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100+ Road Trip Quotes & Captions to Inspire Your Next Adventure

Are you currently on a cross-country adventure and looking for some fun and inspiring road trip quotes!? Well, you’ve come to the right place because I’ve put together an incredible list of quotes about road trips that are guaranteed to fuel your wanderlust and would be perfect for that next Instagram caption!

There’s nothing more exciting, liberating, and powerful in the life of a traveler than hitting the road at a moment’s notice to explore somewhere new. Long before the Wright Brothers invented airplanes, cars were the beloved mode of transport across America.

That’s why everyone loves a road trip, and thankfully, there’s a plethora of captions, lines, lyrics, and quotes about roads and journeys that sum up just why they are so great.

My list of the 100 best road trip quotes and long ride quotes are inspirational, stirring, and uplifting, and I hope they will encourage you to take your own journey into the great unknown.

Need inspiration for your next road trip? I suggest the scenic Los Angeles to San Francisco drive along the beautiful Pacific Coast Highway.

The Best Road Trip Quotes & Road Trip Captions for Instagram

The Best Road Trip Quotes

This collection of the best road trip quotes sum up why hitting the road is such a powerful experience we all should do, and do often! 

1) “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.” – Douglas Adams

One of my favorite inspirational car ride quotes

2) “I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.” – Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

3) “I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

Few knew the adventure of the road more than RLS himself, so it’s no surprise he has several quotes on road trips. Were you inspired by reading Treasure Island?

This is one of my favorite long road quotes!

4) “Road trips are the equivalent of human wings. Ask me to go on one, anywhere. We’ll stop in every small town and learn the history and stories, feel the ground, and capture the spirit. Then we’ll turn it into our own story that will live inside our history to carry with us, always. Because stories are more important than things.” – Victoria Erickson

5) “A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.” – John Steinbeck

Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice and Men’ is a high school text that many of us studied. Have you read the classic about George and Lenny?

6) “I want to go on a road trip. Just you and me. The highway, the radio, the blue sky, the back roads, and windows down. We’ll talk about everything and nothing. We’ll sing our hearts out, and we’ll make memories we’ll never forget. Just you and me.” – Unknown

7) “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.

Definitely one of the most inspiring road trip captions for Instagram!

8) “Part of us believes the new car is better because it lasts longer. But, in fact, that’s the worst thing about the new car. It will stay around to disappoint you, whereas a trip to Europe is over. It evaporates. It has the good sense to go away, and you are left with nothing but a wonderful memory.” – Daniel Gilbert

I know my travel memories will last a lifetime. Always take the adventure over the car! 

9) “I just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I don’t know where it’s going to lead me, but I follow it.” – Grace Jones

The Best Short Road Trip Quotes 

Short, sweet, and succinct, these short, beautiful road quotes truly encapsulate the power of an epic road trip and will surely stick with you for an entire road trip.  

10) “It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

11) “you may not find a path, but you will find a way.” – tom wolfe, 12) “people don’t take trips, trips take people.” – john steinbeck.

13) “Take care of your car in the garage, and the car will take care of you on the road.” – Amit Kalantri

14) “roads were made for journeys, not destinations.” – confucius, 15) “roads are a record of those who have gone before.” – rebecca solnit, 16) “good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.” – izaak walton.

17) “The open road is a beckoning, a strangeness, a place where a man can lose himself.” – William Least Heat Moon

18) “if you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” – lewis carroll.

19)  “If you’re on a road trip, you need driving music.” -Edgar Wright

20) “the only impossible journey is the one you never begin” – tony robbins .

One of the best short road trip quotes

21) “Road trips aren’t measured by mile markers, but by moments.” – Unknown 

The greatest parts of a road trip happen unexpectedly along the way. Do you agree?

22) “Wherever you get to is better than where you started. To stay on the road is a massive achievement.” – Anthony Joshua

23) “All he needed was a wheel in his hand and four on the road.” – Jack Kerouac

24) “i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me.” – walt whitman.

Walt Whitman is the king of quotes about road trips

25) “No road is long with good company.” – Turkish proverb

26) “travel far enough, you meet yourself.” – david mitchell.

Heading to Australia soon?  Check out this article on “ Australia’s all-time greatest road trips revealed ” for some travel inspiration!

27) “The gladdest moment in human life, me thinks, is a departure into unknown lands.” –Sir Richard Burton

The days before departing for an unfamiliar and exotic destination are so exciting. Almost as awesome as when you get there. 

28) “I can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads.” – Paulo Coelho

29) “Look at life through the windshield, not the rearview mirror.” – Byrd Baggett

30)  “if you come to a fork in the road, take it.” – scott myers.

This is one of my favorite road trip captions for Instagram

31) “Just grab a friend and take a ride together upon the open road.” – A Goofy Movie

32) “discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – marcel proust.

33) “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” – Anita Desai

This is one of the best road travel quotes because your experiences on the road can shape you for years to come.

34) “A bend in the road, is not the end of the road….unless you fail to make the turn.” – Helen Keller

35) “It’s a road trip! It’s about adventure! … It’s not like we have somewhere to go.” – John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

36) “sometimes all you need is a great friend and a tank of gas.” – unknown.

And if they’re happy to split the cost of gas… even better. 

37) “To awaken alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.” – Freya Stark

38) “every journey is simultaneously a beginning and an ending: i was leaving my old life behind and starting on a road trip to find a new me.” – debi tolbert duggar.

Road Trip Captions for Instagram

Can’t wait to share your fantastic road trip snaps with your followers? I can guarantee that these short road quotes will fit in like a glove as the perfect Instagram caption.

39) “Because the greatest part of a road trip isn’t arriving at your destination. It’s all the wild stuff that happens along the way.” – Emma Chase 

Road Trip Quotes to inspire!

40) “Happiness is a road trip.” – Unknown

41) “sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere and sometimes in the middle of nowhere you find yourself.” – stacy westfall, 42) “the pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to.” – alain de botton.

43) “At the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair messy and your eyes sparkling.” – Shanti

I’ve been on some camping adventures that this road trip Instagram caption would be perfect for! 

44) “It doesn’t matter where you’re going, it’s who you have beside you.” – Unknown

This is personally one of my favorite road tripping quotes, as it really hits home that the journey is about the people you get to spend it with. Not saying that solo travel can’t be just as incredible, but for me – it’s always about who I have beside me that makes memories.

A road trip with friends definitely makes the journey even more fun! One of my top short road trip quotes!

45) “Oh, the places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss

46) “always take the scenic route.”- unknown.

One of the best scenic route captions to tag along on a post with unbelievable scenery.

47) “Do Not Follow Where The Path May Lead. Go Instead Where There Is No Path And Leave A Trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

48) “the open road is there, it will always be there. you just have to decide when to take it.” – chris humphrey, 49) “when all’s said and done, all roads lead to the same end. so it’s not so much which road you take, as how you take it.” – charles de lint.

50) “Let’s go somewhere where nobody knows our name.” – Unknown 

51) “wanderlust and city dust.” – unknown, 52) “good friends follow you anywhere.” – winnie the pooh.

A road trip with friends is just more memorable, so who are the Tigger, Eeyore, and Piglet you need along with you for the ride?

53) “Making memories one road trip at a time.” – Unknown

54) “some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.” – erol ozan.

55) “We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” – Unknown

56) “i love being on the road. i love that lifestyle, traveling city to city, rocking out and moving on to the next place.” – caleb johnson, 57) “the world is too big to stay in one place, and life is too short to do just one thing.” – unknown, 58) “once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers.  the mind can never break off from the journey.” – pat conroy.

59) “Let’s get lost.” – Unknown

But not like, lost lost.

60) “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing” – Helen Keller

61) “and so the adventure begins.” – unknown.

Heading to Europe soon?  Give a read through this article on “ The 20 Best Road Trips in Europe To Add to Your Bucket List “. 

Inspirational Quotes About Road Trips

Craving a bit of inspiration to fire you up for your next big road trip? These inspiring road trip quotes will see you packing your bag and taking that ride in no time. 

62) “Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn’t mean to take.” – Angela N. Blount

63) “Look on every exit being an entrance somewhere else.” – Tom Stoppard

This is one of those quotes about roads in life that work for both road tripping and just life in general.

64) “You Can’t Find The Right Roads When The Streets Are Paved.” – Bob Marley

65) “map out your future – but do it in pencil. the road ahead is as long as you make it. make it worth the trip.” – jon bon jovi.

Woooo-ah, we’re halfway there… woo-ahhh livin’ on a prayer! 

66) “The freedom of the open road is seductive, serendipitous and absolutely liberating.” – Aaron Lauritsen

67) “sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere and sometimes in the middle of nowhere you find yourself” – stacey westfall.

68) “Travel is the only thing we buy that makes us richer.” – Unknown

And I can promise you, it’s worth every penny. 

69) “If you make the mistake of looking back too much, you aren’t focused enough on the road in front of you.” – Brad Paisley

70) “look for chances to take the less-traveled roads. there are no wrong turns.” – susan magsamen.

71) “Never underestimate the therapeutic power of driving and listening to very loud music.” – Unknown

What’s on your must-have road trip playlist? If you’re looking for some rockin’ tunes to cruise along to, Spotify is packed with epic road trip compilations. 

72) “Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey.” – Babs Hoffman

Funny Road Trip Quotes 

What’s on your must-have road trip playlist? If you’re looking for some rockin’ tunes to cruise along to, Spotify is packed with epic road trip compilations.  

 73) “Road trips require a couple of things: a well-balanced diet of caffeine, salt and sugar and an excellent selection of tunes- oh, and directions.” – Jenn McKinlay

Fuel me up with coffee, candy and an epic road trip playlist and I’m one happy boy. 

74) “It doesn’t matter how old you are, buying snacks for a road trip should always look like an unsupervised 9 year old given $100.” – Unknown

75) “a road trip is a way for the whole family to spend time together and annoy each other in interesting new places.” – tom lichtenheld.

One of my favorite family road trip quotes, and if you’ve ever been on a family road trip, I’m sure you can agree with this one! It’s probably also one of the funniest long drive quotes on this list!

76) “Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.” – Jerry Seinfeld

77) “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 a road-trip or posting quotes about a road-trip.” – crestless wave.

…I think I’m that friend. 

78) “That’s why I love road trips, dude. It’s like doing something without actually doing anything. – John Green

79) “kilometers are shorter than miles. save gas, take your next trip in kilometers.”  – george carlin, 80) “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.

Is there no truer quote about travel? 

81) “The best part of a road trip isn’t arriving at your destination … it’s the fast food along the way.” – Unknown

Road trip calories don’t count… do they? Because I want Taco Bell, Wendys, and Burger King every day!

82) “I wish road trips could pay my bills.” – Unknown 

Road Trip Movie Quotes 

There are so many classic films out that involve a road trip – usually where a major life lesson is learned along the way. We all love road trips, so the tried and tested film formula works. These movie quotes about road trips come from some of the most famous road trippin’ flicks in history. 

83) “Remember: the car is you, you are the car. Okay? Let’s ride!” – Gone in 60 Seconds

84) “well, we’re not in the middle of nowhere, but we can see it from here.”- thelma & louise.

What road trip movie is more widely loved than Thelma & Louise? It’s entertaining sure, but I just hope none of your adventures take the detour theirs did!

85) “According to the map, we’ve only gone four inches.” – Dumb and Dumber

86) “We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold.” – Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas

A (semi-autobiographical) road trip cinematic classic from the mind of the late, great Hunter S. Thompson. This is bat country! 

87) “I love waking up in the morning not knowing what’s gonna happen or who I’m gonna meet. Where I’m gonna wind up.” – Titanic  

88) “adventure is out there.” – up  , 89) “it’s a dangerous business, frodo, going out your door. you step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” – lord of the rings .

One road trip to rule them all. I just hope my next road trip isn’t as treacherous as Frodo and Sam’s.

90) “Now bring me that horizon…” – Pirates of the Caribbean 

91) “when i get home i shall write a book about this place… if i ever do get home.” – alice in wonderland, 92) i just said we’d make it across. i didn’t say anything about the wheels staying on.” – road trip .

Now, what road trip quote list would be complete without a quote from the hilarious teen comedy itself? 

93) “This is no longer a vacation. It’s a quest. It’s a quest for fun. You’re gonna have fun, and I’m gonna have fun… We’re all gonna have so much f***ing fun we’re gonna need plastic surgery to remove our goddamn smiles!” – National Lampoon’s Vacation

Who else had a father that road-tripped like Chevy Chase? 

94) “Mi scusi!” – Euro Trip 

Fans of this side-splitting road trip film will know exactly what this quote means! 

Road Trip Quotes from Song Lyrics 

Singers, the beloved modern-day poets, have some of the best driving quotes ever. While this shortlist of the best song lyrics about road trips may span musical decades and genres, they all nail the freedom a great road trip brings…

94) “You make me wanna roll my windows down and cruise.” – Cruise , Florida Georgia Line

95) “no one you have been and no place you have gone ever leaves you. the new parts of you simply jump in the car and go along for the rest of the ride. the success of your journey and your destination all depend on who’s driving.” – born to run, bruce springsteen.

96) “I drove all night to get to you.” – I Drove All Night , Cyndi Lauper

For when you can’t think of any night ride quotes.

97) If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.” – Any Road , George Harrison

98) “so, remember when we were driving, driving in your car. speed so fast felt like i was drunk. city lights lay out before us, and your arms felt nice wrapped around my shoulders, and i had a feeling that i belonged, and i had a feeling i could be someone.” – fast car, tracy chapman.

*Listens to Fast Car on repeat for an entire day. 

99) “Hit the road Jack and don’t you come back / No more, no more, no more, no more!” – Hit The Road Jack, Ray Charles

100) life is a highway, i wanna ride it all night long. if you’re going my way, i wanna drive it all night long.” – life is a highway, rascal flatts.

Easily one of the best highway quotes for road trips.

101) “Baby, you got the keys. Now shut up and drive.” — Shut Up and Drive , Rihanna 

102) “Big wheels keep on turning / Carry me home to see my kin / Singing songs about the south-land / I miss ‘ole’ ‘bamy once again.” – Sweet Home Alabama , Lynyrd Skynyrd

Proud Mary’s chorus starts with the same four words. Coincidence? I think not. 

103) “I got a blacked-out Chevrolet. You don’t have a destination. Traveling where the wind will take us. That might be from place to place.” – Let’s Go, Khalid 

What are your favorite Road Trip Quotes…?

There really is an endless amount of inspirational and fun car travel quotes, so I’d love to hear from you to see if there’s any specific quote I need to add to this list! Whether it’s from a movie, song, book, or poem – I’d love to keep this list up-to-date with the best road trip quotes available!

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There’s nothing quite like hitting the open road with a group of friends , windows down, music up, and endless possibilities ahead.

Road trips offer a chance to disconnect from the stress of everyday life and create unforgettable memories with those closest to us.

But while the journey itself may be full of adventure, the memories we make along the way are just as important. That is where captions and quotes come in handy!

Whether it is for your social media posts or just to capture the moment, having the perfect words to accompany your road trip photos can make all the difference.

In this blog post, we have compiled a list of the best road trip with friends captions and quotes to help you capture the essence of the open road and the adventure. So sit back, relax, and let the inspiration flow!

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Captions and Quotes for the Start of the Road Trip With Friends

The road trip with friends is an experience like no other. From singing at the top of your lungs to snacking on junk food and stopping at every quirky roadside attraction, a road trip with friends is full of memories that will last a lifetime.

1. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” — Lao Tzu

2. “Adventure is out there, let’s go find it.”

3. “We weren’t made to just pay bills and die, let’s hit the road.”

4. “Life is short, let’s make every moment count.”

5. “Let’s escape reality for a while and make some unforgettable memories.”

6. “It doesn’t matter where you’re going, it’s who you have beside you.”

7. “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” — Saint Augustine

8. “Let’s go on an adventure, where the only direction is forward.”

9. “The open road is calling, and I must go.”

10. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” — Helen Keller

11. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” — Abraham Lincoln

12. “The best time for new beginnings is now.”

13. “Let’s hit the road and see where it takes us.”

14. “Life is a journey, enjoy the ride.”

15. “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” — Susan Sontag

16. “Let’s go on a road trip, make some memories, and leave behind a trail of dust and laughter.”

17. “Life is too short to wait, let’s go explore the world.”

18. “Adventure awaits, let’s go find it.”

19. “It’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey.”

20. “The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.” — Oprah Winfrey

21. “The road is long, but the company is good.”

22. “Let’s find some beautiful place to get lost.”

23. “The best things happen unexpectedly, let’s embrace the journey.”

24. “Let’s take the scenic route and make some memories along the way.”

25. “Life was meant for good friends and great adventures.”

26. “Let’s make this trip an unforgettable one.”

27. “Adventure awaits on the open road.”

28. “Let’s find some beautiful place to get lost.”

29. “The best road trips are the ones that take us places we never expected to go.”

30. “Life is about creating and living experiences that are worth sharing.” — Steve Jobs

31. “The world is full of wonderful things you haven’t seen yet. Don’t ever give up on the chance of seeing them.” — J.K. Rowling

32. “Life is a journey, make the most of it.”

33. “Let’s go on an adventure, take risks, and conquer our fears.”

34. “Let’s get lost in nature and find ourselves in the process.”

35. “Life is too short to stay in one place, let’s go out and explore the world.”

36. “The world is a beautiful place, let’s go see it.”

37. “Let’s make memories that will last a lifetime.”

38. “Life is an adventure, let’s go live it.”

39. “Let’s go on a road trip, make some memories, and come back with stories to tell.”

40. “The journey is the reward.”

41. “Good friends, great memories, and the open road.”

42. “The best therapy is a road trip with good friends.”

43. “Let’s go on a road trip, make some memories, and have the time of our lives.”

44. “Friends who travel together, stay together.”

45. “Let’s hit the road and leave our worries behind.”

46. “Life is a journey, and I wouldn’t want to take it with anyone else but you guys.”

47. “Let’s take a break from our busy lives and enjoy the simple pleasures of the open road.”

48. “Friends don’t let friends travel alone.”

49. “Let’s create memories that we’ll cherish for a lifetime.”

50. “The best trips are the ones taken with great company.”

51. “Let’s go on a road trip, make some memories, and come back with stories to tell.”

52. “Life is too short to not go on a road trip with your best friends.”

53. “Let’s go on a road trip and create our own adventure.”

54. “Friends + road trip = memories that last a lifetime.”

55. “Good friends and good roads make for a great journey.”

56. “The open road is calling, and I must go.” — John Muir

57. “Let’s wander where the wifi is weak and the adventures are strong.”

58. “Life was meant for good friends and great adventures.”

59. “The road is calling, and we must go.”

60. “Travel is the only thing you can buy that makes you richer.”

61. “Let’s go on a road trip, explore the world, and make unforgettable memories.”

62. “Let’s pack our bags and hit the road, the adventure awaits.”

63. “The best road trips are the ones taken with your best friends.”

64. “The journey is the reward, let’s make the most of it.”

65. “Let’s wander where the Wi-Fi is weak.”

138 GIRLS TRIP CAPTIONS and QUOTES for Unforgettable Moments Spent Together

Scenic Views on the Road Trip With Friends Captions and Quotes

One of the most unforgettable parts of a road trip with friends is the stunning scenery you’ll encounter along the way. From majestic mountains to serene lakes and everything in between, nature’s beauty provides the perfect backdrop for an unforgettable adventure with your closest pals.

And what better way to capture the breathtaking views than with the perfect caption or quote?

