Did you really take a vacation if you haven’t posted on the “gram”? Whether you’re flying across the world to sunbathe at a gorgeous beach or taking a weekend trip to picnic just a few hours away, you would want your loved ones and admirers on Instagram to follow along on your journey. Wherever your travels may take you, the memories made along will be nothing short of irreplaceable, you’re going to want to document them all. Once you’re at your destination, you have limitless views and moments for breath-taking photos to post and yet be at a total loss for words when it comes to captions. The right travel caption can add a little something extra to any snaps you post.
We all feel the pressure to come up with a clever, witty yet crisp caption that matches the stunning image, but wasting vacation time pondering over a sentence or two isn’t something we want you to do. Here we have put together this list of travel captions for various occasions and moments.
Classic Travel Captions
1. “Take memories, leave footprints.”
2. “My new routine: Journey. Explore. Discover. Repeat.”
3. “I do believe it's time for another adventure.”
4. “Because when you stop and look around, this life is pretty amazing.” — Dr Seuss
5. “Work hard, travel harder.”
6. “Wander often, wonder always.”
7. “I've got a bad case of wanderlust.”
8. “We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.”
9. “Jet lag is for amateurs.” — Dick Clark
10. “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.”
11. “We have nothing to lose, and a world to see.”
12. “Finding paradise wherever I go.”
13. “You don't need magic to disappear, all you need is a destination.”
14. “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” — Saint Augustine
15. “Of all the books in the world, the best stories are found between the pages of a passport.”
16. “I follow my heart … and it usually leads me to the airport.”
17. BBN. “Be back never.”
18. “And at the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair messy, and your eyes sparkling.”
19. “Not all those who wander are lost.” — J.R.R. Tolkien
20. “If we were meant to stay in one place, we’d have roots instead of feet.” — Rachel Wolchin
Solo Travel Captions
1. “I must be a mermaid... I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.” — Anais Nin
2. “If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.” — Seth Godin
3. “I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.” — Carl Sandburg
4. “Travel far enough, you meet yourself.” — David Mitchell
5. “Go solo, go far!”
6. “Some journeys can be only travelled alone.”
7. “If you never go, you will never know.”
8. “A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places.”
9. “You never really travel alone. The world is full of friends waiting to get to know you.”
10. “Some journeys can be only travelled alone!”
11. “As you travel solo, being totally responsible for yourself, it’s inevitable that you will discover just how capable you are!”
12. “Traveling solo took away my irrational fears!”
13. “Being a solo traveller made me an adult!”
14. “If you have to wait for someone to travel with you, you may end up waiting a lifetime!
15. “Always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that’s the one that is going to require the most from you.”
16. “Live your life by a compass, not a clock.”
17. “Traveling alone will be the scariest, most liberating, life-changing experience of your life. Try it at least once!”
18. “Then one day, when you least expect it, the great adventure finds you.”
19. “Don’t call it a dream…call it a plan.”
20. “Sometimes your only available transportation is a leap of faith.”
Staycation Travel Captions
1. “Nowhere to go, so I'm on vacation at home.”
2. "Home is where your story begins." — Annie Danielson
3. "A vacation is having nothing to do and having all day to do it." — Robert Orben
4. “Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.” — Mason Cooley
5. Offline for the weekend.
6. “Home should be an anchor, a port in a storm, a refuge, a happy place in which to dwell, a place where we are loved and where we can love.” — Marvin J. Ashton
7. I’ve never met a staycation I didn’t like.
8. Away is a place where it’s not about the money you spend. It’s about the moments you share.
9. "Be where you are; otherwise you will miss your life." — Buddha
10. “She was an adventurer at heart; but oh how she loved drinking this tea from this mug in this chair. Oh, how she loved to be home."
Long-Weekend Travel Captions
1. “The countdown until Fri-yay begins!”
2. “I never met a vacation I didn't like.”
3. “A weekend getaway is necessary.”
4. “Time to seas the weekend.”
5. “Just a couple of happy campers."
6. “Can we skip straight to the weekend?”
7. “In a sunshine state of mind.”
8. “Just want to wine and dine my way around the world. Is that too much to ask?”
9. “Living for the weekend.”
10. “In travel mode. Please do not disturb."
11. “It's Friday, beaches."
12. “This weekend is going to be a total breeze."
13. "Better days are coming: they're called Saturday and Sunday."
