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73 Best Travel Quotes To Inspire Your Next Vacation

These inspirational travel quotes will make you want to book your next trip as soon as possible.

Elizabeth Rhodes is a special projects editor at Travel + Leisure , covering everything from luxury hotels to theme parks to must-pack travel products. Originally from South Carolina, Elizabeth moved to New York City from London, where she started her career as a travel blogger and writer.

It's hard to put into words just how transformational travel can be. Thankfully, artists, authors, philosophers, and world travelers have captured the essence with inspirational travel quotes that remind us of our past journeys and serve as fuel for future trips.

We've rounded up some of the best travel quotes from the likes of Anthony Bourdain, J. R. R. Tolkien, and other literary greats to help you get excited about your next big adventure. These beautiful quotes also make great travel captions for Instagram, so add them to your next post to encourage your followers to get out and see the world.

Inspirational Travel Quotes

"Once a year go somewhere you have never been before." — Dalai Lama

"You lose sight of things … and when you travel, everything balances out." — Daranna Gidel

"A traveler without observation is a bird without wings." — Moslih Eddin Saadi

"When overseas, you learn more about your own country than you do the place you're visiting." — Clint Borgen

"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

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

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

"One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time." — Andre Gide

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

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

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

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

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

“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

“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

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

Quotes That Make Perfect Travel Captions for Instagram

"Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour." — Eckhart Tolle

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

"Robert Frost was right. To take the 'road less traveled by' does make all the difference." — Samantha Brown

"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

"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot." — Michael Altshuler

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

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

"People don't take trips, trips take people." — John Steinbeck

"We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment." — Hilaire Belloc

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

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

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

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

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

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

Best Travel Quotes About the Journey

"I don't know where I am going, but I'm on my way." — Carl Sagan

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

"Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind." — Seneca

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

"Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints." — Chief Seattle

"There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror." — Orson Welles

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

"An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered." — Gilbert K. Chesterton

"Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going." — Paul Theroux

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the trip.” — Babs Hoffman

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

Best Quotes to Inspire Wanderlust

"The Wanderlust has got me ... by the belly-aching fire." — Robert W. Service

"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

"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

"We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls." — Anaïs Nin

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

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

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

“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

“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

“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

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

“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

Best Travel Quotes for After Your Trip

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

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

"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

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

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

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

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

“Traveling — it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” — Ibn Buttuta

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

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

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

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The Best Travel Photography Quotes

Looking for the best travel photography quotes? These words of wisdom from master photographers (as well as a few from non-photographers too) will prepare you for your next photo adventure.

More people than ever are documenting their travels through photographs, but creating images that capture the feel of a place and the spirit of its people can be challenging. 

So we decided to put together a list of over 100 of our favorite travel photography quotes. 

So without further ado, here’s our ultimate list of the best travel photography quotes. If you find it helpful then we would be grateful if you could share with others.

100+ Travel Photography Quotes

The most valuable things in life are a man’s memories. And they are priceless. Andre Kertesz

My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been. Diane Arbus

Sometimes I arrive just when God’s ready to have someone click the shutter.   Ansel Adams

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

My vision of the world is simple. Tomorrow, each new day, I want to see the city, take new photographs, meet people and wander alone.   Marc Riboud

Photography isn’t about just pushing that button. It’s about the experience of being there. Don McCullin

Related: Landscape Photography Quotes

No place is boring, if you’ve had a good night’s sleep and have a pocket full of unexposed film. Robert Adams

The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness. Yann Arthus-Bertrand

The world makes up my pictures, not me. Lee Friedlander

Carrying a camera on vacation pretty much guarantees you won’t see anything worth shooting.   Bob Krist

I think of myself as an explorer who has spent his life on a long voyage of discovery. Paul Strand

Understanding Travel Photography

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

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

Photography cannot change the world, but it can show the world, especially when it changes.   Marc Riboud

If I go to a place, it’s not to record what is going on only. It’s to try and have a picture which concretizes a situation in one glance and which has the strong relations of shapes. And when I go to a country, well, I’m hoping always to get that one picture about which people will say, “Ah, this is true. You felt it right. Henri Cartier-Bresson

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

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

Finding your Subject and Story

I’m not an artist. An artist makes an object. Me, it’s not an object, I work in history, I’m a storyteller. Sebastiao Salgado

Technique isn’t important. Technique is in the blood. Events and mood are more important than good light and the happening is what is important.   Andre Kertesz

I used to try to figure out precisely what I was seeing all the time, until I discovered that I didn’t need to. If the thing is true, why there it is. Walker Evans

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

Related: Photojournalism and Documentary Photography Quotes

When I arrive at any place in the world I buy postcards because then you find out where all the places you should be are. Norman Parkinson

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

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

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

No matter what lens you use, no matter what speed the film, no matter how you develop it, no matter how you print it, you cannot say more than you can see. Paul Strand

Never stop looking, no matter where you are, everywhere there are good photographs. Art Wolfe

The Photo Project

I enjoy traveling and recording far-away places and people with my camera. But I also find it wonderfully rewarding to see what I can discover outside my own window. You only need to study the scene with the eyes of a photographer.   Alfred Eisenstaedt

To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them. Elliott Erwitt

I never stay in one country more than three months. Why? Because I was interested in seeing, and if I stay longer I become blind. Josef Koudelka

The golden rule is work fast. As for framing, composition, focus-this is no time to start asking yourself questions: you just have to trust your intuition and the sharpness of your reflexes. Jacques-Henri Lartigue

I would strongly encourage anybody embarking on photography as a career to embrace and enjoy the whole process. Being a photographer can be a wonderful way to experience the world. Michael Kenna

I very much like to work on long-term projects. There is time for the photographer and the people in front of the camera to understand each other. There is time to go to a place and understand what is happening there… When you spend more time on a project, you learn to understand your subjects. There comes a time when it is not you who is taking the pictures. Something special happens between the photographer and the people he is photographing. He realizes that they are giving the pictures to him.   Sebastiao Salgado

The Process

Of all the photographs in The Americans, I think there were only two or three photographs where I did talk to the person, but most of the time I was completely silent, walking through the landscape, through the city, and photographing and turning away. Well, that is my temperament, to be silent, just looking on… What I liked about photography was precisely this: that I could walk away and I could be silent and it was done very quickly and there was no direct involvement.   Robert Frank

People will never understand the patience a photographer requires to make a great photograph, all they see is the end result. I can stand in front of a leaf with a dewdrop, or a raindrop, and stay there for ages just waiting for the right moment. Sure, people think I’m crazy, but who cares? I see more than they do! Alfred Eisenstaedt

Sometimes, I’d take shots without aiming, just to see what happened. I’d rush into crowds – bang! bang! … It must be close to what a fighter feels after jabbing and circling and getting hit, when suddenly there’s an opening, and bang! Right on the button. It’s a fantastic feeling. William Klein

Related: Street Photography Quotes

I like discovery. I’m attracted to it. I like the feeling of going out, being at someplace, looking in at something. Observation is important. Bruce Davidson

Don’t pack up your camera until you’ve left the location. Joe McNally

I very rarely start photographing immediately. I like to walk and walk and walk. And the beach was nice because I can walk and unwind and then after a while start photographing. You can go to the sea where it’s beautiful and you are a part of it and I guess you want to let somebody else know about it.   Harry Callahan

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

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

I’ll wait for colour, I’ll wait for light and I’ll wait for people to walk into a situation. First, find your picture and your background. Setup your camera and wait. If you wait long enough something will eventually enter the frame you can finish your composition. Sam Abell

What Makes a Good Travel Photograph?

If you want to be a better photographer, stand in front of more interesting stuff. Jim Richardson

It is part of the photographer’s job to see more intensely than most people do. He must have and keep in him something of the receptiveness of the child who looks at the world for the first time or of the traveler who enters a strange country. Bill Brandt

My ambition was always to show aspects of daily life as if we were seeing them for the first time. Brassai

Don’t shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like. David Alan Harvey

A picture of a tramp sitting on a park bench can be very interesting… sometimes. This also applies to a picture of a man in high hat and tails. But-snap them both on the same park bench, and you have one of the most forceful, ironical features in photography… contrast. Weegee

When you look into your camera, if you see an image you have ever seen before, don’t click the shutter. Alexey Brodovitch

The important thing is, you have to have something important to say about the world.   Paul Strand

I believe in photographs that convey a certain level of ambiguity, that ask questions rather than provide answers. Alex Webb

There are many photographs which are full of life but which are confusing and difficult to remember. It is the force of an image which matters.   Brassai

It is easy to make a picture of someone and call it a portrait. The difficulty lies in making a picture that makes the viewer care about a stranger. Paul Strand

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

Photography is not cute cats, nor nudes, motherhood or arrangements of manufactured products. Under no circumstances it is anything ever anywhere near a beach.   Walker Evans

I remember when an editor at the National Geographic promised to run about a dozen of my landscape pictures from a story on the John Muir trail as an essay, but when the group of editors got together, someone said that my pictures looked like postcards. Galen Rowell

Related: Quote Series: What Makes a Good Photograph?

I think just about everything has been tackled, but it may be that things will be done again, only better and differently.   Jacques-Henri Lartigue

I still regard myself as an amateur today and I hope that’s what I’ll stay until the end of my life. Because I’m forever a beginner who discovers the world again and again. Andre Kertesz

The most powerful stories are the ones that unite us, not divide us. Ami Vitale

Quotes from Non-Photographers

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

Do what you can, where you are, with what you have. Teddy Roosevelt

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

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

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

A journey of a thousand miles, must begin with a single step.   Lao Tzu

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Helen Keller

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

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

Take only memories, leave only footprints. Chief Seattle

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

Travel Quotes

If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it’s lethal. Paulo Coelho

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

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

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

Travel light, live light, spread the light, be the light.   Yogi Bhajan

The trick is not to forget where you came from and where you have been. Sandy Triolo

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Journey

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

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

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

The journey not the arrival matters. T.S. Eliot

The traveler is active; he goes strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him… Daniel J. Boorstin

The saddest journey in the world is the one that follows a precise itinerary. Then you’re not a traveler, you’re a f’*ing tourist. Guillermo del Toro

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

Bizarre travel plans are dancing lessons from God. Kurt Vonnegut

The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost. Henry David Thoreau

The two impulses in travel are to get away from home, and the other is to pursue something – a landscape, people, an exotic place. Certainly finding a place that you like or discovering something unusual is a very sustaining thing in travel.   Paul Theroux

Difficult roads always lead to beautiful destinations. Zig Ziglar

One’s destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things. Henry Miller

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

Travel Photography Summary

Unlike many photography genres, travel photography requires the ability to function across many specialties: landscape, documentary, portrait, street, wildlife, and architecture to name a few. 