66. “The mountains are calling and I must go.” — John Muir

67. “Take only memories, leave only footprints.” — Chief Seattle

68. “The journey is as beautiful as the destination.”

69. “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” — Lao Tzu

70. “The earth has music for those who listen.” — Shakespeare

71. “The beauty of nature is the greatest gift to the human heart.”

72. “Life is a highway, I wanna ride it all night long.” — Tom Cochrane

73. “The freedom of the open road is seductive, serendipitous and absolutely liberating.” — Aaron Lauritsen

74. “The road goes ever on and on.” — J.R.R. Tolkien

75. “The open road is a blank canvas for adventure.”

76. “The view is better when it’s shared with good friends.”

77. “The world is a canvas, let’s go explore the colors.”

78. “Let’s go chase the sun and see where it takes us.”

79. “The mountains are my happy place.”

80. “The best views come after the hardest climb.”

81. “Life is a climb, but the view is great.”

82. “Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn.”

Group Photos From the Road Trip With Friends Captions and Quotes

When it comes to a road trip with friends, nothing beats the joy of being with your favorite people and capturing memories that will last a lifetime.

Group photos are the perfect way to remember the moments of fun, laughter, and adventure that you share on your road trip. Whether you are posing in front of a famous landmark, on the beach, or in the middle of nowhere, group photos are a must-have for any road trip album.

But with so many group photos to choose from, finding the right caption or quote can be a challenge. So here are some of the best captions and quotes to accompany your group photos, so you can showcase the bond between you and your friends and cherish the memories for years to come.

83. “Squad goals.”

84. “Good friends and great adventures.”

85. “Friends who travel together, stay together.”

86. “Good times and tan lines.”

87. “Life is a journey, let’s take it together.”

88. “It’s not where you go, it’s who you go with.”

89. “Together is a beautiful place to be.”

90. “Let’s capture this moment and cherish it forever.”

91. “Good friends, great memories, and epic adventures.”

92. “We’re not lost, we’re on an adventure.”

93. “Let’s take a group photo, and show the world how much fun we’re having.”

94. “Life is a journey, let’s make it a great one together.”

95. “The best moments in life are the ones shared with great friends.”

96. “Let’s take a group photo and make it Instagram official.”

97. “Road trippin’ with my favorite people.”

98. “Adventure is out there, and we’re finding it together.”

99. “Good times and crazy friends make the best memories.”

100. “We may not have it all together, but together we have it all.”

101. “Exploring the world, one road trip at a time.”

102. “We didn’t know we were making memories, we were just having fun.”

103. “The best road trips are the ones taken with great company.”

104. “The best things in life are the people we love, the places we’ve been, and the memories we’ve made along the way.”

105. “Let’s take a group photo and remember this moment forever.”

106. “Travel far, travel wide, but never travel alone.”

107. “Friends are the family we choose for ourselves.”

108. “The open road is calling, and we answered together.”

109. “Happiness is a road trip with good friends.”

110. “Friends who road trip together, stay together.”

Captions and Quotes for Food and Drink on a Road Trip With Friends

A road trip with friends is not just about exploring new places and enjoying the scenery – it’s also about indulging in delicious food and drinks along the way.

Whether trying out local specialties, sampling gourmet cuisine, or enjoying a refreshing drink after a long day on the road, food, and drink are an essential part of any memorable road trip with friends.

And what better way to capture the deliciousness of your culinary adventures than with the perfect caption or quote? So get ready to indulge your taste buds and add flavor to your road trip album!

111. “Food is our common ground, a universal experience.” — James Beard

112. “Eat well, travel often.”

113. “Good food, good mood, good company.”

114. “Good friends and good food make for a great road trip.”

115. “The best part of a road trip? Trying all the local eats and drinks!”

116.”Life is uncertain, but coffee on a road trip is a sure thing.”

117. “Food is always better when shared with friends on a road trip.”

118. “Eating local on a road trip is like taking a journey through each destination’s flavors.”

119. “Food is the ingredient that binds us together on a road trip.”

120. “Good food, good company, and an open road – what more could you want?”

121. “A road trip isn’t complete without some snacks and drinks to keep us going.”

122. “The best road trips are fueled by good food and even better conversations.”

123. “Taking a break for some delicious food and drinks on a road trip is always worth it.”

124. “Nothing brings people together like good food and an adventure-filled road trip.”

125. “A great road trip is not complete without some tasty eats and drinks.”

126. “When in doubt, always stop for a bite to eat on a road trip.”

127. “Road-tripping with friends is always better with some snacks and drinks in tow.”

128. “Food and drink on a road trip are like the fuel that keeps us going.”

129. “Life is too short to miss out on the local cuisine during a road trip with friends.”

130. “The best moments on a road trip happen over a meal with friends.”

131. “Eating and drinking our way through a road trip is the best way to make memories.”

132. “A road trip is not about the destination, it’s about the delicious food and drinks we discover along the way.”

133. “Road trips and food are a match made in heaven. It’s always an adventure to try new dishes in new places.”

Fun and Laughter on the Road Trip With Friends Captions and Quotes

One of the best parts of a road trip with friends is the endless laughter and fun you share along the way. From silly jokes to unexpected adventures, every moment is a chance to bond with your friends and create memories that will last a lifetime.

And while pictures may be worth a thousand words, sometimes a perfect caption or quote can perfectly capture the joy and happiness of your road trip.

134. “Life is short, make it sweet.”

135. “Happiness is a road trip with your best friend.”

136. “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” — Confucius

137. “A road trip is a way for the whole family to spend time together and annoy each other in interesting new places.” — Tom Lichtenheld

138. “Happiness is a road trip with good friends.”

139. “A good road trip is like a journey to the unknown, full of surprises and laughter.”

140. “A road trip is a chance to leave everything behind and create new memories with your closest friends.”

141. “The best part of a road trip is the laughter you share with your friends.”

142. “The greatest part of a road trip isn’t arriving at your destination, it’s all the wild stuff that happens along the way.” — Emma Chase

143. “Road trips are the equivalent of human wings. We only learn to fly by doing it.”

144. “The joy of a road trip is the journey, not the destination.”

145. “Road tripping with the best company.”

146. “Road trips aren’t measured by mile markers, but by moments.”

Captions and Quotes for the End of the Road Trip With Friends

As much as we hate to admit it, all good things must come to an end, including a wonderful road trip with friends.

Whether you’ve been exploring the open road for days, weeks, or even longer, the end of a road trip can be bittersweet – on one hand, you are excited to go back home and share your stories with loved ones, but on the other hand, you will miss the adventure, freedom, and camaraderie that you shared with your friends.

But just because the road trip is over doesn’t mean that the memories have to fade away – with the perfect caption or quote, you can capture the spirit and essence of your trip, and keep those memories alive for years to come.

147. “Home is where the heart is.”

148. “Memories made, adventures shared.”

149. “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” — Dr. Seuss

150. “The best things in life are the people we love, the places we’ve been, and the memories we’ve made along the way.”

151. “The end of a road trip is not the end of a journey. It’s just the beginning of a new adventure.”

152. “All good things must come to an end, but the memories of a road trip with friends last a lifetime.”

153. “The end of a road trip is always bittersweet. You’re sad to say goodbye, but grateful for the memories made.”

154. “The last day of a road trip is always the hardest, but it’s the memories that make it worth it.”

155. “Saying goodbye is hard, but knowing you’ll see each other again on another road trip makes it easier.”

156. “The end of a road trip is not the end of a bond. It’s just the beginning of a stronger friendship.”

157. “The end of a road trip means going back to reality, but the memories will keep us going until our next adventure.”

158. “It’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey. And our journey together on this road trip was unforgettable.”

159. “The end of a road trip is like the end of a great book. You’re sad it’s over, but grateful for the journey.” 

160. “The end of a road trip doesn’t have to be the end of the fun. Keep the memories alive and plan your next adventure.”

161. “The end of a road trip is not the end of the world. It’s just the end of a chapter.”

Short Captions and Quotes About Road Trip With Friends

Sometimes, less is more – and when it comes to captions and quotes for your road trip photos, a short and sweet phrase can often say more than a lengthy diatribe.

In this section, we have rounded up some of the best short captions and quotes for your road trip photos, so you can let the pictures speak for themselves.

162. “Adventures with my squad.”

163. “Squad goals.”

164. “Making memories with my favorite people.”

165. “Living our best lives on the open road.”

166. “Friends and good times, that’s all we need.”

167. “Life is better with friends and road trips.”

168. “On the road with my ride or die crew.”

169. “Exploring new places with my best friends.”

170. “The open road and good company.”

171. “Friends who wander together, stay together.”

172. “Road tripping with the best crew.”

173. “The road is our happy place.”

174. “The adventure begins with good company.”

175. “Friends and miles, that’s all we need.”

176. “Let’s go on an adventure and make some memories.”

177. “Making memories one road trip at a time.”

178. “Good vibes, good company, and good times.”

179. “On the road, living our best lives.”

180. “Let’s explore the world and have some fun.”

181. “Good friends and endless highways.”

182. “Wanderlust and good company.”

183 “Life is a highway, enjoy the ride.”

Funny Captions and Quotes About Road Tripping With Friends

Road trips with friends are always full of laughs, inside jokes, and good times. And what better way to capture those hilarious moments than with a funny caption or quote?

From ridiculous roadside attractions to unexpected detours, there are plenty of opportunities for humor on a road trip.

Whether you’re looking to poke fun at yourself or your friends, or just want to add some levity to your photos, a funny caption or quote can do the trick.

In this section, we’ve gathered some of the funniest captions and quotes for your road trip photos, so you can relive the laughter long after the trip is over.

184. “Are we there yet? Yeah, about 20 ‘are we there yets’ ago.”

185. “I’ve got 99 problems, but a road trip ain’t one.”

186. “Warning: May cause extreme laughter, inside jokes, and unforgettable memories.”

187. “Road trip rules: snacks, music, and lots of pit stops.”

188. “Let’s be honest, half of the fun of road trips is planning them with your friends.”

189. “Life is too short for bad road trips and boring company.”

190. “Friends don’t let friends road trip without snacks.”

191. “Let’s hit the road, and hope for the best.”

192. “What happens on the road, stays on the road.”

193. “Road trip motto: eat, sleep, drive, repeat.”

194. “We’re on a mission to find the best road trip snacks.”

195. “Our road trip playlist is better than your road trip playlist.”

196. “Road trips are just a way of unplugging from the world, and plugging into great company.”

197. “Friends who road trip together, stay together. Or at least until someone has to go to the bathroom.”

198. “Road trips with friends: because sometimes you need to escape reality and have some fun.”

199. “Road trip tip: always bring a friend who knows how to change a flat tire.”

200. “Why fly when you can drive with your crazy friends?”

201. “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go with friends on a road trip.”

202. “Road trips with friends are like therapy on wheels.”

203. “Let’s go on a road trip and make it a funny one.”

204. “Road trips: because the journey is just as important as the destination, or at least that’s what we tell ourselves.”

205. “On a road trip, the only thing better than a full tank of gas is a car full of good friends.”

206. “Life is short, the world is big, and the road is long. So let’s get going with our friends.”

207. “Road trips are like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get, but you’re guaranteed to have a good time with your friends.”

Inspirational Captions and Quotes About Road Trip With Friends

Road trips with friends are more than just a fun way to explore new places – they are also an opportunity for personal growth and self-discovery.

Whether you are navigating a new city or navigating the twists and turns of life, a road trip can teach you valuable lessons about yourself and the world around you. And sometimes, all it takes is a few inspiring words to help you see things in a new light.

From quotes about taking risks to reminders to enjoy the journey, we have compiled some of the most inspiring captions and quotes to accompany your road trip photos.

208. “The best things in life are the people we love, the places we’ve been, and the memories we’ve made along the way.”

209. “Life is a journey, make the most of it with your friends by your side on a road trip.”

210. “A road trip is not just a journey, it’s an adventure with your friends.”

211. “The open road is a symbol of possibility and endless opportunities, especially when you’re with your friends.”

212. “We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.”

213. “Sometimes the best therapy is a road trip with your best friends.”

214. “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” — Saint Augustine

215. “Not all those who wander are lost.” — J.R.R. Tolkien

216. “Let’s go where the wifi is weak and the adventures are strong.”

217. “Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit. ” — Frank Borman

218. “The world is too big to stay in one place, and life is too short to do nothing. So let’s go on a road trip with our friends and make it unforgettable.”

219. “On a road trip, you don’t know where you’re going, but you’ll end up exactly where you need to be, especially when you’re with your friends.”

220. “Friends make the journey of life worthwhile, especially when it’s a road trip.”

221. “Life is a journey, not a destination. So let’s enjoy the ride with our friends on a road trip.”

222. “The road to success is always under construction.” — Lily Tomlin

223. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” — Nelson Mandela

224. “The open road is a beckoning, a strangeness, a place where a man can lose himself.” — William Least Heat-Moon

225. “Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.” — Herbert Hoover

226. “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” — Anita Desai

227. “Freedom lies in being bold.” — Robert Frost

Sentimental Captions and Quotes About the Road Trip With Friends

There’s something special about hitting the open road with your closest friends. The memories you make on a road trip can last a lifetime, and the bonds you form can become stronger than ever.

As you watch the world go by through the car window, you can’t help but feel grateful for the moments you’re sharing with the people you care about most. Whether you’re singing along to your favorite songs or stopping at roadside attractions, every moment is a chance to make new memories together.

And when it’s time to head home, you’ll look back on your road trip with a sense of nostalgia and appreciation for the time you spent with your friends. These sentimental captions and quotes capture the essence of those moments and help you express how much those memories mean to you.

228. “The joy of a road trip is the journey, not the destination, especially when you’re with friends who make the journey memorable.”

229. “There’s nothing like a road trip with your best friends to remind you of what truly matters in life: the people you love and the memories you make together.”

230. “A road trip with friends is a perfect time to disconnect from the world and connect with each other.”

231. “On a road trip with friends, the world feels a little smaller, and the bonds between us feel a little stronger.”

232. “We may not know where we’re going, but as long as we’re together on this road trip, that’s all that matters.”

233. “Sometimes the best travel companion is a good friend, especially on a road trip.”

234. “On a road trip with friends, we collect moments, not things.”

235. “Friends are the family we choose, and a road trip with them is a perfect time to strengthen those bonds.”

236. “A road trip with friends is not just about discovering new places, it’s about discovering new things about ourselves and each other.”

237. “A road trip with friends is a perfect reminder of how beautiful life can be when we have the right people by our side.”

Weekend Road Trip With Friends Captions and Quotes

A weekend road trip with friends is the perfect way to break free from the routine of everyday life and make some unforgettable memories.

You don’t need to travel far or take a lot of time off work to have an amazing adventure. With good company and a sense of adventure, even a short trip can be a chance to explore new places and try new things.

Whether you’re hiking through a state park, savoring a gourmet meal at a local restaurant, or simply spending time relaxing by the campfire, a weekend road trip can be just what you need to recharge your batteries and reconnect with the people you care about most.

These captions and quotes celebrate the joy of a weekend road trip with friends and help you capture the fun and excitement of those brief but memorable getaways.

238. “Weekend road trips with friends are the perfect antidote for a busy and stressful week.”

239. “When life gets hectic, take a break and hit the road with your friends for a weekend adventure.”

240. “A weekend road trip with friends is a perfect opportunity to unwind, explore new places, and create lasting memories.”

241. “We may only have a weekend, but with good friends and a sense of adventure, we can make it unforgettable.”

242. “The best things in life are the people we love, the places we’ve been, and the memories we make along the way. And a weekend road trip with friends combines all three!”

243. “In the end, it’s not the destination that matters, but the memories we create along the way. And a weekend road trip with friends is the perfect time to make some amazing memories.”

244. “Weekend road trips with friends are not just about the destination but about the journey and the moments we share together.”

245. “A weekend road trip with friends is a perfect opportunity to escape from the mundane routine and explore the world around us.”

246. “A weekend road trip with friends is not just an adventure, it’s a journey of self-discovery and personal growth.”

247. “Life is short, but a weekend road trip with friends can make it feel like an eternity in the best possible way.”

248. “The best way to spend a weekend is on the road with your friends, exploring new places and making unforgettable memories.”

249. “A weekend road trip with friends is not just a getaway, it’s a chance to reconnect and strengthen the bond of friendship.”

250. “Weekend road trips with friends are like a mini-vacation from the stresses of everyday life.”

251. “The best kind of therapy is a weekend road trip with friends and a good playlist.”

252. “A weekend road trip with friends is a time to let loose, be silly, and make memories that will last a lifetime.”

253. “The most memorable moments in life are the ones that happen unexpectedly, and a weekend road trip with friends is full of those moments.”

254. “There’s nothing like hitting the open road with your closest friends and seeing where it takes you.”

255. “A weekend road trip with friends is the perfect way to step out of your comfort zone and try new things.”

256. “A weekend road trip with friends is a reminder that life is meant to be enjoyed, not just endured.”

257. “The journey of a weekend road trip with friends is not just about the destination but about the adventure, laughter, and memories you create along the way.”

Memorable Captions and Quotes About Road Tripping With Friends

Some road trips with friends are simply unforgettable. These are the trips where everything falls into place, where unexpected detours lead to amazing discoveries, and where you make memories that will last a lifetime.

Whether it is the breathtaking views, the quirky roadside attractions, or the late-night conversations that stick with you, a memorable road trip with friends is an experience like no other.

These captions and quotes capture the spirit of adventure and the sense of nostalgia that comes with looking back on a truly unforgettable trip.

258. “The best memories are made on the road with your closest friends.”

259. “A road trip with friends is not just a journey, it’s an adventure of a lifetime.”

260. “There’s something magical about hitting the road with your best friends and exploring the world around you.”

261. “The beauty of a road trip with friends is that it’s not just about the destination, but the memories you make along the way.”

262. “A road trip with friends is a time to laugh, explore, and make unforgettable memories.”

263. “A road trip with friends is not just a trip, it’s a bond that lasts a lifetime.”

264. “The best stories come from road trips with friends, where the journey is just as important as the destination.”

265. “A road trip with friends is the perfect opportunity to disconnect from the world and connect with the people around you.”

266. “The best things in life are the people we love, the places we’ve been, and the memories we’ve made. And a road trip with friends combines all three.”

267. “A road trip with friends is a reminder that life is meant to be experienced and shared with those closest to us.”

268. “We came, we saw, we had a blast.”

Family Road Trip Captions and Quotes

There’s something special about hitting the open road with your family!

From singing along to classic road trip tunes to stopping for ice cream at every chance you get, family road trips are all about creating unforgettable moments with the people you love most.

Whether you are exploring new destinations or revisiting old favorites, a family road trip is the perfect opportunity to bond, share stories, and make memories that will last a lifetime.

These captions and quotes capture the joy, laughter, and love that come with a family road trip.

269. “A family that travels together, stays together.”

270. “The best way to strengthen family bonds is to hit the open road and explore new places together.”

271. “Family road trips are a time to make memories that will last a lifetime.”

272. “The journey of a family road trip is not just about the destination, but the experiences and memories you create together.”

273. “A family road trip is a chance to escape the daily grind and create unforgettable moments with the people you love most.”

274. “A family road trip is an opportunity to disconnect from technology and connect with each other.”

275. “There’s no better feeling than hitting the road with your family and knowing that the adventure ahead will be filled with laughter and love.”

276. “A family road trip is a time to discover new places and make memories that will be cherished for years to come.”

277. “A family road trip is a chance to create lifelong memories with the people who matter most.”

278. “The beauty of a family road trip is that it’s not just a vacation, it’s a journey of discovery, laughter, and love.”

