100 Best Travel Instagram Captions for Your 2024 Adventures

From breathtaking mountainous landscapes and charming countrysides to lively cityscapes and beautiful beaches, travel offers endless opportunities for that perfect shot. Ree Drummond once said of a throwback photo, “My tiny girls (and my tiny arms, ha) in Yellowstone in…2003? Or maybe it was 1947. Either way, it was forever ago,” adding, “The girls both got sick (stomach bug!) while we were in Yellowstone, but by golly, I wasn’t leaving without this photo!”

That’s the power of a picture! No matter where you roam, you’ll always have the ability to look back on that moment and cherish the experience you had. And what better way to capture and share your incredible adventures than through the lens of Instagram? But let’s be honest, finding the right caption to complement your travel photo can sometimes be a challenge.

That’s why we’ve curated this list of travel Instagram captions and travel quotes that will take your posts to new heights. We’ve included nature quotes to caption your mountain photos as well as beach Instagram captions. There are plenty of cute captions and funny captions for wherever else you go, too. And if you happen to grab an image at just the right time, there are even options that will work as sunset quotes and rainbow quotes. No matter the view, these words of wanderlust will become your passport to sharing your journeys with the world!

Ree Drummond

Take only pictures, leave only footprints.
Here’s to the next stamp on my passport!
Travel more, worry less.
Let the adventure begin!
Born to roam.
On the road again!
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.
Bon voyage!
Views on views.
Not all those who wander are lost.
Memories in the making!
Life is short, and the world is wide. Better get started.
PSA: Update your address book—I live here now.
Wander often, wonder always.
The only trip you will regret is the one you didn’t take.
Digital greetings from [destination].
A change of scenery.
Living vicariously through my own vacation photos.
Are we there yet?

Alex Drummond

All you need is love and a passport.
I’ve found my happy place!
Always take the scenic route.
Living my best life—one plane ticket at a time.
Tired feet, happy heart.
What a wonderful world!
To travel is to live.
Head in the clouds.
Vacay all day!
The art of doing nothing.
Exploring new horizons.
Falling in love with the journey.
Paradise isn’t a place. It’s a feeling.
My home away from home.
Girls just wanna have sun!
Sun, sand, and surf.
Life is not meant to be lived in one place.
What is life but one grand adventure?
Up, up, and away!
The world is your oyster.
Sampling the best of what this world has to offer.
Better than my wildest dreams.
I’ll be here if you need me.
I’m walking on sunshine!
Home is where the heart is, and my heart is currently in [insert location].

Alex Drummond

I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.
BRB, going to soak up some vitamin sea.
I follow my heart… and it usually leads me to the airport.
Reality called, so I hung up.
Don’t worry. Beach happy.
My love for camping is in-tents!
My favorite color is sunset.
Sorry, I’m too busy wanderlusting.
Pics or it didn’t happen!
If traveling was free… BYE!
Good things come to those who book flights.
OOO indefinitely.
It was love at first flight.
Do not disturb.
Sea you later!
Gone exploring. Leave a message after the beep.
Maybe you can’t buy happiness, but you can buy plane tickets (and that’s basically the same thing).
Work hard, travel harder.
I need a vacation so long; I forget all my passwords.
Travel, because money returns. Time doesn’t.
The only thing I love more than traveling is eating. So, why not do both at the same time?
The flight was totally worth it!
It’s bad manners to keep a vacation waiting.
Time flies… until you’re counting down the days to your next vacation.
What happens abroad, stays abroad.
PSA: use your PTO!
I’m not in Kansas anymore!
My job is just…beach.

Paige Drummond

“The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.” —Wallace Stevens
“The journey, not the arrival, matters.” —T.S. Eliot
“Adventure is worthwhile.” —Aesop
“Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” —Anita Desai
“To travel is to evolve.” —Pierre Bernardo
“Oh the places you’ll go!” —Dr. Seuss
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” —St. Augustine
“Adventure is out there!” —Up (Disney/Pixar)
“Travel far, travel often, and travel without regrets.” —Oscar Wilde
“Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.” —Jennifer Lee
“We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” —Anaïs Nin
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” —Lao Tzu
“To travel is worth any cost or sacrifice.” —Elizabeth Gilbert
“Surely, of all the wonders of the world, the horizon is the greatest.” —Freya Stark
“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
“We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel next to find ourselves.” —Pico Iyer
“Jet lag is a choice.” —Taylor Swift

Ree Drummond

“I see skies of blue and clouds of white. The bright blessed day. The dark sacred night. And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.” —Louis Armstrong
“Never looking down, I’m just in awe of what’s in front of me.” —Empire of The Sun
“Get on board a fast train. Travel on a jet plane, far away.” —Kelly Clarkson
“See the world in green and blue. See China right in front of you. See the canyons broken by cloud.” —U2
“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
“You belong among the wildflowers, you belong in a boat out at sea. Sail away, kill off the hours. You belong somewhere you feel free.” —Tom Petty
“Oh, what a world, don’t wanna leave. All kinds of magic all around us, it’s hard to believe.” —Kacey Musgraves
“Gonna travel, gonna travel wild and free. I’m gonna pack my bags because this great big world is calling me” —Elvis Presley
“I’m leaving on a jet plane. Don’t know when I’ll be back again.” —John Denver
“I may not know it. But these are the moments that I’m going to remember most, yeah.”—Miley Cyrus
“But hold me fast, hold me fast, cause I’m a hopeless wanderer.” —Mumford & Sons