel makes you realize that no matter how much you know, there’s always more to learn.” — unknown, 24. “it doesn’t matter where you are going, it’s who you have beside you.” — unknown, 25. “ travel has a way of stretching the mind.” — ralph crawshaw, 26. “travel far enough to meet yourself.” — david mitchell, 27. “good things come to those who book flights .” — unknown, 28. “so much of who we are is where we have been.” — william langewiesche, 29. “actually, the best gift you could have given her was a lifetime of adventures.” — lewis carol, 30. “don’t listen to what they say. go see.” — chinese proverb, 31. “i have found out there is no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.” —  mark twain, 32. “i’ve been to almost as many places as my luggage .”  — bob hope, 33. “man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”  — andre guide, 34. “airplane travel is nature’s way of making you look like your passport photo.” — al gore, 35. “great things never came from comfort zones.” — anonymous, 36. “if you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it’s lethal.”  — paulo coelho, 37. “two great talkers will not travel far together.”  — spanish proverb, 38. “never go on trips with anyone you do not love.”  — hemmingway, 39. “travel…the best way to be lost and found at the same time.” — brenna smith, 40. “stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey.” — babs hoffman, 41. “climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.”  — david mccullough, 42. “twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.”  — h. jackson brown jr., 43. “it is not the destination where you end up but the mishaps and memories you create along the way.” — penelope riley, 44. “i get pretty much all the exercise i need walking down airport concourses carrying bags.” — guy clark, 45. “live with no excuses and travel with no regrets.” — oscar wilde, 46. “the gladdest moment in human life is a departure into unknown lands.” — sir richard burton, 47. “the biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.” — oprah winfrey, 48. “never let your memories be greater than your dreams.”  — douglas ivester, 49. “my favorite thing to do is go where i’ve never been.” — diane arbus, 50. “t0 awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world.” — freya stark, 51. “it is better to travel well than to arrive.”  — buddha, 52. “wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” — anita desai, 53. “a good friend listens to your adventures. a best friend makes them with you .” — unknown, 54. “if you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”  — jim rohn,   55. “ the journey itself is my home.” — matsuo basho, 56. “you can pack for every occasion , but a good friend will always be the best thing you could bring.”  — unknown, 57. “good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.” — izaak walton, 58. “sometimes all you need is a great friend and a tank of gas.” — unknown, 59. “happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.” — margaret lee runbeck, 60. “ no one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on an old familiar pillow.” —  lin yutong.

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The Mark Twain quote is one of my favorites. It’s the reason I booked a trip to Iceland with my now fiancé 6 weeks into dating. Had to find out if he was a good adventure buddy real quick.

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

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These travel quotes are as hilarious as they are true. Pick your favorite to send to a friend or to use in your next Instagram caption.

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

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

• “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Andre Gide
• “Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination.” – Roy M. Goodman
• The most beautiful in the world is, of course, the world itself.” – Wallace Stevens
• “Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta
• “We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” – Jawaharial Nehru
• “Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.” – Maya Angelou
• “A person susceptible to ‘wanderlust’ is not so much addicted to movement as committed to transformation.”  – Pico Iyer
• “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” – Anais Nin
• “I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

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

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

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

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

Mark Twain Travel Quotes

• “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain
• “Travel is  fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.” – Mark Twain
• “I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.” – Mark Twain
• “It liberates the vandal to travel — you never saw a bigoted, opinionated, stubborn, narrow-minded, self-conceited, almighty mean man in your life but he had stuck in one place since he was born and thought God made the world and dyspepsia and bile for his especial comfort and satisfaction.” – Mark Twain

Anthony Bourdain Travel Quotes

• “Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.” – Anthony Bourdain
• “If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them – wherever you go.” – Anthony Bourdain
• “It seems that the more places I see and experience, the bigger I realize the world to be. The more I become aware of, the more I realize how relatively little I know of it, how many places I have still to go, how much more there is to learn.” – Anthony Bourdain
• “Travel is about the gorgeous feeling of teetering in the unknown.” – Anthony Bourdain

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

• “A ship in a harbor is safe, but it not what ships are built for.” – John A. Shedd
• “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Gustav Flaubert
• “Travel far enough, you meet yourself.” – David Mitchell
• “Adventure is a path. Real adventure, self-determined, self-motivated, often risky, forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world.” – Mark Jenkins
• “Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things: air, sleep, dreams, sea, the sky – all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.” – Cesare Pavese
• “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.” – Freya Stark
• “Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone.” – The Dhammapada

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

Couple Travel Quotes

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

Family Travel Quotes

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

Travel With Friends Quotes

• “A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill
• “Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.” – Izaak Walton
• “The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” – Shirley MacLaine
• “I get a friend to travel with me… I need somebody to bring me back to who I am. It’s hard to be alone.” – Leonardo DiCaprio
• “Sharing adventures means enjoying them 100% more.” – Anonymous
• “Friends that travel together, stay together.” – Anonymous

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

• An adventure a day keeps the doctor away.
• Left my heart in [insert city here].
• Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.
• I have not been everywhere yet, but it’s on my list.
• The tan will fade, but the memories will last forever.
• “Jet lag is for amateurs.” – Dick Clark
• I follow my heart … and it usually leads me to the airport.
• Life is not meant to be lived in one place.
• Always say yes to new adventures.
• BBN: Be back never.
• Always take the scenic route.
• Eating my way through [or insert city or country here]
• “One’s destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.” – Henry Miller

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Looking for inspiring backpacking quotes? Perfect! That’s exactly what you are going to get!

Backpacking is one of the most wonderful things in  the world .

There is a huge difference between being a tourist and being a traveller. A backpacker takes the time to explore and learn more about the local culture.

As the name suggests, a backpacker also carries a backpack instead of a suitcase. This may not seem important but it actually makes all the difference.

Backpackers leave behind useless material things and focus on life and experience. They fill their hearts with memories instead of goods!

Taking the leap is the hardest part when it comes to backpacking.

There is nothing harder than wanting to travel but being scared of dropping everything we know.

In this article, you will discover inspiring backpacking quotes that will make you want to take the leap!

Making the decision is the hardest part! Everything that comes after that is pure happiness!

