I love great quotes. Quotes that spark imagination. Quotes that motivate. Quotes that help you to dream big dreams. These 65 awesome travel quotes for Instagram will add to the positivity and brightness of your feed and bring a whole lot of pizzazz.
These quotes might even inspire someone’s next big trip!
Travel Quotes for Instagram
The saying, “A picture is worth a thousand words,” is perfectly true when it comes to your Instagram content, but having a the perfect travel quotes for Instagram to go along with your photos sometimes can’t be beat.
Ever wonder why Instagram captions even matter?
I have been collecting travel quotes for Instagram for years now: creative quotes, famous puns, and snippets of advice. Enjoy!
How to Write Good Instagram Captions
Compelling captions can create more engagement, which is critical when it comes to Instagram’s algorithm. Strong copy in your caption shapes your brand’s story and personality, which in turn helps your followers realize they need what you’re selling.
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As a video and photo sharing platform, Instagram helps you to connect with friends and followers to grow your brand. You can share Instagram stories, reels, or even shop; it is one of the most popular social media platforms for tweens, teens, and adults.
Travel Quotes for Instagram
When you are posting to Instagram day after day and trying to be original yet inspirational, sometimes you just need great new ideas and Instagram captions.

- What’s on my bucket list? Everywhere.
- Vacation calories don’t count!
- Do you ever just feel homesick for travel?
- Stand up. Stretch. Go to the airport.
- That moment when everyone has boarded the plane and the seat next to you is empty!
- Gotta love those days when your decisions are window or aisle.
- Good things come to those who travel.
- Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn’t mean to take. ~Once Upon an Ever After
Travel Quotes for Instagram from Famous People

- Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. ~Helen Keller
- I haven’t been everywhere, but it is on my list. ~Sontag
- The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. ~Lao Tzu
- If you want to be happy, you have to be happy on purpose. When you wake up, you can’t just wait to see what kind of day you’ll have. You have to decide what kind of day you’ll have. ~Joel Osteen
- I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way. ~Carl Sandburg
- The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. ~Marcel Proust
- Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go. ~T.S. Eliot
- The question is not what you look at but what you see. ~Henry Thoreau
Instagram Captions for the Beach

- When you wish upon a star, you might find yourself at the beach!
- All I need is vitamin SEA!
- Dream higher than the sky and deeper than the ocean.
- B.E.A.C.H. is the Best Escape Anyone Can Have
- The beach is the only place where salt can lower your blood pressure.
- There’s no time to be bored in a world as magnificent as this one.
- Happiness is an inside job…but the beach helps!
- Sometimes, you just need to walk on the beach with a friend.
- Friends, sun, sand and sea. That sounds like summer at the beach to me.
- There’s no place like home—well, except for the beach.
Happiness Quotes for Instagram

- Be the rainbow in someone else’s cloudy day.
- Happiness is exploring the world.
- They say you can’t buy happiness, but you can buy plane tickets, and that’s kind of the same thing.
- Insist on happiness!
- Be the reason someone else smiles today.
- We all smile in the same language.
- Happiness is planning a trip to someplace new with your best friend.
- Never put the key to your happiness in somebody else’s pocket.
Positivity Instagram Captions

- Wander where the WiFi is weak.
- Adventure fills your soul.
- Travitude (n.) – when you have the rainy day blues because you miss traveling.
- So much world. So little time.
- If you are going to rise, you might as well shine too!
- Make today ridiculously amazing.
- We must take adventures to know where we truly belong. ~Unknown
- The journey may be hard, but you’ll never get there if you don’t go.
- Do something today that your future self will thank you for.