When we think of travel photography, we often believe that you have to visit some exotic location on the other side of the world. The reality is, you don’t need to spend a fortune, nor live out of a rucksack to capture great photos. 

What you might consider being the perfect shooting location, other people may consider dull and mundane (and vice-versa). 

Great travel photography comes from great locations. 

Sometimes the best photos can often be found in your own country (and even your own neighborhood). Do some research, find your story, then start your photo project and see where it takes you…

Art is not to be found by touring to Egypt, China, or Peru; if you cannot find it at your own door, you will never find it.   Ralph Waldo Emerson

Travel Photography Quotes Final Words

There you have it – over 100 of the best travel photography quotes from photographers, writers, artists, explorers and many more. I hope some of these quotes inspire you to plan your next photo project! 

Have a favorite travel photography quote? Are there any others you would add to the list? Let us know in the comments section below. 

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The 25 Best Travel Photography Quotes

A Post By: Jeremy Flint

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Additional quotes for travel photographers

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

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

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

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

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

Timeless one-liners

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

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

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

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

Now over to you:

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

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

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80+ Great Travel Photography Quotes To Inspire Your Wanderlust

If you’re anything like me, you know there’s something truly special about capturing the essence of our travels through photography. 

It’s not just about snapping pictures; it’s about freezing moments, telling stories, and sharing our unique view of the world. That’s why I’ve put together a collection of travel photography quotes that really speak to what we do and why we love it.

These quotes are a mix of wisdom, inspiration, and a little bit of humour – just like a good travel photo. 

They’re from people who’ve been there, camera in hand, ready to capture the magic of a new place or the beauty of an everyday scene.

So, whether you’re currently planning your next trip or just dreaming about new destinations from the comfort of your home, let these quotes give you a bit of a nudge. 

They remind us why we wake up at stupid o’clock for the perfect light, brave the crowds, or wait patiently for that candid moment. 

It’s all about capturing the world as we see it, one photo at a time.

Grab your favourite cuppa, and let’s dive into these quotes. 

Who knows, maybe they’ll inspire your next great shot or at least give you a new caption for your Instagram feed!

Short and Snappy Travel Photography Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

“The world makes up my pictures, not me.” ~ Lee Friedlander

“If you want to be a better photographer, stand in front of more interesting stuff.” ~ Jim Richardson

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

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

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

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

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

“Travel photography is really a way of life: a way of travelling” ~ Steve Davey

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

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

“The earth is art; the photographer is only a witness.” ~ Yann Arthus-Bertrand

“My favourite thing is to go where I’ve never been.” ~ Diane Arbus

“Sometimes I arrive just when God’s ready to have someone click the shutter.” ~ Ansel Adams

“There are seven days in a week, and “someday” is not one of them.” ~ Benny Lewis

Inspiring Travel Photography Quotes

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

“Photography cannot change the world, but it can show the world, especially when it changes.  “ ~ Marc Riboud

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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

“It is easy to make a picture of someone and call it a portrait. The difficulty lies in making a picture that makes the viewer care about a stranger.” ~ Paul Strand

“I’ll wait for colour, I’ll wait for light and I’ll wait for people to walk into a situation. First, find your picture and your background. Set up your camera and wait. If you wait long enough something will eventually enter the frame you can finish your composition.” ~ Sam Abell

“The most valuable things in life are a man’s memories. And they are priceless.” ~ Andre Kertesz

“I believe in photographs that convey a certain level of ambiguity, that ask questions rather than provide answers.” ~ Alex Webb

Photography isn’t about just pushing that button. It’s about the experience of being there. ~ Don McCullin

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

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

“My vision of the world is simple. Tomorrow, each new day, I want to see the city, take new photographs, meet people and wander alone.”  ~ Marc Riboud

“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

“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

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

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

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

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

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

“If I go to a place, it’s not to record what is going on only. It’s to try and have a picture which concretizes a situation in one glance and which has the strong relations of shapes. And when I go to a country, well, I’m hoping always to get that one picture about which people will say, “Ah, this is true. You felt it right.” ~ Henri Cartier-Bresson

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

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

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

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

Funny Travel Photography Quotes and Captions

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

“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

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

“Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.” ~ Ansel Adams (I put this in the funny section as we can’t always really believe photos anymore either!)

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

“Jet lag is for amateurs.” ~ Dick Clark

“Carrying a camera on vacation pretty much guarantees you won’t see anything worth shooting.  “ ~ Bob Krist

“Aeroplane travel is nature’s way of making you look like your passport photo.” ~ Al Gore

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

4-hour delay en route home, time to spam y’all with my holiday snaps

Life goal: Create a life that people assume you have anyway based on your Instagram account!

I’m not a tourist; I’m an adventurer with a camera

A tourist is a fellow who drives thousands of miles so he can be photographed standing in front of his car ~ Emile Ganest

Travel Photography Captions for Instagram

Take only pictures, leave only footprints

The frustration of photographing something amazing when thousands of identical photos already exist

Will travel for food (and a good sunset)

It’s a road trip! It’s about adventure! …It’s not like we have somewhere to go

Always say yes to new adventures

I figured it was time for another vacay photo dump

Only going places that spark joy

Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn’t mean to take

Travelling is the best way to feed the soul and expand the mind

Keep calm and travel on

Travelling is about finding those things you never knew you were looking for 

Life is short and the world is wide. I better get started

Life is not meant to be in one place

These views are a constant reminder of how vast and beautiful the world is 

To unpathed waters and undreamed shores

Born to roam. Everywhere is home

Will I ever stop posting pictures from this trip? Probably not.

What’s on my bucket list? Everywhere.

My new routine: Journey. Explore. Discover. Repeat.

And that’s it – my list of favourite travel photography quotes and captions that I discovered scouring the internet!

I hope you found these quotes inspiring and some even made you giggle a little. 

The next time you’re about to head out on a trip or you hit a creative rut, remember these quotes – and let them guide you in your photography!

Now over to you:

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

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Last Updated March 15, 2024 William Tang

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

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

What you’ll get from this article

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Now who has that impulse to explore the world?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

24. “Where to next?” – Anonymous

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

76. “Adventure is worthwhile.” – Aesop

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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100 Best Photography 
Quotes of All Time

• February 3, 2024
• Last updated: February 4, 2024
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Quotes of All Time

Words don’t make a photograph, but we’ve compiled a collection of wise words told by great photographers, writers, artists and entrepreneurs. We hope these photography quotes inspire and motivate you to create beautiful photographs.

Go capture the world!

100 Best Photography
Quotes of All Time

1. “Skill in photography is acquired by practice and not by purchase.” ― Percy W. Harris

2. “The biggest cliche in photography is sunrise and sunset.” ― Catherine Opie

3. “I fell in love with the process of taking pictures, with wandering around finding things. To me it feels like a kind of performance. The picture is a document of that performance.” ― Alec Soth

4. “The whole nature of photography has changed with the advent of a camera in everybody’s hand. ― Sally Mann

5. “If you want to be a better photographer, stand in front of more interesting stuff.” ― Jim Richardson

6. “Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected.” ― Robert Frank

7. “If I have any ‘message’ worth giving to a beginner it is that there are no shortcuts in photography.” ― Edward Weston

8. “What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.” ― Karl Lagerfeld

10. “If I saw something in my viewfinder that looked familiar to me, I would do something to shake it up.” ― Garry Winogrand

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

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

13. “Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow.” ― Imogen Cunningham

14. “I found that photography was a great way of relaxing on the set.” ― Jeff Bridges

15. “Only photograph what you love.” ― Tim Walker

16. “Anyone can shoot chaos. But the most perceptive photographers can make compelling pictures out of uninteresting moments.” ― Alex Tehrani

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

19. “A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people.” ― Annie Leibovitz

20. “Quit trying to find beautiful objects to photograph. Find the ordinary objects so you can transform it by photographing it.” ― Morley Baer

21. “I tend to think of the act of photographing, generally speaking, as an adventure. My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been.” ― Diane Arbus

22. “A good photograph is one that communicates a fact, touches the heart and leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It is, in a word, effective.” ― Irving Penn

23. “A picture is worth a thousand words.” ― Arthur Brisbane

24. “Allow yourself the freedom to step away from perfection because it is only then that you can find success.” ― Chase Jarvis

26. “A good photographer records; a great photographer reveals.” ― Skyler Reid

27. “The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.” ― Andy Warhol

28. “We are making photographs to understand what our lives mean to us.” ― Ralph Hattersley

29. “There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment.” ― Robert Frank

30. “You just have to live and life will give you pictures.” ― Henri Cartier Bresson

31. “Where light and shadow fall on your subject – that is the essence of expression and art through photography.” ― Scott Bourne

32. “There will be times when you will be in the field without a camera. And, you will see the most glorious sunset or the most beautiful scene that you have ever witnessed. Don’t be bitter because you can’t record it. Sit down, drink it in, and enjoy it for what it is!” ― DeGriff

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33. “Anything more than 500 yards from the car just isn’t photogenic.” ― Edward Weston

34. “A good photograph is knowing where to stand.” ― Ansel Adams

35. “Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.” ― Dorothea Lange

36. “To consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk.” ― Edward Weston

37. “Photography can light up darkness and expose ignorance.” ― Lewis Hine

38. “What I have learnt and what I teach now is all about experimentation and learning to pick yourself up and try again when you fall down.” ― Lara Jade

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

40. “I like to photograph anyone before they know what their best angles are.” ― Ellen Von Unwerth

42. “There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are.” ― Ernst Haas

43. “If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given. It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.” ― Eve Arnold

44. “I love photographing. It’s that simple.” ― Stuart Franklin

45. “I am forever chasing light. Light turns the ordinary into the magical.” ― Trent Parke

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

47. “Photography imitates everything and expresses nothing.” ― Honoré Daumier

48. “To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition in a fraction of a second of the significance of an event.” ― Henri Cartier-Bresson

50. “The more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer.” ― Robert Mapplethorpe

51. “Photography to me is catching a moment which is passing, and which is true. ― Jacques-Henri Lartigue

52. “As much as I love music, in my mind, photography is what makes me the happiest – that’s for sure.” ― Julian Lennon

