359+ Short Vacation Captions for a Travel Instagram

Are you looking for short vacation captions for your travel Instagram?

I’ve got you covered with this selection of some of my favorites. A complete list that you can pick your favorites from and share with your followers or use to inspire your own words. And if you’re not currently on the road you can quench your thirst for adventure with these vacation captions. Get inspired during down time between travels and everyday routine.

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Short Vacation Captions for Instagram

• “The world is yours to explore.”
• “Find a beautiful place and get lost.”
• “Vacation state of mind.”
• “Go where you feel the most alive.”
• “Until you step into the unknown, you don’t know what you’re made of.”
• “The world is big, and I want to get a good look at it before it gets dark.”
• “Sky above, sand below, peace within.”

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• “We have nothing to lose and a world to see.”
• “The mind was dreaming. The world was its dream.” – Jorge Luis Borges
• “My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been.”
• “To travel, to experience and learn: that is to live.”
• “The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.”
• “We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.”
• “Adventure awaits. Go find it!”

• “Collect moments, not things.”
• “When I’m exploring the world is when I feel most at home.”
• “Of all the books in the world, the best stories are found between the pages of a passport.”
• “Travel more, worry less.”
• “Don’t make me walk when I want to fly!”
• “If you never go, you will never know.”
• “I may be going nowhere, but what a ride.”
• “Oh, the places you’ll go!”

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• “Only going places that spark joy.”
• “One life. One world. Explore it.”
• “There are seven days in a week, and “someday” is not one of them.” – Benny Lewis
• “Travel leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.”

Short Travel Captions for Instagram

• All you need is love and a passport.
• I’ve found my happy place!
• Take only pictures, leave only footprints.
• Here’s to the next stamp on my passport!
• Let the adventure begin!
• Born to roam.
• Not all those who wander are lost.
• Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.
• Always take the scenic route.

• Living my best life—one plane ticket at a time.
• On the road again!
• Views on views.
• Tired feet, happy heart.
• What a wonderful world!
• Bon voyage!
• To travel is to live.
• Head in the clouds.
• “Catching flights, not feelings.”
• “Life is not meant to be in one place.”
• “Live your life by a compass, not a clock.”
• “Travel more, worry less.”
• “Tired feet, happy heart.”

• “One life. One world. Explore it.”
• “When in doubt, just travel.”
• “Finding paradise wherever I go.”
• “Happiness is… a well-deserved vacation.”
• “Travel is the healthiest addiction.”
• “Never stop exploring.”
• “In a relationship with my passport.”
• “Always take the scenic route.”
• “Today is a good day to get lost.”
• “Travel is optimism in motion.”

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• “I read, I travel, I become.”
• “What’s on my bucket list? Everywhere!”
• “Already dreaming of my next vacation.”
• “Work, save, travel and repeat.”
• “These feet were made for walking all the markets”

Short Captions For Instagram Girl Travel

• Girls just wanna have sun 🌞
• Footprints around the world 👣🌍
• Leaving a little sparkle everywhere I go ✨
• Chasing sunsets and dreams 🌅🌠
• Coffee in one hand, confidence in the other ☕️🔥
• From [Your Location] with love ❤️📍
• Exploring the world, one city at a time 🌆
• Finding paradise wherever I go 🌴🍹
• Wanderlust and city dust 🌍✨
• Catch flights, not feelings 💺❤️
• Passport pages and sun-kissed stages 📖🌞
• Ocean breeze, mind at ease 🌊🍃
• Seeking new horizons and old wines 🌄🍷
• Adventure, here I come! 🚀
• Lost in the right direction ➡️🗺️
• Globetrotter goals 🌐✌️
• Making memories all over the world 📸💕
• Escape the ordinary 🌈
• “The journey is the reward.” — Chinese proverb
• “Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.” — Dalai Lama
• “Embrace the beauty of your solo journey.” — Mandy Hale
• “The best education I have ever received was through travel.” — Lisa Ling
• “With age, comes wisdom. With travel, comes understanding.” — Sandra Lake
• “I don’t want to end up simply having visited this world.” — Mary Oliver

