Traveling can be profound and impactful, light and fun, or anywhere in between, but regardless of what type of experience we’ve had, the end of a trip can often leave us with a sense of sadness that it’s over. We always make a point to take lots of photos during our travels so that we can look back on our experiences later, though sometimes pictures alone just don’t do the memories justice.
Here are a few other ways we’ve started documenting our trips so that we can keep these journeys close to our hearts for years to come.
Keep a Journal
We love reading through our old journals so that we can revisit the memories from a particular trip with first-hand descriptions. Take a few minutes at the end of each day to write about your experiences. You can also use tape or a glue stick to include things like ticket stubs in your journal to make it feel like a scrapbook.
Send Yourself Postcards
This one may require a bit more work, but we find it really fun to come home from a trip to a mailbox full of postcards. Buy a few along with some stamps on your first day in your destination, write on one at the end of each day, and then just drop them in a mailbox.
Use Social Media
Whether you prefer Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or any other platform, make use of your social media accounts by using them documenting your travels in real-time. Take pictures and upload them with captions describing how it feels to be there or film stories of yourself and any travel companions and save them to a highlight reel.