53. “Photography is a language more universal than words.” ― Minor White

54. “Every viewer is going to get a different thing. That’s the thing about painting, photography, cinema.” ― David Lynch

55. “Photography is about finding out what can happen in the frame. When you put four edges around some facts, you change those facts.” ― Garry Winogrand

56. “I treat the photograph as a work of great complexity in which you can find drama. Add to that a careful composition of landscapes, live photography, the right music and interviews with people, and it becomes a style.” ― Ken Burns

58. “Wherever there is light, one can photograph.” ― Alfred Stieglitz

59. “Twelve significant photographs in one year is a good crop.” ― Ansel Adams

60. “There is a vast difference between taking a picture and making a photograph.” ― Robert Heinecken

61. “Photographs open doors into the past, but they also allow a look into the future.” ― Sally Mann

62. “As I have practiced it, photography produces pleasure by simplicity. I see something special and show it to the camera. A picture is produced. The moment is held until someone sees it. Then it is theirs.” ― Sam Abell

63. “I think good dreaming is what leads to good photographs.” ― Wayne Miller

64. “If you can smell the street by looking at the photo, it’s a street photograph.” ― Bruce Gilden

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65. “I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today’s existence.” ― Robert Mapplethorpe

66. “It doesn’t matter if you’re photographing a porter in a market in Marrakech or you’re photographing the king of Morroco. You have the same sympathetic approach to everybody. You be nice to everybody, basically.” ― Albert Watson

67. “Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself.” ― Berenice Abbott

68. “I guess I’ve shot about 40,000 negatives and of these I have about 800 pictures I like.” ― Harry Callahan

69. “I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do – that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse.” ― Diane Arbus

70. “I think all art is about control – the encounter between control and the uncontrollable.” ― Richard Avedon

71. “Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure.” ― Tony Benn

72. “Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness.” ― W. Eugene Smith

74. “I’ve always had a passion for technology, photography, startups, and connecting people. Bringing those aspects together made me successful.”― Kevin Systrom

75. “What it all boils down to for me is having the enthusiasm to do something for enjoyment and being stimulated by what’s around you. That’s what photography does for me.”― Graeme Le Saux

76. “It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the extraordinary.” ― David Bailey

77. “Photograph the world as it is. Nothing’s more interesting than reality.” ― Mary Ellen Mark

78. “Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography.” ― George Eastman

79. “Photography is about finding things. And painting is different – it’s about making something.” ― Saul Leiter

80. “I don’t trust words. I trust pictures.” ― Gilles Peress

82. “Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.” ― Cecil Beaton

83. “A good snapshot stops a moment from running away.” ― Eudora Welty

84. “If you have something to say with a camera then show it, otherwise it’s better to bake a cake.” ― Jason Eskenazi

85. “When you photograph people in color you photograph their clothes. When you photograph people in black and white, you photograph their soul!” ― Ted Grant

86. “When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear.” ― Alfred Eisenstaedt

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

88. “Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.” ― Henri Cartier-Bresson

90. “If you are out there shooting, things will happen for you. If you’re not out there, you’ll only hear about it.” ― Jay Maisel

91. “Be yourself. I much prefer seeing something, even it is clumsy, that doesn’t look like somebody else’s work.” ― William Klein

92. “The best camera is the one that’s with you.” ― Chase Jarvis

93. “Since I’m inarticulate, I express myself with images.” ― Helen Levitt

94. “You know, I really don’t think you learn from teachers. You learn from work. I think what you learn, really, is how to be- you have to be your own toughest critic, and you only learn that from work, from seeing work.” ― Garry Winogrand

95. “In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality.” ― Alfred Stieglitz

96. “Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world.” ― Arnold Newman

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

98. “Just put on the lens and go.” ― Miroslav Tichý

99. “You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at a picture for a second and think of it all your life.” ― Joan Miró

100. “There are no bad pictures; that’s just how your face looks sometimes.” ― Abraham Lincoln

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Travel Photography Quotes To Inspire Your Adventures

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

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

Travel Photography Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nature Travel Photography Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wanderlust Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Travel Quotes

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

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

52. “It seems that the more places I see and experience, the bigger I realize the world to be. The more I become aware of, the more I realize how relatively little I know of it, how many places I have still to go, how much more there is to learn.” — Anthony Bourdain

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Adventure Travel Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Conclusion: 84 Best Travel Photography Quotes

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

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

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37 Inspirational Travel Quotes

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Almost every time I log onto Facebook, I’m greeted by a litany of inspirational quotes on life and travel. After collecting a folder full of my favorites, I started writing my own.

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Out of the hundreds of inspiration travel quotes that I’ve downloaded from Facebook , here are 31 of my absolute favorites.

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54 Travel Quotes to Inspire Your Wanderlust (Shareable Images!)

The wonderful thing about traveling is that it takes you out of your comfort zone and pushes you into new situations that can challenge and change you. Travel quotes are designed to help inspire just that. 

It’s OK to struggle and have bad days when traveling because more often than not, those turn into the most captivating stories; but it’s always nice to have a handy quote to help re-inspire you and pick yourself back up.

Here are some of our most beloved travel quotes for your travel life. I hope some of these will encourage you to take the first step, and explore beyond your front doorstep. Have courage and diverge.

There is a whole world of adventure and marvel out there waiting to be discovered.

Travel Quotes: Our Personal Favorites

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

Sometimes, you find yourself in the middle of nowhere, and sometimes, in the middle of nowhere, you find yourself. – Unknown

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 should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving 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

More Great Travel Life Quotes

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

Not all those who wander are lost. – JRR Tolkein

Fill your life with adventures, not things. Have stories to tell, not stuff to show. – Unknown

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

You weren’t born to just pay bills and die. – Anonymous

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

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

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

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

A journey is best measured in friends, not miles. – Tim Cahill

Adventure is worthwhile in itself. – Amelia Earhart

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

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

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

Travel far enough, you meet yourself. – David Mitchell

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

To travel is to live. – Hans Christian Anderson

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

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

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

I’m bored’ is a useless thing to say. You live in a great, big, vast world that you’ve seen non percent of. – Louis C.K.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I am not born for one corner; the whole world is my native land. – Seneca

Somewhere on your journey, don’t forget to turn around and enjoy the view. – Unknown

So much of who we are is where we have been. – William Langewiesche

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

Travel is glamorous only in retrospect. – Paul Theroux

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments and places that take our breath away. – Anonymous

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

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist. – Oscar Wilde

Life is short and the world is wide. – Simon Raven

Travel as much as you can, as far as you can, as long as you can. Life’s not meant to be lived in one place.- Anonymous

Jobs fill your pocket, adventures fill your soul. – Jaime Lyn Beatty

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

The trouble is, you think you have time. – Buddha

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

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

Every hundred feet the world changes. – Roberto Bolaño

Travel is about the gorgeous feeling of teetering in the unknown. – Gaby Basora

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

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

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

Those who are afraid of death are afraid of life. – François Lelord

Oh, the places you’ll go. – Dr. Seuss

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

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

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

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

120 Best Travel Quotes

Travel adventure quotes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Famous Travel Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Time to Travel Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Inspirational Travel Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

Travel Quotes for Couples

46. “Adventures are best served together.”

47. “Let’s get lost.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Memory Travel Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

64. “Girls just wanna have sun.”

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

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

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

Short Travel Quotes

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

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

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

72. “Backpacking is money spent on education.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

79. “Travel is my therapy.”

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

81. “Do not dare not to dare.”

82. “Be afraid. And do it anyway.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

Funny Travel Quotes

91. “This is my resting beach face.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

98. “In Travel Mode. Do not disturb.”

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

Solo Travel Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Family Travel Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Travel Captions

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

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

A 2-day Yangon Itinerary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Final Thoughts on the Best Travel Quotes

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

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

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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 .

Let me know in the comments which short travel sayings resonated with you the most. Happy travels!

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150+ Best Short Travel Quotes for Your Instagram Captions

September 5, 2023

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

The best short travel quotes for instagram

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

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

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

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

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

Others, I’ve gathered from new writers.

Happy reading. Happy travelling. And I hope you find your happy place.

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150+ Inspiring Travel Quotes and Instagram Captions

Simply pair with a gorgeous travel photo for a show-stopping instagram post.

The Best Travel Quotes: The Top 10 Classics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Travel Quotes with a Nautical Theme

Because we all need some Vitamin Sea…

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

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

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

Inspirational Travel Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Quotes about Travelling Alone

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

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

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

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

Love Travel Quotes

Bring a sense of romance to your instagram posts…

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

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

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

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

Quotes About Travelling with Friends

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Travel Quips: Funny Travel Quotes

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

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

Which kind of relates to…

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

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

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

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

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

That which does not kill you makes you stronger…

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

“Travel is only glamorous in retrospect” – Paul Theroux

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

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

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

Travel Misquotes

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

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

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

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

Looking Inside

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

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

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

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

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

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

Family Travel Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Educational Travel Quotes

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

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

On the Run?

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

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

Coming Back from New Adventures and New Places

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

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

The Travel Quote that Speaks to Me the Most

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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96 inspirational photography quotes curated by Shotkit. Awesome quotes by photographers overlaid onto images free to use on Instagram & Pinterest.

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It’s no wonder that photography quotes are one of the most popular things to share on social media, usually by other photographers, of course.

Reading one line that encapsulates our love for photography and art is powerful and often reminds us of the importance of documenting moments with our cameras.

Here’s a selection of the most inspirational photography quotes primarily made by great and  famous photographers  over the past 100 years.

No matter whether you’re an amateur learning more about photography or you’re looking for the best picture caption, our favorite list of 96 iconic quotes about photography will definitely inspire you.

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What Are The Best Photography Quotes?

Instagram is a great platform to post your amazing photos, quotes, and other visual media. It is an easy-to-use platform with a wide reach.

Here are some of the internet’s best quotes for pictures for Instagram and other social media platforms. Each one of these is the best caption for photo pages both professional and amateur alike.

