Sharing travel quotes is a way for us to share who we are and who we aspire to be. It is a simple yet inspirational way to express oneself to the world, to transfer that contagious wanderlust energy to others, and to help inspire like-minded people to travel.
That is why I love travel quotes so much, and I often use them to share my views of the world in an inspirational and relatable way. They uplift those of us who are looking to take the leap to travel, empowering us to be our true selves while we travel.
For these reasons, I have compiled a list of my favorite and absolute best travel quotes from authors and poets worldwide so that you can choose and share your wanderlust with the world through your Instagram captions and tweets.
Without further ado, here are the 34 inspirational travel quotes and captions you can use for Instagram photos, reels, Tiktok, and more.
34 Short and Unique Traveller Quotes for Instagram
1. "Not all those who wander are lost." ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
2. "The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page." ― St. Augustine
3. "Wherever you go, it becomes a part of you somehow." ― Anita Desai
4. "A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving." ― Lao Tzu
5. "I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move." ― Robert Louis Stevenson, Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes
6. "It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end." ― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
7. "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." ― Marcel Proust
8. "Travel far enough, and you will meet yourself." ― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
9. "The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see." ― G.K. Chesterton
10. "I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them." ― Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer Abroad
11. "Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not." ― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emerson's Essays
12. "Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world." ― Gustave Flaubert
13. "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, The Fairy Tale of My Life: An Autobiography
14. "There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign." ― Robert Louis Stevenson, The Silverado Squatters
15. "If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion, and avoid the people, you might as well stay home." ― James A. Michener
16. "The journey itself is my home." ― Matsuo Basho
17. "You can't understand a city without using its public transportation system." ― Erol Ozan
18. "The impulse to travel is one of the hopeful symptoms of life." ― Agnes Repplier
19. "You need mountains; long staircases don't make good hikers." ― Amit Kalantri
20. "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 experiences." ― Eleanor Roosevelt
21. "Travel is about the gorgeous feeling of teetering in the unknown." ― Anthony Bourdain
22. "Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller." ― Ibn Battuta
23. "Take only memories, leave only footprints." ― Chief Seattle
24. "Jobs fill your pocket, but adventures fill your soul." ― Jamie Lyn Beatty
25. "Travel is never a matter of money, but of courage." ― Paulo Coelho
26. "Life begins at the end of your comfort zone." ― Neale Donald Walsch
27. "The only impossible journey is the one you never begin." ― Tony Robbins
28. "Travel is about the gorgeous feeling of teetering in the unknown." ― Anthony Bourdain
29. "The world is big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark." ― John Muir
30. "We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us." ― Robyn Yong
31. "A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles." ― Tim Cahill
32. "Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn't mean to take." ― Angela N. Blount
33. "Every traveler has a home of his own, and he learns to appreciate it the more from his wandering." ― Charles Dickens
34. "No plan is the best plan." ― Pete Rojwongsuriya (yup, that's me 😉).
Further Reading for Inspiration
Looking for more articles to help inspire you to travel more? Here is a collection of articles you might like:
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- Hiking to the Everest Base Camp is one of the most memorable epic moments of my life. Here's a long-read piece about my experiences hiking the Everest Base Camp: On My Way To Everest Base Camp.
- Ever wondered what it is like to travel the world with a third-world passport? Check out: Traveling The World On A Third World Passport.
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- For the best travel videos to inspire you to travel even further, here are the 20 Most Creative Travel Videos of All Time.
- If you are looking for travel vloggers to follow on YouTube that aren't cringeworthy, check out: 10 Best Travel Vloggers to Follow On YouTube.
- Looking for off-the-beaten-path destinations to visit this year? Check out: 8 Best Off-The-Beaten-Path Destination to Visit.
- For a meaningful solo trip, you need to share it with someone. Here is why Happiness Is Only Real When Shared.
- The Himalayan Mountain is one hell of a teacher. Here are the 7 Life Lessons that the Himalayas Taught Me.
- Want to travel alone but scared that you might get bored out of your mind? Here is How To Enjoy Yourself And Have Fun While Traveling Alone.
- Want to start traveling solo as well? Here is What It's Like to Travel Alone.
- Here is a simple story on how I started traveling: F*ck It, I'll Do This Alone.
- For more inspiring articles like this, visit my Inspiration page.
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