Of course, there will be some adventures but remember, no matter what comes your way, you will figure it out!

Travelling makes you resourceful. You will discover that you have way more in you than you thought. So, are you ready to go on an  adventure  and discover the best quotes about backpacking?

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Famous Backpacking Quotes

In this first section, you will discover the most famous backpacking quotes!

These quotes are from famous artists, singers, actors and TV presenters. They are so inspiring and will make you want to back your bag right now!

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

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

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

“ 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

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

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

“What I love most about this crazy life is the adventure of it.” – Juliette Binoche

Juliette Binoche is a famous French actress. She had the lead role in “Chocolat”, one of the most famous movies and books about France.

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

“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

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

“Travel teaches toleration.” – Benjamin Disraeli

“If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.” – Seth Godin

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

The Most Inspiring Backpacking Quotes

If you are looking for inspiring backpacking quotes that will make you want to take the leap, this is for you!

Making the decision of going backpacking is the hardest part.

You will probably be debating for months, torn between the idea of discovering the world and the fear of leaving behind your comfortable life.

These moments of doubts are tough but here is the good news, once you do make the decision, everything will be just fine. You quickly realise that the hardest part is not doing it. It’s to decide to do it!

“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

“ 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

“Say yes, and you’ll figure it out afterwards”. – Tina Fey

“ Life is an adventure, it’s not a package tour.” – Eckhart Tolle

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

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

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

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

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

“Part of us believes the new car is better because it lasts longer. But, in fact, that’s the worst thing about the new car. It will stay around to disappoint you, whereas a trip to Europe is over. It evaporates. It has the good sense to go away, and you are left with nothing but a wonderful memory.” – Daniel Gilbert

“There’s a whole world out there, right outside your window. You’d be a fool to miss it.” – Charlotte Eriksson

“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

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

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

Quotes about Backpackers

Whether you are a backpacker or a backpacker wannabe looking for cool quotes, this part is for you. Backpackers discover the world in a unique way.

They don’t go from tourist spot to tourist spot, they want to discover the soul of the country they are visiting.

They take time to wander around, talk to locals and learn.

“That’s the difference between backpackers and holidaymakers. The former can’t help but invite hassle whilst the latter pay to escape it.” – Harry Whitewolf

“You might be poor on money, but rich on life” – Kasper Raunholst

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

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

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

“Travel like Ghandi, with simple clothes, open eyes and an uncluttered mind.” – Rick Steves

“I travel light; as light, that is, as a man can travel who will still carry his body around because of its sentimental value.” – Christopher Fry

“Leave home, leave the country, leave the familiar. Only then can routine experience—buying bread, eating vegetables, even saying hello—become new all over again.” – Anthony Doerr

“When I travel, people say ‘Yet another place in this world’. But I see ‘Another world inside every place I go.” – Vivek Thangaswamy

“Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.” – Jack Kerouac

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

“One day you will wake up & there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now!” – Paulo Coelho

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Have the courage to follow your heart.” – Steve Jobs

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

Funny Backpacking Quotes

Now is time to have some fun! Backpacking is not only an enriching experience, it’s also good fun! If there is one thing you can be sure of it’s that you will have a great time! This is why we selected these funny backpacking quotes!

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

“Everything you own must be able to fit inside one suitcase; then your mind might be free.” – Charles Bukowski

“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

“Jet lag is for amateurs.” – Dick Clark

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

“Adventure without risk is Disneyland.” – Doug Coupland

“Backpacking is the art of knowing what not to take.” – Sheridan Anderson

Short Backpacking quotes and Instagram Captions for backpackers

If you are looking for some Instagram captions for backpackers, this is for you! Here is a selection of short backpacking quotes that will go perfectly with your Insta photos!

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

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

“There is a whole world out there”

“Collect moments not things.”

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

“We do not remember the days; we remember moments.” – Cesare Pavese

“You only live once”

“Every trip is a journey.”

“Wander often, wonder always.”

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

“Dream Big. Start Small. Act Now.” – Robin Sharma

“All good things in life are wild and free.”

“Carpe Diem” (meaning Seize the day) – Latin Saying

Solo backpacking quotes

Thinking of travelling alone and looking for amazing solo backpacking quotes? This section is for you!

Solo backpacking is a great thing to do. It’s a unique opportunity to learn more about yourself and how resourceful you actually are.

If you are looking for some quotes to inspire you to go backpacking alone, these will definitely do the job!

“There are some places in life where you can only go alone. Embrace the beauty of your solo journey.” -Mandy Hale

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

“I am never happier than when I am alone in a foreign city; it is as if I had become invisible.” – Storm Jameson

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

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

“Don’t be scared to walk alone. Don’t be scared to like it.” — John Mayer

Now that you know everything about the best backpacker quotes, it’s time to go and explore our beautiful world.

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Founder of Beeloved City, I am originally from France and have been living in the UK since 2016. I've travelled to 25 countries as a backpacker, travel coordinator and for holidays. I spent a year in Australia before eventually settling down in Manchester, England

The 24 Best Travel Tote Bags for Your Next Big Trip

Whether it's your only bag or a carry-on supplement, a travel tote will take your packing game to the next level.

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy.

T&C Tried and True

Medium metro tote deluxe.

Separate Compartment for Organization

Lo & sons catalina deluxe tote.

Luxurious Essential

Cuyana easy travel tote.

Folds Small for Easy Packing

Lululemon packable tote bag.

Classic Tote

Longchamp large le pliage tote.

Everyday to Travel Tote

Etronik travel duffel bag with usb charging port.

Minimalist and Functional

The renew transit weekender.

Bargain Bag

Bluboon travel tote bag.

Madewell The Shopper Tote

Heavy Lifter

Boat and tote.

Whatever your travel needs for the season ahead, odds are that a good tote can make your packing life more organized, and less stressful—honestly, what more could you hope for? With that in mind, we've scoured the internet for the more durable, functional travel totes for every type of traveler, from the serial overpacker to the organization fiend. Here, our favorite finds for all of your journeys.

Perpetually trying to find space in your carry-on for one last thing? Meet what one T&C editor calls, "the personal item of every overpacker's dream." Featuring five exterior pockets, plus six on the interior and an detachably pouch, it will keep all of your travel essentials organized while it's sturdy-yet-lightweight construction makes it easy to tuck in "just in case" items to your hearts desire without overwhelming your arms.