• “Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.” – Henri Cartier-Bresson
• “Photography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real.” – Ansel Adams
• “Photography is the story I fail to put into words.” – Destin Sparks
• “When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.” – Ansel Adams
• “When I photograph I make love.” – Alfred Stieglitz

• “The negative is the equivalent of the composer’s score and the print the performance.” – Ansel Adams
• “There is one thing the photo must contain – the humanity of the moment.” – Robert Frank
• “Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever… It remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.” – Aaron Siskind
• “If you are out there shooting, things will happen for you. If you’re not out there, you’ll only hear about it.” – Jay Maisel
• “Photography is the art of making memories tangible.” – Destin Sparks

• “When you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in Black and white, you photograph their souls!” – Ted Grant
• “ A good snapshot keeps a moment that s gone from running away. ” – Eudora Welty
• “Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be.” – Duane Michals
• “ If you can’t feel what you’re looking at, then you’re never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures.” – Don McCullin
• “It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart, and head.” -Henri Cartier-Bresson

• “A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.” – Edward Steichen
• “It’s one thing to make a picture of what a person looks like, it’s another thing to make a portrait of who they are.” – Paul Caponigro
• “Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies.” – Diane Arbus

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• “A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people.” – Annie Leibovitz
• I go and get the camera and do it. Photography is a medium in which if you don’t do it then, very often you don’t do it at all, because it doesn’t happen twice.” – Paul Strand

• “The photo that you took with your camera is the imagination you want to create with reality.” – Scott Lorenzo
• “In the world of photography, you get to share a captured moment with other people.” – James Wilson
• “Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees.” – Paul Strand
• “If the photographer is interested in the people in front of his lens, and if he is compassionate, it’s already a lot. The instrument is not the camera but the photographer.” – Eve Arnold
• “Photographers stop photographing subjects too soon before they have exhausted the possibilities.”  – Dorothea Lange

• “The painter constructs, the photographer discloses.” – Susan Sontag
• “It is my intention to present – through the medium of photography – intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.” – Ansel Adams
• “The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” – Dorothea Lange
• “Actually, I’m not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the photo is in the box, I’m not all that interested in what happens next. Hunters, after all, aren’t cooks.” – Henri Cartier-Bresson
• “In my mind, I visualize how a particular… sight will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.” – Ansel Adams

• “Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second.” – Marc Riboud
• “Once you learn to care, you can record images with your mind or on film. There is no difference between the two.” – Anon
• “Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.” – Ambrose Bierce
• “My own eyes are no more than scouts on a preliminary search, or the camera’s eye may entirely change my idea.” – Edward Weston
• “Photography is truth. The cinema is truth twenty-four times per second.” – Jean-Luc Godard

• “The camera makes you forget you’re there. It’s not like you are hiding but you forget, you are just looking so much.” – Annie Leibovitz
• “If you see something that moves you, and then snap it, you keep a moment.” – Linda McCartney
• “To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.” – Henri Cartier-Bresson
• “There are always two people in every photo: the photographer and the viewer.” – Ansel Adams
• “A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.” – Diane Arbus

• “Always shoot from the shadow side.” – Ted Grant
• “Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography.” – George Eastman
• “What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.” – Karl Lagerfeld
• “The artist’s world is limitless. It can be found anywhere far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.”  – Paul Strand
• “God creates the beauty. My camera and I are a witness.” Mark Denman

• “Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.” – Henri Cartier-Bresson
• “Beauty can be seen in all things, seeing and composing the beauty is what separates the snapshot from the photograph.” – Matt Hardy
• “If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t need to lug around a camera.” – Lewis Hine
•  “Photography has been my way of bearing witness to the joy I find in seeing the extraordinary in ordinary.” -Harold Feinstein
• “You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” – Ansel Adams

• “The camera is much more than a recording apparatus, it is a medium via which messages reach us from another world.” – Orson Welles
• “I never have taken a picture I’ve intended. They’re always better or worse.” – Diane Arbus
• “To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place…” – Eliott Erwitt
• “Today everything exists to end in a photograph.” – Susan Sontag
• “The art of photography is all about directing the attention of the viewer.” – Steven Pinker

• “It’s amazing how photography can capture just a split second of something exquisite.” – Kiera Cass
• “The camera sees more than the eye, so why not make use of it?” – Edward Weston
• “I love the people I photograph. I mean, they’re my friends. I’ve never met most of them or I don’t know them at all, yet through the image, I live with them.” – Bruce Gilden
• “Photography is the simplest thing in the world, but it is incredibly complicated to make it really work.” – Martin Parr
• “In photography, there are no shadows that cannot be illuminated.” – August Sander

• “One advantage of photography is that it’s visual and can transcend language.” – Lisa Kristine
• “My camera is my passport.” – Steve McCurry
• .”Photography, to me, is catching a moment which is passing, and which is true.” – Jacques-Henri Lartigue
• “The camera is an excuse to be someplace you otherwise don’t belong. It gives me both a point of connection and a point of separation.” – Susan Meiselas
• “Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure.” – Tony Benn

• “It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter.” – Alfred Eisenstaedt
• “I like to photograph others before they know what their best angles are.” – Ellen Von Unwerth
• “We are making photographs to understand what our lives mean to us.” – Ralph Hattersley
• “Photography is an itch that won’t go away. No matter how much you scratch it.” – Dara McGrath
• “Photography is the recording of strangeness and beauty with beguiling precision.” – Sebastian Smee

• “Life is like a camera. Just focus on what’s important and capture the good times, develop from the negatives, and if things don’t work out, just take another shot.” – Anon
• “Only photograph what you love.” – Tim Walker
•  The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are.” – Ernst Hass
• “When I photograph, what I’m really doing is seeking answers to things.” – Wynn Bullock
• “Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.” – Dorothea Lange

•  “When the world asks, “what was it like?” Only the photographers can say, “See!” – Mark Denman
• “Once photography enters your bloodstream, it is like a disease.” – Anon
• “When a photo of a person looks deep into your spirit and tells you a thousand stories….. Stories from your past even before you existed, then the photo is way above any description.” – Sameh Elsayed
• “I didn’t choose photography, photography chose me.” – Gerardo Suter
• “With photography, a new language has been created. Now, for the first time, it is possible to express reality by reality. We can look at an impression as long as we wish, we can delve into it and, so to speak, renew past experiences at will.” – Ernst Haas

• “Photography is a means by which we learn to see the ordinary.” – David Bailey
• “Photography has no rules, it is not a sport. It is the result which counts, no matter how it is achieved.” – Bill Brandt
• “Kodak sells film, but they don’t advertise film; they advertise memories.” – Theodore Levitt
• “A photograph is like a recipe – the memory is the finished dish.” – Carrie Latet
• “Contrast is what makes photography interesting.” – Conrad Hall

• “Every artist has a central story to tell, and the difficulty, the impossible task, is trying to present that story in pictures” – Gregory Crewdson
• “I have always been fascinated by the poetic condition of twilight. By its transformative quality. Its power of turning the ordinary into something magical and otherworldly. “ – Gregory Crewdson
• “Skill in photography is acquired by practice, and not by purchase.” -Percy W. Harris
• “You photograph with all your ideology.” – Sebastiao Salgado
• “Your inspiration is better if it comes from many different sources and your sensibilities will transform all those influences and inspiration into your own visual world. It’s like reading the book instead of watching the movie.” – Peter Lindbergh
• “The formula for doing a good job in photography is to think like a poet.” -Imogen Cunningham
• “We see in colour all the time. Black and white is therefore immediately an interpretation of the world, rather than a copy.” – Michael Kenna
• “The golden rule in the arts, as far as I am concerned, is that all rules are meant to be broken.” -Michael Kenna
• “If I have any ‘message’ worth giving to a beginner it is that there are no shortcuts in photography.”  – Edward Weston
• “After following the crowd for a while, I’d then go 180 degrees in the exact opposite direction. It always worked for me.” – Elliott Erwitt
• “To me, photography must suggest, not insist or explain.”  – Brassai

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Picking the right photography captions for Instagram can be tricky due to the sheer number of choices. Worry not as we have compiled a list of some of the best ones we found online.

These short photo quotes can make your pages extra inspiring.

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What are some ‘Best compliment for a photographer’ quotes?

Want to show your appreciation for your photographer the best compliment for a photographer? Quotes like these will do the job.

• “Your images have a way of capturing emotions and memories that last a lifetime.”
• “Your attention to detail is what sets your work apart from the rest.”
• “You have a unique vision and your photographs truly tell a story.”
• “Your compositions are always stunning – you clearly have an eye for beauty.”
• “You have a way of capturing light that is truly magical.”
• “You make my amateur snapshots look like they were taken with a tomato!”
• “You make the world look better than it really is. Can I hire you to follow me around and make my life look more interesting?!”
• “You have a gift for capturing the essence of a moment.”
• “You have a special talent for making the ordinary look extraordinary.”

What are the best quotes on a photo pose (posing for the camera)?

• “Posing for a photo is like telling a story with your body.”
• “A good pose is worth a thousand words.”
• “Strike a pose – Madonna said it best!”
• “The pose is the silent expression of a thousand words.”
• “A pose can either make or break a photo.”
• “Let your pose do the talking.”
• “A good pose should look natural, not forced.”
• “Posing is an art. It’s not just about standing still.”
• “A camera can capture a moment, but a good pose can tell a story.”
• “The best pose is one where you forget you’re posing.”

What are some ‘proud to be a photographer’ quotes?

If you would like to show your enthusiasm through your pictures, quotes like these will do the job.

• “Being a photographer is about capturing a moment and preserving a memory for a lifetime.”
• “Photography is the art of capturing light and life, and I’m proud to be part of such a magnificent tradition.”
• “Being a photographer is a privilege – it allows me to see the world in a unique and creative way.”
• “I’m proud to be a photographer because every time I pick up my camera, I have the opportunity to capture a fleeting moment in time.”
• “Photography is a way to tell stories and share my vision with the world, and I’m proud to be able to do that through my images.”
• “I’m proud to be a photographer because allows me to express myself creatively.”
• “Being a photographer is a way to capture the beauty and wonder of life, and I’m proud to have the ability to do that every day.”
• “Photography is an art that connects people and evokes emotion, and I’m proud to be a part of that.”
• “Photography is a passion that has the power to inspire and impact others, and I’m proud to be able to do that through my images.”

What are some good photography visiting card quotes?

Struggling to find good photo quotes in English? look no further!

• “Capturing moments and creating memories.”
• “Turning moments into timeless art.”
• “Preserving life’s most precious moments.”
• “Transforming light into beauty.”
• “Where moments become memories and memories become art.”
• “Turning life’s little moments into works of art.”
• “Creating memories that last a lifetime.”
• “Chasing light and capturing life.”
• “Turning your memories into beautiful artwork.”

What are some quotes about long-exposure photography?

For your beautiful pictures, quotes like these will definitely capture your audience’s attention. here are some of the best long-exposure photographer captions for Instagram.