279. “A family road trip is the perfect opportunity to make memories that will last a lifetime.”

280. “The joy of a family road trip is not just about the destination, but the journey and the memories you make along the way.”

281. “A family road trip is a time to escape the chaos of everyday life and focus on the moments that matter most.”

282. “A family road trip is a chance to explore new places and experience the world with the people you love most.”

283. “A family road trip is a reminder that life is meant to be enjoyed with those we hold dear.”

284. “A family road trip is an adventure that brings us closer together and strengthens our bonds.”

285. “The best part of a family road trip is the stories you’ll tell and the memories you’ll create that will be shared for generations to come.”

286. “A family road trip is a chance to create a shared experience that will be cherished by all.”

287. “A family road trip is not just a vacation, it’s a time to slow down and appreciate the little moments that make life so special.”

288. “A family road trip is an opportunity to make new memories and strengthen old ones with the people who matter most.”

289. “The fondest memories are made when gathered around the table.” 

290. “Family trips are a time for love, laughter, and creating unforgettable memories.”

291. “In the end, kids won’t remember that fancy toy or game you bought them, they will remember the time you spent with them.” — Kevin Heath

292. “The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.” — Charles Kuralt

293. “A family road trip is not about the destination, but about the journey and the memories made along the way.”

294. “The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.” — George Santayana

295. “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” — George Burns

296. “Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.” — Michael J. Fox

297. “Family trips are like branches on a tree, we all grow in different directions yet our roots remain as one.”

298. “It’s not about the number of family members you have, it’s about the love that’s shared between them.”

299. “Family road trips are the perfect way to create lasting memories that will stay with you forever.”

300. “The best family road trips are the ones where everyone can disconnect from the world and just enjoy each other’s company.”

301. “Traveling with family is not just about the destination, it’s about the journey and the memories created along the way.”

302. “Family road trips are a great opportunity to strengthen bonds, learn new things about each other, and create unforgettable experiences.”

303. “There’s something special about going on a family road trip – it’s a chance to make memories that will be cherished for a lifetime.”

304. “A family road trip is not just a vacation, it’s an investment in quality time and meaningful experiences.”

305. “The best part about family road trips is that they bring everyone together and create memories that will last forever.”

306. “Family road trips are like a reset button – they allow you to escape the routine of daily life and create new memories with the people you love most.”

307. “Family road trips are the perfect opportunity to create new traditions and memories that will be passed down for generations to come.”

308. “A family vacation is a little bit of heaven on earth.”

309. “As a family, we make the best team.”

310. “Family adventures are the best adventures.”

311. “Family road trips: creating lifelong memories.”

312. “Buckle up, family adventure awaits!”

313. “Our family, our journey.”

314. “Family road trips: the ultimate bonding experience.”

315. “Cruising with my favorite people in the world.”

316. “Hitting the road with my tribe.”

317. “Laughter, love, and a lot of miles with my family.”

318. “Family road trips: a time to reconnect and make memories.”

319. “The open road never looked better with my family by my side.”

320. “Going on a family road trip, be back never.”

Intrepid Scout's Tips for a Road Trip with Friends

Here are some practical tips and advice for planning a road trip with friends:

• Choosing the right destination: Consider everyone’s interests and what kind of trip you all want to have.
• Planning the route : Decide on the route you’ll take, and make sure to factor in rest stops and sightseeing opportunities along the way.
• Packing essentials: Make sure everyone has packed the necessary essentials for the trip, such as comfortable clothes, snacks, and a first aid kit.
• Budgeting: Agree on a budget for the trip ahead of time to avoid any awkwardness or misunderstandings later on.
• Music and entertainment: Plan a playlist or bring along games to keep everyone entertained during long stretches on the road.
• Staying safe: Discuss safety rules and precautions, such as not driving tired.
• Documenting the trip: Encourage everyone to take photos and videos to document the trip and create lasting memories.

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BEST ROAD TRIP QUOTES (with images) – 100+ Quotes to Motivate You to Hit the Road

Last Updated on: Feb 6, 2020  

About this blog (Updated in 2021): Road trips are one of our favourite travel styles. Driving through the long roads with beautiful scenery all around is just like a perfect adventure. Road trips have the freedom to move as we want, to stop anywhere to see the stunning landscape and even change the route. To inspire you and me for such a road trip, there are some great and choicest road trip quotes!

We have now updated the post with new road trip quotes and Instagram captions for road trips .

Road trips are just like our life. Sometimes we know where we have to reach, but do not know the way to our destination. It is the journey that matters – both in road trips and in our life.

We love to read inspiring quotes, be it travel quotes or quotes about life and work. So here we are sharing a few lovely road trip quotes that might inspire you to take an epic road trip. If these quotes even made you think about a long-coveted road trip by rental cars , do not forget to let us know.

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BEST ROAD TRIP QUOTES

1. “stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey”. – babs hoffman.

This should be the only mantra when you are on a road trip. There will be bad roads, potholes and so many we won’t like. As much as we try to have everything perfect, sometimes things are beyond our control. So let’s do our best, stop complaining about the potholes and enjoy the journey! Doesn’t this mantra also apply to our lives as well?

2. “It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end”. – Ursula K. Le Guin

3. “the best journeys are the ones that answer questions that at the outset you never even thought to ask”. – rick ridgeway.

This one just speaks my heart.  Did you ever think before starting a road trip what the road will bring in front of you? We don’t! The surprise that the road springs before us makes the trip even more exciting and enjoyable. Our road trip from Srinagar to Leh was full of surprises. Each corner, each milestone and every village that we crossed showed us something new, something we never thought before starting the journey.

4. “Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief, and jealousy. Don’t bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!” – Bob Marley

5. “some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost”. – erol ozan.

Don’t you think this is so true?

6. “People don’t take trips, trips take people”. – John Steinbeck

7. “To awaken alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. You are surrounded by adventure. You have no idea of what is in store for you, but you will, if you are wise and know the art of travel, let yourself go on the stream of the unknown”. – Freya Stark

Freya Stark could have only said this. I became her ardent fan after reading one of her books. She lived her life on her own terms and that is reflected in her writings.

8. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail”. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

9. “to move, to breathe, to fly, to float, to gain all while you give, to roam the roads of lands remote, to travel is to live”. – hans christian andersen, 10. “sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn’t mean to take”. – angela n blount, instagram captions for road trips, 11. “discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes”. –marcel proust.

12. “I’m on the road constantly. I’m a nomad. I don’t really have a home right now. I don’t identify with one place in particular”. – Daya

13. “our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. but no matter, the road is life”. – jack kerouac, 14. “you can be writing every day. when you go on a road trip, the trip itself becomes part of the story”. ― steve rushin, 15. “now, on this road trip, my mind seemed to uncrinkle, to breathe, to present to itself a cure for a disease it had not, until now, known it had”. – elizabeth berg, 16. “i love being on the road. i love that lifestyle, travelling city to city, rocking out and moving on to the next place”. – caleb johnson, 17. “the open road is a beckoning, strangeness, a place where a man can lose himself”. – william least heat-moon.

18. “Once you have travelled, the voyage never ends but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey”. –Pat Conroy

19. “don’t expect the unexpected. let the unexpected expect you”. ― kiara maharaj, 20. “look at life through the windshield, not the rearview mirror.” – byrd baggett, 21. “look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.” – tom stoppard, 22. “if we wait until we are ready, we will be waiting for the rest of our life” – lemony snicket, 23. “the road goes on forever and the party never ends.” – robert earl keen,  24. “there are no mistakes. only new paths to explore.” – gregory david roberts, 25. if you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.” – george harrison, short road trip quotes, 26. “oh, the place you’ll go”. – dr. suess.

 27. “The journey is the destination”. – Dan Eldon

28. “two roads diverged in a wood, and i – i took the one less travelled by”. – robert frost, 29. this famous road trip quote by robert frost summarizes the essence of all the detours that we take on the road, 30. “roads are a record of those who have gone before”. ― rebecca solnit, 31. “if you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there”. – lewis carroll,  32. “the road must eventually lead to the whole world”. – jack kerouac,  33. “the wise man travels to discover himself”.– james russell lowell, 34. “take the long way home”. – anonymous, 35.  “roads were made for journeys, not destinations”. – confucius.

36. “Still, round the corner, there may wait, a new road or a secret gate”. – J. R. R. Tolkien

37. “sometimes, the road less travelled is less travelled for a reason”. – jerry seinfeld.

This one by Seinfeld had totally bowled me over. A place is less travelled because it is meant to be so.

38. “Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations”. – Anonymous

39. “if you come to a fork in the road, take it”. – yogi bear, 40. “it is better to travel well than to arrive”. – buddha, 41. “no road is long with good company”. – turkish proverb, 42. “if you’re on a road trip, you need driving music”. – edgar wright.

 43. “Life is beautiful if you are on the road to somewhere”. — Orhan Pamuk

44. “straight roads do not make skillful drivers”. – paulo coelho,  45. “let’s get lost”. — unknown, 46. “just keep driving”. — unknown, 47. “if you never go, you will never know”. – anon, 48. “let’s wander where the wifi is weak”. – anonymous, road trip quotes from movies, 49. “well, we’re not in the middle of nowhere, but we can see it from here.” – thelma & louise, 50. “it’s a dangerous business, frodo, going out your door. you step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” – j.r.r. tolkien, the lord of the rings, 51. “according to the map, we’ve only gone four inches.” – dumb & dumber, 52. “we’re almost there, but nowhere near it. all that matters is that we’re going.” – gilmore girls, 53. “fifty years from now, when you’re looking back at your life, don’t you want to be able to say you had the guts to get in the car“ – transformers, quotes about road trips from books, 54. “i can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads”. ― paulo coelho, aleph.

55. “All he needed was a wheel in his hand and four on the road.” – Jack Kerouac, On the Road: the Original Scroll

56. “a journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. and all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. we find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.” – john steinbeck, travels with charley: in search of america, 57. “afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose.” – walt whitman, song of the open road, 58. “the freedom of the open road is seductive, serendipitous and absolutely liberating.” – aaron lauritsen, 100 days drive: the great north american road trip, 59. “still, round the corner, there may wait, a new road or a secret gate.” – j. r. r. tolkien, 60. “and just like that, we’re on our way to everywhere.” – emery lord, open road summer, funny road trip quotes, 61. “god made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road”. – isak dinesen.

62. “Never underestimate the therapeutic power of driving and listening to very loud music”. — Unknown

63. “part of us believes the new car is better because it lasts longer. but, in fact, that’s the worst thing about the new car. it will stay around to disappoint you, whereas a trip to europe is over. it evaporates. it has the good sense to go away, and you are left with nothing but a wonderful memory”. – daniel gilbert.

Er, I do feel the same sometimes.

64. “In 1903 the Wright brothers invented airplanes, because in 1902 they took a road trip across the country with their family.” – Bill Engvall

65. “a passenger on a road journey is in the hands of a driver; a reader embarking on a book is in the hands of a narrator”. – romesh gunesekera, 66. “road trips required a couple of things: a well-balanced diet of caffeine, salt and sugar and an excellent selection of tunes—oh, and directions”. – jenn mckinlay.

It is funny how he speaks of the directions as an afterthought!

FUNNY ROAD TRIP CAPTIONS FOR INSTAGRAM

67. “that’s why i love road trips, dude. it’s like doing something without actually doing anything”. ― john green, 68. “kilometers are shorter than miles. save fuel, take your next trip in kilometers”. – george carlin, 69. “when nothing goes right, go left”. – unknown.

70. “The best part of a road trip isn’t arriving at your destination … it’s the fast food along the way”. – Anonymous

71. “buy or marry anything that makes you giggle, smile and laugh.” – unknown, 72. “always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror”. – colin powell, 73. “driving at night is about communicating with lights”. – lukhman pambra.

 74. “It doesn’t matter how old you get, buying snacks for a road trip should always look like an unsupervised 9 year old was given $100.” – Unknown

75. “road trippin’ with my two favorite allies – fully loaded we got snacks and supplies. it’s time to leave this town it’s time to steal away.” – red hot chilli peppers, road trippin’, road trip quotes about family & friends, 76. “kids don’t remember their best day of television but always remember their best day on the road”. – anonymous, 77. “some roads aren’t meant to be travelled alone”. ― chinese proverb.

This is one of the best road trip quotes. While I love travelling solo at times, but some trips, especially when we hit the road are meant to be done with friends.

78. “Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter”. – Izaak Walton

79. “a road trip is a way for the whole family to spend time together and annoy each other in interesting new places”. – tom lichtenheld, 80. “a journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles”. – tim cahill.

I don’t know who said this, but the person is absolutely right. Try it, you will understand!

 81. “Happiness is planning a trip somewhere new with someone you love”. – Saadiyat Rotana

82. “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.

I am sure you have one friend like that! Or are you the one? Let us know in the comments below.

83. “Sometimes all you need is a great friend and thirst for adventure”. – Unknown

84. “sharing adventures means enjoying them 100% more”. – unknown, 85. “there is an unspoken bond you create with the friends you travel with”. – kristen sarah, 86. “a good friend listens to your adventures. a best friend makes them with you”. – unknown, 87. “sometimes all you need is a great friend and a tank of gas”. – unknown, 88. “be careful who you make memories with. those things can last a lifetime”. – ugo eze.

ROAD TRIP QUOTES AND LIFE LESSONS

While I feel that road trips are quite similar to our life, these few quotes are a few of my favourite. When I read them, I find that they hold so much similarity with our lives. It is as if these lines are not only about roads but also giving us lessons on leading a good life .

89. “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be”. – Douglas Adams

 90. “If you make the mistake of looking back too much, you aren’t focused enough on the road in front of you”. – Brad Paisley

91. “i would rather own a little and see the world, than own the world and see a little”. – alexander sattler, 92. “road trips are the equivalent of human wings. ask me to go on one, anywhere. we’ll stop in every small town and learn the history and stories, feel the ground and capture the spirit. then we’ll turn it into our own story that will live inside our history to carry with us, always. because stories are more important than things”. – victoria erickson, 93. “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, 94. “when all’s said and done, all roads lead to the same end. so it’s not so much which road you take, as how you take it”. – charles de lint, 95. “you may not find a path, but you will find a way”. – tom wolfe, 96. “because the greatest part of a road trip isn’t arriving at your destination. it’s all the wild stuff that happens along the way”. — emma chase.

97. “So remember when we were driving, driving in your car. Speed so fast I felt like I was drunk. City lights lay out before us. And your arm felt nice wrapped ’round my shoulder. And I had a feeling that I belonged. I had a feeling I could be someone. (be someone, be someone)” – Tracy Chapman, Fast Car

98. “sometimes, the people around you won’t understand your journey. they don’t need to- it’s not for them”. – joubert botha, 99. “at the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair messy, and your eyes sparkling”. – shanti.

100. “Every journey is simultaneously a beginning and an ending: I was leaving my old life behind and starting on a road trip to find a new me.” – Debi Tolbert Duggar, Riding Soul-O

Inspiring road trip quotes, 101. “map out your future – but do it in pencil. the road ahead is as long as you make it. make it worth the trip”. – jon bon jovi.

102. “I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move”. – Robert Louis Stevenson

103. “the road is there, it will always be there. you just have to decide when to take it”. – chris humphrey, 104. “what you’ve done becomes the judge of what you’re going to do – especially in other people’s minds. when you’re travelling, you are what you are right there and then. people don’t have your past to hold against you. no yesterdays on the road”. – william least heat-moon, 105. “you know more of a road by having travelled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world”. – william hazlitt, 106. “i climb behind the steering wheel… i drive off immediately without once looking back; it’s a long journey, but it leads to freedom”. – corinne hofmann, 107. “i just go with the flow, i follow the yellow brick road. i don’t know where it’s going to lead me, but i follow it”. – grace jones.

108. “It’s in those quiet little towns, at the edge of the world, that you will find the salt of the earth people who make you feel right at home”.― Aaron Lauritsen

109. “life is one big road with lots of signs. so when you riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. flee from hate, mischief, and jealousy. don’t bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. wake up and live” – bob marley, 110. “wherever you get to is better than where you started. to stay on the road is a massive achievement”. – anthony joshua, captions for road trip, 111. “normality is a paved road. it’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it”. – vincent van gogh.

112. “I love road trips. You get into this Zen rhythm; throw the sense of time out the window”. – Miriam Toews

113. “because he had no place he could stay in without getting tired of it and because there was nowhere to go but everywhere, keep rolling under the stars”. – jack kerouac, 114. “wherever you get to is better than where you started. to stay on the road is a massive achievement”. – anthony joshua, 115. “the pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to”. — alain de botton,  116. “the world is full of wonderful things you haven’t seen yet. don’t ever give up on the chance of seeing them”. — j.k. rowling, 117. “somewhere on your journey, don’t forget to turn around and enjoy the view”. – unknown.

118. “I love being on the road. I love that lifestyle, traveling city to city, rocking out, and moving on to the next place”. – Caleb Johnson

119. “at the end of the day, i understand that life has roadblocks, and life is like school – you’ll be tested; we gotta pass it”. – dj khaled, 120. “road trips aren’t measured by mile markers, but by moments”. – anonymous, 121. “life is a highway, i wanna ride it all night long. if you’re going my way, i wanna drive it all night long”. — rascal flatts, life is a highway, 121. “on the road again. goin’ places that i’ve never been. seein’ things that i may never see again. and i can’t wait to get on the road again”. — willie nelson, 122. “i’ve never been there but the brochure looks nice. jump in, let’s go. lay back, enjoy the show”. — sheryl crow, everyday is a winding road, 123. “not i, nor anyone else, can travel that road for you. you must travel it for yourself”. — walt whitman, 124. “what if i fall oh but my darling- what if you fly” erin hanson, 125. “look for chances to take the less-travelled roads. there are no wrong turns”. — susan magsamen.

126. “A tourist is a fellow who drives thousands of miles so he can be photographed standing in front of his car”. – Emile Ganest

127. “the real home of man is not his house but the road. life itself is a travel that has to be done by foot”. — bruce chitin, 128. “one’s destination is never a place, but rather a new way of seeing things”. – henry miller, road trip quotes on wilderness & adventure, 129. “life is too short to not go on that spontaneous road trip”. – anonymous.

130. “We need the tonic of wildness — to wade sometimes in marshes where the bittern and the meadow-hen lurk, and hear the booming of the snipe; to smell the whispering sedge where only some wilder and more solitary fowl builds her nest, and the mink crawls with its belly close to the ground”. – Henry David Thoreau

131. “real adventure is defined best as a journey from which you may not come back alive, and certainly not as the same person”. – yvon chouinard, 132. “if you’re not lost, you’re not much of an explorer”. — john perry barlow, 133. “i guess the lesson is you can’t go everywhere. you should still go everywhere you can”. — charles finch, 134. “we travel, some of us forever, to seek other places, other lives, other souls”. – anais nin, 135. “all journeys have secret destinations of which the traveller is unaware”. – martin buber.

136. “The gladdest moment in human life, me thinks, is a departure into unknown lands”. –Sir Richard Burton

137. “she wasn’t where she had been. she wasn’t where she was going, but she was on her way”. ― jodi hills, 138. “no matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn around”. – turkish proverb, 139. “get your motor runnin’, head out on the highway, lookin’ for adventure…” – steppenwolf, born to be wild, 140. hey gps let’s take the scenic route today.

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120 Road Trip Quotes To Inspire You To Hit The Road 2024

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Looking for inspiration to hit the road? I’ve scoured the internet to create a bumper list of the most uplifting quotes about road trips that are designed to fuel your wanderlust and bring you one step closer to the open road .

