25 Travel Journals You Need for Your Next Adventure

Even though we all travel with laptops or tablets, there is something therapeutic about pouring out your hopes, dreams, frustrations, and irritations onto a page of paper. Even if you don’t think of yourself as a writer or an artist, keeping a travel journal is an amazing way to connect with your journey in a way that photographs alone can’t always capture. Make lists of all the flavors of gelato you try, glue train ticket stubs onto the pages, and draw funny caricatures while you’re waiting in airports. Whether you want classic leather or a tiny pocket notebook, these stylish and tough journals would be perfect for any adventure.

BrotherWorks Handbound Leather Journal

With 240 pages, this handmade leather journal will last you for any extended travels you have (or don’t have) planned.

Field Notes

These cuties are the perfect size for sticking in your back pocket and are just what you need with you as you wander the streets. Plus, they have real cherry wood covers.

Rifle Paper Passport / Bon Voyage Passport Notebooks

Even if you’re only taking a carry-on, you can tuck these pretty little notebooks into your bag.

Moleskine Nomad Large Hardcover Notebook

This aptly named journal is practically begging to go on an adventure.

Smythson Travels and Experiences Notebook

This one’s a little on the pricey side, but the gilt-edged pages will add an air of luxury to your written tales.

Minted Mountain Views Notebook

Get inspired to explore the great outdoors with this journal featuring painted mountains. You can also customize the pages and binding, and add your name to the front.

Papersource Lively Floral Journals

Elegant and sophisticated with metallic floral accents, these journals will make you happy about everything… except maybe that layover.

Libby VanderPloeg Globetrotting Dog Journals

These cute journals featuring a globetrotting dog will inspire you to jot down your own travel discoveries along the way.

ban.do Hold That Thought Notebook Set

This set of notebooks is to remind you that when you’re traveling, everything is roses and rainbows and it will all work out.

Rifle Paper Wanderlust Journal

This travel-sized journal has a soft linen cover with plenty of wanderlust-themed illustrations.

Uncommon Goods Scratch Travel Journal

The best part of this travel journal and planner is that it comes with scratch maps of every continent. Just scratch off the countries you’ve visited as a fun way to document your globetrotting.

Rite in the Rain All-Weather Notebook

Available in a variety of colors, this sturdy notebook, along with its waterproof cover and weather-proof pages, will tough it out right alongside you and your adventures.

<em>I Was Here: A Travel Journal for the Curious Minded</em>

Not sure how to keep a travel journal? This colorfully illustrated journal prompts you to record every fabulous discovery and offers a place to write down itineraries and important addresses, and includes a reference section full of helpful bits you might need while navigating the great unknown.

Moleskine Voyageur

You can never go wrong with a sturdy Moleskine notebook. This portable-sized one is designed to keep all your maps and itineraries neatly organized, and to give you lots of space to write notes. There is also a map to fill out and a sheet of stickers. Who doesn’t love stickers?

crackeddesigns Journey Journal

Embroider your way across the map with this hands-on journal. You can place the round fasteners on your destinations and then make a string map of your travel plans.

Minted Pineapple Pattern Notebook

If you’re constantly dreaming of a tropical vacation, grab this pineapple-themed notebook and start planning where you’re going to soak up some sun, stat.

Uncommon Goods Traveler’s Agenda

This little black book has a vegan leather cover and is the ideal travel companion. It allows you to plan multiple trips, track wishlists and checklists, and record your daily travelogues.

Atlas Art Travel Notebook

These vintage-inspired notebooks are handbound with covers made of school atlas pages. They come in a variety of country-themed covers and include vintage landmark illustrations on the 32 interior pages.

Moleskine Passion Journal

For the organized traveler, this journal has you covered with different tabbed sections (including areas to plan long and short trips), calendars, checklists, and adhesive labels.

<em>Travel Listography</em>

If you’re more of a list person than a journal person, this book will help you capture memories in a succinct way. Topics and lists include “countries I’ve visited/hope to visit” and “animals I’ve seen/hope to see in the wild.”

<em><a href="https://www.walmart.com/ip/You-Are-Here-A-Mindful-Travel-Journal/53621234" target="_blank">You Are Here: A Mindful Travel Journal</a></em>

Instead of blank pages, this journal will gently guide you through mindful travel, allowing you to jot down notes and thoughts along the way.

<em>Everywoman’s Travel Journal</em>

This is the perfect travel companion for every woman — along with blank pages, it has tips on security, etiquette, dress, common travel ailments, and more.

Erin Condren Travel Petite Planner

Log your daily adventures, memorable meals, and favorite moments from the road. This planner also comes with a sheet of fun stickers to add some extra flair to your thoughts.

Travel Stub Diary

Take notes and organize all your travel keepsakes at the same time — this diary has protective sleeves in two different sizes to store your ticket stubs, maps, postcards, and other documents.

<em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/En-Route-Journal-Kate-Pocrass/dp/1452111936/" target="_blank">En Route: A Journal</a></em>

Checklists, blank pages, grid pages, conversion charts, key words and phrases in different languages, and charming illustrations all in one book.