• “Travel doesn’t become an adventure until you leave yourself behind.” — Marty Rubin
• “There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.” — C.S. Lewis
• “Life is a journey with almost limitless detours.” — Ken Poirot
• “The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• “Solo travel is all about exploring the world and one’s own-self.”
• “If you find yourself drawn to an event against all logic, go. The universe is telling you something.” — Gloria Steinem
• “Great people do things before they’re ready. They do things before they know they can do it. Doing what you’re afraid of, getting out of your comfort zone, taking risks like that — that’s what life is. You might be really good.” — Amy Poehler
• “Being a solo traveler made me an adult.”

• “I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it.” — Rosalia de Castro
• “I’ve not ceased being fearful, I’ve gone ahead despite the pounding in my heart that says: turn back, turn back, you’ll die if you go too far.” — Erica Jong
• “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.” — Unknown
• “Always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that’s the one that is going to require the most from you.” — Caroline Myss
• “I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.” — Maya Angelou
• “Traveling solo means getting to know the real you.”

• “Walk your own path and be yourself.” — Joanne
  Nussbaum
• “I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone because they reflect more.” — Thomas Jefferson
• “Waiting for the perfect moment to travel? It is here right now!”
• “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” — Mary Oliver
• “It is better to see something once than to hear about hundred times.” — Russian proverb

Short Couple Travel Captions For Instagram

• “Adventure awaits, and we’re in it together.”
• “Love knows no borders.”
• “Wandering and loving.”
• “Our love story is a journey.”
• “Couples that travel together stay together.”
• “Chasing sunsets and dreams together.”
• “With you, every path leads to happiness.”
• “Love takes us places.”
• “Together, we make the perfect travelogue.”

• “Exploring the world, wrapped in each other’s love.”
• “Our love is the map, adventure is the destination.”
• “Wandering hearts, growing together.”
• “Adventuring through life, side by side.”
• “Adventure is out there, and so are we.”
• “Love fuels our wanderlust.”
• “Making memories that will last forever.”
• “Exploring the world together, one destination at a time.”
• “Love is literally in the air!”
• “Finding peace and adventure in our journey through life.”
• “Living every day like it’s an adventure!”

• “Life’s greatest joys come from exploring with someone special by your side.”
• “Sometimes all you need is a change of scenery and a companion who completes you!”
• “Adventure is where the heart is.”
• “Exploring the world, two hearts at a time.”
• “In love and on the road to forever.”
• “Exploring with you is my favorite adventure.”
• “Travelling side by side, living life wide-eyed.”
• “Adventures shared, love multiplied.”
• “Love leads, we follow… and explore!”
• “Travel brings power and love back into your life.”
• “Two hearts, one compass – guiding each other through life’s grandest adventures.”
• “Our journey together is more beautiful than any destination.”

• “Exploring the world hand in hand, creating a lifetime of shared stories.”
• “Travelling as a couple: where love and exploration find their perfect blend.”
• “With you by my side, every path becomes a picturesque adventure.”
• “Our love is the North Star that guides us through every uncharted territory.”
• “Together, we are an unstoppable team, conquering the world one destination at a time.”
• “The world becomes a playground when we travel together, making memories that last a lifetime.”
• “Every journey strengthens the bond between us, turning moments into cherished chapters of our love story.”
• “In the map of our love, every journey marks a new milestone of togetherness.”

Short Beach Vacation Captions For Instagram

• Time wasted at the beach is time well spent.
• Sandy toes, sun-kissed nose!
• Beach, please.
• Talk to the sand.
• Sun of a beach.
• I can sea clearly now.

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• If you need me, call me on my shell.
• No one likes a shady beach.
• Life’s a beach, and I’m just playing in the sand.
• I left my heart in the sand.
• Sun-kissed and salty.
• Life’s too short to not enjoy the beach.
• The beach is my happy place.
• I’m just a beachy kind of person.
  Mermaid vibes only.
• Life is better in flip-flops.