Whether you’re looking for inspiration or for best road trip quotes or Instagram captions that will make you laugh, you’re in the right place!

Beautiful Road Quotes

• “Always take the scenic route, you never know what adventures you will find.”
• “Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey.”  – Babs Hoffman
• “One’s destination is never a place, but rather a new way of seeing things.” –  Henry Miller
• “Map out your future – but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip.” –  Jon Bon Jovi
• “Look for chances to take the less-traveled roads. There are no wrong turns.” —  Susan Magsamen

Long Ride Quotes

• “Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.” – Jerry Seinfeld
• “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” –  Lewis Carroll
• “Roads are a record of those who have gone before.” ―  Rebecca Solnit
• “Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.”  – Jack Kerouac
• “Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere, and sometimes in the middle of nowhere, you find yourself.”

Short Road Quotes and Sayings

These short road quotes are the perfect one liners for Instagram and capture the essence of a road trip to a T!

• “Happiness is a road trip with a good playlist. ”
• “It is better to travel well than to arrive.” – Buddha
• “Making memories one road trip at a time.”
• “If you come to a fork in the road, take it.” –  Yogi Berra
• “The road must eventually lead to the whole world.” –  Jack Kerouac

Best Long Drive Caption

• “Some roads aren’t meant to be traveled alone.” ―  Chinese Proverb
• “No road is long with good company.” –  Turkish Proverb
• “Roads were made for journeys, not destinations.” –  Confucius
• “Hard roads require a will of steel” – Mehmet Murat ildan
• “My life is the road, man. I need to keep moving.”

Inspirational Road Trip Quotes

• “The road is hard, and you have to get accustomed to it.”
• “It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.”
• “Road trips aren’t measured by mile markers, but by moments.”
• “Take the long way home.”

Funny Road Trip Quotes

If you’re heading on a road trip with friends, family or your partner and need a little bit inspiration before setting off, here is a selection of funny road trip quotes to make you laugh.

• “Road trips required a couple of things: a well-balanced diet of caffeine, salt and sugar and an excellent selection of tunes—oh, and directions.” –  Jenn McKinlay
• “People having babies and getting married…and I’m like: where am I road tripping to next?”
• “A road trip is a way for the whole family to spend time together and annoy each other in interesting new places.” –  Tom Lichtenheld
• “Kilometers are shorter than miles. Save gas, take your next trip in kilometers.”- George Carlin

Long Drive Quotes for Instagram

• “The best part of a road trip isn’t arriving at your destination … it’s the fast food along the way…”
• “I get emotionally attached to the cars ahead of me on long road trips.”
• “That’s why I love road trips, dude. It’s like doing something without actually doing anything.” –  John Green
• “It doesn’t matter how old you get, buying snacks for a road trip should always look like an unsupervised 9-year-old was given $100.”

Road Trip With Friends Quotes

If a road trip with friends is on the agenda, then check out this list of adventure road trip quotes, hand picked to inspire the journey.

• “Sometimes all you need is a great friend and a full tank of gas “
• “You make me wanna roll my windows down and cruise.”  —  Florida Georgia Line,  Cruise
• “It doesn’t matter where you’re going, it’s who you have beside you.”
• “Because the greatest part of a road trip isn’t arriving at your destination. It’s all the wild stuff that happens along the way.” –  Emma Chase
• Just grab a friend and take a ride, Together upon the open road”  – A Goofy Movie

Best Road Trip Caption

• “Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.” –  Izaak Walton
• “It’s a  road trip ! It’s about  adventure ! . . . It’s not like we have somewhere to  go .” –  John Green
• “I can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads.” ―  Paulo Coelho
• “Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.”  – Jack Kerouac
• “I want to go on a road trip. Just you, and me. The highway, the radio, the blue sky, the back roads, and windows down. We’ll talk about everything and nothing. We’ll sing our hearts out, and we’ll make memories we’ll never forget. Just you and me.”

Life Quotes about Road Trips

Here are some hand-picked long road trip quotes that show that travelling the open road isn’t much different to journeying through life.

• “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” –  Ralph Waldo Emerson
• “My life is full of mistakes. They’re like pebbles that make a good road.”
• “If you make the mistake of looking back too much, you aren’t focused enough on the road in front of you.” –  Brad Paisley
• “Look at life through the windshield, not the rearview mirror.” –  Byrd Baggett

Best Caption for Road Trip

• “Life is beautiful if you are on the road to somewhere.” — Orhan Pamuk
• “Every journey is simultaneously a beginning and an ending: I was leaving my old life behind and starting on a road trip to find a new me.” –  Debi Tolbert Duggar
• “Nobody travels on the road to success without a puncture or two.”
• “Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn’t mean to take.” –  Angela N. Blount

Best Quotes on Road Trips

• “I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me.” –  Walt Whitman
• “The open road is a beckoning, a strangeness, a place where a man can lose himself.” –  William Least Heat Moon
• “I just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I don’t know where it’s going to lead me, but I follow it.” –  Grace Jones

Night Ride Quotes for Instagram and Night Drive Quotes

• “Driving at night is about communicating with lights.” –  Lukhman Pambra
• “All he needed was a wheel in his hand and four on the road.” –  Jack Kerouac
• “The road less traveled is the road to adventure.”
• “Still, round the corner, there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.” –  J. R. R. Tolkien

Best Road Tripping Quotes

Whether you’re heading cross country on one of the best USA road trips or are exploring Europe by car, these road tripping quotes are just the inspiration you need.

• “Never underestimate the power of driving and listening to very loud music.”
• “I love road trips. You get into this Zen rhythm; throw the sense of time out the window.” –  Miriam Toews
• “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.” –  Douglas Adams
• “To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, To gain all while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote, To travel is to live.” –  Hans Christian Andersen

Road Trip Quotes for Instagram

• “Road trips are the equivalent of human wings. Ask me to go on one, anywhere. We’ll stop in every small town and learn the history and stories, feel the ground and capture the spirit. Then we’ll turn it into our own story that will live inside our history to carry with us, always. Because stories are more important than things.” –  Victoria Erickson
• “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by.” –  Robert Frost
• “The road is there, it will always be there. You just have to decide when to take it.” –  Chris Humphrey

Travel Quotes for Road Trips

• “If you’re on a road trip, you need driving music.” – Edgar Wright
• “The freedom of the open road is seductive, serendipitous and absolutely liberating.” –  Aaron Lauritsen
• “What it takes to realize everything is fine around you? A road trip to the mountains where your soul dwells in the echoes of the winds that carry fragments of clouds with them. What it takes to realize world is going back to chaos and infinite hurry? End of the aforementioned road trip.” –  Crestless Wave
• “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

Captions for Road Trip

• “I’m on the road constantly. I’m a nomad. I don’t really have a home right now. I don’t identify with one place in particular.” –  Daya
• “A passenger on a road journey is in the hands of a driver; a reader embarking on a book is in the hands of a narrator.”
• “Wherever you get to is better than where you started. To stay on the road is a massive achievement.” –  Anthony Joshua
•  “Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road.” –  Walt Whitman

Trip Quotes from the Road

• “When all’s said and done, all roads lead to the same end. So it’s not so much which road you take, as how you take it.” –  Charles de Lint
• “You can be writing every day. When you go on a road trip, the trip itself becomes part of the story.” ―  Steve Rushin
• “Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief, and jealousy. Don’t bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!” –  Bob Marley
• “You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.” –  William Hazlitt
• “Now, on this road trip, my mind seemed to uncrinkle, to breathe, to present to itself a cure for a disease it had not, until now, known it had.” –  Elizabeth Berg

Road Trip Sayings

• “Take care of your car in the garage, and the car will take care of you on the road.” –  Amit Kalantri
• “I climb behind the steering wheel… I drive off immediately without once looking back; it’s a long journey but it leads to freedom.”  – Corinne Hofmann
• “The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to.” –  Alain de Botton
• “I love being on the road. I love that lifestyle, traveling city to city, rocking out and moving on to the next place.” –  Caleb Johnson

Driving Quotes for Instagram

• “And just like that, we’re on our way to everywhere.” – Emery Lord
• “Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.” – Tom Stoppard
• “Live your life by a compass, not a clock.” –  Stephen Covey
• “Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey.” – Babs Hoffman
• “Get your motor runnin’, Head out on the highway, Lookin’ for adventure…” – Steppenwolf

Long Road Quotes for Instagram

• “Well, we’re not in the middle of nowhere, but we can see it from here.” –  Thelma & Louise
• “The road goes on forever and the party never ends.” – Robert Earl Keen
• “I’m really in the mood for a long drive with no real destination.”
• “Sometimes the best therapy is a long drive and good music.” 

Lost Road Captions

• “If you’re not lost, you’re not much of an explorer .” – John Perry Barlow
• “It feels good to be lost in the right direction.” 
• “Road trippin’ with my two favorite allies – fully loaded we got snacks and supplies. It’s time to leave this town it’s time to steal away. Let’s go get lost anywhere in the U.S.A.” – Red Hot Chilli Peppers
• “Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.” –  Erol Ozan
• “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.” – George Harrison

Car Ride Quotes and Driving Captions for Instagram

• “There is nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.” – Jack Kerouac
• “No one you have been and no place you have gone ever leaves you. The new parts of you simply jump in the car and go along for the rest of the ride. The success of your journey and your destination all depends on who’s driving.” – Bruce Springsteen
• “On the road again, Goin’ places that I’ve never been, Seein’ things that I may never see again, And I can’t wait to get on the road again” – Willie Nelson
• “There’s nowhere to go but everywhere…” – Jack Kerouac
• “In 1903 the Wright brothers invented airplanes, because in 1902 they took a road trip across the country with their family.” – Bill Engvall

Best Drive Captions and Roads Quotes

• “According to the map, we’ve only gone four inches.” – Dumb & Dumber
• “A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill
• “Happiness is… planning a road trip to somewhere new, with someone you love.”
• “A tourist is a fellow who drives thousands of miles so he can be photographed standing in front of his car.” – Emile Ganest
• So remember when we were driving, driving in your car. Speed so fast I felt like I was drunk. City lights lay out before us. And your arm felt nice wrapped ’round my shoulder. And I had a feeling that I belonged. I had a feeling I could be someone. (be someone, be someone)” – Tracy Chapman

Caption on Road Trip

107. “I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

108. “To awaken alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. You are surrounded by adventure. You have no idea of what is in store for you, but you will, if you are wise and know the art of travel, let yourself go on the stream of the unknown” – Freya Stark

109. “A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.” – John Steinbeck

110. “A bend in the road, is not the end of the road….unless you fail to make the turn.” – Helen Keller

Captions for Road Trips

 111. “Once you have travelled, the voyage never ends but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey”. – Pat Conroy

112. “Never underestimate the therapeutic power of driving and listening to very loud music.”

113. “Discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes”. – Marcel Proust

114. “A passenger on a road journey is in the hands of a driver; a reader embarking on a book is in the hands of a narrator.” –  Romesh Gunesekera

Best Roadtrip Caption

115. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”

116. “There are no mistakes. Only new paths to explore .” – Gregory David Roberts

117. “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” – Lord of the Rings

118. “There is something about the momentum of travel that makes you want to just keep moving, to never stop.” – Bill Bryson

119. “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

That’s 120 Road Trip Captions

I hope you’ve managed to find the perfect road trip quote, I’d love to know which one is your favourite, and if I’ve missed any great quotes about road trips then please let me know in the comments below.

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Road Trip Quotes: 55 Incredible Quotes to Inspire Your Next Road Trip

The open road is a place of adventure, inspiration and explanation. There’s nothing like a long, scenic drive for clearing the head.

This list of the best road trip quotes might inspire your next trip or make your next big caption! Take what you need for road trip encouragement or Instagram – just make sure to give credit where credit is due.

And enjoy the ride.

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Long Drive Quotes

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Long drives can be very therapeutic and good for your soul – sort of meditative (unless they’re long because you’re stuck in traffic…)

The soothing feeling of being alone on the open road, listening to your favourite playlist while resting your eyes on the horizon can’t easily be described. 

I’ve however tried to capture that feeling with some of my favourite long drive quotes…

• “I love road trips. You get into this Zen rhythm; throw the sense of time out the window.” – Miriam Toews
• “Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.” – Jack Kerouac
• “Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn’t mean to take.”  – Angela N. Blount
• “Map out your future – but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip.” – Jon Bon Jovi

Don’t you agree with the last two quotes? It’s a nice reminder that letting go of control can lead us to beautiful places and open amazing new opportunities for us. 

Many times I’ve tried to control my life too much and would get frustrated when it wouldn’t go my way. It’s only when I’d stop resisting and go with the flow that life would really surprise me…

• “I climb behind the steering wheel… I drive off immediately without once looking back; it’s a long journey but it leads to freedom.” – Corinne Hofmann
• “Live your life by a compass, not a clock.” – Stephen Covey

A road trip is an awesome opportunity to spend some time with your loved ones, driving for hours, share your best stories and relive old memories while creating new ones.

With that in mind, here are some of my favourite funny road trip quotes!

• “Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn’t block traffic.” – Dan Rather
• “You make me wanna roll my windows down and cruise.” – Florida Georgia Line
• “At the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair messy and your eyes sparkling.” – Shanti

I couldn’t agree more with this quote. If you’re not messy and dirty, are you even doing it right? 

• “A tourist is a fellow who drives thousands of miles so he can be photographed standing in front of his car.” – Emile Ganest
• “Kilometers are shorter than miles. Save fuel, take your next trip in Kilometers.” – George Carlin
• “Road trips require a couple of things; a well-balanced diet of caffeine, salt and sugar and an excellent selection of tunes. Oh- and directions!” – Jenn McKinlay

YES for the caffeine, salt, sugar and the music! However, I don’t think road trips always require directions! Sometimes getting lost is the best part of a road trip… Don’t you think?

• “If you’re not lost, you’re not much of an explorer.” – John Perry Barlow

YES John Perry Barlow!Get out of your comfort zone. Life will surprise you with some unexpected destinations. Just keep an open mind and heart…

A road trip with your best friends makes the whole difference. The car boredom or mishaps along the way become fun and exciting when you’re surrounded with the right people. It can go both ways – you either end up hating your friends or developing a stronger bond with them. 

Pick your travel buddies wisely, friends! It’s an art. 

• “Even when I visit the most beautiful countries in the world, it’s the people I come home telling stories of.” – We Dream of Travel
• “A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill
• “Some roads aren’t meant to be travelled alone.” – Chinese Proverb
• “What we find in a soul mate is not something wild to tame, but something wild to run with.” – Robert Brault
• “I travelled the whole world to discover the greatest adventure was you.” – We Dream of Travel
• “People don’t take trips, trips take people.” – John Steinbeck
• “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

Oops, I may be that friend! Call me the road trip junkie – I’m always down for an adventure. Anyone wanna tag along?

Maybe you just have a weekend to go on a road trip or can’t take the time off work to hit the road. 

You should still get out there on  a road trip! It’ll help you disconnect with your routine, maintain perspective, force you to put down your phone and you will come home rested and ready to take on a new week. 

Here are some of our favourite short road trip quotes to inspire your short wanderlust.

• “Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.” – Izaak Walton

Have you ever tried going on a road trip with someone who triggers the s*** out of you? YIKES.

• “No road is long with good company.” – Turkish Proverb
• “Making memories, one road trip at a time.” – Unknown
• “Travel far enough, you meet yourself” – David Mitchell

I can 100% relate to this quote. I left home when I was 18 years old and moved to a new country. I’ve been travelling ever since and it really has helped me understand myself better. My travel experience has taught me what my values, boundaries and needs are and I doubt I would be as self-aware as I am today if I didn’t hit the road so early! 

You may want to leave the kids at home, take a break from your partner, or go on a solo trip to get some “me-time”, but let me tell you one thing: a good old family road trip is sometimes just what you need. 

Here are some of our favorite quotes for family travel…

• “A road trip is a way for the whole family to spend time together and annoy each other in interesting new places.” – Tom Lichtenheld
• “In 1903 the Wright brothers invented airplanes, because in 1902 they took a road trip across the country with their family.” – Bill Engvall
• “The entire road trip could be summed up as one giant attempt to keep from crashing the car during fits of rage and fits of hysteria.” – Kari Martindale

If you’re going on a road trip, you want to make sure that you bring your camera to capture every second of your adventure… Let your inner artist out!

We’ve compiled our favourite road trip Instagram captions to accompany them!

• “One’s destination is never a place, but rather a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller
• “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.” – Douglas Adams

• “You may not find a path, but you will find a way.” – Tom Wolfe
• “Once you have travelled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey.” – Pat Conroy
• “Sometimes, it’s only in walking the path that we discover why we are walking at all.” – Richard Paul Evans

• “The road is there, it will always be there. You just have to decide when to take it.” –  Chris Humphrey

This quote means so much to me. It’s a good reminder that there’s always an opportunity if you look for it, or are open to it. It’s sometimes so easy to get stuck in our own thoughts or in a situation, failing to understand that there’s ALWAYS a way out. 

• “Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.” –  Jack Kerouac
• “I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

Ohhh yes. Once you’ve explored the corners of the globe, you’re not the same anymore. To me, it’s a blessing and a curse… On the one hand, it has opened my mind so much, but on the other hand, I now have the travel bug! 

• “Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of travelling.” – Margaret Lee Runbeck
• “Life is beautiful if you are on the road to somewhere.” – Orhan Pamuk, The New Life
• “Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere and sometimes in the middle of nowhere you find yourself” – Stacey Westfall

In my experience, I’ve learned the most about myself in situations I had never been in and that were quite tricky to handle. That’s when my instinct kicked in… And surprised me!

• “Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey” – Babs Hoffman

Have you ever watched a TV show or a movie that made you want to drop everything and go on a road trip?

Here are some of my most inspiring road trip TV and movie quotes that make me want to travel and discover new places.

• “Well, we’re not in the middle of nowhere, but we can see it from here.” – Thelma & Louise
• “According to the map, we’ve only gone four inches.” – Dumb & Dumber
• “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” – Walt Disney
• “Just grab a friend and take a ride, together upon the open road.” – The Goofy Movie
• “Adventure is out there.” – Up
• “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
• “We’re almost there, but nowhere near it. All that matters is that we’re going.” – Gilmore Girls

One thing I realized through travelling, which became one of my life lessons, is that it’s not about the destination but about the journey. 

• “Fifty years from now, when you’re looking back at your life, don’t you want to be able to say you had the guts to get in the car?“ – Transformers
• “I love waking up in the morning not knowing what’s gonna happen or whom I’m gonna meet. Where I’m gonna wind up.” – Titanic
• “When I get home I shall write a book about this place… If I ever do get home” – Alice in Wonderland

Last but not least, here are our favourite road trip quotes about exploring at The Broke Backpacker…

• “The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to.” – Alain de Botton
• “Because the greatest part of a road trip isn’t arriving at your destination. It’s all the wild stuff that happens along the way.” – Emma Chase
• “Now, on this road trip, my mind seemed to uncrinkle, to breathe, to present to itself a cure for a disease it had not, until now, known it had.” – Elizabeth Berg
•  “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” – Helen Keller
• “There’s nowhere to go but everywhere…” – Jack Kerouac, On the Road: the Original Scroll

• “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag

Alright, that was a lot of road trip quotes  and captions. I hope you’re feeling inspired by now and ready to  hit the pedal! 

Road trips are the best way to travel: you will save heaps of money, you will be independent and you will get to explore some hidden gems as you’re getting lost on the road. And no form of travel is more conducive to blaring slick tunes at ear-splitting volume – “Fast Car” from Tracy Chapman is a must. 

