While pictures and tall tales of travel are a great way to remember your time overseas, a travel journal is a great way to place yourself back in those stunning moments. With descriptive details and your inner monologue, you’ll add an extra dose of nostalgia while remembering your travels.
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Are you looking to start the literary adventure of a travel journal? Look at a few tips for writing a detailed and informative recount of your terrific trips.
Add your travel itinerary
While writing dates to your travel entries is a great tool, it can sometimes take time to remember the exact place you were at that time. So, to ensure you don’t need to write about your location each time you start an entry, you can include your travel itinerary.
See it as a method of self-reflection
A travel journal may seem like a simple recount of your trip, but it can also be a great way to reflect on your emotions while away from the constraints of your daily life at home. Travelling has a way of transforming and enriching our lives, so be sure to include how you’re really feeling on your trip abroad.
Note any things you’ve learned along the way
Different parts of the world have strange and wonderful ways in which they lead their lives, which is a great thing to note while travelling to new and exciting places. From interesting customs to navigating buying a bus ticket, these tiny bits of information can be valuable if you plan to return to this country.
Choose a travel journal that you’re comfortable with
While a traditional pen-to-paper works for many people, you might need help jotting everything by hand on your travels. As we live in a world where everything is convenient and digitalised, you can always opt for a travel journal app if you’re looking for an easy way to document your travels.
Leave space
What makes a travel journal fun is that it’s a fun playground to get creative and add a merriment of quirky and unique space to make memories (on paper). Here are a few things you can include in your journal to create a treasure trove of priceless souvenirs from your travels:
- Spaces for individuals you meet to write their name or something special on your trip.
- Adding stamps from all the places you’ve visited.
- Pasting train, plane and museum tickets to transform your journal into a portable memory box.
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