• Ah, the beach—where doing absolutely nothing is doing something.
• A day at the beach restores the soul!
• I followed my heart, and it led me to the beach.
• I’m not salty… I just have resting beach face.
• If there’s a will there’s a wave.
• Feeling fin-tastic.
• No buoys allowed.
• Salty, but not mad.
• Life’s a beach and I’m a peach.
• Living like a beached whale.
• When someone says they’re not a beach person…
• The beach is not just a destination, it’s a state of mind.
• Paradise found!
• Seas the day.

• Don’t worry, beach happy.
• Life’s a beach.
• Happiness comes in waves.
• Good times and tan lines.
• Beach bum.
• Sea you at the beach.
• Eat. Sleep. Beach. Repeat.
• Long time, no sea.
• Salty and sweet.
• The beach is calling and I must go.
• All you need is a good dose of vitamin sea.
• The ocean breeze puts my mind at ease.
• Sandy toes, summer smiles, can’t lose.
• See you at the beach!

• You, me, and the sea.
• Sea la vie.
• In need of some beach therapy.
• Happiness is a day at the beach.
• Beach hair, don’t care.
• All I need is the salt in my hair and the sand between my toes.

Short Funny Travel Instagram Captions

• Tan lines and unforgettable times.
• Let’s wander where the WiFi is weak.
• I need a vacation so long, I forget all my passwords.
• There should be sympathy cards for having to go back to work after vacation.
• The tans will fade, but the memories will last forever.
• Good things come to those who book flights.
• I followed my heart and it led me to the airport.
• Don’t worry about the world ending today, it’s already tomorrow in Australia. – Charles M. Schulz
• I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them. – Mark Twain
• Jet lag is for amateurs. – Dick Clark

• A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it. – John Steinbeck
• I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places. – Henry Youngman
• “There is nothing safer than flying, it’s crashing that is dangerous.” – Theo Cowan
• You define a good flight by negatives: you didn’t get hijacked, you didn’t crash, you didn’t throw up, you weren’t late, you weren’t nauseated by the food. So you are grateful.– Paul Theroux
• Drink heavily with the locals whenever possible. – Anthony Bourdain

• I travel a lot, I hate having my life disrupted by routine. – Caskie Stinnett
• The worst thing about being a tourist, is having other tourists recognise you as a tourist! – Russell Baker
• Airplane travel is nature’s way of making you look like your passport photo. —Al Gore
• Boy, those French. They have a different word for everything. – Steve Martin
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• I need a vacation of 6 months. Twice a year!

• I have not traveled everywhere, but it’s on my list.
• Work hard, travel harder.
• People having babies.. and I’m like: “What country am
  I going to next?”

Short Funny Vacation Instagram Captions

• I’m in love with places I’ve never been to.
• I googled my symptoms. Turns out I just needed to go on a vacation.
• I’m a travel fiend on the road to recovery. Just kidding.
• I’m headed to the airport.
• You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy plane tickets, which is kind of the same thing.
• Beer. Beach. Sunset. What more could you want?!
• Fifty shades of.. red, orange, pink, and purple?
• I wish I was a postcard. For under $2 you can travel the world to any location in the world.
• I feel like most of my work problems could be solved with a trip to…anywhere.
• I’m getting tired of waking up and not being at the beach.

• I’ve got 99 problems. But I’m on vacation so I’m ignoring them all!
• A plane ticket is the answer. Who cares what the question is.
• If you had to choose between true love or traveling the world, which country would you visit first?
• Some people spend their life searching for “the one”.
• I’m just searching for the one good travel deal.
  Vacation calories don’t count, right?
• I want to live in a world where searching for plane tickets burns calories.
• Running to the gate is my cardio.
• If you look like your passport picture, you probably need a trip.
• When life knocks you down, roll over and look at the stars.
• Me: “I want to travel more”, the bank account: “Like, to the park?”