The cushy, reinforced straps are easy on the shoulders, but it also has a detachable crossbody strap and a built-in sleeve to slip over the handle of your luggage if you don't feel like toting. It also comes in four sizes (we're fond of the medium for it's ability to hold oodles of stuff while still slipping neatly beneath the seat in front of you on a plane) and a seasonally-refreshed roster of more than a dozen shades, making it as stylish as it is functional.

Lo & Sons Catalina Deluxe Tote

For the "a place for everything and everything in its place" traveler, this tote has you covered with a zippered bottom pocket that's perfect for separating out toiletries or dirty shoes from the rest of your haul (an interior panel also allows you to open the bottom compartment fully, if you're craving a deeper bag.)

Available in recycled poly or sturdy canvas, at 15" x 14" x 7", it qualifies as a personal item for most airlines and has a handy luggage sleeve to pair with your suitcase. For those looking for larger options, it comes in four additional sizes as well.

Cuyana bags are a favorite of T&C editors and royals alike ( Meghan Markle is a big fan ) for their timelessly stylish silhouettes, buttery soft leather, and effortless functionality. This, their latest launch, is made specifically with travel in mind.

Crafted with lightweight, durable pebbled leather (currently available in four colorways) it offers ample interior space (a 37L volume, to be precise) plus two large pockets, a phone slip, and a key clip, as well as snaps for Cuyana devotees who want to mix in their System Flap Bag or System Zipper Pouch .

If you're more of a "shop when you get there" traveler, this bag brings the souvenir space without taking up lots of room in your primary bag. Water-repellant and roomy (it holds 32L by volume) it features rugged shoulder straps, plus an extra strap that lets it slip over the handle of roller luggage, and can fold into its own exterior pouch when not in use to make a tidy, handheld bundle.

Some things are classic for a reason. Case in point: this timeless Longchamp tote; just ask T&C 's associate shopping editor, Sophie Dweck, who's been carrying hers for over a decade . Made from sleek, easy-to-clean nylon that comes in a cornucopia of colors, it features a simple, spacious interior and strong leather straps that ensure it can stand up to anything your travels throw at it, and look good doing it.

Looking for a tote that's as useful in your day-to-day as it is when you're far away? This multi-use tote has racked up thousands of five-star reviews on Amazon for its versatility. A separate, vented shoe compartment makes it as friendly to gym sessions as beach trips, while its multiple pockets keep essentials organized. It also includes a luggage strap and a USB charging port so you can plug in your tech without rummaging through your bag for your battery pack, and comes in two sizes and almost 30 shades so it will match your travel style.

One reviewer writes: "I must say, it exceeded my expectations in every way! This bag is the perfect blend of style and functionality, making it a must-have for any woman on the go."

Type-A packers, take note: this 100% recycled polyester is all about options. Its four colorways can be worn crossbody, carried in hand, or over the shoulder, and include a zippered exterior pocket, a luggage sleeve, two water bottle holders, and a padded laptop sleeve—all with Everlane's signature modern minimalist vibe.

Available in 20 colorways and textures, this canvas tote features a luggage sleeve that also doubles as a tech pouch so your gadgets will always be at the ready. The sturdy construction and bargain price tag have made it a hit with reviewers, who site its roomy 16.5" x 9" x 14" size and comfort.

One reviewer writes: "I am so happy with this purchase! Reasonable price, large main compartment, and a few zip compartments to organize smaller items. Bag fits perfectly under airline seat, even when stuffed FULL. It stayed in place when I had it on top of my roller bag, and I noticed the shape of it kept it from making everything tip forward (which happened with my previous bag)."

For a travel bag that you can use as a purse all trip, this simple Madewell leather tote brings a perfect mix of style and space (12.75" x 12.75" x 7.5".) It even comes with an interior strap that allows you to change the shape, and doubles as a keyring.

True L.L. Bean lovers know that the brand's classic Boat and Tote bag is hard to beat—after all, it's been one of their signature styles since 1944. Crafted from rugged cotton canvas, it's tested to hold up to 500 pounds, so no matter how much you manage to overpack, this bag is guaranteed to take it on. And with four sizes and two interior lengths to choose from, as well as a dozen colors, there's a perfect one for all your needs.

Caraa Studio Tote

Whether you prefer a classic tote style or a backpack, this Italian leather bag gives you the best of both worlds. Along with the usual amenities (a slew of pockets, adjustable straps) it also has a collapsible waterproof shoe pocket for those days your travel plans call for a quick change.

More: The 18 Best Carry-On Travel Backpacks for Easy, Breezy Packing

Béis The Convertible Weekend Bag

This tote brings two-for-one power with a removable bottom compartment that can be used as is, or as a separate packing cube. Easy to clean polyester and polyurethane make it a cinch to keep looking like new, with a built-in luggage sleeve and removable laptop sleeve give it plenty of function for that rush through TSA.

Tumi Voyageur Just in Case Packable Nylon Tote

Some people pack an extra suitcase when traveling abroad. We propose this packable Tumi tote instead. It folds out to an impressive 8" x 14" x 8 size when fully opened and weighs less than a pound, so you can shop to your heart's content while getting those passport stamps.

More: The 13 Best Luggage Brands for Every Type of Traveler

Carhartt Legacy Tote East/West

Built to work hard, this water-repelling polyester Carhartt bag is tough enough to handle all of your travel adventures. It includes two exterior pockets as well as an interior divider and pockets, so it's and functional on the inside as it is on the outside.

One reviewer writes: "Even better than expected! I used it as my personal item for a trip to Mexico…placed my purse, tablet, magazines, etc inside…lots of pockets! Hides dirt, wipes off easily, very well made."

Revive Nylon Large Tote

Available in five-shades, this nylon tote (made with fabric crafted from 27 recycled water bottles with recycled leather trim) has jumbo exterior slip pockets (plus three interior pockets and a keyring) and a built-in padded laptop sleeve to match its roomy interior with organization.

One reviewer writes: "Great color, roomy, lots of pockets to keep things organized and easy to locate. Perfect for work and travel. Very happy with it."

