Sometimes friends ask me how I manage to travel so much. After all, I work full-time, my husband works part-time, we have two kids in school and a dog to take care of. The truth is that while we travel more than average—there’s a reason I write a travel blog, after all—we’re not gone all the time by any stretch of the imagination. So how do I come up with travel blog post ideas even when we’re at home?
Well, if you’re a travel blogger, I’m 99.99% sure you’ve had that same question. Sure, you likely have a backlog of write-ups from past trips. But when those dry up and you’re still tied to your home base, what travel blog topics can you write about?
Travel blogger friends, I have your back. Below, I put together a list of 61 travel blog post ideas for when you’re not traveling. And I went one step further: I created a handy pdf of all these questions that you can download for free! (Scroll on down to get your free printable of blog post ideas!)
So read on to get a bunch of travel blog post ideas circulating in that beautiful brain of yours. Then download the freebie printable of travel topics to write about. Keep it on hand for when you need post inspiration.
Happy writing and happy travels!
Travel blog post ideas when you’re not traveling
Contrary to popular belief, most travel bloggers aren’t on the road 100% of the time (or even close to it). Keep the content cranking with these travel blog post ideas.
Travel blog post ideas about tips & hacks
- How to organize your trip
- Packing tips to make travel easier
- How to stay healthy when you travel
- Your packing list(s)
- Tips for airline travel
- Tips for road trips
- What you won’t leave home without
- Pre-trip prep
- Your favorite travel apps
- Your favorite travel snacks
- What to do when reservations go wrong
- How to travel with pets
- How to travel to a place when you don’t know the language
- How to plan a trip with a big group
- The travel items you don’t actually need
- How to stay safe while traveling
- How to stay comfortable on long travel days
- How to not get bored on long travel days
- How to take better photos
Travel blog topics about money and budgets
- How to stretch your travel budget
- Brilliant hacks for cheaper travel
- How to save money on hotels/hostels/home rentals
- Exactly what you spent when you traveled to _______
- Budget ____: Is it worth it? (e.g. budget bus, airlines, suitcases, etc.)
Travel topics to write about lessons learned
- 10 mistakes you made (and what you do now)
- What you wish you’d known when ______
- Places you’d never go again
- What happened when you forgot ____ at home
- What have you learned about yourself through travel?
Blog post ideas about you as a travel blogger
- How often does a travel blogger really travel?
- How does a travel blogger pay for all those trips?
- Your favorite hashtags
- Your Instagram strategy
- How does a travel blogger decide where to go?
- How you satisfy your wanderlust when you’re at home
- How travel bloggers make friends on the road
- Do you have a routine while traveling?
- What do you do when you’re homesick?
- What travel bloggers really want for a present this year (gift guide)
Blog posts about travel inspiration
- Why you travel
- Your top 10 favorite trips
- Why you bring your kids when you travel
- Future travel wish list / Bucket list destinations
- Exploring your hometown
- Your favorite books about travel
- What you miss from home when you travel
- What inspires you about travel
- Favorite travel quotes
- Where do you go to get ideas on what to do, where to go and where to stay?
Travel blog topics that get personal
- What was your first trip like? When did you start traveling?
- Your favorite travel splurges
- Your favorite childhood trips / first memory of vacations
- A truly lonely time traveling
- The moment when you realized travel changed your life
- The time you fell in love while traveling
Roundup blog posts
- Your favorite foods from around the world
- Your all-time favorite hotels
- Your favorite foods from home
- The weirdest things you’ve eaten while traveling
- The weirdest things you’ve done while traveling
- The most underrated beaches/destinations/cities/etc.
- Best destinations for couples
Never run out of travel blog ideas again!
Now that you have this list—and a handy dandy free printable of travel blog post ideas—you’ll never hit writer’s block. Whenever you’re stuck at home when you would rather be jetting across the globe, pick one of these travel blog topics and get typing. You’ll feel more inspired, and your audience will love that you never run out of ideas.