• “Long exposures are like a dance between the camera and the world, capturing the movement and flow of time.”
• “Long exposures are a way of freezing time, capturing moments that are usually fleeting and ephemeral.”
• “Long exposures allow you to see the world in a new light, capturing the magic of movement and light.
• “Long exposures are like a window into the soul of the world, revealing the beauty and complexity of the world around us.”
• “Long exposures are a way to capture the essence of a moment, to distill the chaos and movement of life into a single frame.”

What are some good low-light photography quotes?

Here are a few professional photography quotes for budding low-light photographers:

• “Low light photography is like capturing a secret world, where the unseen becomes visible and the ordinary becomes extraordinary.”
• “Low light photography is about capturing the mystery and mood of a scene, using light and shadow to tell a story.”
• “Low light photography is a challenge, but it’s also an opportunity to be creative and explore new ways of seeing the world.”
• “Low light photography is about capturing the essence of a moment, using light and shadow to create depth and mood.”
• “Low light photography is an adventure, where every shot is an opportunity to capture something special and unique.”

What are some great videography quotes for Instagram?

• “The best films are those that have the power to move us, to transport us to other places, and to tell us stories that we’ll never forget.” – Steven Spielberg
• “A great film should leave you with an emotional experience. It should be like a twister that you can never forget.” – Quentin Tarantino
• “A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theater admission, and the babysitter were worth it.” – Alfred Hitchcock
• “I’m not a big special effects person. I’m more into what can be done with human emotions.” – Martin Scorsese
• “Film is a very, very powerful medium. It can either confirm the idea that things are wonderful the way they are, or it can reinforce the conception that things can be changed.” – Stanley Kubrick
• “The art of film is not to create a story that is predictable, but to create a story that is emotionally satisfying.” – Christopher Nolan
• “I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.” – Francis Ford Coppola
• “Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.” – Charlie Chaplin
• “Movies are mirrors that reflect our hopes and fears, our dreams and nightmares.” – John Carpenter
• “The best films are the ones that make you feel like you’ve lived the story, not just watched it.” – Wes Anderson

What are some quotes for model photography?

Here are some good photoshoot quotes for your next gig!

• “When I photograph a model, I’m interested in capturing their soul.” – Richard Avedon
• “A model should be tough, fit, and intelligent, but most of all, a good human being.” – Tyra Banks
• “I’m always trying to capture the emotion and personality of my subject, whether it’s a model or someone on the street.” – Annie Leibovitz
• “The best part of photographing models is being able to showcase their beauty and create something that will inspire others.” – Mario Testino
• “I believe in capturing the essence of a person, and that’s what I aim to do when I’m photographing a model.” – Helmut Newton
• “I love the creative process that goes into photographing models. It’s a collaboration between the model, the photographer, and the team to bring a vision to life.” – Bruce Weber
• “For me, photographing models is not just about capturing their beauty, but also capturing the moment, the feeling, and the energy they bring to the shoot.” – Peter Lindbergh
• “The challenge of photographing models is to create an image that’s unique, captures their personality, and showcases their beauty.” – Cindy Sherman
• “I think it’s important for a model to trust the photographer, because that’s when the best shots are captured.” – Ellen von Unwerth
• “Photographing models is about creating a story, an atmosphere, and a mood that showcases their beauty and captures the moment.” – Steven Meisel

What are some funny ‘same pose in every picture’ quotes?

• “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it… even if it means using the same pose in every picture!”
• “I found my signature pose, and now I stick to it like glue!”
• “Why try new poses when the same one always gets the most likes?!”
• “I may not have a diverse portfolio of poses, but at least I have consistency!”
• “I may be predictable with my poses, but at least I always look pretty damn good!”
• “Why try to reinvent the wheel with new poses when the same one always gets the best results?”
• “I’ve found my comfort zone with my signature pose, and I’m sticking to it!”
• “Consistency is key, even when it comes to using the same pose in every picture.”
• “Do you have just one photo of yourself posing and just keep changing the background?!”

What are some quotes about product photography?

Do you want a good caption for photography for product photographers? Check this list out:

• “Product photography is not just about capturing the product, but telling a story and creating an emotional connection with the viewer.”
• “Product photography is about showcasing the product’s best features, creating an eye-catching image, and drawing the customer in.”
• “Good product photography is the cornerstone of successful e-commerce, and it’s all about creating a visually appealing and professional image.”
• “The key to successful product photography is attention to detail, lighting, and the ability to capture the product’s unique features and benefits.”
• “Product photography is a blend of art and science, where the photographer must understand the product, the market, and the customer’s needs.”

What are some funny ‘my girlfriend is a photographer’ quotes?

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Try these behind every good picture quotes to spice it up!

• “My girlfriend is a photographer, which means I never have a bad hair day. She just Photoshops it away!
• “I never run out of Facebook profile pictures because my girlfriend is a photographer!”
• I met my girlfriend on Tinder – you can tell she’s a photographer because her profile photo looks nothing like real life!”
• “Having a girlfriend who’s a photographer is great. She’s always ready to capture the moment. And by moment, I mean me eating pizza and drinking beer!”
• “I finally understand the meaning of ‘candid shot’ – my girlfriend is a photographer, and she just caught me mid-sneeze!”
• “My girlfriend is a photographer. She’s always capturing beauty, even when I’m hungover!”

(These can also be used as ‘my photo partner’ quotes.)

What are some early morning photography quotes?

• “Early morning light is where dreams meet reality.”
• “The morning is the start of a new story waiting to be captured.”
• “Wake up early and capture the beauty of the morning light.”
• “The morning sun brings new opportunities for stunning photos.”
• “Rise with the sun and capture its magic.”
• “The early morning hours hold a serenity and stillness that is unmatched.”
• “The morning is a fresh canvas waiting to be painted with light.”
• “The world is at its most peaceful in the early morning light.”
• “Embrace the morning light, and you’ll be amazed at what it reveals.”
• “Let the morning light guide you and inspire your photos.”

What are some funny ‘just bought a new camera’ quotes?

Want to share with the world your start as a new photographer? Try out these quotes for photography.

• “I don’t always buy new cameras, but when I do, I take way too many photos of inanimate objects!”
• “I can finally justify my obsession with taking photos of my food – I have a fancy new camera!”
• “I just bought a new camera. Now my friends are no longer safe!”
• “I told my bank account it was just a camera, not a ticket to financial ruin. It didn’t believe me.”
• “I just bought a new camera, and I’m pretty sure it’s just a bigger lens for my ego.”
• “I’m no longer a beginner photographer – I just upgraded to a professional camera!”
• “I finally bought a new camera. Now I can pretend to be a professional photographer on the weekends!”
• “I just bought a new camera. Now my dog will finally have a modeling career.”
• “I just bought a new camera – now I can finally put my Instagram followers out of their misery!”
• “It’s not the camera that makes the photo – but buying a new camera sure feels good!”

What could be used as photo credit caption quotes?

• “A picture is worth a thousand words, and this one was captured by [photographer’s name].”
• “This beautiful image was brought to life by the talent of [photographer’s name].”
• “This stunning moment was frozen in time by [photographer’s name].”
• “The magic of this image was captured by the creative eye of [photographer’s name].”
• “This moment was made eternal by [photographer’s name].”
• “The beauty of this image was captured by the expert skills of [photographer’s name].”
• “The story of this moment was told through the lens of [photographer’s name].”
• “The art of this image was created by the masterful eye of [photographer’s name].”
• “This incredible shot was captured by [photographer’s name], a true master of their craft.”

What are some cute photography love quotes?

• “My love of photography is melded with the ability to capture what I want to remember in the moment I want to never forget.” -Devin Dygert
• “I’m trying to capture something more fragile than a regular story. I love what people bring me.” -Agnes Varda
• “I love the people I photograph. I mean, they’re my friends. I’ve never met most of them or I don’t know them at all, yet through my images I live with them.” -Bruce Gilden
• “Photography is a love affair with life.” -Burk Uzzle
• “You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.” -Ansel Adams

What are some good short photography quotes?

• “A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into.” – Ansel Adams
• “Today, everything exists to end in a photograph.” -Susan Sontag
• “Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye” -Dorothy Parker
• “A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.” -Eudora Welty
• “There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.” -Ansel Adams

What are awesome ‘my first camera’ quotes?

• “Life is so full of color, that I decided to learn how to preserve them!”
• “I can’t wait to go on an adventure with my new buddy!”
• “I’m starting a new hobby! I better practice my butt off.”
• “Finally got my first camera! Here’s to some amazing experiences and equally amazing photos ahead.”
• “Got my first camera! I guess my new travel buddy and I are off to some amazing adventures together.”

Quotes about photography every beginner needs to hear

• “When you acquire an understanding of the science behind light and what governs it, then you can predict its behavior and control the lighting in photographs.” -Roberto Valenzuela
• “Don’t pack up your camera until you’ve left the location.” -Joe McNally
• “The way that light hits objects in life, three-dimensional objects before you photograph them is really the story of photography.” -Rashid Johnson
• “The biggest cliche in photography is sunrise and sunset.” -Catherine Opie
• “Do not take pictures to please the public; the photo should be spontaneous and free.” -Betty Poluk

Here are more quotes on photography

• “Great photography is about depth of feeling, not depth of field.” -Peter Adams
• “Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.” -Henri Cartier-Bresson
• “The camera makes you forget you’re there. It’s not like you are hiding, but you forget, you are just looking so much.” -Annie Leibovitz
• “When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear.” -Alfred Eisenstaedt
• “I believe photographers should shoot what they want, not shoot what they get.” -Roberto Valenzuela

How to pick the best photography quotes for Instagram?

As you can see, there are a ton of inspiring photographer quotes for Instagram out there. All of them are great which can make picking one quite overwhelming. But don’t worry! There are easy ways to help you pick the best photo quote for Instagram.

First, choose camera quotes that resonate with you. Sure there are many good quotes out there but not all of them can inspire you. Pick one that catches not only your eyes but also your heart. Quotes for photos don’t need to be overly poetic or eloquent. It just needs to capture one’s heart and mind.

Secondly, if you are posting quotes on photos, make sure that the background is not too distracting. Pick a background that is not too flashy or has many points of interest. That is why simple patterns make good backgrounds as they make the text pop out drawing the reader’s eyes.

Finally, pair the quote with a good caption. A good photography caption brings focus to the photo. It must not be stealing attention but rather complimenting the photo. The captions for photography are meant to give context so keep the caption short and direct without fluff.

Before You Go

So, what is your favorite among the inspirational photography quotes we shared?