Dagne Dover Jemi Tote

Want a travel tote that makes a style statement? Bring your puffer coat style to your bag with this versatile, vegan tote made from recycled plastic water bottles. At less than a pound and half (it holds 16.2 L volume), it's super lightweight, and has two sets of comfy handles—one for hand-held use and one for shoulder use—plus a luggage sleeve, so it's great no matter your travel style.

Naghedi Jet Setter Small Tote

Fully lined, basket-woven neoprene brings beautiful texture to this travel tote, making it ideal for those situations when you have to go straight from the plane to an event. It also has a zip closure and zippered interior pocket to ensure that your stuff stays in place even on the wildest travel days.

Scout Travel Bag Large

You want all of the weight in your travel bag to be from your must-haves, not from the bag itself. This colorful version from Scout (it comes in half a dozen colors and patterns) is a featherlight 1 pound, yet can hold up to 65 pounds of your gear, and can fold flat when not in use. It also comes with a zipper pocket and reinforced bottom so everything you pack stays comfortable where you want it.

Barbour Medium Travel Explorer Leather Tote Bag

The biggest name in waxed cotton jackets brings their British heritage sensibility to travel with this luxe 100% leather tote. Measuring 17.72'' x 14.96'', it comes with sturdy top handles and an adjustable shoulder strap for comfortable carrying.

More: The 13 Best Luxury Luggage for Traveling in Style

WONHOX Large Travel Tote Bag

This waterproof travel tote features a luggage sleeve, three interior pockets, including a special compartment to separate wet and dry items (looking at you, still-damp swimsuit) and four external pockets, as well as a zip-open expansion on the bottom so your bag can be as big, or small, as you need.

One reviewer writes : "Schlepped this bag all over Europe and it holds a surprising amount of stuff! The little expander area on the bottom really helped me squeeze in a few extra souvenirs. The trolley sleeve is a MUST from now on. It hooks on to your roller suitcase so easily and is sturdy! I was throwing my baggage up on the train, in and out of taxis and through many airports easy peasy."

Lauren Hubbard is a freelance writer and Town & Country contributor who covers beauty, shopping, entertainment, travel, home decor, wine, and cocktails.

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The best affordable luggage: 7 great options under $150 on amazon.

Quality luggage doesn't have to break the bank.

The Best Cheap Luggage

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Travel horror stories can make anyone feel like they need to spend the big bucks on good luggage, but that's simply not the case. While cheap suitcases might make you think of shoddy materials and personal items strewn across tarmacs or luggage carousels, the truth is today's budget-friendly luggage brands offer quality construction at an attractive price.

We've put together a list of the best luggage under $150, including both carry-on bags and checked luggage. Whether you're traveling for business or pleasure, these affordable luggage options are set to become your go-to bags for every type of trip.

Best Soft-sided Carry-on: SWISSGEAR Sion 6283 21-inch Expandable Carry On Spinner Luggage

• Jump to features and traveler insights ↓

Best Hard-sided Carry-on: Amazon Basics 20-inch Hard-side Spinner

Best soft-sided checked bag: swissgear 6283 24.5-inch expandable spinner luggage, best hard-sided checked bag: coolife luggage 28-inch expandable suitcase, best duffel bag: samsonite andante 2 32-inch wheeled duffel.

• Best Backpack: ZOMAKE Lightweight Packable Backpack 30L

Best Underseat Bag: TPRC 15-Inch Smart Under Seat Carry-On

(Note: Prices and availability for this luggage were accurate at the time this article was updated; they may fluctuate due to demand or other factors.)

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What sets it apart: SWISSGEAR consistently earns rave reviews for its durable yet affordable luggage. This soft-sided carry-on bag, in particular, stands out with more than 18,000 reviews and a 4.4-star rating on Amazon. The bag has two exterior pockets and two interior pockets, plus a removable zippered wet bag for organization. Adjustable tie-down straps secure clothing and shoes in place. Other features include a built-in ID tag, a locking telescopic handle, multidirectional spinner wheels and multiple carry handles. This SWISSGEAR suitcase is available in a variety of colors, including an eye-catching teal.

Travelers appreciate: Recent buyers agree this bag is roomier than it looks. They also appreciate how effortlessly it rolls on most surfaces.

Price: $119.99 or less

What sets it apart:  Perfect for weekend getaways and other short trips, this hard-sided Amazon Basics spinner provides travelers with the organizational benefits of larger luggage in a compact model. The extra-thick ABS hard shell protects a fully lined interior complete with a divider, clothing straps and three zippered pockets for small items.

These features pair with the suitcase's full 180-degree opening and its ability to expand for up to 15% more packing space (but remember to check carry-on size restrictions before doing so, as this may put the suitcase outside of limits for some airlines). This hard-sided bag also has four double spinner wheels and a telescoping handle to maneuver through tight airplane aisles with ease. It comes with a one-year limited warranty.

Travelers appreciate: Adventurers have used this luggage everywhere from the rough cobblestones of Europe to the bullet trains of Japan , and there is one thing they all agree on: This hard-sided spinner moves like a dream. Recent travelers praise the durable wheels and easy glide for moving across different surfaces smooth and effortless. While the spinner isn't immune to scuffs and scratches, reviewers say the hard exterior has held up across multiple baggage handlings.

Price: $84 or less

What sets it apart: This medium-sized bag – a slightly larger version of our soft-sided carry-on pick – offers enough space for a weeklong vacation. Its pockets can help you stay organized during your travels, too: There are two exterior pockets, two internal pockets and a detachable zippered wet bag designed for toiletries. The expandable bag also has tie-down straps for securing belongings in place (an essential feature for checked luggage ), as well as a locking telescopic handle, top and side handles, and 360-degree spinner wheels.

Travelers appreciate: Travelers praise everything about this bag, from its durability to its maneuverability. They also appreciate that it comes in bright colors that have made it easier to locate at airport baggage claim.

Price: $129.99 or less

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What sets it apart: While many affordable hard-sided luggage options struggle to stand up to airport baggage handling, the ABS and polycarbonate material of this spinner provides a light and durable hard shell. Added design elements like the textured scratch-resistant finish and beveled upper edge increase the bag's toughness. Built for durability and ease of use, this expandable Coolife suitcase has multidirectional silent wheels and a sturdy aluminum telescoping handle for smooth travel.

