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Before I give you the A-Z on creating your travel journal, I have an interesting thought experiment for you…<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Can you imagine packing up your life into ONE SINGLE duffel bag?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s exactly what my wife and I did when we first moved onto our sailboat Sea Otter<\/em>: one duffel of personal items each, and one small box of other items stored at our folks back home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It turns out over 90% of the “stuff” we all own can happily be given away<\/strong> or tossed in the bin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Look around you right now. How much of the things you see are truly meaningful enough that you’d NEED to keep if all you could leave your home with was ONE duffel?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’ll like this…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the DEAD SIMPLE decisions you’d face with a “purging” like this is with your travel journals<\/strong> because I can GUARANTEE it wouldn’t take more than a nanosecond for them to be placed delicately in your bag so you could keep them forever (which is exactly what I did with mine).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s how important your travel diary<\/a> will become to you. It will become a cherished vault of memories…<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

…stories you’d have forgotten if you didn’t jot them down…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…memories you’ll look back on for the rest of your days with an ear-to-ear grin…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…a memento you can pass along to future generations so they can bask in your adventures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And today you’re going to see how to write a travel journal of your very own<\/strong>, including travel journal ideas, writing prompts, tips and all the best resources around!

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What Is A Travel Journal?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Simply put, a travel journal is a diary of your time on holiday or vacation. It’s a place to jot down the things you never want to forget: people you met, important details, funny events, raw experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And as we’ll discuss, it can take many forms, such as a paper notebook, a DIY scrapbook, an app, a website, and everything in between.

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Is There A Difference Between A Travel Journal, Trip Diary, And Travel Log?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

People often get confused about whether there’s a difference between these terms, but the answer is that they’re all the same thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether you prefer to call it a diary or a log doesn’t matter because you enter inside is the same: the stories of your travels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And here’s an interesting fact you might enjoy: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The term “travel log” (otherwise known as “travelogue” or “travelog”) originally comes from the term “ship’s log,” which was how sailboats and other seafaring vessels tracked the details of the voyage. They called it a “log” because of a wooden float that they used to drag behind the boat to measure speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…You know, in case you were really wondering. \ud83d\ude09

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Why Keep A Journal While Traveling?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The experience is priority one.<\/strong> <\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Followed closely by a way to remember that experience.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You know this conundrum:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If a tree falls in the woods, does it make a sound?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now how about this doozie:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you forget most of the things you did on your trip, did they really happen?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well of course they did! But wouldn’t it be so much sweeter if you KNEW you would remember that adventure for the rest of your life? Hell yeah!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THAT is why it’s SO important to keep a journal while on your trip: to remember the best days of your life \u2014 those days spent abroad exploring new places, meeting new people, experiencing new cultures.

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What Are The Different Types Available?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you want the best travel journal, you first need to know what type<\/em> you would prefer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are 2 main types<\/strong> to consider, and they are very different:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. A paper notebook style journal
2. A digital, multimedia style journal (such as an app)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s take them one by one:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Paper Travel Journal:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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These are, most often, simple notebooks that you tailor to your travels. Blank page after blank page, ready for ink to cover the lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main benefits of a paper notebook style journal are:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n