Ours are those that deal with the way in which a viewer can perceive your photo. In photography, everything is, in a way, subjective, and yet objective at the same time. We like to call it a photography paradox.

Do share some additional photography sayings with us if we didn’t include them here.

And lastly, don’t forget to add the hashtag #shotkit if you end up sharing them on Instagram!

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Jeff Collier is an experienced film photographer who enjoys experimenting with modern digital photography equipment, software and apps. He’s also an ex-world champion triathlete and avid cyclist, clocking hundreds of km each week in the beautiful Tweed Valley of northern NSW, Australia.

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The best photo in history has not been taken yet. So, let’s try today, too…

Amazing list of quotes, I wish you would have used easier to read fonts on some of them

The Susan Sontag quotes are from a book that’s overall pretty anti-photography. Or, not anti-photography, but she’s warning us that to assume we can ‘capture’ the essence of existence in a two-dimensional photograph is to reduce and cheapen lived experience.

The quote in the hero image, “Today everything exists to end in a photograph” is a critique, not an inspiring statement. From the same paragraph as that quote: “Needing to have reality confirmed and experience enhanced by photographs is an aesthetic consumerism to which everyone is now addicted. Industrial societies turn their citizens into image-junkies; it is the most irresistible form of mental pollution.”

She has very interesting and resonant thoughts on the topic of photography that everyone should check out, here is the book: http://www.lab404.com/3741/readings/sontag.pdf

There are lots of other lovely quotes here, thank you for sharing

To me, photography must suggest, not insist or explain, by Brassai, although there a lot of “quotes”that resonate with me. Along the lines of ” beauty is in the eye of the beholder”

I always find quotations extremely important when you need them, and they have a way of lifting your spirits when you are at your lowest point.

A great collection of quotes Here’s another: “There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.” Ansel Adams

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

I was digging for the photopraphy and came across your page. Thanks for sharing Interesting quotes. Keep up the good work.

Best images and quotes.. Interesting while reading.

These quotes really inspire me most.

Nice to hear that, Rewari.

It is very important article very nice photography thanks for sharing..

Avedon’s insight is the most poignant statement of the lot.

Awesome stuff! Mark, thanks for sharing this article! My favorite quote is “A good photograph is one that communicates a fact, touches the heart and leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It is, in a word, effective.”

Very nice, Jake! Thanks for sharing and for the kind words :-)

An excellent collection! Thank you for doing the work. And thanks to the great men and women who put in words what we feel, but sometimes don’t know it.

Thanks for sharing, I was looking for inspiration and got some, now I have to exhale: What are a thousand words worth?

haha… a rhetorical question, I assume David?!

thanks for sharing these selective quotes, i think it’s definitely help to live positive life thanks for sharing!!!

Photography is like love, the closer you focus the harder you reach infinity

Hi, My name is Bryan Dian and I really like the way with you shared these quotes. Doing great job. Keep it up.

Sure thing, Bryan! Thanks for the comment ;-)

Ur quote inspire man for become good photographer

Thank for sharing the most informative article. Actually, this article will be most effective for the audience. I hope, you gift us more article like this.Wonderful photographs and superb quotes. Thank you for sharing

My favorite, not in the list, is from Jay Maisel: “You don’t take pictures; they take you.”

Ah that’s a great one Patrick! Thanks for sharing

Quotes were really nice.

Wonderful photographs and superb quotes. Thank you for sharing

Thanks for compiling such an beautiful list of quotes

Glad you enjoyed it, Zahid!

Lots of good ones! Here are two more that I like: “My idea of a good picture is one that’s in focus and of a famous person.” – Andy Warhol and “My ultimate goal is to try to make the ordinary look extraordinary” – Martin Parr

Several years ago when digital photography was revving up, I attended a conference on news photography. One of the speakers, whose name I regrettably do not remember, opened his remarks by saying, “Never before have so many bad pictures been made so well.” Kinda still applies, I think, only exponentially! :)

Some really sweet stuff here Mark, thanks for sharing. Also some really nice pictures too.

Glad you enjoyed it, Tarik!

Nice. I remember hearing a photographer saying this funny one, and I liked it:

“Life is too short to see someone you love in bad lighting”

(adorama youtube channel but forgot the photographer’s name)

haha that’s a good one!

Photography is a powerful visual storytelling tool often underestimated by many. As a medium and in it’s purest form, it possesses the ability to prescribe desire, joy, sadness or pain. An image is potent enough to change the world’s view in an instant.

– by Ellis Mbeku

Well said, Ellis!

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Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends.

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

Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking.

There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.

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

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

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

I like animals. I like natural history. The travel bit is not the important bit. The travel bit is what you have to do in order to go and look at animals.

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.

I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education.

Voyage, travel, and change of place impart vigor

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

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

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.

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

Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going.

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

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The life you have led doesn't need to be the only life you have.

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.

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.

Travel brings power and love back into your life.

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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.

Don’t forget to check out these 25+ travel quotes by Anthony Bourdain when you’re done here!

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

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

Inspirational Travel Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“To travel is to evolve.” – Pierre Bernardo

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Tourists visit. Travellers explore.” – Unknown

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Adventure Travel Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Adventure is worthwhile.” – Aristotle

“We all become great explorers during our first few days in a new city, or a new love affair.” – Mignon McLaughlin

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

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

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

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

“Adventure without risk is Disneyland.” – Doug Coupland

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

“How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.” – R. Buckminster Fuller

“I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it.” – Rosalia de Castro

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

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

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

“Airplane travel is nature’s way of making you look like your passport photo.” – Al Gore

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

“It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.” – William Hazlitt

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

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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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Inspiration is a beautiful thing. My list of places to see in the world comprises numerous entries added after I saw photos taken in those spots by travel photographers. Famous or not, sometimes all it takes is to see an image of a place to make you want to travel there. Bora Bora, Gravelbourg, Banff, Swat Valley, Kazbegi, and Christmas Island are just a few on the list. To see a more varied selection, check out the works of these ten photographers.

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Someone for whom travel and photography are inseparable, Sunny Herzinger feels that everyone is creative in nature. They just need to find the right outlet for their creativity. Thankfully for us, Sunny found his in photography. He was also chosen as one of Adobe’s “ Rising Stars of Photography ” in 2018. Read our interview with him to see his beautiful mountain photos.

We’re confident you’ve probably never seen East Africa this way. Lithuanian photographer Šuns Akis spent a few challenging months on a photo story titled A Fisherman’s Secret . See more about that story in the interview piece with us.

One of the oldest municipalities of Japan, Kyoto is famous for its many pagodas. Steve Roe is no stranger to photographing Asia and its various cultures, and he enjoyed his time in Kyoto too. If you were thinking of seeing the less metropolitan areas of Japan, check out our interview with him .

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Traveling to see anything but touristy attractions is Joris Hermans (and his girlfriend). Photographing the world with just a handful of primes, he considers himself more of a documenter and observer than a creator of photos. He also doesn’t spend too much time post-processing his photos, usually taking less than a minute per picture for this.

Jesse Echevarria

You don’t always need to look overseas for travel inspiration, as Jesse Echevarria shows in his images of Colorado’s landscapes. The closest that I’ve experienced to this kind of landscape is at Mleiha (with mountains) and Liwa, both in the UAE. If you find dune photography mesmerizing, then check out Jesse’s work ).

She travels far and long to see wondrous sights, and Grace Chen hopes to one day visit all the countries of the world. As someone who looks for inspiration online, she tries to do something adventurous on each of her tours .

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It’s one of the most visited countries on Earth and a must-see destination for many travel enthusiasts, and Thailand’s floating markets are one of their major attractions. Skander Khlif showcased a series of photos on the Damnoen Saduak Floating Market back in 2019. To see more of the colors and scenes from here, visit our feature on him.

Polly Rusyn

A globetrotter obsessed with street photography, Polly Rusyn looks to find vibrant sights in her frames. As someone who used to work in the travel industry, she doesn’t put down her camera while she’s on her travels. Street photography is an enjoyable challenge when she’s overseas, and she compares it to “ a problem-solving exercise “

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Owing to its colorful streets (and vibrant citizens), Cuba is on the bucket list of many frequent travelers. For a wanderlust-inducing feel of this country, take a look at Eric Van Nynatten’s images from their streets .

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Culture is the way we see and do things as a society. Here are the best culture quotes that capture the essence of what culture is.

The term incorporates the social norms, values and traditions, knowledge and technology, food, language, the arts, and many other things.

Culture is an important part of the way we experience life.

Whether we stay at home or travel the world, are engaged with the latest news and political debates, or simply enjoy reading a good book or watching a good movie, we are actively engaging in the culture that surrounds us.

These culture quotes help define what culture is and why it matters. We hope they inspire you to take a fresh look at the world and get more culture today.

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Quotes about Culture

Culture is the name for what people are interested in, their thoughts, their models, the books they read and the speeches they hear. Walter Lipmann

The crucial differences which distinguish human societies and human beings are not biological. They are cultural. Ruth Benedict

Culture is not made up but something that evolves which is human. Edward T. Hall

Cultural differences should not separate us from each other, but rather cultural diversity brings a collective strength that can benefit all of humanity. Robert Alan

No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive. Mahatma Gandhi

Culture is the bedrock, the final wall, against which one leans one’s back in a godforsaken chaos. J.C. Powys, The Meaning of Culture

The triumph of culture is to overpower nationality. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Our cultural diversity has most certainly shaped our national character. Julie Bishop

The role of culture is that it’s the form through which we as a society reflect on who we are, where we’ve been, where we hope to be. Wendell Pierce

A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people. Mahatma Gandhi

If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him. John F. Kennedy

You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. Ray Bradbury

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Every man’s ability may be strengthened or increased by culture. John Abbot

The wave of the future is not the conquest of the world by a single dogmatic creed but the liberation of the diverse energies of free nations and free men. John F. Kennedy

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit. Jawaharlal Nehru

Culture is a way of coping with the world by defining it in detail. Malcolm Bradbury

To merely observe your culture without contributing to it seems very close to existing as a ghost. Chuck Palahniuk

That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all. Henry Ward Beecher

Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle.This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future Albert Camus

In an immature society culture is an import; for a mature one it is a native manufacture which eventually becomes an export. Northrop Frye

It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it is to make sheep ferocious. Henry David Thoreau

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. Marcus Garvey

Real cultural diversity results from the interchange of ideas, products, and influences, not from the insular development of a single national style. Tyler Cowan

Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political barriers. But first they have to understand that their neighbor is, in the end, just like them, with the same problems, the same questions. Paolo Coelho