The incorporated TSA lock gives an extra level of security for personal items. The bag's interior comes fully lined with several pockets, clothing straps and a divider to ensure all of your items stay organized. This suitcase already has a large capacity, but it also offers an extra 2.5 inches of space when expanded. It comes with a two-year warranty as well.

Travelers appreciate: Recent travelers love this suitcase's durable wheels and ease of movement, with many commenting on how easily it rolls across different surfaces. They also appreciate the spacious storage and built-in lock, as well as the beautiful exterior and six color options that make it easy to identify at baggage claim. The Caribbean blue, in particular, is even more striking than it looks in photos.

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What sets it apart: Designed to maximize convenience and durability, the Samsonite Andante 2 takes duffel bags to the next level. This checked bag is constructed with water-resistant fabric, a locking pull handle, multiple exterior grab handles, corner protectors and bumper runners. There's a separate water-resistant pocket at the end of the duffel to pack your walking shoes or wet items, so your clothes and electronics stay dry.

The main portion of the bag is broken into two parts, with a drop-bottom compartment that's perfect for packing cubes and allows for extra organization when packing. The drop-bottom compartment is accessed by a 180-degree zip opening, and the U-shaped main compartment has a large opening for easy packability. An extra bonus of using this checked duffel bag is the lightweight design, which weighs in at slightly less than 8 pounds despite having wheels.

Travelers appreciate: Recent packers love the spacious compartments and durable materials of the Samsonite Andante 2. As a testament to its quality, travelers have put this bag through the wringer with heavy loads and multiple destinations, and still say the bag barely looks used by the end. They also praise the reliability and affordability of this bag, but some warn it doesn't stand upright easily when filled, a trait common among rolling duffel bags .

Best Backpack: ZOMAKE Ultra Lightweight Hiking Backpack 20L

What sets it apart: Not only does this backpack work well as a personal item for air travel, but it doubles as a day bag you can use at your destination – think cruise excursions, city trips and more. It's incredibly lightweight and foldable, so you can also stuff it in other luggage when not in use. The backpack has one front zippered pocket and two side mesh pockets for a water bottle and other travel essentials. Available in a variety of colors as well as other sizes , it is both water- and tear-resistant.

Travelers appreciate: Reviewers appreciate how lightweight and versatile this backpack is, as well as how much it can store.

Price: $21.99 or less

What sets it apart: The ultimate underseat bag , this soft-sided carry-on features a USB port for charging devices on the go. It also has a variety of external pockets, including a side pocket that allows for quick access to the essentials, and there are three additional pockets inside. This bag is available in a few different colors, including black and purple.

Travelers appreciate: Buyers rave about this bag, noting it works well as a personal item. While it fits under the seat on most planes, some recent reviewers note that Frontier has made them stow it in the overhead bin.

Price: $53 or less

Frequently Asked Questions

The following brands offer quality luggage at an affordable price. These brands also offer savings promotions throughout the year:

• Amazon Basics
• American Tourister

The difference comes down to the cost of materials. For example, a hard-sided suitcase like The Carry-On by Away is more expensive because it's made of polycarbonate, a type of plastic that is virtually indestructible. Polycarbonate is more costly than materials like ABS, which is used in the Amazon Basics Hardside Carry-On .

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Erin Vasta loved traveling as a student and, as a result, figured out quickly that not all budget luggage brands are created equal. Dealing with everything from broken wheels to stuck zippers, she's had to improvise her way through a lot of luggage disasters. Those experiences helped her figure out what to look for when purchasing affordable luggage. Vasta hopes this article will help other budget travelers avoid her early mistakes.

Amanda Norcross regularly tests luggage and used her personal experience as well as consumer ratings and reviews to choose the best cheap luggage.

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By Meaghan Kenny

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Finding reliable clothing staples to rewear again and again helps us all to become more sustainable travelers—and refrain from overpacking. When building a summer travel capsule wardrobe, versatile and comfortable basics are key: Rather than packing a suitcase full of trendy items or statement outfits you'll only wear once, consider investing in basics you can pair with several outfits and wear from day to night. To lay the foundation, we've put together a list of top summer wardrobe essentials, whether you’re headed to a beach vacation in Mexico or are planning to eat your way through Italy . No matter where your upcoming travel plans take you, these are the pieces you’ll be glad you packed. From crisp white button-downs and lightweight linen dresses to walking sandals and packable beach totes, you can count on them to keep your packing list short and your outfit options long.

Below, 13 pieces to build a summer travel capsule wardrobe, with men's and women's styles from brands we love: Everlane, Lululemon, Banana Republic, and more. Keep scrolling to see them all or jump right to your item of choice.

Build your summer capsule wardrobe:

The breathable tank top, the perfect short, the linen pant, the classic button-down, the basic tee, the midi dress, the midi skirt, the exercise dress, the white sneaker, the walking sandal, the comfortable heel, the quality bathing suit, the packable tote.

Hot summer days mean you’ll need a few basic tanks. Ribbed tank tops are always a smart choice—they're both comfortable and flattering. If you want something that looks a little more put together with a pair shorts or a midi skirt, I wear this seamless bodysuit from Amazon constantly (it’s double-lined and I own it in multiple colors). Nike and Lululemon make some of our favorite performance tanks for men—they’re available in a variety of colors, too.

Finding a trusted pair of shorts can feel nearly impossible. We chose options that aren’t too short, so you can avoid unwanted chafing while still keeping cool. High-waisted, light wash options are ideal for hot summer days and pair well with just about any top in your suitcase.

For something a little more breezy, opt for a pair of linen pants. Whether I'm headed to a barbecue or lunch by the pool, I'm always gravitating toward linen in the warmer months. Lightweight, packable, and chic—it's the ultimate summer pant.

Every traveler needs a go-to tee . A basic T-shirt pairs well with almost any pair of shorts, linen pants, or skirt you pack this summer (sometimes I even throw one underneath a sleeveless dress). Cotton tees from Everlane, Skims, True Classic, and Cuts are breathable and lightweight, making them year-round staples for every type of packing list . No matter where I'm headed, whether it's a beach trip in Miami or a cabin getaway in Vermont, I have at least two comfy tees in my weekender .

