I make and fill a lot of travel journals. And for many of us, part of the fun of traveling is collecting memories to put in a scrapbook when we get home, and then reliving the experience over and over again. But do you ever struggle to know what to put into your journal or scrapbook? In case you do, I’ve made a list of items you could include:
1. Matchbooks & boxes
2. Napkins
3. Postcards
4. Travel tickets (plane, train, bus & metro)
5. Photographs (duh – I know)
6. Tourist maps & brochures
7. Paper bags
8. Flat sea shells & sea glass
9. Candy wrappers & clean food packaging
10. Business cards
11. Museum, art gallery, movie & theatre tickets
12. Menus from restaurants and cafes
13. Flattened bottle caps
14. A little watercolor painting of something you saw
15. Luggage tags
16. Drawing or sketch
17. Wine bottle label
18. Journal entry – write down what you did, how you felt and what you saw
19. Sand from the beach (place in a small plastic or glassine bag)
20. Money (small coins and denominations of foreign currency) & flattened pennies
21. Rubbings of interesting textures (graves, paving stones & metal grates)
22. Receipts & bank statements
23. Dried flowers, leaves, seed & herbs (be careful if going through customs!)
24. Tags from clothes & souvenirs
25. Coasters & beer mats
26. Postage stamps
27. Recipes
Please share your ideas in the comments – I’d love to know what else you have or would include in a travel scrapbook and please remember to check out my other travel journal posts above. If you need a travel journal or photo album for your next trip, please check out my online store.