65+ Travel Journal Prompts to Inspire Your Wanderlust

LIST OF TRAVEL JOURNAL PROMPTS

BUCKET LIST JOURNAL PROMPTS

• What are the Top 100 destinations you would like to visit?
• What are the destinations you would like to visit in your own country?
• What are the destinations you would like to visit in your own town/city?
• What is your ultimate travel dream?
• What are some destinations you would once like to return to?

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TRAVEL EXPERIENCE WRITING PROMPTS

• Which amazing world dishes did you try across the globe?
• Create a “6-word story”: write down a single travel experience in just 6 words
• (When visiting a country) What is similar and what is different to home?
• What is a memorable conversation you had with a local?
• What is a memorable conversation you had with another traveller?
• Did anything go wrong on your trip? What did you learn from that?
• What were things you were grateful for on your trip?
• What is a phrase you learned in a foreign language?
• What were local people wearing in the place you visited? Draw it!
• What was the strangest transportation device on your trip?
• What was unique about the accommodation you stayed at?

INSPIRATIONAL JOURNAL PROMPTS

• What calls you to adventure?
• What memorable insights did you have on your trip?
• What are your favourite travel quotes?
• What makes you happy on the road?
• What did you most miss from home?
• If your trip would be turned into a book or movie, what would the title be?

HOLIDAY JOURNAL PROMPTS

• What is your favourite travel playlist / song?
• What was the most useful item you’ve packed? why?
• What was the most useless item you’ve packed? why?
• Which books did you read on your holiday?
• What souvenir(s) did you bring home from the trip?
• What is a dish from your trip that you will try to recreate at home?

HIKING JOURNAL PROMPTS

• Which colours stood out to you during your hike?
• What elements of landscape did you encounter (hill, rocks, waterfall, etc.)
• (if you stayed overnight) Which constellations did you spot? Can you draw them?
• Which flowers did you see? Can you draw them or can you add a pressed flower? (of course only if it’s allowed to pick flowers in the area you hiked, and there were plenty of them)
• What smells did you come across on your hike?
• Did you recognize any trees, plants or wild herbs on your hike?
• What noises did you hear on your hike?
• What did the clouds look like on your hike? Can you draw it?
• Could you recognize any bird sounds on your hike?
• Did you find any animal tracks on your hike?
• What did walking in silence do to you?
• Did you come up with any interesting thoughts or ideas during your hike?
• What were you most grateful for on your hike?
• Did you have any mental or physical challenges on your hike?
• If you had to describe your hike to someone who’s never been out in nature, what would you write?
• How did being outdoors make you feel?

TRAVEL JOURNAL PROMPTS FOR KIDS

• Where have you been?
• Who did you travel with?
• What were your top 3 activities? Why?
• What was your least favourite activity? Why?
• What is one weird thing you ate?
• What is one weird thing you smelled?
• What is one weird thing you saw?
• What is one weird thing you touched?
• What is one weird thing you heard?
• What kind of transportation did you ride?
• Did you make any friends? Who?
• Which stuffed animal did you bring?
• Which books did you read?
• Did you bring a souvenir home? What is it?
• Which animals did you see?
• Did you try any new food? What was it and did you like it?
• What was the funniest thing that happened on the trip?
• What is one thing you learned on your trip?
• Can you name 3 facts of the place you visited?
• Design a sticker/postcard/t-shirt of the place you visited
• Did you see any art on your trip? Can you describe/draw it?
• Would you like to visit this place again or not? Why?
• Where would you like to travel next?

TRAVEL JOURNAL WITH PROMPTS

THE ADVENTURE BOOK TRAVEL JOURNAL

I believe that the best travel journal with prompts is The Adventure Book by fellow Dutchie Nicole Nagelgast. These stunning and high-quality journals have a spot for every independent country in the world for you to fill, plus a bunch of cool prompts for you to do, collect, or experience while traveling.

You can get the Adventure Book in the 288-page, 8×9.5″ (20.5×24,5cm) Ultimate Traveler’s Edition, the 220-page, 4.9×7.8″ (19.7×12.5cm) Original Edition and the 200-page, 4.9×7.8″ (19.7×12.5cm) Europe Edition.