Along with a plain white tee, I never travel without a button-down —I wear these with denim, as a cover-up by the pool , or over a slip dress at night if it gets a little chilly. For something ultra lightweight, a linen button-down will keep you cool and covered.

One of the most fun items to pack for summer: midi dresses . Staple pieces like this rib tank dress from Buck Mason and Abercrombie's linen blend dress are always smart options, but for something with a little more flare, I’m eyeing colorful picks from Lulus, Farm Rio, and Banana Republic. Whether you’re headed to a dinner party or want to explore a new city in style, these dresses scream summer and are easy to throw on with any pair of sandals.

Equally elegant and comfortable, a midi skirt can be dressed up or down with a pair of low heels, sneakers, or sandals. A skirt like this elevates an otherwise simple look and can be reworn endlessly throughout a trip with any of your favorite tanks, tees, or blouses. We love these chic styles from Free People, Banana Republic, and Cuyana, but for something under $40, Amazon brand The Drop's high-waisted skirt is a great staple.

Ideal for active travelers and especially hot destinations, exercise dresses are supportive enough for hikes and workout classes, while doubling as a cute daytime outfit. I don't always work out on a trip, but when I do, a sporty yet feminine exercise dress is the way to go—I'll wear one for a morning walk and still feel put together enough for breakfast at the hotel and whatever comes next. For practicality and comfort, I love ones that have built-in shorts underneath, like the Outdoor Voices style.

When it comes to essential shoes, every traveler needs a crisp pair of white sneakers . It’s always my most-worn shoe on every trip, especially when there’s a walking tour on the itinerary. Some of our team's favorite comfortable white sneakers come from Nike, Lululemon, and Adidas, with men’s and women’s sizes available for each.

Summer sandals can be a tricky shoe to purchase: You want a pair that can withstand a good amount of walking without causing blisters, but that still leaves you looking put together. These options below from Rothy's, Olukai, Birkenstock, and Teva can take you from the pool to lunch to sightseeing around town. Comfortable, versatile, and packable, a good walking sandal is simply a must.

For those summer nights when you need something a little more elevated than your favorite pair of sandals, a comfortable heel is a must-have. Black, ivory, or nude heels match just about any midi dress you toss in your carry-on . The height of these heels is just right—high enough to wear to any destination weddings or special events you're attending, but low enough to actually dance the night away in. Bonus points for block heels and mules—both styles are easier to walk in and provide decent stability on uneven ground.

No matter where I’m headed—beach vacation or not—I always pack a bathing suit . You can't go wrong with a supportive one-piece or high-waisted set. Some of our favorite men's swim trunks are from Todd Snyder and Lacoste, but we have plenty more options where that came from.

A packable tote bag that you can bring to the beach, shopping, or to the hotel pool will always come in handy. When I'm low on suitcase space, I prefer one that can lay completely flat—like Rothy's Lightweight Tote. These roomy, beachy bags all fit a day's worth of essentials, including a beach towel , water bottle, and lots of sunscreen .

12 Designer Luggage Brands That Are Perfect for Your Jet-Setting Friend

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I already know you’re planning the best travel outfits for your next getaway—whether they’re for a weekend wedding or an international excursion. And if your outfits are already on point, your travel gear may as well be, too, no? Fortunately, if you’re due for a new suitcase, duffel, or weekender bag , I’ve got some suggestions.

Antler Brixham Large

O.G. Aluminum

Rimowa original cabin carry-on.

Iconic Duffel

Louis vuitton keepall bandoulière 50.

Tried-and-True Rollerboard

Tumi extended trip expandable 4 wheeled packing case.

Royal-Approved

Globe-trotter safari carry-on suitcase.

Stealth Wealth

Carl friedrik palissy weekend leather weekend bag.

Vintage-Inspired

Steamline luggage the editor 20-inch rolling carry-on.

All Things Gucci

Gucci savoy small cabin trolley.

Celebrity-Loved

Bric’s bellagio 2.0 spinner trunk.

Sustainable Swap

Paravel aviator carry-on plus.

Below, I’ve found the most stylish and functional designer suitcases and other luggage to invest in for your next handful of travel plans (and beyond). Not only do these high-end bags have room for your travel toiletry bags , but they’re also likely to last you years, if not decades—all while making your days en route feel like a true treat.

If those airline weight limits are your biggest foe, you should consider soft-sided luggage rather than hard cases, as they weigh less—meaning you can pack more. As an added bonus, Antler offers discounts on sets and bundles.

Dimensions: Length: 18.3 inches; height: 31.9 inches; depth: 12.2 inches

Weight: 5.9 lbs

Material: Polyester

Customer review: “Exactly the quality you would expect from an Antler suitcase; I’ve had my previous antler suitcase for so many years I’ve lost count, and it’s still in absolutely fabulous condition...[This one is] super light and roomy, extremely well made, and it’s not bulky at all. There is lots of room. You could easily pack for a 2 week holiday without any issues.”

When it comes to luxury designer suitcases, it doesn’t get more iconic than Rimowa. Most notable for its lightweight aluminum suitcases (which you may recognize from Emily in Paris !) as well as its vertical lines and ultra-smooth 360-degree wheels, this suitcase is the real deal—and it’ll last you a lifetime. (P.S. If you prefer a non-aluminum style, the brand also makes its luggage in polycarbonate, in addition to hybrid suitcases.)

Dimensions: Length: 15.8 inches; height: 21.7 inches; depth: 9.1 inches

Weight: 9.5 lbs

Material: Aluminum, plastic, polycarbonate

Capacity: 34.8 L

Esquire’s review: “If you’re the type of person who wants a pocket in every corner of your bag, this isn’t for you. If you, like me, care about performance minimalism, this is for you.”

For those road trips or quick getaways (or a smaller bag to accompany your bigger luggage), Louis Vuitton’s Keepall Bandoulière 50 is a no-brainer. The LV monogram alone is enough to dress up your travel looks.

