When asked about one’s hobby, many would respond with travelling. It gives you the opportunity to get out of your comfort zone and explore different places, traditions, cultures and gain new and invaluable experiences! Traveling is also done for various reasons such as vacations, for business purposes, adventures, events and more. 1. Discover and learn more things. Travel journals help you to write and document about the experience you had during your trips. You can include the written description of the place that you have visited, list down your itinerary, the photos that you took during your trip and even voice recordings that you have made during your time. Travel journals is one of the most popular journal amongst the different types of journals. 2. Travel memories not to be forgotten. Write down the journey of your trip using a diary helps you to remember the activities and things that you have done during the trip. When recording your travel experience, a travel journal can also remind you of the reasons and purpose of the travel. 3. Use your journal to plan your trip. You don’t need to be in the country that you will be traveling to start your first journal. Travel journal can be used to plan your upcoming trips as well. In your journal, you can add the places you would like to visit followed by the itinerary plans, tours and more into your travel wish list! 4. Write about your expectations of this vacation. Before you set foot in the first city, you can write about your expectation of the trip in the journal. By listing down your expectations on how the holiday will be like, it can heighten your pre-departure excitement and make you feel like the vacation has already begun. At the end of your vacation, you can compare your expectations listed in your journal with what you’ve had experienced in the trip. 5. Write a reflection after your trip. Writing a reflective journal of your travel journey can be useful as it is a great way to recap what you have learned about the people you were with, yourself and the trip in general. It is something that we advise you to do after a particular event, trip or activity as it helps you to gain more insights and apply them to your future vacations.