14. “FRI-YAY. SATUR-YAY. SUN-YAY.”
15. “It's the weekend, so you know what that means, right? Adventure time!”
16. “Beers to the weekend.”
17. “Looks like the perfect day for a road trip.”
18. “Sleeping under the stars with you is my favourite place to be.”
19. “Weekend forecast: Camping.”
20. “Always take the scenic route.”
All Girls’ Trip Instagram Captions
1. “Laugh until we think we’ll die, barefoot on a summer night.” — Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
2. Vacation squad goals. *insert dancing emoji*
3. Friends who slay together, stay together
4. The sun, the sand, and drinks in our hands.
5. A good friend listens to your adventures, but a best friend makes them with you.
6. Let's do some "we shouldn't be doing this" things.
7. Girls' weekend — because life is too short to remain dignified.
8. A girls’ weekend is cheaper than therapy.
9. “Not all those who wander are lost.” — J.R.R. Tolkien
10. No buoys allowed.
Romantic Travel Captions
1. “I would like to travel the world with you twice. Once to see the world. Twice, to see the way you see the world.”
2. “Happiness is planning a trip to somewhere new, with someone you love.” – Anon
3. “Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.” – Ernest Hemingway
4. “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – African proverb
5. “People don’t take trips – trips take people.” – John Steinbeck
6. “It doesn’t matter where you are going, it’s who you have beside you.”
7. “Oh Darling, Let’s Be Adventurers.”
8. “Traveling is like flirting with life. It’s like saying, “I would stay and love you, but I have to go; this is my station.” – Lisa St. Aubin de Teran
9. “When traveling with someone, take large doses of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.” – Helen Hayes
10. “People never forget two things, their first love and their first day in New York City.”
11. “You can always make money, but you can’t make memories with your love.”
12. “I love your feet because they wandered over the earth and through the wind and water until they brought you to me.” – Pablo Neruda
13. “Love is the food of life, travel is dessert.”
14. “The universe just fucking knows when souls are wired to wreck the world together!” – Erin Van Vuren
15. “As soon as I saw you, I knew you would be an adventure of a lifetime.” – Winnie the Pooh
16. “We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone.”
17. “Let’s find some beautiful places to get lost together.”
18. “The goal is to die with memories not dreams.”
19. “What we all want in life: to travel, fall in love, and be happy.”
20. “My sweet escape.”
Beach Vacations Captions
1. “We dream in colours borrowed from the sea.”
2. “The tans will fade, but the memories will last forever.”
3. “Find me by the sea.”
4. “You’ve always got to seas the day.”
5. “Memories are made in flip flops.”
6. “Salty hair, don’t care!”
7. “Life’s a beach, find your wave.”
8. “If you’re not barefoot, then you’re overdressed.”
9. “A cloudy day at the beach is still better than a day at the office.”
10. “The ocean breeze puts my mind at ease.”
11. “If you need to reach me, call me on my shell.”
12. “Girls just wanna have sun.”
13. “Gone to the beach. Be back never.”
14. “We mermaid for each other.”
15. “Because there’s nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it’s sent away.” – Sarah Kay
16. “Don’t worry, Beach happy.”
17. “Seek to sea more.”
18. “Tropic like it’s hot!”
19. “This is my resting beach face.”
20. “Sandy toes. Sun-kissed nose.”
Mountain Travel Captions
1. “Life is short go to the mountains and never look back.”
2. “A little more altitude, a little less attitude.”
3. “I am just a mountain girl at heart.”
4. “The mountains are where I feel most at peace”
5. “On a date with mountains”
6. “I think I’ve peaked”
7. “The mountains are my happy place.”
8. “If it involves mountains, breakfast food, coffee or campfires, I’m in.”
9. “Never miss a moment in the mountains.”
10. “Dear mountains, I think about you all the time.”
11. “When everything feels like an uphill struggle, think of the view from the top.”
12. “The best view comes after the hardest climb.”
13. “Made for the mountains.”
14. “Go wild, for a while.”
15. “Mountain hair, don’t care”
16. “The world is quiet here.”
17. “I need some mountain time.”
18. “Reach your peaks.”
19. “This is mountain living!”
20. “This is what it is to be happy.”
There's no better time to reminisce on the good times and make new memories. Whether you’re finally heading out on a trip that was rescheduled, using your vacation days to wander off, or just want to see someone you haven’t seen since before the pandemic, you’re going to want to document it all.