Dimensions: Length: 19.7 inches; height: 11.4 inches; depth: 8.7 inches

Material: Coated canvas, cowhide leather

Another favorite for seasoned travelers is Tumi. While the brand makes a variety of quality luggage for any type of travel, this particular suitcase is cute (I mean, would you look at this shade of lilac?!), has 360-degree spinner wheels, and features a recycled polycarbonate shell. Talk about a good investment.

Dimensions: Length: 20 inches; height: 30.5 inches; depth: 11-13 inches

Weight: 12.1 lbs

Material: Polycarbonate

Capacity: 99 L

Customer review: “I loved the size and the color so much that I ordered another piece. My friends all love the color. People with old Tumi luggage are just amazed at how easily it rolls and the color.”

British heritage luggage brand Globe-Trotter makes suitcases for, well, globetrotters. It was also the go-to suitcase brand for the late Queen Elizabeth II. Take that information for what you will.

Dimensions: Length: 15 inches; height: 20.5 inches; depth: 8.5 inches

Weight: 9.2 kg

Material: Leather

Capacity: 40 L

Another family that knows the definition of luxury? The Roys. HBO’s Succession featured a suitcase from luggage label Carl Friedrik, and we already know: if it’s good enough for the Roys, it’s good enough for us. This minimal leather weekender bag features a zipped pocket on the inside, as well as other pockets to hold all your in-flight essentials.

Dimensions: Length: 19.3 inches; height: 9.8 inches; depth: 9.6 inches

Weight: 4.7 lbs

Customer review: “A great looking bag, easy to pack, and lightweight enough to carry through the airport. It’s holding its shape well, and should be a great investment piece for travel for many years.”

SteamLine Luggage specializes in reimagining vintage luggage, and the result is positively gorgeous. Inside the handmade Editor suitcase—which features two silent-glide wheels and a telescopic handle—will be a leaf print, which is so pretty you might just want to leave your suitcase open throughout your trip, honestly.

Dimensions: Length: 14.5 inches; height: 20 inches; depth: 6.5 inches

Weight: 8.8 lbs

Material: Fiberboard, leather, plastic. gold-tone plate

Customer review: “Take functionality, style, and value for money, combine the three, and you have the holy grail of luggage.”

When you’re traveling, everything’s Gucci, right? With this little carry-on (which is adorably labeled as a trolley), it sure will be. This archival design originated in the 1930s, so you know it’s a classic. Of course, it’s gained some modern touches since it first debuted, like 360-degree spinner wheels and a retractable handle, for instance.

Dimensions: Length: 15 inches; height: 20.1 inches; depth: 8.3 inches

Weight: 10.1 lbs

Material: Canvas, leather

The list of celebrities who use Bric’s suitcases includes names like Kate Middleton, Amal Clooney, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, and Reese Witherspoon, to give you an idea of the family-owned brand’s clientele. And with features like a durable polycarbonate shell, spinner wheels, and Italian craftsmanship, it’s easy to see why A-list stars would love this water-resistant suitcase.

Dimensions: Length: 22 inches; height: 32 inches; depth: 12 inches

Weight: 11 lbs

Customer review: “Lightweight and easily maneuverable for its size. Very durable.”

Those of you looking for something in the more attainable price range that still has a designer feel will love this hardshell suitcase from Paravel. Plus, it’s made with recycled polycarbonate and vegan leather.

Dimensions: Length: 14.7 inches; height: 22.7 inches; depth: 9.6 inches

Weight: 8.2 lbs

Material: Recycled polycarbonate, vegan leather

Customer review: “Best ever. Both beautiful and functional. Love it!”

Away The Large: Aluminum Edition

Ah yes, the luggage brand that took the world by storm. You may know (and adore) Away for its sleek, simple, and more accessible polycarbonate suitcases, but if you want to really up your travel game, the brand also has an aluminum take on its signature luggage, which comes in rose gold, silver, and black. Still, the same suitcase you know the brand for, but tough enough to handle just about anything.

Dimensions: Length: 20.5 inches; height: 29 inches; depth: 12.5 inches

Weight: 16 lbs

Material: Aluminum

Capacity: 95 L

Customer review: “What’s not to say about this suitcase? Extremely durable, smooth as glass, stylish, and eye-catching. Couldn’t be happier with this purchase. Thank you Away for making such amazing products.”

July Checked Trunk

How often do you have the opportunity to travel with a trunk—and a sleek one, at that? July’s glazed polycarbonate offering features twin hatch locks, 360-degree spinner wheels, and a hidden laundry bag, among other things. Want to make it extra special? You can personalize it with your initials (or better yet, the face of your pet!).

Dimensions: Length: 16.5 inches; height: 28.5 inches; depth: 14.5 inches

Weight: 10.6 lbs

Customer review: “I’m obsessed with this classic trunk style! I bought this for my trip to St. Lucia and it fits everything!! The wheels are extremely smooth, love the different handle heights (great for tall people like me!), and the color is beautiful! I will definitely buy more luggage from July.”

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12 Perfect Lightweight, Wrinkle-free Dresses to Pack for All Your Summer Travels — Under $70

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Summer is just around the corner, and if you’re anything like me, you’re already planning your wardrobe for the season after a hefty spring closet cleanout. The warmer weather is your cue to get some trips on the calendar, and no matter what activities you’re planning, breathable, wrinkle-resistant dresses should be at the top of your packing list.

If your closet is in need of a refresh before your next trip, I’ve taken it upon myself to round up the 12 best dresses that you’ll want to have at the ready to add to your suitcase. Read on to find the wardrobe staples that are here to help you do away with the finicky hotel iron for good, from shopper-loved brands like Abercrombie , Madewell , J.Crew , and more — all under $70. 

Lilbetter Women’s Casual V-neck Dress with Pockets

This flouncy dress will add some spring to your step during your next vacation, and since it’s made from a breathable, wrinkle-free rayon blend, you can rest assured that it’ll be ready to wear from the moment you remove it from your suitcase. The flattering, fitted bust features a V-neck cut and short sleeves that will keep you cool as temperatures soar, and deep side pockets are an added bonus. At $24, we don’t blame you for snagging this dress in more than one of the 21 gorgeous colors and patterns.