No people come into possession of a culture without having paid a heavy price for it. James Baldwin

No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden. Thomas Jefferson

Periodically, I return to the classics for inspiration and refreshment. Cecilia Dart-Thornton

Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures. Cesar Chavez

Pop-Culture Quotes

Popular culture has become engorged, broadening and thickening until it’s the only culture anyone notices. P.J. O’Rourke

Popular culture is a place where pity is called compassion, flattery is called love, propaganda is called knowledge, tension is called peace, gossip is called news, and auto-tune is called singing. Criss Jami, Killosophy

It’s part of our pop culture to give animals human personalities and talents. Neil Degrasse Tyson

Popular culture is a contradiction in terms. If it’s popular, it’s not culture. Vivienne Westwood

All I’ve ever wanted to do is move the needle on popular culture. Jimmy Iovine

People constantly make pop-culture references. That’s why it’s called popular culture, because people are aware of it and reference it constantly. Seth Rogen

Jazz is not the popular culture. Jazz is in the same position in our culture as classical music. A very small minority of people really love it. John Corigliano

The concept that an artist would be revered by popular culture is an immediate dismissal of his relevance as an artist. Thomas Kinkaide

We once turned to popular culture because it produced fantasy objects; now, we are asked to ‘identify with’ the fantasizing subject itself. Mark Fisher

Whatever you say about popular culture, people like people who know things, who are experts, and it doesn’t particularly matter what they look like. Mary Beard

Pop culture is not about depth. It’s about marketing, supply and demand, consumerism. Trevor Dunn

The lowest form of popular culture – lack of information, misinformation, disinformation and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people’s lives – has overrun real journalism. Carl Bernstein

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Capturing the Spirit: Photographer Lucas Brito Drumond Showcases the Churches of Hell's Kitchen

W hen photographer Lucas Brito Drumond first moved to Hell’s Kitchen, he discovered that our neighborhood has more churches than any other in Manhattan. Intrigued by this unexpected spiritual abundance, Lucas embarked on a mission to capture the essence of these places of worship for his Photoville Festival exhibition, Faith in Hell’s Kitchen .

Originally from Brazil, Lucas has a knack for immersing himself in the history and culture of his surroundings whenever he moves to a new place. Upon discovering the wealth of religious institutions in Hell’s Kitchen, Lucas told W42ST, “I don’t think people realize how many churches are in the neighborhood, especially because the name [of the area] is Hell’s Kitchen.”

After countless hours documenting these sacred places, Lucas discovered the invaluable role they play in the community. Beyond their religious significance, the churches of Hell’s Kitchen serve as vital hubs for food distribution, senior services, and community events, embracing people of all faiths with open arms.

Among the stars of Lucas’s exhibition are Sacred Heart of Jesus (W51st bw 9/10th Ave)and the famed St. Malachy’s, affectionately known as the Actor’s Chapel (W49th bw Broadway/8th Ave). Lucas was warmly welcomed by Reverend John Fraser and his team, who graciously allowed him to capture the essence of their beloved chapel.

Amidst the array of captivating images, one in particular stands out to Lucas—a touching moment between a mother and child, “That one is really special. It’s a big contrast from what people usually think of when talking about Hell’s Kitchen — such a beautiful moment.”

Lucas’s photographic journey doesn’t end with Faith in Hell’s Kitchen . With the completion of his Master of Professional Studies in Digital Photography from the School of Visual Arts, he’s gearing up to showcase his next project: capturing the everyday lives of Hell’s Kitchen residents. From bodegas to busy street corners, Lucas is eager to shine a spotlight on the vibrant tapestry of life in this beloved neighborhood.

Faith in Hell’s Kitchen will be on view until June 16 at Photoville Festival 2024 in Brooklyn Bridge Park. 

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Stuck in a Starter Home

Squeezed by high interest rates and record prices, homeowners are frozen in place. They can’t sell. So first-time buyers can’t buy.

Chris and Alison Wentland’s children share a small bedroom in Chicago. Trading up to a home with one extra room has proved elusive in their neighborhood. Credit... Michelle Litvin for The New York Times

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By Rukmini Callimachi

To report this story, Rukmini Callimachi spoke with eight economists, as well as homeowners, real estate agents and academics.

• Published June 2, 2024 Updated June 3, 2024

If buying a home is an inexorable part of the American dream, so is the next step: eventually selling that home and using the equity to trade up to something bigger.

But over the past two years, this upward mobility has stalled as buyers and sellers have been pummeled by three colliding forces: the highest borrowing rates in nearly two decades, a crippling shortage of inventory, and a surge in home prices to a median of $434,000, the highest on record , according to Redfin.

People who bought their starter home a few years ago are finding themselves frozen in place by what is known as the “rate-lock effect” — they bought when interest rates were historically low, and trading up would mean a doubling or tripling of their monthly interest payments.

They are locked in, and as a result, families hoping to buy their first homes are locked out.

“Home affordability is the worst I’ve ever seen it,” said Daryl Fairweather, Redfin’s chief economist.

A year ago, Chris and Alison Wentland were eager to sell their townhouse in the coveted Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, so they hired a real estate agent who sent a photographer to take slick photos of the house, including a 3-D video that panned from room to room.

The couple’s children — then ages 2 and 6 — shared a room barely big enough to fit a crib and a twin-size bed. A year later, the children share a bunk bed and the couple haven’t even listed the house, much less bought a new one. It’s not that they can’t find buyers; they just can’t afford to sell.

“If I had an open house this weekend, within seven days we’d have an offer, if not multiple offers,” said Mr. Wentland, 38. “But the flip side to it is: What’s going to happen on the other end?”

The other end looks like this: Although they’ve been lucky enough to accrue equity thanks to rising home prices — the townhouse they bought a few years ago for $538,000 will likely fetch over $700,000 now — the same wave that lifted their home’s value has pushed other homes in their neighborhood out of reach.

For an extra bedroom in Lincoln Park, they would need to spend at least $1 million. And it would mean getting a new mortgage, forgoing their 2.25 percent rate — close to the bottom of the historic curve — for one close to 7 percent, which is hovering near a 20-year high. Their monthly interest payments would triple to at least $7,500, their agent warned.

It’s a financial impasse that is repeating itself across the country. “The take-home message is that people are stuck,” said William M. Doerner, a supervisory economist at the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

“‘Stuck’ is a good way to put it,” Mr. Wentland said. “I don’t know what the right thing to do is, because there’s no obvious thing to do.”

Currently, more than six out of every 10 U.S. homeowners have mortgages locked at rates that are extremely low — 4 percent or less, according to Freddie Mac .

Avoiding the new, higher rates has become a huge deterrent not just to buying but to selling, which in turn has reduced inventory for prospective buyers.

Last year, about 900,000 fewer homes changed hands than in a typical year, according to a research paper by economists at the Federal Housing Finance Agency. The result, according to the authors, “restricts mobility, results in people not living in homes they would prefer, inflates prices, and worsens affordability.”

“The starter home for many has become a keeper home, unfortunately,” said Susan M. Wachter, a real estate professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and a former assistant secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Cory Tanzer, the agent representing the Wentlands in Chicago, keeps a Dropbox folder with images of about 50 properties that have been professionally photographed. So far, his clients have been unable to list those properties for fear of not finding a trade-up home they can afford. Mr. Tanzer, who leads a team of brokers at the Option Realty Group, has taken to walking the streets of University Village, a neighborhood cater-cornered to the Chicago Loop, knocking on doors to see if anyone wants to sell their home.

To get a laugh, he carries with him an old-fashioned “Wanted” poster showing a mug shot of a townhouse.

Another couple that Mr. Tanzer represents, Kevin Ryan and Ella Yung, are stuck on the other side of the equation — they can’t afford to buy.

The couple, who have a 20-month-old, began with a budget of $700,000 and stretched it as far as they could, making offers on eight houses, sometimes bidding over $800,000. Each time they were outbid, including for a home where they included an escalation clause indicating they were willing to spend $105,000 over the asking price.

“Every week we feel so downtrodden and, like, heartbroken over whatever house we lost recently,” said Mr. Ryan, 36. “Maybe this is just the cosmos telling us that it’s time to leave Chicago area.”

Their break finally came over the Memorial Day holiday, when most buyers were enjoying the beautiful weather. The couple found a house that hadn’t yet come to market and made an offer within 16 hours of learning about it — as of this writing, their ninth bid had been tentatively accepted.

Most people haven’t been as lucky.

Some 900 miles away in Virginia Beach, Talia Phillips and her husband started looking for a trade-up home last summer, after their third child was born. Their daughters, ages 7 and 11, had their own rooms in the family’s three-bedroom house, while the couple shared the third with the baby.

A year later, they were optimistic about the equity they’d amassed in their starter home. But when they learned that their mortgage would jump from $1,300 a month to about $3,000 if they bought a new house, they called off their search. “I’m just a little frustrated, and hope that, you know, in a couple years, interest rates will go down,” Ms. Phillips said.

Those With Less Pay More

With buyers and sellers in higher price tiers effectively paralyzed, the weight of the housing market is pressing down hardest on those with the least to spend.

“The trade-up buyer has just disappeared,” said Sam Khater, chief economist at Freddie Mac, explaining that homeowners who are unable to upgrade are instead going down in the price continuum. “The lack of supply, it’s not just that it’s causing prices to go up, but it’s causing prices in the bottom half of the price distribution to go up even more.”

Prices in the lowest tranche of the housing economy are growing at a faster rate than in any other category. Over the past 20 years, the price for entry-level homes — defined as homes that cost 75 percent or less than the median in a given market — has nearly tripled, according to CoreLogic, a property information firm. (A starter home fitting this definition in Manhattan is as high as $863,000, while one in Cleveland is no more than $142,000, according to Alex Lacter, a spokesman for Zillow.)

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Every other tier of single-family homes has also increased — just more slowly. Overall, during the same period, the average price increase for single-family homes was 113 percent.

If those conditions weren’t tough enough, first-time buyers and people in their first homes are now competing against a wave of investors and all-cash buyers who can forgo the mortgage game — 28 percent of U.S. homes sold in April were bought entirely in cash, according to the National Association of Realtors.

In Virginia Beach, Yamilet Booker spent months feverishly sending inquiries to her broker on nearly 50 homes that fit her family’s needs, including a budget in the low $300,000 range. By the time her broker responded, the house she’d seen was already in contract. Meanwhile, the median sale price for a single-family home in Virginia Beach was growing from just over $300,000 at the start of 2020 to nearly $450,000 this April, according to Redfin.