• I love those days when my only decision is whether to go to the beach in the morning or in the afternoon.
• Airports: the only place where drinking 8 AM is socially acceptable
• What’s that medical condition called where you constantly need to have a trip booked?
• “Be right back…” Just running away from Monday and going straight to the airport.
• Getting out of bed would be 10x easier if there was a Caribbean ocean and 30 degree weather waiting outside for you.
• Do you ever stress about money and then accidentally book another flight?
• Life is short. Call in sick and book that last minute flight.
• This is me, walking down the aisle (of the airplane).

• Everyone is pregnant, engaged or getting married. I just wanna lose weight and travel.
• Should I book another flight to go abroad? Brain: no. Wallet: no. Mom: no. Dog: no. Universe: no…I think
  I’m gonna book the flight.

Short Family Vacation Captions For Instagram

• My family is driving me coconuts.
• Got my family by my seaside.
• Family vacation really tides us together.
• Siblings fighting on vacation? Shore-ly not.
• You’re shore to have fun on family vacation.
• Family vacation: the only vacation that isn’t relaxing.
• I may be on vacation, but these people are still my home.
• Flights not fights… Please.
• Do I love family vacation? Of coast.

• Teaching my kids not to give into pier pressure.
• Fortunately, family portraits don’t usually turn out like this one.
• My family is just the right mix of chaos and love.
• Family makes a person a human being.
• Our family’s love is tied together with heartstrings.
• The bigger your family, the bigger your problems.
• Love these people to the moon and back.
• This family ain’t complete without me.
• Small moments. Big memories.
• Thankful that I can call you family.

• I’d rather be with my family.
• Rolling with the Fam.
• Home time is the best time.
• Best family ever!
• This family rules!
• Good family vibes only.
• My family is my little village.
• We go together like PB&J.

• Partners-in-crime.
• Perpetually torn between “I can’t live with them” and “I can’t live without them.”
• My family is the best example of sugar, spice, and everything nice (on most days).
• The most annoying yet most wonderful family ever.
• Your existence both annoys and pleases me.

Unique Travel Captions

• Better than my wildest dreams.
• Vacation mode: on.
• An adventure a day keeps the doctor away.
• Keep calm and travel on.
• Always say yes to new adventures.
• Incurable wanderlust.
• Don’t be a tourist, be a traveler.

• I do believe it’s time for another adventure.
• OOO for the foreseeable future.
• Left my heart in [insert city here].
• Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.
• Better to see something once than hear about it a thousand times.
• The only trip you will regret is the one you didn’t take.
• It’s bad manners to keep a vacation waiting.
• “I hate traveling,” said no traveler ever.
• Be back never.
• “The sea, once it casts its spell, holds on in its net of wonder forever.” – Jacques-Yves Cousteau.
• “Nature, time, and patience are the three great physicians.” – Chinese Proverb
• “Nothing is art if it does not come from nature.” – Antoni Gaudi
• “Nature is love”

• “I feel strongest where WiFi is the weakest”
• “The mountains are my happy place”
• “Can you feel the power of nature?”
• “Healed by nature”
• “Disconnect in nature to reconnect with yourself”
• “Recharging my batteries among the trees”
• “Nature is my therapist”
• “I prefer to count stars to sheep”
• “Into the wild”

• “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
• “Every forest branch moves differently in the breeze, but as they sway they connect at the roots.” – Rumi
• “Bathing in the forest”

Cute Vacation Captions

• Good morning, sunshine!
• Summer lovin’, it happened so fast!
• Life is better in a bikini.
• These feet were made for flip flops.
• Sunsets > Netflix
• If you’re not barefoot, you’re overdressed.
• Sunshine is the best medicine

• A balanced diet is a glass of rosé in each hand.
• I was made for sunny days.
• Shake your palm palms.
• You’re my lobster (roll).
• Someone give summer a speeding ticket.
• All I need is some A.C.
• Campfire > Fireplaces
• I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day.