Have I missed any road trip quotes or captions? What’s your favourite road trip quote I’ve listed? Let me know in the comments, I would love to hear from you!

Mathilde Magnier

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Road Trip Quotes: 125+ Best Quotes To Inspire You To Hit The Road!

Looking for inspiration to hit the road? I have put together some of the best road trip quotes to inspire you to get in your car and drive! Whether on your own, with friends or with family, these quotes will motivate you to take that road trip you have always wanted to take. (And make sure to check out my complete road trip packing list and road trip music playlist to make sure you have all your road trip essentials before you go.)

Road Trip Quotes

I love road trips. Unlike trips by airplane, train or boat, one of the great things about road trips is that you don’t need to make plans too far in advance if you don’t want to. You can always jump in your car and drive and see where the road takes you.  You can be spontaneous instead of having to catch a flight but if you prefer to plan your trips you can do that too. You can do a quick weekend getaway or you can plan an epic cross country road trip.  Even if you are flying to another continent, you can always rent a car or campervan while you are there, explore your destination at your own pace and visit more off the beaten path places that you would otherwise miss.

I hope you enjoy these inspiring road trip quotes .

1. “ Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey. ” – Babs Hoffman

2. “ nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road. ” — jack kerouac, 3. “ two roads diverged in a wood, and i – i took the one less traveled by. ”   – robert frost, 4. “ still, round the corner, there may wait, a new road or a secret gate. ” – j. r. r. tolkien, 5. “ some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost. ” – erol ozan, 6. “ if you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there. ” – lewis carroll, 7. “ do not follow where the path may lead. go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ” – ralph waldo emerson, 8. “ i climb behind the steering wheel… i drive off immediately without once looking back; it’s a long journey but it leads to freedom. ” – corinne hofmann, 9. “ to awaken alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. you are surrounded by adventure. you have no idea of what is in store for you, but you will, if you are wise and know the art of travel, let yourself go on the stream of the unknown. ” – freya stark, 10. “ i just go with the flow, i follow the yellow brick road. i don’t know where it’s going to lead me, but i follow it. ” – grace jones.

11. “ I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me. ” – Walt Whitman

12. “ god made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road. ” – isak dinesen, 13. “ driving at night is about communicating with lights. ” – lukhman pambra, 14. “ i may not have gone where i intended to go, but i think i have ended up where i intended to be. ” – douglas adams, 15. “ never underestimate the therapeutic power of driving and listening to very loud music. ” — unknown.

16. “ I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move. ” – Robert Louis Stevenson

17. “ our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. but no matter, the road is life. ” – jack kerouac, 18. “ road trips are the equivalent of human wings. ask me to go on one, anywhere. we’ll stop in every small town and learn the history and stories, feel the ground and capture the spirit. then we’ll turn it into our own story that will live inside our history to carry with us, always. because stories are more important than things. ” – victoria erickson, 19. “ good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. ” – izaak walton, 20. “ what it takes to realize everything is fine around you a road trip to the mountains where your soul dwells in the echoes of the winds that carry fragments of clouds with them. what it takes to realize world is going back to chaos and infinite hurry end of the aforementioned road trip. ” – crestless wave, 21. “ if you’re on a road trip, you need driving music. ” – edgar wright, 22. “ part of us believes the new car is better because it lasts longer. but, in fact, that’s the worst thing about the new car. it will stay around to disappoint you, whereas a trip to europe is over. it evaporates. it has the good sense to go away, and you are left with nothing but a wonderful memory. ” – daniel gilbert, 23. “ road trips required a couple of things: a well-balanced diet of caffeine, salt and sugar and an excellent selection of tunes—oh, and directions. ” – jenn mckinlay.

24. “ Because the greatest part of a road trip isn’t arriving at your destination. It’s all the wild stuff that happens along the way. ” — Emma Chase

25. “ sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason. ” – jerry seinfeld, 26. “ a road trip is a way for the whole family to spend time together and annoy each other in interesting new places. ” – tom lichtenheld, 27. “ 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, 28. “ i’m on the road constantly. i’m a nomad. i don’t really have a home right now. i don’t identify with one place in particular. ” – daya, 29. “ map out your future – but do it in pencil. the road ahead is as long as you make it. make it worth the trip. ” – jon bon jovi, 30. “ now, on this road trip, my mind seemed to uncrinkle, to breathe, to present to itself a cure for a disease it had not, until now, known it had. ” – elizabeth berg, 31. “ a passenger on a road journey is in the hands of a driver; a reader embarking on a book is in the hands of a narrator. ” – romesh gunesekera, 32. “ the freedom of the open road is seductive, serendipitous and absolutely liberating. ” – aaron lauritsen, 33. “ i love road trips. you get into this zen rhythm; throw the sense of time out the window. ” – miriam toews, 34. “ i love being on the road. i love that lifestyle, traveling city to city, rocking out and moving on to the next place. ” – caleb johnson, 35. “ wherever you get to is better than where you started. to stay on the road is a massive achievement. ” – anthony joshua, 36. “ to move, to breathe, to fly, to float, to gain all while you give, to roam the  road s of lands remote, to travel is to live. ” – hans christian andersen.

37. “ Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn’t mean to take. ” – Angela N. Blount

38. “ afoot and light-hearted i take to the open  road . ” – walt whitman, 39. “ that’s why i love road trips, dude. it’s like doing something without actually doing anything. ” – john green, 40. “ if you make the mistake of looking back too much, you aren’t focused enough on the road in front of you. ” – brad paisley, 41. “ all he needed was a wheel in his hand and four on the road. ” – jack kerouac, 42. “ you can be writing every day. when you go on a road trip, the trip itself becomes part of the story. ” ― steve rushin, 43. “ i can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads. ” ― paulo coelho, 44. “ roads are a record of those who have gone before. ” ― rebecca solnit, 45. “ because he had no place he could stay in without getting tired of it and because there was nowhere to go but everywhere, keep rolling under the stars… ” – jack kerouac, 46. “ what you’ve done becomes the judge of what you’re going to do – especially in other people’s minds. when you’re traveling, you are what you are right there and then. people don’t have your past to hold against you. no yesterdays on the road. ” – william least heat moon, 47. “ if you come to a fork in the road, take it .” – yogi berra, 48. “ some roads aren’t meant to be travelled alone. ” ― chinese proverb, 49. “ 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, 50. “ the open road is a beckoning, a strangeness, a place where a man can lose himself. ” – william least heat moon, 51. “ life is one big road with lots of signs. so when you riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. flee from hate, mischief, and jealousy. don’t bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. wake up and live ” – bob marley, 52. “ the best part of a road trip isn’t arriving at your destination … it’s the fast food along the way. ” — unknown, 53. “ look for chances to take the less-traveled roads. there are no wrong turns. ” — susan magsamen, 54. “ you know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world. ” – william hazlitt, 55. “ roads were made for journeys , not destinations. ” – confucius.

56. “ The road is there, it will always be there. You just have to decide when to take it. ” –  Chris Humphrey

57. “ the road must eventually lead to the whole world. ” –  jack kerouac.

58. “ No road is long with good company. ” – Turkish Proverb

59. “ sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere, and sometimes in the middle of nowhere, you find yourself. ” — unknown, 60. “ take the long way home. ” — unknown, 61. “ happiness is a road trip with a good playlist. ” — unknown, 62. “ please understand, i have been waiting to leave ever since i figured out that there were roads willing to take me anywhere i wanted to go. ” — unknown, 63. “ i’m not lost. i’m exploring. ” — jana stanfield, 64. “ one’s destination is never a place, but rather a new way of seeing things. ” — henry miller, 65. “ making memories one road trip at a time. ” — unknown, 66. “ road trips aren’t measured by mile markers, but by moments. ” — unknown, 67. “ and just like that, we’re on our way to everywhere. ” – emery lord, 68. “ every journey is simultaneously a beginning and an ending: i was leaving my old life behind and starting on a road trip to find a new me. ” – debi tolbert duggar, 69. “ life is too short to not go on that spontaneous road trip. ” – unknown, 70. “ when all’s said and done, all roads lead to the same end. so it’s not so much which road you take, as how you take it. ” – charles de lint.

Do you find quotes about going on the road inspiring? What do you think are the best road trips quotes?

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Perfect inspiration for my pictures when I don’t know what to write, so I’m always looking for the things like these 🙂

I’m so inspired to take a road trip now! I love these quotes, because they make you realise life really is for living, and travel only adds to that. I really like that Blount quote, it’s so clever and true!

I really appreciate the notion of some routes being only open to the people who are willing to get lost, that really resonates with me!

Road trips are really fun. My boyfriend and I, really go for a road trip at least once a week. Love the quote “That’s why I love road trips, dude. It’s like doing something without actually doing anything.”

My mom always tells me “travel you are not a tree”, I really loved the other Quotes, thank you so much.

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90 Road Trip Quotes for Instagram that Inspire Wanderlust

Road trips hold a special place in many people’s hearts, as they create unforgettable memories and provide a sense of adventure. In the world of social media, specifically Instagram, sharing your experiences with friends, family, and followers has become an essential part of traveling.

Road trip quotes for Instagram can help personalize your posts, making your journey more relatable while inspiring others to embark on their own adventures.

Utilizing these road trip quotes for Instagram allows users to evoke emotions, highlight experiences, or provide an enticing glimpse into their journey.

From inspirational sayings to clever captions, the right quote can become the perfect companion to your breathtaking travel photos or those candid moments captured in stories.

Quote graphics have gained popularity on Instagram, turning meaningful quotes into visually appealing images that further engage your audience.

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Best Road Trip Quotes

In this article, we will explore a variety of road trip quotes, ranging from short and sweet captions to more thought-provoking musings.

These carefully curated quotes will help you find the perfect words to convey the essence of your road trip, leaving lasting impressions on your followers and encouraging them to join in on the excitement of discovering new places and experiences.

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Inspirational Road Trip Quotes

Embarking on a road trip is an incredible adventure that leaves you with lifelong memories. To inspire your journey, here are some inspirational road trip quotes:

• Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. — Hellen Keller
• Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by. — Robert Frost
• Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey. — Babs Hoffman
• Roads were made for journeys, not destinations. — Confucius
• I climb behind the steering wheel… I drive off immediately without once looking back; it’s a long journey but it leads to freedom. — Corinne Hofmann
• If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there. — Lewis Carroll

These meaningful road trip quotes are perfect for capturing the essence of your adventure:

• Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost. — Erol Ozan
• The freedom of the open road is seductive, serendipitous, and absolutely liberating. — Aaron Lauritsen
• Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road. — Walt Whitman
• Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn’t mean to take. — Angela N. Blount
• A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us. — John Steinbeck
• Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there. — Lewis Caroll Alice in Wonderland

Whether you’re taking a short weekend getaway or embarking on a cross-country adventure, these inspirational road trip quotes will motivate you to explore the unknown and discover the beauty of the world around you.

Short Road Trip Quotes for Instagram

For shorter, lighthearted road trip quotes, check out the following:

• Adventure awaits!
• The world is my highway.
• The open road awaits you.
• Keep calm and hit the road.
• Let’s get lost in an adventure.
• Always take the scenic route.
• The journey is the destination.
• Seize the day and hit the road!
• Life is a journey. Enjoy the ride!
• The road is life. — Jack Kerouac
• Hit the road and don’t look back.
• It’s like a road trip without an end.
• Take me away on a wild adventure.
• Life is too short to worry about directions.
• I’ve got 99 problems but a road trip ain’t one.
• Let’s get lost and find ourselves in new places.
• Just keep driving and see where the wind takes you.
• Riding down the highway with no destination in mind.
• Is it really a road trip without fast food and good tunes?
• Life is too short to not go on that spontaneous road trip.
• It’s not how far we go, but how much fun we have along the way.
• No roads lead to happiness, but happiness can lead you anywhere you want to go.
• Not all those who wander are lost. — J.R.R. Tolkien, in Fellowship of the Ring

These short sayings are perfect for quickly expressing your wanderlust on Instagram while keeping your captions short and sweet. Whether you’re sharing your favorite travel photos or capturing the highlights of your journey, these road trip quotes will help you capture the essence of your adventure in a few short words.

Funny Road Trip Quotes

As you embark on the open road, you’ll find that humor is an essential travel companion. These funny road trip quotes will bring a smile to your face as you cruise along the highway, making those long drives a bit more enjoyable. Share your favorite funny road trip quotes with your fellow travelers, and spread the laughter in your Instagram captions.

Some hilarious quotes include:

• Road trip mode: On!
• Take only memories, leave only skid marks.
• Life is an endless road trip if you live it right.
• Don’t worry about getting lost; it’s an adventure!
• It’s time to fill the gas tank and hit the open road.
• Road trips: Where you go for the journey, not the destination.
• Not all who wander are lost, some of them just have really bad directions.
• Forget where we’re going, let’s just drive. The only wrong turn is the one you don’t take.
• I love being on the road. I love that lifestyle, traveling city to city, rocking out and moving on to the next place. — Caleb Johnson
• Hit the road, Jack! — Ray Charles
• It’s a road trip! It’s about adventure… It’s not like we have somewhere to go. — John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
• Driving is boring, but it’s what we do. Most of American life is driving somewhere and then driving back wondering why the hell you went. — John Updike
• Road trips required a couple of things: a well-balanced diet of caffeine, salt and sugar and an excellent selection of tunes—oh, and directions. — Jenn McKinlay
• I don’t drive fast, I drive YOUNG. — Musawir Masood

Incorporating these amusing road trip quotes into your Instagram posts will surely entertain your followers and add a touch of wit to your adventures. Explore more hilarious quotes in the provided search results and keep the laughter rolling on your journey.

Family Road Trip Quotes

Embarking on a road trip with family can result in countless memorable experiences. Here are some thought-provoking and heartwarming family road trip quotes to inspire and add charm to your Instagram posts:

• Sharing adventures means enjoying them 100% more.
• You and me, we are more than friends. We are like a small travel gang!
• Making memories one road trip at a time.
• Take only memories, leave only footprints.

As you bond with your loved ones on the journey, take a moment to appreciate the laughs and shared experiences. These quotes capture the essence of those precious moments:

• Adventures are better when shared with friends who can’t read a map.
• The family that travels together, stays together.
• If you come to a fork in the road, take it. — Yogi Berra
• Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by. — Robert Frost

Adventure and Wanderlust Quotes

Embark on an unforgettable journey with these adventure and wanderlust-inspired road trip quotes, perfectly crafted for your Instagram captions.

• Let’s wander where the wifi is weak.
• Take me anywhere, as long as it’s on the road.
• The journey, not the arrival, matters. — T.S. Eliot
• Road trips aren’t measured by mile markers, but by moments.
• There is nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars. — Jack Kerouac
• Because the greatest part of a road trip isn’t arriving at your destination. It’s all the wild stuff that happens along the way. — Emma Chase
• I just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I don’t know where it’s going to lead me, but I follow it. — Grace Jones
• I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move. — Robert Louis Stevenson
• I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be. — Douglas Adams
• Look for chances to take the less-traveled roads. There are no wrong turns. — Susan Magsamen

These quotes ignite the flame of wanderlust, encouraging you to explore the open road, chase after adventure, and discover the beauty of the journey. With these captions, your Instagram posts are sure to stand out and inspire others to join you on your road trip escapades.

Friendship Road Trip Quotes

Road trips with friends are a great way to bond, explore new places, and create unforgettable memories. These friendship road trip quotes resonate with the highs of shared experiences and the joy of hitting the road with your favorite buddies.

• Endless playlists + coffee + best friends = best road trip ever.
• Sometimes all you need is a good friend and a full tank of gas.
• Good friends and great adventures make the best road trips. — Adotrip
• You and me, we are more than friends. We are like a small travel gang! — Unknown
• No road is long with good company. — Turkish Proverb
• A journey well shared is a journey well enjoyed. — Unknown
• Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton
• Life is meant for good friends and great adventures.
• A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles. — Tim Cahill

Inspire your friends and followers on Instagram with these beautiful quotes that capture the essence of friendship and the thrill of exploring the world together.

Couples Road Trip Quotes

Embarking on a journey with your significant other is an exciting way to create lasting memories and strengthen your bond. Couples road trip quotes can help you express those feelings, and add a perfect touch to your Instagram photos.

Here are some romantic and inspiring quotes for your next couples road trip:

• Let’s wander where the WiFi is weak.
• It feels good to be lost in the right direction.

These couples road trip quotes not only help you share your experiences but can also remind you of the importance of enjoying special moments together. Whether you’re on a romantic getaway or simply exploring the world hand-in-hand, these quotes capture the essence of love and adventure on the open road.

So, when you’re documenting your couples road trip adventure, consider using one of these heartfelt quotes as your Instagram caption. They are sure to add a touch of whimsy and romance to your feed, while also showcasing the unforgettable memories you’ve made on your journey together.

In the realm of Instagram, captivating road trip captions and quotes are essential for drawing attention to your travel adventures. From the charming quote about the priceless memories made on family road trips to thought-provoking quotes about the journey being the true desire, there is a vast array of expressions fit for your next post.

Short road trip captions can also add elegance and wonder to your Instagram updates. Utilizing quotes like these will emphasize the thrill and excitement associated with exploring the unknown.

So, as you embark on your next road trip adventure and seek to share your experiences with the world through Instagram, remember to choose your captions and quotes wisely. They can enhance your posts, spark curiosity, and inspire your followers to explore the world for themselves.

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170 Best Road Trip Quotes: Quirky, Funny and Deep

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Road trips are a great way to spend time with family or friends, see new places, and take in the great outdoors. They also provide plenty of opportunity for funny and memorable quotes. Whether you’re packing up your car for a trip this weekend or just reminiscing on times gone by, we’ve rounded up the 170 best road trip quotes – some funny, some deep, some inspirational – all perfect for sharing with those you love. In preparation for your next long drive!

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What Is A Road Trip Quote ?

A road trip quote is a short, catchy phrase that captures the feeling of a journey or adventure. It’s fun to come up with your own and share them with friends on social media sites like Instagram.

Quotes about journeys and traveling can be both whimsical and profound, making them the perfect thing to ponder as you prep for your next adventure and then hit the open road. Below you’ll fund some of our favorite quotes about road trips and travel to get you inspired for your next journey!

Why Are Road Trip Quotes So Popular ?

 Road trip quotes are popular because they evoke a sense of nostalgia for the open road. They also serve as little reminders to appreciate the journey, not just the destination.

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Best Quotes on Road Trips – Quirky, Funny, Deep

What is it about  jumping into your car and hitting the open road  that can invoke feelings of excitement, joy and freedom?

Maybe it’s the endless possibilities for gorgeous views, adventures, and the company of friends and family.

Maybe it’s the chance to let the winds blow you where they may, taking the next fork in the road, getting lost and found.

Maybe it’s the wind blowing through your hair, the snack stops along the way, and a new place to lay your head each night or three.

In honor of all that is the open road, here are the best quotes on road trips and captions about the road and journeys . We hope they inspire your next vacation, or epic road trip across the country.

Short Road Trip Quotes

Family road trip quotes, funny road trip quotes.