After months of searching, Mrs. Booker, 22, and her husband, Marquell Booker, made a series of compromises and closed on a $325,000 house not in Virginia Beach but in the cheaper city of Portsmouth, Va.

The house is on a busy, two-lane road, and Mrs. Booker worries about her toddler.

“We know that a lot of people our age aren’t able to buy homes, so we were grateful that we had the ability to buy one,” she said. “But at the same time, it was like, you know, for how much we’re making, we should be able to get something nicer. It’s just a very compromised feeling.”

The Housing Crunch

For decades, the U.S. has failed to build enough housing to keep up with demand — a problem that is widespread and affects all types of housing, but is especially pronounced for starter homes, economists say.

During the 1970s, more than 400,000 entry-level homes — defined as those that are no more than 1,400 square feet — were built in the United States each year, according to a report by Freddie Mac . In the 2000s, that number shriveled to about 150,000 a year. By 2020, just 65,000 starter homes were built. Yet 2.38 million people purchased their first homes that year, according to the report.

Among the reasons for the shortage is the price of building materials, which has shot up in the wake of the pandemic. The small margins that builders could expect to make on a smaller home just don’t pencil out, said Mr. Khater, the Freddie Mac economist.

Many people trying to buy their starter homes are finding only fixer-uppers.

“We can’t go buy something that is uninhabitable,” said Dania Anderson, 51, who pooled her resources with her sister, Tiffany King, in an effort to buy something in the pricey Bay Area.

They were approved for a combined mortgage of $850,000 before the pandemic and began their house hunt in Oakland, Calif. The plan was to buy a duplex, with each sister taking one unit. But the housing stock was so limited that everything in their budget had issues. One house they saw had a rat infestation. Another had fungus, and a third came with a ground-floor unit that was zoned as a business and had been illegally converted into an apartment.

As they waited, the housing market shifted beneath their feet. Their banker recently told them that they now only qualify for a $750,000 loan — $100,000 had evaporated as rates soared. Now the sisters wonder if they’ll be able to enter the housing market at all.

“I saved my money,” Ms. King said, “but I’m not getting what I want.”

Rukmini Callimachi is a three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist. Before joining The Times in 2014, she spent seven years as a correspondent and bureau chief reporting from Africa for The Associated Press. More about Rukmini Callimachi

The State of Real Estate

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Muhammad Ali’s Childhood Home:  The boxing champion lived in the one-story house in Louisville, Ky., which in recent years became a museum. It’s listed for sale, along with two neighboring properties, for $1.5 million. Here’s a look at it .

A New Hamptons Nightclub:  Scott Sartiano proposed bringing his Manhattan-based members-only hot spot, Zero Bond, to a historic village inn. East Hampton residents are not rolling out  the red carpet.

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Some photography contests award images of stunning natural landscapes or poignant portraits that capture the essence of humanity. The Comedy Pet Photography Awards have a unique mission: to highlight the best in pet shenanigans.

On Thursday, the Comedy Pet Photography Awards announced the winners of its 2024 competition. The top photos include snapshots of cats and dogs as well as a horse, a donkey, and a tortoise.

"In a world that can be hard to fathom, our pets are the one constant in our lives that make sense and are a vital source of support, joy, and sometimes, great hilarity," Michelle Wood, who helps run the contest, said in a statement. "We would have a competition to celebrate them every single day if we could, and to be able to share these brilliant winners with you and laugh out loud with these loveable creatures is the reason this competition exists!"

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Highly Commended: "Peek-A-Boo" by Sylvia Michel

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Highly Commended: "You Didn't Hear This From Me" by Kenichi Morinaga

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Highly Commended: "Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting" by Sylvia Michel

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"It looks like a Super Mario World video game," Morinaga wrote.

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"Edgar loves to eat flowers, and her favorites are dandelions for spring, snapdragons for summer, and here she can be seen gobbling a whole Gertrude Jekyll rose last September," Casey wrote. "We grow them for her, and since she is elderly, we hand-feed her and sometimes snap her in between bites."

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"Hector saw the cat do it, so he thought he would give it a try, and this is about as far as he got before reversing out the way he came," Haskell captioned the photo of her dog attempting to pass through a cat flap.  "T he cat made it look so easy."

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Why You Should Consider Train Travel in Europe

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Train system in Europe

Europe train map, booking train travel in europe, 3 ways to make your european train fare cheaper, smart money move: earn points on train travel, train travel in europe recapped.

If you’ve been dreaming about visiting Europe this summer and eating gelato in Italy or visiting the Basílica de la Sagrada Familia in Spain, good news: Airfare is down 8% compared to this time last year, according to Hopper’s 2024 Summer Travel Outlook.

And once you’re in Europe, you may be able to save money if you travel by train. Traveling by train in Europe is convenient and sustainable. Plus, some trains, like the Glacier Express in Switzerland, are designed to travel through scenic destinations so you can sightsee while you relax.

If you’re considering incorporating train travel into your European itinerary , here’s what you need to know about getting around and how to save money on tickets.

There are several train companies in Europe. Some only offer regional train service, while others offer trains between countries. As you plan your trip, familiarize yourself with the train companies that serve your intended destination so you can determine if traveling by train makes sense for you.

Here are some train companies that serve different countries in Europe:

Eurostar trains travel between the U.K., France, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany. (Although the U.K. is not in Europe, it's a popular destination on its own and often coupled with a European itinerary.) 

NS is the leading train company in the Netherlands. 

Renfe is the national train company in Spain. 

Deutsche Bahn (DB) offers long-distance and regional trains in Germany.

SNCF Connect offers high-speed train travel in France.

Trenitalia is the state-run train company in Italy.

Glacier Express offers scenic trains within Switzerland.

Some of these train companies have partnerships with each other to offer convenient connection options. For example, DB-SNCF is a joint venture between DB and SNCF that links travel between Germany and France.

If you Google search “Europe train map,” you’ll find many different maps based on regions, countries, or travel throughout the continent. Here’s a European train map offered by Trainline, which shows different destinations accessible by train.

The interactive map on Trainline’s website highlights popular routes across the country. If the country you’re looking for isn’t featured or you want to see regional trains instead, make your search more specific to check availability.

Buying train tickets in Europe is fairly straightforward. You can purchase your tickets through:

An online travel agency (OTA): Several OTAs that sell train tickets in Europe include Trainline, Rail Europe, Eurail and Omio.

The train company: If you know which train company serves your destinations, consider booking directly on the train company's website in case you need make any changes, since booking travel through an OTA adds an extra layer of complexity . 

At the train station: If you don’t know (or plan) your schedule in advance, you can purchase a ticket at the train station. Keep in mind purchasing at the train station is running a risk that the train time you want might be sold out, or more expensive, since it’s a last-minute purchase. 

Depending on when and where you buy your tickets, there are a few ways to save money on train travel within Europe.

1. Comparison shop

If the train company and an OTA offer tickets, compare prices to see where those seats are cheaper. We searched for a train from Paris to Amsterdam in August 2024 on the Eurostar site and on Trainline to see which option is cheaper.

Booking directly with Eurostar (price in U.S. dollars and euros)

Booking a Eurostar train on Trainline (price in U.S. dollars and euros)

If you pay in euros, tickets on Eurostar and Trainline are the same price (60 euros). But if you pay in U.S. dollars, the fare is slightly cheaper on Trainline ($68.30 versus $70). If you don’t have a credit card that waives foreign transaction fees, you’d want to book the ticket from Trainline in U.S. dollars.

Generally though, if you’re going to Europe — or really anywhere outside of the U.S. — consider using a credit card that waives foreign transaction fees , because these pesky fees are usually between 1% to 3% and can quickly add up.

2. Take advantage of discounts

There are often discounts available for students, seniors and families.

For example:

Spanish train operator Renfe, offers up to a 30% discount on tickets for those ages 14 to 25.

Eurail offers a family discount, a 10% senior discount and up to 25% off for travelers age 27 or below. 

Eurostar offers discounted rates for those under age 26 and 60 and up. 

Other discounts or sales may be available, so be sure to shop around. Booking early can also score you a deal. For comparison purposes, we searched for a ticket from Rome to Milan on Trenitalia one week and three months out. Most of the available tickets a week out were priced at $108, while the tickets three months in advance hovered around $48.

3. Consider travel insurance

According to NerdWallet’s annual summer travel survey , an impressive 84% of Americans plan on vacationing in 2024, with 45% of Americans going on a summer trip (June-August). Summer travelers plan to spend $3,594, on average, for their flights and hotel stays.

When considering an expensive vacation, travel insurance can be a good option, particularly if your trip plans are nonrefundable and you want overseas medical coverage. Even if you have a credit card that offers complimentary travel insurance , most U.S.-based medical plans don’t protect you for medical care abroad.

In addition to travel medical coverage, a comprehensive travel insurance plan includes benefits such as trip cancellation , trip interruption , baggage delay and lost luggage coverage . If you don’t need travel medical insurance, and the coverage provided by your travel credit card is sufficient, you may not need to purchase a standalone travel insurance policy.

» Learn more: How to find the best travel insurance

If you have a credit card that earns extra points for travel, using it to buy train tickets makes sense since trains are part of the travel category. Here are some popular cards that earn additional rewards for travel and don’t charge foreign transaction fees.

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• 2 points per $1 spent on travel, including train travel.

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• 2 miles per $1 on every purchase.

• 3 points per $1 on transit, including train travel.

Terms apply.

Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. That's $750 when you redeem through Chase Travel℠.

Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. That's $900 toward travel when you redeem through Chase Travel℠.

Enjoy a one-time bonus of 75,000 miles once you spend $4,000 on purchases within 3 months from account opening, equal to $750 in travel.

Earn 40,000 Membership Rewards® Points after you spend $3,000 on purchases on your new Card in your first 6 months of Card Membership.

» Learn more: Best travel credit cards

Traveling around Europe by train can be a great way to explore one or several countries, all while avoiding the hassle of the airport or renting a car. There are many options for finding train tickets, but generally, purchasing tickets in advance and directly from the train company can save money.

How to maximize your rewards

You want a travel credit card that prioritizes what’s important to you. Here are some of the best travel credit cards of 2024 :

Flexibility, point transfers and a large bonus: Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card

No annual fee: Bank of America® Travel Rewards credit card

Flat-rate travel rewards: Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card

Bonus travel rewards and high-end perks: Chase Sapphire Reserve®

Luxury perks: The Platinum Card® from American Express

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