How To Create a Travel Vision Board To Inspire You

Most people like to set goals for themselves or update their bucket lists. I am very enthusiastic about both – to dream dreams is always a fun activity! Many people regularly use a vision board to remind them of their goals or bucket list items. If you have travel goals, such as visiting far-off places and doing adventurous activities, why not create a travel vision board? A travel vision board is a great tool to keep your travel dreams alive!

What is a travel vision board?

A vision board became well-known after the book The Secret came out a few years ago. Although it was not a new idea, this book made it a buzzword. The Secret refers to the law of attraction, which states that you attract whatever you focus on.

A vision board is usually a poster with pictures of what you want to do or achieve. It helps you visualise your dreams or goals by creating a visual reminder of these items. Some people do a vision board for a particular period, such as a year, while others do one for their longer-term wish list items. When my vision board focuses on a shorter period, such as one year, it becomes almost like a goal board, while the lifetime board is akin to a bucket list board.

A vision board for travelling is a great tool for visualizing your dream destinations, adventure activities, or things you would like to do or experience. The power of a vision board lies in constantly reminding you of your travel goals.

The purpose of a vision board for travelling

If you have never considered making a travel vision board, there are several reasons to create one:

• It helps you to remain focused and motivated when travel planning.
• Putting the vision board in a place you see daily will always remind you of the places you want to visit. This can be a huge motivation when you need to save for a trip or take other actions to make the trip happen!
• When creating your board, choose the places and attractions you want to visit. This helps you clarify which destinations and attractions are a priority for you.
• Creating a vision board for travel is also a lot of fun! It requires you to dream of places to see and things to do, which requires creativity and is fun!

What is the focus of a travel vision board?

You can use a travel vision board in so many ways. You can use it for your dream vacation, focusing on a single destination. In this case, you can include the attractions you want to see, foods you want to try and experiences you want to have in this travel destination. Creating a single destination vision board may increase your excitement for a future trip, but it also helps you properly plan the trip by identifying what you will do while there.

Alternatively, you can create a travel vision board for your future travels. You can decide on planning for a one-year horizon or a five-year horizon. Consider all the trips you may want to complete during your chosen period and add details to your vision board.

What should be on a vision board for travelling?

Your travel vision board, also known as your travel bucket list, should reflect your travel dreams and desires. It should also reflect your personality—you can be as creative as you like! You can include pictures of destinations you want to visit, attractions you want to see, or inspirational travel quotes! Anything goes. You need to create a board that will inspire and keep you motivated, and you know best what type of content will achieve this.

A travel dream board is a perfect way to help you with goal setting for your travel plans. It is a great idea to have specific goals by including city names, images of people and travel images from your dream destinations. If you have always wanted to see the Eiffel Tower, you can include a picture of it on your travel vision board. Perhaps you have dreamed of seeing the Northern Lights in person; add it to your vision board!

Format of your vision board

There are many ways to create a vision board for travel. Here are some options:

• You can create a physical travel board by cutting out pictures of places you want to visit from travel magazines or newspapers. You can also print photos from blogs and social media platforms like Instagram and Pinterest. Add travel quotes and exciting messages from magazine clippings to inspire you. Pin these to a corkboard or paste them on large cardboard to put on a wall.
• Another great option is creating a digital vision board for your travel goals. You have many options for digital versions of travel vision boards, including using a vision board app or a digital collage you can use as your phone or laptop’s wallpaper.
• Many people create a Pinterest board for their travel vision board. I also have one! I do not think it serves the purpose of such a vision board and a physical or digital travel vision board since you have to go to Pinterest to click on the board to view it. Seeing your board quickly and often makes Pinterest a better option for creating your bucket list, which you can update occasionally.

What do you need to create your vision board for travel?

What you need depends on the type of vision board you are creating

• To physically create your travel vision board, you need craft supplies, such as poster board, glue sticks, magazine clippings and scissors! Using different pin colours, You may create or buy a push-pin travel map to show your past and future travels.
• You can use various images for a digital vision board, including high-quality stock photos showing inspirational images or even your own travel photos from previous trips. Many useful apps, including Canva, Picmonkey, Visme, or VistaCreate, can help you create your digital vacation vision board.
• Multiple vision board apps can create one or more online vision boards.

Whether you make a physical or digital vision board, make sure it has a positive outlook and includes positive things, thoughts, and inspirational quotes.

How to use your travel vision board

It will not serve its purpose if you don’t see your vision board often and quickly. To fully utilize your travel vision board, whether it is a digital or physical board, you need to see it every single day!

If you created a physical board, hang it in your bedroom or study area where you can see it when you get up or look up from working at your desk. Another great place to hang your travel vision board is in your living room, where most people spend a significant amount of their daily lives.

Some people create their vision boards for travel on a page in their planners or diaries. That way, they can see it daily using their planners or diaries.

The nice thing about a digital travel vision board is that you can take it with you! Save it as wallpaper on your laptop, desktop, tablet and phone. Ensure it is visible in many places to ensure the best success possible. The pleasant thing about the digital version is that you can even use it as wallpaper on your work computer – no one will even know what you are staring at when you look at your computer screen!

Your travel vision board can be placed anywhere—the important thing is to keep it prominent!

Fun ways to create a vision board

Creating a vision board is so much fun; why do it alone? You can have a great time involving a family member or friends by having a travel vision board party. You can have this at the beginning of a new year and let everyone create a new year vision board, but you can have this fun activity any time of the year to allow everyone to create a vision board for their bucket list destinations or dream vacations.