Instagram Captions for Family and Travel
- All you need is love and a passport.
- A family that travels together, stay together.
- We are going to do some fun things and some not-so-fun things, and I don’t need you to point out the difference. ~Chris Kline
Inspirational Travel Quotes for Instagram
- Don’t worry if you’re not where you want to be yet. Great things take time.
- It’s not a successful road trip until you’ve forgotten what day of the week it is. ~We Dream of Travel
- Look on every exit as being an entrance to somewhere else. ~Tom Stoppard
- It is almost impossible to watch a sunset a not dream. ~Bern Williams
- Look at life through the windshield, not the rearview mirror. ~Byrd Baggett
Photography Instagram Captions

- I just want to explore the world and take pictures.
- A photograph is the pause button of life.
- Collect moments, not things.
- Good things come to those who travel.
- Be a seeker of everyday magic.
- Always take the scenic route.
“I Just Need to Travel” Quotes

- I follow my heart and it leads me to the airport.
- Anxiety is not knowing where you put your passport.
- Good things come to those who travel.
- I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I may have ended up where I intended to be. ~Douglas Adams
- I feel as though most of my problems can be solved with a trip to…anywhere!
- There’s no time to be bored in a world as magnificent as this one.
- I googled my symptoms. Turns out I just need to travel.
- You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go, and see what happens ~Mandy Hale
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Final Thoughts on Great Travel Quotes for Instagram
Travel quotes have the potential to inspire wanderlust, translate words into feelings, and capture the essence of a destination.
Combine travel quotes with photographs and it is almost as though you can hear the ocean as it rolls onto the beach, experience the magic of Switzerland, or taste the light and fluffy gnocchi in Italy.
If you are new to Instagram, you may find that sometimes you just have to jump in and get started.
Since I live near the beach, this feels appropriate:
There’s no place like home—well, except for the beach.
Probably because it is true!
Beautiful photos. Thanks!
Thanks so much!
oh how I wish vacation calories didn’t count, lol!!
I follow my heart and it leads me to the airport. That’s my favorite one! I’m going to save this post because I found so many great captions for my Instagram. Well done!
I love these quotes! They’re all so inspiring and remind me why I love travel so much! I especially love “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” it is so true! Thanks for sharing these great travel quotes!
Love these! I am always struggling to find a great IG caption. This will definitely help!
I love the quote “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step”.
Me too.
These travel quotes for Instagram are perfect! Not just for IG but for inspiration, too. Love them all!
Agreed. They are helpful to inspire you to travel more!
The first one says it all for me: “What’s on my bucket list? Everywhere”
Yep. There is so much to see in this world.
This just saved me tonnes of research for IG post captions thank you so much
Thanks. And now I need to get busy planning ahead.
Thanks for sharing these! Sometimes I need a little inspiration.
We all do Andrea!
Great selection of quotes to use for different scenarios. I’m often stuck for quotes on my Insta so this will be really helpful!
Me too! I like to collect great quotes and sayings for just those moments!
That’s an awesome list – I also loved your post about instagram ideas for your travel feed.
Thanks so much. I need all of the inspiration I can get!
All these travel quotes are so cool and I can relate to so many of them!
Right! And just getting back to travel will be awesome.
I love the range and variety of quotes you’ve gathered here! Especially the photography and beach ones. Definitely referring back to this post when I’m next stuck on what to post on my instagram!
Always good to have a little inspiration in your back pocket!
These are all such fun quotes! I really like this one by Helen Keller: “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” Thanks for sharing!
Thanks. That one is a favorite of mine as well.
Great quotes, thanks for sharing!
So glad you find them helpful.
I love these quotes! So much inspiration. Thanks for sharing!
They are great for those times when are stumped for what to add to Instagram
Thanks Annie.
I love reading travel quotes, it’s always so inspiring.
The one about having the empty seat next to you is hilarious. It’s so true!
That moment when they announce that boarding is complete and there’s no one next to you. YES!!!!!!
My heart always leads to the airport or to the bus station. LOL
And I never want to experience again the anxiety of not knowing where I put my passport!
I love good travel quotes so much! ♥ Thanks for the post! I even found a few quotes that I have never heard before and that’s great! 🙂