• Tomorrow may rain, so today I’ll follow the sun.
• You’re one in a melon.
• Just blue skies and sunshine.
• Living on island time.
• Look for me under the palms.
• Oh, those summer nights!
• Salt water heals all wounds.
• High tide or low tide, I’ll stay by your side.
• The beach is always a good idea.

• The recipe to happiness is simple, just add water
• Early retirement
• The ocean is my favorite color
• Island time, all the time.
• “If there’s a heaven for me, I’m sure there’s a beach attached to it” – Jimmy Buffett.
• Sunrise, sunburn, sunset, repeat
• Yoga with a view, minus the yoga
• When the skies turn pink it’s time for a drink

Captions for Traveling With Friends

• “As soon as I saw you, I knew a grand adventure was about to happen.” —Winnie The Pooh.
• A good friend listens to your adventures. A best friend makes them with you.” —Unknown
• “A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles.” —Tim Cahill
• “No adventure is complete without you by my side.” —Unknown
• “It doesn’t matter where you’re going — it’s who you go with that makes it fun!” —Unknown
• “Life was meant for great adventures and close friends. —Unknown
• “We all have that one friend who is either on a road-trip or planning a road-trip or thinking about a road-trip or talking to people who are on road-trip or posting quotes about road-trip.” —Crestless Wave
• “It’s the friends we meet along the way that help us appreciate the journey.” —Unknown
• “You never know where life will take you, but it will always be better with friends.” —Unknown
• “You can pack for every occasion, but a good friend will always be the best thing you could bring!” —Unknown

• “We are all travelers in the wilderness of the world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.” —Robert Louis Stevenson
• “Wherever it is you may be, it is your friends who make your world.” —Chris Bradford
• ​​“When traveling life’s journey, it’s good to have a friend’s hand to hold on to.” —Unknown
• “If you want to go fast go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” —African Proverb
• “A good trip is an even better one with your bestie.” —Unknown
• “The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends” —Shirley MacLaine
• “Embarking on new adventures is a million times better with close pals.” —Unknown
• “Life was meant for great adventures and close friends.” —Unknown
• “Adventure awaits — all you need is your best buddy to make it a reality.” —Unknown
• “Away is a place where it’s not about the money you spend. It’s about the moments you share.”—Unknown

• “Just grab a friend and take a ride, together upon the open road.” —The Goofy Movie
• Life is about doing things that don’t suck with people who don’t suck.” —Unknown
• “I would like to travel the world with you twice. Once, to see the world. Twice, to see the way you see the world.”—Unknown
• “Everyone needs this friend that calls and says, “Get dressed, we’re going on an adventure.” —Unknown
• “Getting to know new people and gaining new friends is one of life’s greatest pleasures. So, conquer your fears and get out there.” —Tony Clark
• “Traveling with friends is always better.” —Unknown
• “No road is long with good company.” —Turkish proverb
• “Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” —Anais Nin
• “In life, it’s not where you go – it’s who you travel with.” —Charles M. Schulz

• “Exploring new places is always sweeter with your favorite people.” —Unknown
• “As with any journey, whom you travel with is more important than the destination.” —Unknown
• “At the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair messy and your eyes sparkling.” —Shanti
• “May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home.” —Trenton Lee Stewart
• “I get a friend to travel with me… I need somebody to bring me back to who I am. It’s hard to be alone.” —Leonardo DiCaprio
• “Travel should make friendships stronger and memories sweeter.” —Unknown
• “Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.” —Ernest Hemingway
• “Sometimes all you need is a great friend and a tank of gas.” —Thelma & Louise
• “One of the great things about travel is that you find out how many good, kind people there are.” —Edith Wharton

I hope you’ve found a few short vacation captions that fit comfortably with your travel images.

My favorite thing to do is to choose one, let it inspire, and then write one in my own words.

Happy travels!