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Do you have any go-to blog post ideas? Can you add to the list of travel topics to write about when you’re not traveling? Please share in the comments below!
I love these ideas! Perfect for my wanderlust!
Haha, definitely! I should have written a disclaimer that I’m not responsible for spontaneously booking a trip after reading my blog. 😉
Wow! These are great ideas for Travel bloggers. Thanks for sharing!
I’m glad you thought so, Maggie. Thanks for reading!
I love this – You are full of so many great ideas and I would love to read about any of these topics!
Aw thank you Erin! I definitely have a few of these brewing. 😉
such great ideas and tips for continuing to create cohesive content! I am not a travel blogger but these still helped me!
So true Leah – many of them could be adapted for any niche. I hope they were inspiring!
You certainly have no shortage of travel blog ideas, and even though I’m probably going to stick to focusing on food, I definitely need to hang on to this post. Thanks for sharing, Catherine!
Food and travel are so intertwined – I see a lot of crossover here!
I’m not a travel blogger, but I blog about date nights in our area and we’ve not been able to go out as much lately so this gave me some ideas.
I love the idea of focusing on date night ideas. So many of us don’t even know what to do when we get some time together!
What a great list for travel bloggers!
Thank you Rebecca! Thanks for reading!
These are all so great! And blog posts I totally search for!
Oh that’s so good to hear! The whole point of blogging is to help people searching for answers.
Such a good list!! These are all things I need to think about as I’m getting ready to travel again 🙂
Love to see where you pull inspiration from.
Yay for trips on the travel horizon!! Where are you going? Iceland again??
This is a phenomenal list! We have traveled so much less this year than last and I feel like my travel posts have become a bit stagnant as a result. I really appreciate having so many other options that I can use to infuse that area of my blog.
Travel is something that ebbs and flows, so for consistency’s sake, it’s good to have a bunch of travel-related post ideas in your pocket for just these times. I hope my list inspired you!
So helpful to see different blog ideas broken down like this. I definitely feel at a loss sometimes in thinking of new and fresh things to write about!
We all feel that way sometimes! That’s why having a go-to list like this is so helpful: There’s always something to write about.
Such great inspiration, Catherine – I’m pinning this for later! (Now, if only I had time to write all the posts I have listed on my calendar.)
Hahaha, me too! I have a super long list of blog post ideas… but there’s never enough time to write them all, is there?!
Thank you so much for these tips!
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You’re so welcome Priya – I’m glad it helped.
I will have to share these with my clients who happen to be travel bloggers. There are some wonderful ideas here for one of my clients who happens to be home right now.
Thank you for sharing, Tami! I hope the blog post inspiration list helps your clients.
Saving this! These are such great ideas 🙂 Thanks for providing this inspo
You’re so welcome, Jenna! Glad to provide a little inspiration in your day.
I appreciate this more than you know! We weren’t able to travel in the Summer like we planned and I was just saying that our travel posts are getting behind.
High periods of travel come and go. I like to have a bunch of inspiration for those times when we stay at home more than usual. Glad it’s helpful to you too!
Oh wow, thanks for all these great post ideas x
You’re welcome Marina!
Really very happy to say,your post is very interesting to read.I never stop myself to say something about it.You’re doing a great job.Keep it up
Thank you, glad it’s helpful!
These are great ideas for when we are not traveling. We are taking a break from traveling before learning to travel fulltime in 6 months. I have been trying to figure out what to write about while we prepare to leave and these ideas are great. I didn’t realize I could write about planning for our family gap year.
Oh my goodness, sounds like this post reached you at the perfect time. I hope it helps! Sounds like you have a really exciting change on the horizon – best of luck in traveling fulltime!
Great guide for those who are starting out. Love blogging and use wordpress all the time. It has a lot of advantages which are now paying of for us 🙂 Keep on blogging on my friend
Aw, thanks Xavier! And so glad you liked all the ideas for travel bloggers. Til next time!