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Inspirational Road Trip Quotes

• Long Drive Quotes
• Road Trip Quotes Love & Couple Quotes
• Road Trip Quotes with Friends

Heading down the open road can be liberating. It can help you, your family and friends leave worries behind and focus on the short or long journey ahead. Here are a few inspiring short road trip quotes to get you in the spirit:

• “ Life is a journey, not a destination ” – often attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson
• “Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien , in Fellowship of the Ring
• “All he needed was a wheel in his hand and four on the road.” – J.R.R. Tolkien , in Fellowship of the Ring
• “We do not take a trip, a trip takes us.” – John Steinbeck
• “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” – Lewis Caroll Alice in Wonderland

• “Roads were made for journeys, not destinations .” – Confucious
• “There’s always a way if you’re not in a hurry.” – Paul Theroux
• “Two roads diverged in a wood and I … I took the one less traveled by.” – Robert Frost
• “I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me.” – Walt Whitman, ‘Song Of The Open Road’.
• “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag
• ” Life is a Highway, I want to ride it all night long.” – Tom Cochrane
• “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” – Helen Keller
• “The journey is my home. “ – Muriel Rukeyser
• “Still, round the corner, there may wait, a new road or a secret gate.”  – J. R. R. Tolkien
• “Travel far enough you meet yourself.” – David Mitchell
• “You may not find a path, but you’ll find a way.” – Tom Wolfe
• “Look at life through the windshield, not the rearview mirror.” – Byrd Baggett
• “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” – Anita Desai

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We love a good family road trip, to a National Park, or a day trip down the highway. Family road trips are measured in mile markers, conversations, new sites, endless snacks, and the occasional sibling fight or two. Here are a few family road trip quotes to inspire your next road trip adventure and celebrate the wild stuff that happens in this wonderful world of ours:

• “ May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home. ” —  Trenton Lee Stewart
• “Traveling with children isn’t going on a vacation. It’s more like entering into a war zone and your hostages are the kids.” – Erma Bombeck
• “A road trip is a way for the whole family to spend time together and annoy each other in interesting and new places.” – Tom Lichtenheld

• “As soon as I saw you, I knew an adventure was going to happen.” – A. A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh
• “Traveling with young children is the perfect time to discover that your children are people.” – Pico Lyer
• “ There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million. ” – Walt Streightiff
• “ And that’s the wonderful thing about family travel. It provides you with experiences that will remain locked forever in the scar tissue of your mind .” – Dave Berry
• “The family that travels together, stays together.” – Unknown
• “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” – Dr Seuss
• “There are no perfect parents and there are no perfect children, but there are plenty of perfect moments along the way.”  – Dave Willis

•  “Every day we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.” 

– Unknown

• “Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.”  – Anthony Bourdain
• “Traveling in the company of those we love is home in motion.” – Leigh Hunt
• “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
• “The only thing worse than starting something and failing…. is not starting something.” – Seth Godin
• “Because the greatest part of a road trip isn’t arriving at your destination. It’s all the wild stuff that happens along the way.”  – Emma Chase
• “ You can be writing every day. When you go on a road trip, the trip itself becomes part of the story. ” – Steve Rushin
• “Kids don’t remember their best day of television.”  – Unknown
• “When you travel with your children you are giving them something that can never be taken away … experience, exposure and a way of life.” – Pamela T. Chandler
• “Two of the greatest gifts we can give our children, roots and wings” – Hodding Carter

Funny Family Road Trip Quotes

Family road trips can be amazing, and a disaster, and then there are those special or funny moments that make it all worth it. Here are some family road road trip quotes that are funny and poignant.

• Parent’s don’t really go on holidays. They just look after their kids in a different country for a while.” – Unknown
• “Family trips are the perfect time to create memories that your kids will someday try to erase.” – Dave Barry
• “In 1903 the Wright brothers invented airplanes because in 1902 they took a road trip across the country with their family.” – Bill Engvall
• “ Going on a road trip with kids. Need about 5 outfits, packed 25 just in case. ” – Unknown
• Happiness is a family road trip, with a loud playlist. – Unknown
• “You can’t find the right roads when the streets are paved.” – Bob Marley
• “Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn’t mean to take.” – Angela N. Blount
• “Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey.” – Babs Hoffman
• “You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.” – Franklin P. Jones
• “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” – George Burns
• “It’s a magical world, Hobbes, ol’ buddy… Let’s go exploring! “ – Calvin & Hobbes
• “When you choose to collect experiences rather than things, you will never run out of storage space.” – Unknown

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Taking the scenic route in good company can lead you on daring adventures, quiet moments or disasterous but funny after the fact events. Often in the same trip. Here is a list of our favourite road trip sayings and quotes as well as funny road trip captions:

• “Well, we’re not in the middle of nowhere, but we can see it from here.” – ‘Thelma & Louise ‘
• “I don’t know where I’m going from here but I promise it won’t be boring.” – David Bowie
• “If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it’s lethal.”  – Paulo Coelho
• “Road trips require a couple of things: A well-balanced diet of caffeine, salt and sugar and excellent selection of tunes—oh, and directions.”   Jenn McKinlay, Books Can Be Deceiving
• “Get your motor runnin’, Head out on the highway, Lookin’ for adventure…” – Steppenwolf, ‘ Born To Be Wild ‘.
• ” I have found out that there ain’t a no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them. ” – Mark Twain
• “Buckle up. It’s going to be a bumpy ride.” – Unknown
• “My life is a constant quest to find the best parking spot. – Unknown
• “It’s not the size of your gas tank that matters, it’s how much is in there when you need it.” – Unknown

• “I’m not lost. I know exactly where I am.” – Confused driver
• “A tourist is a fellow who drives thousands of miles so he can be photographed standing in front of his car.” – Émile Genest
• “Driving is boring,” Rabbit pontificates, “but it’s what we do. Most of American life is driving somewhere and then driving back wondering why the hell you went.” –  John Updike
• “Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways? Just to be silly! ” – George Carlin
• “Sometimes all you need is a great friend and a tank of gas.”  –  Thelma and Louise
• “Road Trips: Because they’re cheaper than therapy.”  – Unknown
• “Have you noticed that anyone going slower than you is an idiot and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?”   – George Carlin
• “When traveling with someone, take large doses of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.” – Helen Hayes
• “Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason!” – Jerry Seinfeld
• “The inside of the old Camaro smelled like asphalt and desire, gasoline and dreams.” – Maggie Stiefvater

Road Trip Captions Funny

• “Map out your future – but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip.” – Jon Bon Jovi
• “If you’re on a road trip, you need driving music.” –   Edgar Wright
• “I just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I don’t know where it’s going to lead me, but I follow it.” – Grace Jones
• “I’m so hungry I could eat a sandwich from a gas station.”   -Chevy Chase
• “Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you, and scorn in the one ahead.”  -Mac McCleary
• “Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn’t block traffic.” – Dan Rather
• “It doesn’t matter how old you get, buying snacks for a road trip should always look like an unsupervised 9 year old was given $100.”  – Unknown
• “Kilometers are shorter than miles. Save fuel, take your next trip in Kilometers.” – George Carlin
• “You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said ‘Parking Fine.”  – Tommy Cooper
• “I don’t drive fast, I drive YOUNG.” – Musawir Masood
• “Technically speaking, you drive like a rabid chicken who has hijacked a tractor.”  – Sarah Rees Brennan
• “A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” – John Steinbeck

Road Trip Quotes for Instagram (Captions and Puns)

On your next roar trip, don’t let those moments fall through the cracks. Pull out your phone, capture those moments, and grab these road trip instagram quotes, captions and puns to share.

• Been driving all day. I need a  brake !
• I love road trips, but all the driving is  tire -ing!
• Get Miata here!
• I’d go the extra mile for you.
• Are we there yet? How far is that?!?
• Turns out I need a day off, a dirt road and snacks.
• Wanderlust & highway dust.
• Road trips are measured in moments, not mile markers.
• Nowhere, but everywhere all at the same time.
• There are no wrong turns, only new adventures.
• Making memories, one mile at a time.
• Windows down, music up, snacks out.
• Road trips are the best therapy.
• The open road is seductive.
• Life is a highway.
• Road less travelled.
• The trip becomes the story.
• My mood is a long drive, loud music & coffee on repeat
• All I want for Christmas is the open road, wind in my hair & good friends.
• Detours are life’s way of keeping you on track.

The open road can provide inspiration to find yourself, contemplate life in beautiful sunsets, mountain ranges and inspire epic road trip books like “ On the Road” by Jack Kerouac.

• “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.” – Douglas Adams
• ” A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. ” -John Steinbeck
• “ I will not follow where the path may lead, but I will go where there is no path, and I will leave a trail. ” -Muriel Strode, from the poem “ Wind-Wafted Wild Flowers ”
• “ Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. ” -Ibn Battuta ,  from The Travels of Ibn Battutah
• “Because the greatest part of a road trip isn’t arriving at your destination. It’s all the wild stuff that happens along the way.” – Emma Chase, from Tamed
• “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” – Neale Donald Walsch , from   Conversations with God
• “I love road trips. You get into this Zen rhythm; throw the sense of time out the window.” – Miriam Toews
• “Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey”   – Babs Hoffman 
• All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” – Martin Buber
• “A bend in the road is not the end of the road… unless you fail to make the turn.” – Helen Keller
• “Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations .” – Zig Ziglar
• “If you make the mistake of looking back too much, you aren’t focused enough on the road in front of you.” – Brad Paisley
• “Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.” – Tom Stoppard
• “I wonder why it is that when I plan a route too carefully, it goes to pieces, whereas if I blunder along in blissful ignorance aimed in a fancied direction I get through with no trouble.” – John Steinbeck
• “There’s a whole world out there, right outside your window. You’d be a fool to miss it.”  – Charlotte Eriksson
• “You steer down lightless highways, and you invent a destination because movement is key.” – Nic Pizzolatto
• “Road trips are the gateway to curiosity, freedom and a belly full of snacks.” – Donna – Packed for Life

Long Drive Captions

Sometimes the best way to see a place is on a long road trip. Whether you’re taking a road trip to your favorite vacation spot or planning travelling across country in an RV, here are our top long drive quotes and long drive captions:

• “Map out your future, but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip.”   – Jon Bon Jovi
• “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu
• “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” – J.R.R Tolkien
•  “Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.” – Jack Kerouac
• “When you come to a fork in the road; take it.”   – Yogi Berra
• “No road is long with good company.” – Turkish Proverb
• “The freedom of the open road is seductive, serendipitous and absolutely liberating” – Aaron Lauritsen
• “There is nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.”  – Jack Kerouac
• “Road trips aren’t measured by mile markers, but by moments.” – Unknown
• “No one you have been and no place you have gone ever leaves you. The new parts of you simply jump in the car and go along for the rest of the ride. The success of your journey and your destination all depends on who’s driving.” – Bruce Springsteen
• “There is something about the momentum of travel that makes you want to just keep moving, to never stop.”  – Bill Bryson
• “On the road again, Goin’ places that I’ve never been, Seein’ things that I may never see again, And I can’t wait to get on the road again.”  – Willie Nelson

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Road Trip Quotes With Love & Couple Travel Quotes

The open road is a place to start fresh, expand your horizons and find an adventure. Road tripping with your honey can make a memorable journey. Solo adventures can be freeing and invite introspection and self love. Both can lead you on beautiful paths of discovery. Here are our top road trip quotes with love and about love on the open road:

• “A road trip is always better with someone you love.” – Unknown
• A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” – John Steinbeck
• “I love you more than a car can hold. I love you more than the miles between us.” – Unknown
• “Actually, the best gift you could have given her was a lifetime of adventures.” – Lewis Carroll
• “And the purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
• “I can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads.”  – Paulo Coelho
• “If you want to go fast go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”  – African Proverb
• “Traveling in the company of those we love is home in motion.”  – Leigh Hunt

• “Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere and sometimes in the middle of nowhere you find yourself.”  – Unknown
• “Love is the food of life, travel is the dessert.” – Unknown
• “People never forget two things, their first love and their first day in New York City.” – Unknown
• “Traveling is like flirting with life. It’s like saying, “I would stay and love you, but I have to go; this is my station.” – Lisa St. Aubin de Teran
• “What we find in a soulmate is not something wild to tame, but something wild to run with.” – Robert Brault
• “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

Road Trip Quotes With Friends

What could be better when seeking new adventures and making travel memories than with friends. A journey is better when you have someone to share it with. Plus it provides opportunities to grow closer, and make your friendship stringer.

Here are a few of the best travel quotes with friends.

• “A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.”  – Tim Cahill
• “Happiness [is] only real when shared.” – Christopher McCandles
• “Some roads aren’t meant to be travelled alone.”   – Chinese Proverb
• “Life was meant for great adventures and close friends ” – Unknown

• In life, it’s not where you go – it’s who you travel with.” – Charles M. Schulz
• “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
• “ 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
• “One of the great things about travel is that you find out how many good, kind people there are.”  – Edith Wharton
• “Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.”  – Izaak Walton
• “We all start as strangers.”  –  Unknown
• “Just grab a friend and take a ride, together upon the open road.” –  The Goofy Movie
• “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” Lewis Carroll,
• “A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.” – Maya Angelou
• “There is an unspoken bond you create with the friends you travel with.” – Kristen Sarah
• “There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven’t yet met.” – William Butler Yeats
• “Best friends are people hard to find, difficult to be, and impossible to live without. They are the people you get along with so easily in the journey called life.” – Khushi Parwal
• “The struggles we endure today will be the ‘good old days’ we laugh about tomorrow.”  – Aaron Lauritsen
• “A true best friend may get you into trouble, but they will always be there to pull you out of it too.”  – Kaylee Stepkoski
• “The more I traveled, the more I realized fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” – Shirley MacLaine
• “If you want to go fast go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – African Proverb
• “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
• “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
• “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
• “The fastest way to make a friend for life is to travel with a stranger.” – Christina Pfeiffer
• “Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” – Oprah Winfrey

Road Tripping Quotes for Everyone

I hope this quotes about road trips have inspired you to explore the open road, enjoy some laughs and fun with family and friends.

Road trips can inspire so many things, curiosity, exploration, poems, epic stories.

If you love road trips, check out our road trip travel tips, and destinations:

•  Useful, fun, and practical gifts for RV Lovers
• 4 Day complete family friendly itinerary in Acadia National Park
• Detailed   Zion National Park Guide   on where to stay, not to miss activities, and fun itineraries
• Plan your next trip to Niagara Falls, with our How to Plan a Trip to Niagara Falls guide.

Donna Garrison is the founder of Packed for Life, an ever curious traveler with a passion for making memories with her family. With a unique perspective on travelling on a budget gathered over 30 years, 20 countries and 5 continents she gives families the tools & resources they need to experience the joys of travelling more for less through practical solutions. She helps over 20,000 families a month plan & take the family travel, camping and road trip adventures of their dreams in Canada, the USA and around the world. Contact her at: Donna [at] packedforlife.com

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There is something quite special about a road trip out on the open road. It’s the sense of freedom and loose exploration that can really do a lot for your traveling spirit. But if you’re looking for road trip quotes to ignite your wanderlust we’ve got you covered! This post will have road tripping quotes, road trip quotes with friends, and road trip captions – all with the hope of inspiring you to go on your very own road trip!

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• “All he needed was a wheel in his hand and four on the road.” -Jack Kerouac
• “I love being on the road. I love that lifestyle, traveling city to city, rocking out and moving on to the next place.” -Caleb Johnson
• “A passenger on a road journey is in the hands of a driver; a reader embarking on a book is in the hands of a narrator.” -Romesh Gunesekera
• “Going on a trip without a plan is one of the best types of traveling. Just setting out on the road and driving for as long as we want is a grounding moment.” -Jessica Hendricks
• “That’s why I love road trips, dude. It’s like doing something without actually doing anything.” -John Green
• “I climb behind the steering wheel… I drive off immediately without once looking back; it’s a long journey but it leads to freedom.” -Corinne Hofmann
• “When all’s said and done, all roads lead to the same end. So it’s not so much which road you take, as how you take it.” -Charles de Lint
• “Look on every exit being an entrance somewhere else.” -Tom Stoppard

• “Map out your future – but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip.” -Bon Jovi
• “I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me.” -Walt Whitman
• “The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to.” -Alain de Botton
• “I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move,” -Robert Louis Stevenson
• “The freedom of the open road is seductive, serendipitous, and absolutely liberating.” -Aaron Lauritsen
• “No one you have been and no place you have gone ever leaves you. The new parts of you simply jump in the car and go along for the rest of the ride. The success of your journey and your destination all depends on who’s driving.” -Bruce Springsteen
• “When you go on a road trip, the trip itself becomes part of the story.” -Steve Rushin
• “Look for chances to take the less-traveled roads. There are no wrong turns.” -Susan Magsamen
• “Driving at night is about communicating with lights.” -Lukhman Pambra
• “Roads are a record of those who have gone before.” -Rebecca Solnit
• “If you’re on a road trip, you need driving music.” -Edgar Wright
• “Road trips are the equivalent of human wings. Ask me to go on one, any one. We’ll stop in every small town and learn the history and the stories, feel the ground, and capture the spirit. Then we’ll turn it into our own story, that will live inside our history to carry with us. Always. Because stories are more important than things.” -Victoria Erickson
• “Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.” -Erol Ozan
• “I just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I don’t know where it’s going to lead me, but I follow it.” -Grace Jones
• “People don’t take trips, trips take people.” -John Steinbeck
• “Every journey is simultaneously a beginning and an ending: I was leaving my old life behind and starting on a road trip to find a new me.” -Debi Tolbert Duggar
• “Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey.” -Babs Hoffman
• “On the road again, Goin’ places that I’ve never been, Seein’ things that I may never see again, And I can’t wait to get on the road again.” -Willie Nelson
• “Look at life through the windshield, not the rearview mirror.” -Byrd Baggett
• “I love road trips. You get into this Zen rhythm; throw the sense of time out the window.” -Miriam Toews
• “If you are going on a road trip with someone you love, it won’t matter how fast you reach your destination, you will be having so much fun you won’t care about anything else.” -Benjamin Hanks
• “Still, round the corner, there may wait, a new road or a secret gate.” -J. R. R. Tolkien
• “A bend in the road is not the end of the road….unless you fail to make the turn.” -Helen Keller
• “Never go on a road trip without filling up for gas first. The first bit of driving until you run out of gas is the most freeing part of the entire journey. You don’t want it to end too fast, so always start off your trip with a full tank of gas.” -Unknown
• “Now, on this road trip, my mind seemed to uncrinkle, to breathe, to present to itself a cure for a disease it had not, until now, known it had.” -Elizabeth Berg
• “Take care of your car in the garage, and the car will take care of you on the road.” -Amit Kalantri
• “All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” -Martin Buber
• “Road trips aren’t measured by mile markers, but by moments.” -Unknown

• “The open road is a beckoning, a strangeness, a place where a man can lose himself.” -William Least Heat Moon
• “One’s destination is never a place, but rather a new way of seeing things.” -Henry Miller
• “Kilometers are shorter than miles. Save gas, take your next trip in kilometers.” -George Carlin
• “It doesn’t matter how old you get, buying snacks for a road trip should always look like an unsupervised 9 year old was given $100.” -Unknown

• “Road trips require a couple of things: A well-balanced diet of caffeine, salt and sugar and excellent selection of tunes—oh, and directions.” -Jenn McKinlay
• “The entire road trip could be summed up as one giant attempt to keep from crashing the car during fits of rage and fits of hysteria.” -Kari Martindale
• “As a passenger on a road trip, you get to have all the fun, see all the scenery, take as many naps as you want, and eat all the treats. It’s the best vacation ever!” -Unknown

• “I wonder why it is that when I plan a route too carefully, it goes to pieces, whereas if I blunder along in blissful ignorance aimed in a fancied direction I get through with no trouble.” -John Steinbeck
• “A road trip is a way for the whole family to spend time together and annoy each other in interesting and new places.” -Tom Lichtenheld

• “In 1903 the Wright brothers invented airplanes because in 1902 they took a road trip across the country with their family.” -Bill Engvall
• “Road trips were my favorite family vacations. We got to spend more time together and enjoy simply doing nothing together.” -Michelle Fredricks

• “As kids, we don’t particularly enjoy road trips, but those are the memories that we often look back on as some of the best family time we’ve ever had.” -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 a road trip or posting quotes about a road trip.” -Crestless Wave
• “A road trip is always better with someone you love.” -Unknown

• “Just grab a friend and take a ride, together upon the open road.” -The Goofy Movie
• “Some roads aren’t meant to be traveled alone.” -Chinese Proverb
• “Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.” -Ernest Hemingway
• “No road is long with good company.” -Turkish Proverb

• “Road trips help you take a step back and focus on the present moment. There is no rush to get anywhere, only driving in good company.” -Jessica Smith
• “When traveling with someone, take large doses of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.” -Helen Hayes
• “You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.” -William Hazlitt
• “Because the greatest part of a road trip isn’t arriving at your destination. It’s all the wild stuff that happens along the way.” -Emma Chase
• “Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere and sometimes in the middle of nowhere you find yourself.” -Stacy Westfall

• “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
• “Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.” -Jack Kerouac
• “I don’t know where I’m going from here but I promise it won’t be boring.” -David Bowie
• “Wherever you get to is better than where you started. To stay on the road is a massive achievement.” -Anthony Joshua
• “The open road is there, it will always be there. You just have to decide when to take it.” -Chris Humphrey
• “We do not take a trip, a trip takes us.” -John Steinbeck
• “When you come to a fork in the road; take it.” -Yogi Berra
• “Roads were made for journeys, not destinations.” -Confucious
• “The road goes on forever and the party never ends.” -Robert Earl Keen
• “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.” -Douglas Adams
• “Road trips: Because they’re cheaper than therapy.” -Unknown
• “Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn’t mean to make.” -Angela N. Blount

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150+ Inspiring Road Trip Captions & Quotes on Long Drive (Sharable Images)

September 11, 2023

Paula Martinelli

If you are looking for the best memorable road trip captions for Instagram or perhaps, some quotes on a long drive, then you are in the right place! I love traveling, but I have to say that road trips are my favorite way to explore and Pin the Planet! Put my favorite trip song , roll my windows down, and hit the road!