Abercrombie Ypb SculptLux Cross-back Mini Dress

Abercombie 

Exercise dresses are the best kept secret for staying comfortable and looking cool while traveling, and this sleek mini from Abercrombie is sure to be a valuable addition to your suitcase whether you’re planning on enjoying a walking tour of a new city or a sunny hike. Made from a smooth, sweat-wicking polyester and elastane material, this dress is endlessly flattering with thoughtful details like cross-back straps, hidden pockets, and even built-in shorts. You can rest assured you’ll be fully covered no matter how active your day becomes.

Abercrombie Scoopneck Slip Midi Dress

The spring and summer are rife with events to attend, so no matter if you’re embarking on a tropical vacation or a European adventure trip with friends, this midi slip dress will be an often reached-for asset in your bag. Available in petite, regular, and tall lengths, this scoopneck dress is made from a polyester blend that easily evades wrinkles so you can look refined and well-dressed even in a pinch. Adjustable straps allow for a perfectly tailored fit, and the midi cut is just casual enough to get ample wear this summer.

Anrabess Women’s Sleeveless Sundress

Beach season is finally in sight, but if you have any tropical vacations planned before summer is officially in session, don’t forget to add this flowy sundress to your packing list while it’s on sale for just $30. The casual fit of this dress is suited for everything from running errands to taking in the sights of a new city, and the floor-length cut is even long enough to be worn on travel days, keeping you cool and comfy. A blend of rayon, polyester, and spandex makes this dress an excellent wrinkle-free option if you’d like to travel without a steamer, and it’s even available in a truly staggering number of colors and patterns so you can add personality to your wardrobe this season.

Madewell Cap-sleeve V-neck Midi Dress

Channel the 90’s this spring and summer with this effortless midi dress that’s practically begging to be added to your packing list no matter your next destination. Cap sleeves and a drapey finish add a casual feel to this relatively buttoned-up dress, while a breezy skirt is sure to keep you temperate even as it grows warmer. A viscose blend ensures that wrinkles are the furthest thing from your mind while you’re enjoying your travels, plus, sizes range from 00 to 16 in this $50 dress.

Merokeety Women’s 3/4 Balloon Sleeve Striped Midi Dress

Dressing for the transition between spring and summer can be quite difficult, which is exactly why you’ll be happy to have a 3/4 sleeve dress tucked into your suitcase for days when it’s slightly cooler outside but you don’t want to wear another layer. Balloon sleeves and a relaxed skirt offer freedom of movement for sightseeing, shopping, running errands, and beyond, and it can even be dressed up or down depending on the occasion, lending itself to a truly versatile travel wardrobe. 

Chelsea28 Darling Flounce Sleeveless Dress

If you’re traveling for a wedding this season (or simply want the option to dress up for a night out on the town), this timeless midi dress is a stunning selection — and right now it’s even on sale for just $67. Available in both black and the perfect poppy shade, this bouncy dress will carry you from drinks to date night with ease, all without displaying a single wrinkle. The sweetheart neckline is effortlessly gorgeous and flattering, while the skirt offers plenty of space to move and breathe freely — something you should require of all your travel clothing. Plus, it’s so simple that it will be easy to style numerous ways throughout your trip if you’re aiming to pack like a minimalist. 

Columbia Women’s Chill River Dress

This dress is an editor favorite at T+L , which is why we’re certain that it’s a must-have for your warm weather travels. The wrinkle-resistant polyester blend feels incredibly cool and comfortable against the skin, while sweat-wicking capabilities make the dress dry quickly. The exterior is made with UV absorbent material that keeps your skin protected from the sun if you’re going to be out and about for long hours without shade, plus, it boasts ample stretch so you can get through everything on your sightseeing checklist without requiring an outfit change. Best of all, it comes in 23 fun colors and patterns that will appeal whether you’d like to spice up your wardrobe or stick to the basics.

Sunday Best Firebird Dress

Take on night life in style during your next vacation with this sultry off-the-shoulder number from Aritzia. Not only will it hardly take up any space in your suitcase, but it will also remain in pristine condition from the moment you remove it from your bag. Available in charcoal, ivory, and black, this versatile dress is an excellent neutral option to have at the ready if an event or nice dinner pops up while you’re out of town. It’s made from a lightweight yarn that feels soft and gentle against your skin, plus, it’s stretchy, form-fitting, and an overall stunning elevated basic.

Btfbm Women’s Sleeveless Tank Dress

Casual, classic, and endlessly cool, this tank mini dress is about to become a go-to in your suitcase this summer whether you’re sightseeing, dining out, or hitting the town. Dress it up with a pair of heels or dress it down with sneakers, but no matter how you style it, this wrinkle-resistant dress will easily slot into your existing wardrobe, boosting your confidence with every wear. It’s even on sale for a mere $32 right now, so go ahead and snag a few different colors — after all, there are 36 to choose from. 

J.Crew Polo Active Dress

Activewear dresses don’t necessarily need to look sporty, but this tennis apparel-inspired number is practically stolen straight off the set of Challengers , and while it’s on sale for 50 percent off, it’s the perfect time to add it to your packing list. A folded collar and V-neck cut allow this sheath dress to stand apart from other activewear outfits, while the mini length is ideal for warmer days. You can wear it with sneakers, sandals, or even heels, but don’t be surprised if this wrinkle-free dress is the one thing in your suitcase that you continue to reach for throughout your trip. 

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Passengers on a Southwestern Airlines flight were in for a surprise when they spotted a woman lying inside an overhead luggage compartment while boarding.

Video recorded by Monique Guzman shows a woman lying next to a suitcase, as a flight attendant is heard welcoming passengers on board the aircraft.

Southwest Airlines, in an email to USA TODAY, said the airline is looking into the incident and did not share further information. Storyful reported that the woman was seen on a flight from Albuquerque to Phoenix on May 6.

Guzman told Storyful that she "saw a head pop out of the overhead" as she got on the plane and that other passengers were unfazed by her presence and were “just casually walking past her.”

A flight attendant found her before takeoff, said Guzman. However, it is not immediately clear if she was removed from the overhead bin and how long she was there.

Earlier, in 2019, a Southwest flight attendant had crawled into a plane's overhead bin as passengers boarded a flight from Nashville to Atlanta. The airline, at the time, had said that the attendant was having a moment of fun and expressing her sense of humor.

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