These are fantastic suggestions and my head is spinning with inspiration! I truly appreciate your sharing this, and I now have so many ideas to keep the writing queue full of cool travel blogs even though we can’t go anywhere right now.
Yay, I’m so glad this post with travel blog ideas is helpful! This is a strange time we’re living in – but doesn’t mean we have to stop dreaming about travel.
I love this!! I always have such a hard time coming up with ideas for posts that aren’t about my recent travels. SO this season is going to be particularly difficult for my blog lol. I’m definitely going to use some of these, thank you!
Oh good! I know, I tend to write about my latest adventure – but there’s more we can offer, even in a time of shelter in place.
Some great ideas here to keep me going for a little while longer. I’ve been doing ok so far and mixing in non destination posts with some destination posts. This is really helpful though
I’m glad these travel post ideas are helping. I’m with you – doing a mix of destinations and not destinations – but when we hit writer’s block, anything can help!
These are great! Thanks for compiling this list. I added 9 ideas to my list, one possibly a series.
Oh good! A series is another terrific way to generate content even when you’re not traveling. Way to go.
Blog posts about travel inspiration are so perfect for this time! I wrote a blog post similar to this for this week, but yours had so many great ideas that I didn’t even consider! Thanks for the positivity and thoughtfulness 🙂
Ah, you’re welcome, and thank you! We in the travel community need to support one another in this time especially, and I’m thrilled the post helped.
I love this! I’m going to use some of these!
Terrific Jasmine! I hope the inspiration helps.
This is exactly what I needed right now! It can be difficult to stay motivated in the current circumstances, thanks for these great ideas to keep me on track!
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So happy these blog post ideas gave you a little inspiration AND motivation. Good luck writing!
Cool post! Love it!!! You’ve done such a good job and really! Thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome, Menty! Thanks for stopping by and good luck writing. 🙂
I will be starting my new blog, will soon be applying what you mentioned in this write up, will update you here in the comments.
Good luck Xavier! Let me know how your new travel blog goes.
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You’re very welcome!
Thank you for this awesome list of ideas that helps travel bloggers a lot to write on.😊
You’re very welcome! I’m glad it helps, and I trust you have plenty of inspiration to write travel blog posts, even during lockdown.
Thank you for amazing ideas of traveling and you should me proud for sharing great blog
I very thankful to you
You’re very welcome! I’m glad the blog post ideas were helpful.
Thank you so much for listing all these ideas. They are really helpful!
You’re welcome, and I’m glad they help! Best of luck blogging.
Thank you for such an amazing and helpful article. It really gives us Idea to write on . Thank you.
You’re welcome, Abhishek! Best of luck with your travel blog!
what an amazing post, I was very excited and full of ideas. thanks for sharing such a useful post.
You’re so welcome, Pamela! I’m glad these travel blog post ideas inspired you.
Thanks to share nice post with us…!!!
You’re very welcome! I’m glad these travel blog post ideas helped.
I’m going to bookmark your site the tips are great, definitely going to use them in Upcoming years.
I’m so glad you found these blog post topics helpful, Amit!
Great article with full information about the travel blogs.
I’m so glad my travel blog post ideas are helpful!
You have a good site and I’m going to bookmark it. The tips are great, I’m definitely going to use them in the future.
I’m very glad to help, Rajesh, and glad you’re finding my travel posts helpful!
Hi Catherine!
Thank you for sharing to us a lot about your family travels. I’m just new in blogging and these tips are will surely help me a LOT! Stay safe! ☺️
You’re so welcome, Kay! Keep it up and stay well!
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I’m glad these travel blog post ideas were helpful! Thank you for reading!
Wow! I actually sense at a loss every now and then in wondering of latest and fresh matters to put in writing! These are excellent thoughts for Travel bloggers. Thanks for sharing!
You’re very welcome Priyatosh!
Thanks for this excellent resource – It has given me a lot to think about! 🙂
Thank you for reading!
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You’re very welcome — so glad these travel blog post ideas helped you!
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