14 Unique Ways To Keep Track Of The Places You Travel

When you are always traveling to cool new places, it is fun to have a method of keeping track of the places you have been!

Depending on your style and the places you like to visit most, there are unique ideas for everyone! This could be a fun tradition to start with your kids or start now as an adult!

Here are some unique ideas we thought you might like!

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1. Push Pin Map

Our personal favorite unique way to keep track of the places you travel is a push pin map! It doesn’t take up much space as it sits on your wall and you can color coordinate where you and your significant other have traveled separately and together. You can either get a blown up version of just your country or the world depending on where you travel most.

2. Sticker Map

Sticker Map: If you travel by RV/campervan, you can put this map on the exterior of your vehicle. Or if you live in a home you can attach the map to your wall or fridge and add each state sticker as you visit each! This map is fun, because it shoes one of the most famous attractions in each state.

3. Collect Stickers!

Most places nowadays have stickers for you to take or purchase. Whether you are at a national park, state park, brewery, coffee shop, souvenir shop, museums, etc, there will be stickers that you can decorate with. A lot of times people put them on their vehicle, cargo box, fridge, laptop, suitcase, water bottle, etc.

4. Coffee Mugs/shot/pint glasses.

If you travel often, this might not be the route you want to go since there is only so much cabinet space. But sometimes people decorate their kitchen or china cabinet with special memories like these.

5. Create A Memory Box

You could make a memory box! A memory box can consist of tickets, pictures, pins, magnets, receipts, money, souvenirs, etc. People then put the memory box up on their wall.

6. Create A Scrapbook of Memories

A classic way to keep track of the places you travel is to make a Scrapbook! You can either make a scrapbook for every trip or dedicate a page or two for your favorite pictures from each trip! Scrapbooking can be a time consuming hobby, but if you enjoy then it can also be super relaxing.

7. Collect Magnets

An easy way to keep track of your travel is to buy a magnet from all the places you travel. You can literally place these anywhere metal or steel in your house. Just about every souvenir shop/supermarket/gas station will have a magnet with the location on it.

8. Collect A T-Shirt

You could collect T-shirts from each place you travel, and after they get a little worn out, you can recycle them into a t-shirt blanket!

9. Postcards

Again if you go into any store in the area, there will most likely be postcards with an epic photo from the town/city. And you can find an awesome picture of the area that you love most about it.

You can even go the extra step and send it back to yourself with a fun message. This could be a fun way to journal along your trip by describing your favorite memories, or what you did that day. Then, every time you look back at it you can have the great memories!

10. Coasters

One of the more unique ways to keep track of the places you travel is to collect coasters from local restaurants, breweries, wineries, etc.  You can usually get these for free from restaurants/breweries, or find them at souvenir shops. You can use them around the house as a memoir of a great trip or save them somewhere special!

11. Collect Wine or the Corks

If you are a wine connoisseur, you could either collect a bottle of wine from the city/town or collect the wine corks from each place. You then could write the location on each cork and put it in a memory box or bowl, or even turn them into a cork bulletin board.

12. Keychains

Keychains are probably of the best unique ways to keep track of the places your travel for children. They are another easy item that all stores should have! You can either put them on a keychain holder or display them somewhere in your home.

13. Charm Bracelet

One of my favorite unique ways to keep track of the places you travel is by adding a new charm from each location to my charm bracelet. One of my favorite memories growing up was stopping into local grocery stores and picking out a new charm that represented the city or town. It was a super fun way to remember the great places I had been.

Plus most towns/cities have jewelry stores, so you could stop in to buy a charm at each new place or you could just order a new charm from a local place that reminds you of the trip.

14. Christmas Tree Ornaments! 

I think one of the most unique ways to keep track of the places you travel is by finding a new Christmas tree ornament from each place to visit. That way every Christmas you get to relive each memory as you place the ornament on the tree!