When I am exploring a new place on a road trip, each corner unveils a surprise, and this is a liberating feeling. So, here are the top 150+ road trip captions to inspire you to continue exploring

From the amazing road trips in the USA to driving the Ring Road in Iceland , or maybe to the exhilarating road trip in Namibia , our planet is filled with stunning landscapes. I am exploring a new place on a road trip, each corner unveils a surprise, and this is a liberating feeling.

In this article, I gathered 150+ inspiring road trip captions for your next post on your social media, so you could find the best fit for your picture in only one place. If you are looking for short road trip captions, quotes on the long drive, funny road trip captions, or maybe inspirational road trip puns, I have got your back! There are plenty of catchy and inspirational road trip quotes that are bound to capture your audience’s attention.

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Short Road Trip Captions for Instagram

1. “Still, round the corner, there may wait, a new road or a secret gate.” – J. R. R. Tolkien

2. “Adventure is out there.” – Up

3. “The world is too big to stay in one place, and life is too short to do just one thing.”

4. “Road trips aren’t measured by mile markers, but by moments.”

5. “Roads are a record of those who have gone before.” Rebecca Solnit

6. “Clear your mind, roll your windows down and smell the adventure outside.” – Paula Pins the Planet

7. “Sometimes the best therapy is a long drive and good music.”

8. “And just like that, we’re on our way to everywhere.” – Emery Lord, Open Road Summer

9. “I’m really in the mood for a long drive with no real destination.”

10. “All he needed was a wheel in his hand and four on the road.” – Jack Kerouac

11. “A bend in the road, is not the end of the road….unless you fail to make the turn.” – Helen Keller

12. “Take care of your car in the garage, and the car will take care of you on the road.” – Amit Kalantri

13. “It feels good to be lost in the right direction.”

14. “Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere, and sometimes in the middle of nowhere, you find yourself.”

15. “The only impossible journey is the one you never begin” – Tony Robbins

16. “Live your life by a compass, not a clock.” – Stephen Covey

17. “Roads were made for journeys, not destinations.” – Confucius

18. “Life is too short to not go on that spontaneous road trip.”

19. “The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.” – Wallace Stevens

20. “There are no mistakes. Only new paths to explore.” – Gregory David Roberts

21. “We had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.” Jack Kerouac, On the Road: the Original Scroll

22. “You may not find a path, but you will find a way.” – Tom Wolfe

23. “Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by.” – Robert Frost

24. “The road must eventually lead to the whole world.” – Jack Kerouac

25. “I’ve found my happy place.”

26. “Happiness is a road trip.”

27. “People don’t take trips, trips take people.” – John Steinbeck

28. “Making memories, one road trip at a time.”

29. “Well, we’re not in the middle of nowhere, but we can see it from here.” Thelma & Louise

30. “I’m not lost, I’m exploring.”

31. “It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

32. “I guess the lesson is you can’t go everywhere. You should still go everywhere you can.” – Charles Finch

33. “Look at life through the windshield, not the rearview mirror.” – Byrd Baggett

34. “It’s a road trip! It’s about adventure!. . It’s not like we have somewhere to go.” – John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

Best Quotes on Long Drive

35. “My best nights of sleep are not in a king-sized bed, they’re in the back of an overpacked station wagon parked under the stars.” – We Dream of Travel

37. “I climb behind the steering wheel… I drive off immediately without once looking back; it’s a long journey but it leads to freedom.” Corinne Hofmann, The White Masai

38. “Hodophile (noun): a lover of roads; one who loves travel.”

39. “There is nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.” – Jack Kerouac, On the Road: the Original Scroll

40. “An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.” – Gilbert K. Chesterton

41. “Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before me, The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose.” – Walt Whitman

42. “I just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I don’t know where it’s going to lead me, but I follow it.” Grace Jones

43. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” – Helen Keller

44. “We’re almost there, but nowhere near it. All that matters is that we’re going.” – Gilmore Girls

45. “I love road trips. You get into this Zen rhythm; throw the sense of time out the window.” – Miriam Toews

46. “When all’s said and done, all roads lead to the same end. So it’s not so much which road you take, as how you take it.” Charles de Lint

47. “Because the greatest part of a road trip isn’t arriving at your destination. It’s all the wild stuff that happens along the way.” – Emma Chase, Tamed

48. “The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to.” – Alain de Botton

Memorable Road Trip Quotes

50. “It’s not a successful road trip until you’ve forgotten what day of the week it is.” – We Dream of Travel

51. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

52. “Adventure, without it, why live?” Hortense Odlum

53. “To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, To gain all while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote, To travel is to live.” – Hans Christian Andersen, The Fairy Tale of My Life: An Autobiography

54. “Nothing adventured, nothing attained.” – Peter McWilliams

55. “All my favorite summers included road trips.” – We Dream of Travel

56. “The road less traveled is the road to adventure.”

57. “Fifty years from now, when you’re looking back at your life, don’t you want to be able to say you had the guts to get in the car?“ – Transformers

58. “Road trips are the equivalent of human wings. Ask me to go on one, anywhere. We’ll stop in every small town and learn the history and stories, feel the ground, and capture the spirit. Then we’ll turn it into our own story that will live inside our history to carry with us, always. Because stories are more important than things.” –  Victoria Erickson

59. “I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert Louis Stevenson, Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes

60. “Attitude is the difference between an ordeal and an adventure.” – Bob Bitchin

61. “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.” – George Harrison

62. “Jobs fill your pockets, but adventures fill your soul.” – Jaime Lyn

63. “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

64. “Real adventure is defined best as a journey from which you may not come back alive, and certainly not as the same person.” – Yvon Chouinard

65. “A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.” John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America

66. “What you’ve done becomes the judge of what you’re going to do – especially in other people’s minds. When you’re traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don’t have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.” – William Least Heat Moon

67. “The freedom of the open road is seductive, serendipitous and absolutely liberating.” – Aaron Lauritsen, 100 Days Drive: The Great North American Road Trip

68. “We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm, and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” Jawaharlal Nehru

69. “The journey is part of the experience – an expression of the seriousness of one’s intent. One doesn’t take the A train to Mecca.” – Anthony Bourdain, A Cook’s Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines

70. “It’s a scientific fact that gas station hot dogs taste best on road trips.” – We Dream of Travel

71. “A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” – Lao Tzu

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72. “The American tendency in travel; one goes not so much to see, but to tell of it afterward.” – John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America

73. “If you’re not lost, you’re not much of an explorer.” – John Perry Barlow

74. “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 a road trip or posting quotes about a road trip.” – Crestless Wave

75. “If you come to a fork in the road, take it.” – Yogi Berra

76. “At the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair messy and your eyes sparkling.” – Shanti

77. “The entire road trip could be summed up as one giant attempt to keep from crashing the car during fits of rage and fits of hysteria.” – Kari Martindale

78. “A tourist is a fellow who drives thousands of miles so he can be photographed standing in front of his car.” Emile Ganest

79. “In 1903 the Wright brothers invented airplanes because in 1902 they took a road trip across the country with their family.” – Bill Engvall

80. “Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.” – Jerry Seinfeld

81. “Road trips require a couple of things: a well-balanced diet of caffeine, salt and sugar and an excellent selection of tunes – oh, and directions.” – Jenn McKinlay.

82. “According to the map, we’ve only gone four inches.” – Dumb & Dumber

83. “It doesn’t matter how old you get, buying snacks for a road trip should always look like an unsupervised 9-year-old was given $100.” – Unknown

84. “Kilometers are shorter than miles. Save gas, take your next trip in kilometers.” – George Carlin

85. “Always take the scenic route.”

Road Trip Quotes With Love

86. “Even when I visit the most beautiful countries in the world, it’s the people I come home telling stories of.” – We Dream of Travel

87. “Some roads aren’t meant to be travelled alone.” Chinese Proverb

88. “I want to go on a road trip. Just you and me. The highway, the radio, the blue sky, the back roads, and windows down. We’ll talk about everything and nothing. We’ll sing our hearts out, and we’ll make memories we’ll never forget. Just you and me.”

89. “We are all travelers in the wilderness of the world & the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

90. “I traveled the whole world to discover the greatest adventure was you.” – We Dream of Travel

91. “I have found out that there ain’t the no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.” – Mark Twain

92. “A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill

93. “Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.” – Ernest Hemingway

94. “I can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads.” – Paulo Coelho, Aleph

95. “Sometimes all you need is a great friend and a tank of gas.” Thelma and Louise

96. “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

97. “There’s nowhere to go but everywhere…” – Jack Kerouac, On the Road: the Original Scroll

98. “One of the great things about travel is that you find out how many good, kind people there are.” – Edith Wharton

99. “The best gift you could have given her was a lifetime of adventures.”

100. “What we find in a soul mate is not something wild to tame, but something wild to run with.” – Robert Brault

101. “Road trips are not about anywhere you’ll go, they’re about going anywhere.” – We Dream of Travel

102. “It doesn’t matter where you’re going, it’s who you have beside you.”

Road Trip With Friends Quotes

103. “Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.” – Zaak Walton

104. “A good friend listens to your adventures. Your best friend makes them with you.” Unknown

105. “There is a whole world out there. Pack your backpack, your best friend, and go.”

106. “Life is meant for good friends and great adventures.”

107. “Sharing adventures means enjoying them 100% more.”

108. “You can pack for every occasion, but a good friend will always be the best thing you could bring!”

109. “Just grab a friend and take a ride, together upon the open road.” – The Goofy Movie

110. “Sometimes all you need is a great friend and thirst for adventure.”

111. “There is an unspoken bond you create with the friends you travel with.” – Kristen Sarah

112. “A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles.” Tim Cahill

113. “Friends that travel together, stay together.”

114. “True friends never apart maybe in distance never in heart.” – Helen Keller

115. “Friends that travel together, stay together.”

Road Trip With Family Quotes

116. “Kids don’t remember their best day of television.”

117. “A road trip is a way for the whole family to spend time together and annoy each other in interesting and new places.” Tom Lichtenheld

118. “Having kids is a reason to travel, never a reason to stop.”

119. “When you travel with your children you are giving them something that can never be taken away … experience, exposure, and a way of life.” – Pamela T. Chandler

120. “A family that travels together stays together.”

121. “Travel sparks our imagination, feeds our curiosity, and reminds us how much we all have in common.” – Deborah Lloyd

122. “You’ll learn more about a person in 30 days on the road than you will in 30 months at home.” – We Dream of Travel

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123. “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” – Walt Disney

124. “Every journey is simultaneously a beginning and an ending: I was leaving my old life behind and starting on a road trip to find a new me.” – Debi Tolbert Duggar, Riding Soul-O

125. “There is something about the momentum of travel that makes you want to just keep moving, to never stop.” – Bill Bryson

126. “I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

127. “I may not have ended up where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.” Douglas Adams

128. “Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey.” – Pat Conroy

129. “All he needed was a wheel in his hand and four on the road.” – Jack Kerouac, On the Road: the Original Scroll

130. “It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.” – Rumi

131. “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust

132. “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.” Rosalía de Castro

133. “The open road is there, it will always be there. You just have to decide when to take it.” – Chris Humphrey

134. “If we wait until we are ready, we will be waiting for the rest of our life!” – Lemony Snicket

135. “Travel teaches you a little about the world and a lot about yourself. Getting lost is the best way to find ourselves.” – We Dream of Travel

136. “We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.” – Hilaire Belloc

137. “If you make the mistake of looking back too much, you aren’t focused enough on the road in front of you.” – Brad Paisley

138. “You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.” – William Hazlitt

139. “Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.” – Margaret Lee Runbeck

140. “The road goes on forever and the party never ends.” – Robert Earl Keen

141. “Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.” Tom Stoppard

142. “Live life with no excuses, travel with no regret.” – Oscar Wilde

143. “Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn’t mean to take.” – Angela N. Blount, Once Upon an Ever After

144. “Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.” – T.S. Eliot

Road Trips Quotes from Song Lyrics

145. “Get your motor runnin’, Head out on the highway, Lookin’ for adventure…” – Steppenwolf, Born to be Wild

146. “I love being on the road. I love that lifestyle, traveling city to city, rocking out and moving on to the next place.” Caleb Johnson

147. “Listen can you hear the distance calling? Far away but will be with you soon” – Kylie Minogue, Light Years

148. “I don’t know where I’m going from here but I promise it won’t be boring.” – David Bowie

149. “On the road again, Goin’ places that I’ve never been, Seein’ things that I may never see again, And I can’t wait to get on the road again” – Willie Nelson, On The Road Again

150. “Gonna travel, gonna travel wild and free. I’m gonna pack my bags because this great big world is calling me” – Elvis Presley, Harem Holiday

151. “ So remember when we were driving, driving in your car? Speed so fast I felt like I was drunk. City lights lay out before us. And your arm felt nice wrapped ’round my shoulder. And I had a feeling that I belonged. I had a feeling I could be someone. (be someone, be someone)” – Tracy Chapman, Fast Car

152. “All you hear is time stand still in travel. And feel such peace and absolute” – R.E.M., You are the everything

153. “You make me wanna roll my windows down and cruise.” Florida Georgia Line, Cruise

154. “ No one you have been and no place you have gone ever leaves you. The new parts of you simply jump in the car and go along for the rest of the ride. The success of your journey and your destination all depends on who’s driving.” – Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run

155. “Spend my nights and days before. Searching the world for what’s right here” – The XX, Islands

156. “Road trippin’ with my two favorite allies – fully loaded we got snacks and supplies. It’s time to leave this town it’s time to steal away. Let’s go get lost anywhere in the U.S.A.” – Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Road Trippin’

157. “Map out your future – but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it.  Make it worth the trip.” – Jon Bon Jovi

158. “Time has come to go pack your bags, and hit the open road, our hearts just won’t die. It’s the trip, that keeps us alive” – Still Corners – The Trip

159. “The sweetest dove in a dream. So many miles Away.” – Still Corners – The Trip

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100+ Epic Quotes About Road Trips & Long Drives

With the ability to go at your own pace, explore the off-the-beaten-path , there is simply no better way to travel than a long road trip. After our road trip to  Yellowstone  and  Romania , we have fallen in love with this style of travel. With many  benefits of taking a road trip , we have curated a list of more than 100 of the best quotes about road trips and long drives. These are perfect for captioning the photos you will be taking on your incredible adventure on the road ! Looking for more travel quotes? Check out some of our favorites here:

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Our Favorite Quotes About Road Trips

Here are 15 of our favorite quotes about road trips. We believe that these inspire us to take that long-overdue road trip and immerse ourselves in the incredible experience. Pair one of these captions on your social media to help reminisce that memorable road trip or show your audience the great time you are having!

• “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I may have ended up where I intended to be.” – Douglas Adams
• “Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn’t mean to take.” – Angela N. Blount, Once Upon an Ever After (2014)
• “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” – Helen Keller
• “What we find in a soul mate is not something wild to tame, but something wild to run with.” – Robert Brault
• “So shut up, live, travel, adventure, bless and don’t be sorry” – Jack Kerouac, Desolation Angels (1958)
• “There’s only one place I want to go and it’s to all the places I’ve never been.” – Nikki Rowe
• “Lose your path. Find your way.” – Natalia Jaster, Kiss the Fae (2020)
• “Traveling in the company of those we love is home in motion.” – Leigh Hunt
• “Happiness [is] only real when shared.” – Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild
• “An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.” – G. K. Chesterton

• “I want to go on a road trip, just you and me. The highway, the radio, the blue sky, the backroads, and with our windows down, we’ll talk about everything and nothing. We’ll sing our hearts out, and we’ll make memories that we’ll never forget. Just you and me…”
• “Life is beautiful if you are on the road to somewhere.” – Orhan Pamuk
• “When all’s said and done, all roads lead to the same end. So it’s not so much which road you take, as how you take it.” – Charles de Lin
• “It doesn’t matter how old you get, buying snacks for a road trip should always look like an unsupervised 9-year-old was given $100.”
• “I don’t know where I’m going from here but I promise it won’t be boring.” – David Bowie 

Short Road Trip Quotes

Keep your road trips long and your road trip quotes short! These short road tripping quotes are ideal for scenarios where you have to keep your caption short and simple . Don’t worry though, these quotes are still very insightful and get the job done!

• “Roads were made for journeys, not destinations.” – Confucius
• “Jobs fill your pockets, but adventures fill your soul” – Jaime Lyn
• “The road less traveled is the road to adventure.”
• “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag
• “Until you step into the unknown, you don’t know what you’re made of.” – Roy T. Bennett
• “Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.”
• “All great adventures have moments that are really crap.” – Ellen Potter, The Kneebone Boy (2010)
• “The journey is the destination.” – Dan Eldon
• “Adventure is a need.” – Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut (2010)
• “Even blind alleys lead somewhere.” – Marty Rubin 

• “Misadventure is still adventure.”
• “Adventures don’t always require a plane ticket.” – Dylan Thuras, Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer’s Guide (2021)
• “Joy is portable, bring it with you.”
• “Life is too short to not go on that spontaneous road trip.”
• “When in doubt – choose adventure!” – Thor F. Jensen
• “It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
• “People don’t take trips, trips take people.” – John Steinbeck
• “Sometimes all you need is a great friend and a tank of gas.”
• “Happiness is a road trip with a good playlist.”
• “Road trips and sunsets are the ingredients of happiness.” 

Funny Road Trip Captions For Instagram

No road trip is complete without a series of funny and silly moments . Try one of our funny road trip quotes for Instagram. Humor is an excellent way to get engagement on social media without sounding too tryhard.

• “According to the map, we’ve only gone four inches.” – Dumb and Dumber
• “Kilometers are shorter than miles. Save gas, take your next trip in kilometers.” – George Carlin
• “Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.” – Jerry Seinfeld
• “That’s why I love road trips, dude. It’s like doing something without actually doing anything.” – John Green, An Abundance of Katherines (2006)
• “Road trips required a couple of things: a well-balanced diet of caffeine, salt and sugar and an excellent selection of tunes—oh, and directions.” – Jenn McKinlay, Books Can Be Deceiving (2011)
• “The entire road trip could be summed up as one giant attempt to keep from crashing the car during fits of rage and fits of hysteria.” – Kari Martindale
• “My therapist and I even have a joke about it: shit is truly fucked up when I start threatening to take a road trip.” – Chris Gethard
• “Adventure is just bad planning.”
• “Is it a real road trip if you don’t make at least one bad decision?”
• “Are we there yet?”

Epic Road Trip With Friends Quotes

If a road trip isn’t epic , then something is not right. These road trip with friends quotes help capture the epicness of any road trip. Use these to remember the incredible memories, unfortunate mishaps and more !

• “Because the greatest part of a road trip isn’t arriving at your destination. It’s all the wild stuff that happens along the way.” – Emma Chase, Tamed (2014)
• “Road trips aren’t measured by mile markers, but by moments.”
• “No road is long with good company.” – Turkish Proverb
• “Making memories, one road trip at a time.”
• “Live your life by a compass, not a clock.” – Stephen Covey
• “I love road trips. You get into this Zen rhythm; throw the sense of time out the window.” – Miriam Toews
• “Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.” – Erol Ozan
• “Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.” – Izaak Walton
• “A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill
• “You can pack for every occasion, but a good friend will always be the best thing you could bring.”

• “Some roads aren’t meant to be travelled alone.” – Chinese Proverb
• “It’s not about the destination. It’s getting there that’s the good part.” – Morgan Matson, Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour (2010)
• “And just like that, we’re on our way to everywhere” – Emery Lord, Open Road Summer (2014)
• “Being soaked alone is cold. Being soaked with your best friend is an adventure.” – Emily Wing Smith, Back When You Were Easier to Love (2011)
• “If you’re on a road trip, you need driving music.” – Edgar Wright
• “It is great to do what you love but greater with the great team.” – Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great! (2014)
• “The possibility of anything happening amplified the feeling of freedom, not knowing what might happen next.” – Joey Gnarly
• “I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.” – Walt Whitman
• “Every epic adventure starts with a bad idea.”
• “The greater the complication, the richer the tale.” – Thor F. Jensen

Inspirational Road Trip Quotes

Above all else, a road trip should ultimately inspire . The liberating feeling of a long drive and solitary roads are meditative . These inspiring road trips quotes will not only ignite your passion for a road trip, but they will also help you see that a road trip is more than just a trip on the road.

• “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.” – Rosalía de Castro
• “The freedom of the open road is seductive, serendipitous and absolutely liberating.” – Aaron Lauritsen, 100 Days Drive: The Great North American Road Trip (2016)
• “Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere, and sometimes in the middle of nowhere, you find yourself.”
• “Look at life through the windshield, not the rearview mirror.” – Byrd Baggett
• “If you make the mistake of looking back too much, you aren’t focused enough on the road in front of you.” – Brad Paisley
• “The world is too big to stay in one place, and life is too short to do just one thing.”
• “A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” – Lao Tzu 
• “Once a year, go somewhere you have never been before.” – Dalai Lama
• “It’s in those quiet little towns, at the edge of the world, that you will find the salt of the earth people who make you feel right at home.” – Aaron Lauritsen
• “Now, on this road trip, my mind seemed to uncrinkle, to breathe, to present to itself a cure for a disease it had not, until now, known it had.” – Elizabeth Berg, The Year of Pleasures (2005)

• “Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.” – Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky (2004)
• “Don’t dwell on your past – it’s not where you’re going” – KayLynn Flanders, Shielded (2020)
• “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” – Aristotle
• “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” – Confucius
• “Be brave. Be wild, and stay forever hungry for love, art, knowledge and adventure” – Erin Van Vuren
• “This is how you have adventures. You find cool things and you do them … you don’t just read books about them!” – Jonathan King
• “Some of the most beautiful encounters, Are the unexpected ones.” – Mimi Novic
• “Where will my heart lead if I’ve yet to wander so many unknown paths?” – Paulo Coelho, Hippie (2018)
• “Each new day is an invitation to an adventure of your own making.” – Steven Redhead, Life Is a Dance (2019)
• “An open mind and a willing heart are the beginning of many a great adventure. Let’s get started.” – Colleen Houck, Tiger’s Dream (2018)

Long Drive Quotes

Long drives allow the mind to wander, and some of the most inspiring moments might come from a long drive. These long drive quotes will captivate what it is like to go on these long journeys. 

• “The road goes on forever and the party never ends.” – Robert Earl Keen
• “The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.” – Wallace Stevens
• “Sometimes the best therapy is a long drive and good music.”
• “One’s destination is never a place, but rather a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller
• “The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.” – Oprah Winfrey
• “No, no! The adventures first, explanations take such a dreadful time.” – Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (1871)
• “I climb behind the steering wheel… I drive off immediately without once looking back; it’s a long journey but it leads to freedom.” – Corinne Hofmann
• “I can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads.” – Paulo Coelho, Aelph (2010)
• “I love being on the road. I love that lifestyle, traveling city to city, rocking out, and moving on to the next place.” – Caleb Johnson
• “Some roads aren’t meant to be traveled alone.”

Family Road Trip Quotations

When I was an adolescent, a road trip with the family was something I dreaded. Being stuck in a car with your parents for hours when you could be with your friends isn’t exactly a fun idea. As I grew older, this sentiment has started to change. These family road trip quotations will motivate kids and adults to spend more time with their families and go on a road trip together!

• “In 1903 the Wright brothers invented airplanes, because in 1902 they took a road trip across the country with their family.” – Bill Engvall
• “A road trip is a way for the whole family to spend time together and annoy each other in interesting new places.” – Tom Lichtenheld
• “It doesn’t matter where you’re going, it’s who you have beside you.”
• “The struggles we endure today will be the ‘good old days’ we laugh about tomorrow.” – Aaron Lauritsen, 100 Days Drive: The Great North American Road Trip (2016)
• “It might not get sense for you today, tomorrow, or even in a year. But one day, this will be one of your fondest memory.”
• “May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home.” – Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (2008)
• “No WiFi out here, but I found a better connection.”
• “My favorite childhood memory is my parents paying for my holidays.”
• “There are two kinds of travel: first class and with children.” – Robert Benchley
• “Happiness is planning a trip to somewhere new, with someone you love.”

Quotes About Roads and Journeys

Road trips often lead to journeys and adventures that you never knew you’d have. Use one of our following quotes on road trips for your next caption!

1. “Taking the long way around, because the scenic route is always worth it.”

2. “The best views come after the hardest climbs on the scenic route.”

3. “The only impossible journey is the one you never begin” – Tony Robbins

4. “To awaken alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. You are surrounded by adventure. You have no idea of what is in store for you, but you will, if you are wise and know the art of travel, let yourself go on the stream of the unknown.” – Freya Stark 

5. “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

6. “So, remember when we were driving, driving in your car. Speed so fast felt like I was drunk. City lights lay out before us, and your arms felt nice wrapped around my shoulders, and I had a feeling that I belonged, and I had a feeling I could be someone.” – Fast Car, Tracy Chapman

7. “Still, round the corner, there may wait, a new road or a secret gate.” – J. R. R. Tolkien

Bonus Road Trip Sayings!

1. “I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

2. “I just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I don’t know where it’s going to lead me, but I follow it.” – Grace Jones

3. “You can be writing every day. When you go on a road trip, the trip itself becomes part of the story.” – Steve Rushin

4. “If you come to a fork in the road, take it.” – Yogi Berra

5.  “To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, To gain all while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote, To travel is to live.” – Hans Christian Andersen

6. “Map out your future – but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip.” – Jon Bon Jovi

7. “Road trips are the equivalent of human wings. Ask me to go on one, anywhere. We’ll stop in every small town and learn the history and stories, feel the ground and capture the spirit. Then, we’ll turn it into our own story that will live inside our history to carry with us always. Because stories are more important than things.” — Victoria Erickson

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62 Best Quotes on Long Drives and Road Trips (With Pics!)

I have a couple of confessions to make: I love long drives and road trips. And I love quotes on long drives and road trips.

There’s just something about car ride quotes and those inspirational, sometimes thought-provoking, sometimes funny road trip quotes that encapsulate what we go through and what we feel on the road.

Long drive quotes, on the road quotes, road trip quotes, long road quotes, travel quotes – they all provide motivation and comfort for travelers who can’t wait to be on the road again.

If you’re already planning out your long drives and road trips, good for you! But if you’re still undecided about taking that trip, these driving quotes and road trip quotes might just do the trick. These long drive quotes will get you packing your bags and hopping on to an exciting adventure. Plus, they’re perfect as Instagram captions!

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1. Quotes on long drives, cars, and driving

Taking a long drive is one of the simplest and most therapeutic ways of traveling. It’s liberating. Apart from honing your driving skills, it also relaxes you and helps clear your mind. After all, as long as there’s no traffic, it’s just you and the open road.

And let’s face it, driving your own car is just so much more convenient than being at the mercy of the flight, train, or bus schedules.

I listed down some of the best quotes on long drives, cars, and driving (including funny ones). These car ride quotes are the perfect companions on your road trips.

A long drive to nowhere is the best way to clear the mind. Meggan Roxanne

Sometimes the best therapy is a long drive and good music. Unknown

Refuel your soul, love. This is a long drive. JH Hard

Quotes on long drives seem to agree on one thing – long drives and road trips are good for you. There’s just something about being on the open road that’s so freeing.

JH Hard’s quote drives the point home (pun intended). Long drives and road trips can recharge your soul. At the same time, this long drive quote tells us to prepare for the long road ahead.

Our cars are not the only ones that need fuel; our souls do, too. 😉

The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status, or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we all believe that we are above-average drivers. Dave Barry

Never underestimate the therapeutic power of driving and listening to very loud music. Unknown

Always focus on the front windshield and not the rear view mirror. Colin Powell

The number one rule in driving is to keep your eyes on the road. But this driving quote by Colin Powell goes beyond driving rules.

It’s a great reminder that in the road known as life, what matters is what’s in front of you. You get the most out of life and your travels when you enjoy the present and look forward to what’s ahead, not dwelling on the past.

The forks in the road are nothing but minor inconveniences or setbacks that shouldn’t hold you down – just drive on!

“Learn to drive?” “Never,” said Quentin. “My mission in life is to be a passenger.” Diana Wynne Jones

They drove, the city slowly dissolving around them and breaking up into fields and trees. Brian Evenson

I don’t know about you but what I love most about long drives and road trips is the change in scenery. This long drive quote brings to mind images of highways that lead to wide open fields or coastal villages or the quaint countryside.

Taking long drives and trips along scenic roads have given me the chance to get off the beaten path and see the real world for myself. From one town to another, there’s always something new to see.

Driving is a spectacular form of amnesia. Everything is to be discovered, everything to be obliterated. Jean Baudrillard

Take care of your car in the garage, and the car will take care of you on the road. Amit Kalantri

I climb behind the steering wheel… I drive off immediately without once looking back; it’s a long journey but it leads to freedom. Corinne Hofmann

Driving at night is about communicating with lights. Lukhman Pambra

I get emotionally attached to the cars ahead of me on long road trips. Unknown

If you’re on a road trip, you need driving music.  Edgar Wright

Great road trip quote and sensible advice, if you ask me. Music and open roads – they’re the perfect combination. Whether I’m taking a plane or commuting to work, music keeps me company.

But with road trips, music is not a mere suggestion – it’s a necessity. There’s a reason why there are so many driving and road trip playlists on our music apps.

Driving down long roads with your windows down, music blasting off the speaker, and you and your travel buddy singing your hearts out… That is a picture of an epic road trip.

2. Quotes about road trips

Whether it’s a long weekend trip or a cross-country drive, a road trip is always a good idea. It helps you destress and discover new things that you won’t encounter back home.

Road trips allow you to be in charge of our schedules and our itinerary. You can even change your mind midway. It’s easy to drive away if you don’t feel the vibe of the place, and it’s just as easy to stay if you’re enjoying it. Plus, you can bring anything that fits into your trunk!

Here are just a few of my favorite road trip quotes. Go on, read below, and be inspired to hit the road, stat!

They can solve a surprising number of problems, road trips. John Green

Road trips aren’t measured by mile markers, but by moments. Unknown

This road trip quote just hits the spot. The ironic thing about going on long road trips is that our maps (or the GPS) serve only as guides while we drive. But the location pins don’t define or measure the quality of the trip.

Often, the moments that stick with us are what make or break the trip.

When we return home and tell our family and friends about the trip, we won’t gush about how many miles we’ve traveled but about the things that fascinated us, the discoveries we made, the people we met, and how the trip made us feel.

All of a sudden we were out of the lot and on the highway next to the mountains, flying. I put my hand out the window, and then I put my head out. I felt my hair blow behind me and the air rush into me, and I forgot for a moment to worry about how I was supposed to be. Because I was perfect right then. Everything was. And Sky was a perfect driver. Not scary. Just steady. And fast. I wanted the music to last forever. Ava Dellaira

I probably did too much thinking in India. I blame it on the roads, for they were superb… Robert Edison Fulton Jr.

Road trips required a couple of things: a well-balanced diet of caffeine, salt and sugar and an excellent selection of tunes — oh, and directions. Jenn McKinlay

That’s why I love road trips, dude. It’s like doing something without actually doing anything. John Green

I love this road trip quote from John Green’s An Abundance of Katherines because it’s so accurate! Road trips are probably the most laidback type of travel.

The relatively fast change in scenery allows you to see more in a short span of time without actually doing much. It doesn’t require as much preparation as plane rides and it’s more comfortable than public commute.

You can literally pack your bags and hop on and see the world from the road.

Now, on this road trip, my mind seemed to uncrinkle, to breathe, to present to itself a cure for a disease it had not, until now, known it had. Elizabeth Berg

I love road trips. You get into this Zen rhythm; throw the sense of time out the window. Miriam Toews

Road trips are the equivalent of human wings. Ask me to go on one, anywhere. We’ll stop in every small town and learn the history and stories, feel the ground, and capture the spirit. Then we’ll turn it into our own story that will live inside our history to carry with us, always. Because stories are more important than things. Victoria Erickson

As a writer and a history junkie, this quote on road trips really speaks to me. I believe every place has its own special story waiting to be heard. These stories make a place unique; they’re an integral part of its identity and culture.

They say you leave a piece of your heart when you travel, and that piece becomes part of the place’s story.

Likewise, the stories of the places you’ve been to live inside you and become a part of your own story. This is how traveling changes us and leaves us wanting more.

It’s a road trip! It’s about adventure! . . . It’s not like we have somewhere to go.  John Green

I can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads. Paulo Coelho

You can be writing every day. When you go on a road trip, the trip itself becomes part of the story. Steve Rushin

3. Quotes on long and open roads

Long, open roads conjure up images of these seemingly endless, bare expanse of concrete with vast fields, towering mountains, or the wide ocean on the sides.

Isn’t it strange that this emptiness can also make us feel alive?

There’s just nothing like a long drive along an open road to clear the mind and give us the freedom we’ve been seeking.

Read these long road quotes and be inspired to live a life of adventure and travel.

The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with eager feet, Until it joins some larger way Where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say J.R.R. Tolkien

Life is a long, bumpy road, but that makes for an exciting ride. Choose a direction and if the road turns — turn! If there is a fork in the road – take it! It’s ok to map out your future — but do it in pencil. Jon Bon Jovi

Rock star Jon Bon Jovi wasn’t just making music, he was also out sharing words of wisdom. This long road quote was lifted from his commencement speech at Rutgers University—Camden in 2015 where he talked about life being an open road and how we shouldn’t be embarrassed by not having our lives planned out.

It is a piece of life advice that can also be applied to road trips. The beauty of road trips lies in the spontaneity and freedom it offers. So it’s great if you have an itinerary, a schedule you want to follow. But write it in pencil – be flexible to change of plans and be open to surprises that might just make your trip even more exciting.

I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me. Walt Whitman

Roads were made for journeys, not destinations. Confucius

Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road. Jack Kerouac

Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations. Unknown

The excitement before arriving at a destination – that’s one of the things I love and miss about traveling. This road trip quote talks about long drives and road trips as forms of temporary escape.

You just can’t help but look forward to the lands you’ll explore, the adventures you’ll embark on, and the people you’ll meet. This element of surprise is what makes road trips, especially spontaneous ones, special.

The open road is there; it will always be there. You just have to decide when to take it. Chris Humphrey

The road goes on forever and the party never ends. Robert Earl Keen

I love being on the road. I love that lifestyle, traveling city to city, rocking out, and moving on to the next place. Caleb Johnson

The road must eventually lead to the whole world.  Jack Kerouac

The freedom of the open road is seductive, serendipitous and absolutely liberating. Aaron Lauritsen

4. Quotes about journeying into the unknown

Like life itself, road trips are often full of uncertainties. We might witness something beautiful and exciting, but we can also be bogged down by traffic. The view may not always be ideal and your car may break down.

The pros outweigh the cons though. The adventures (and misadventures) are what make life and road trips thrilling after all.

These inspirational quotes about traveling on the open road and journeying into the unknown are both motivational and insightful. Making for great captions, these quotes about roads and long trips remind us that life is a great adventure.

Still, ‘round the corner, there may wait, a new road or a secret gate. J. R. R. Tolkien

Life is not always perfect. Like a road, it has many bends, ups and down, but that’s its beauty. Amit Ray

There’s more to getting to where you’re going then just knowing there’s a road. Joan Lowery Nixon

They say life is a highway and we all travel our own roads, some good, some bad, yet each is a blessing of its own. Jess “Chief” Brynjulson

This long road quote speaks of our individual journeys. We’re all on a journey. Each journey is unique. There will be highs and lows but we all go forward. Isn’t that both hopeful and humbling?

The road that leads to nowhere for others might just be the road that leads to somewhere for you! Mehmet Murat ildan

Though the road’s been rocky it sure feels good to me. Bob Marley

Sometimes it’s worth lingering on the journey for a while before getting to the destination. Richelle Mead

Half the thrill of long drives and road trips happens just before we arrive at our destination. This road trip quote reminds me of times when I travel with my friends.

When I go on road trips with them, the anecdotes that stay with me are usually the ones that happened inside the car. Our silly conversations, the songs we sang to, the meals we grabbed at rest stops.

Wherever you get to is better than where you started. To stay on the road is a massive achievement. Anthony Joshua

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief, and jealousy. Don’t bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake up and live! Bob Marley

At the end of the day, I understand that life has roadblocks, and life is like school – you’ll be tested; we gotta pass it. DJ Khaled

The journey is part of the experience – an expression of the seriousness of one’s intent. One doesn’t take the A train to Mecca. Anthony Bourdain

The late Anthony Bourdain was a renowned chef, best-selling author, TV personality, and travel expert. He was an advocate of adventures and a great storyteller.

As a traveler and writer, I envied his lifestyle of constant traveling and admired the way he turned ordinary, casual conversations with locals into eye-opening, engrossing stories. A quick Google search will give you pages upon pages of words of wisdom from this man, and this travel quote is one of my favorites.

Our destination matters, yes, but often the journey that takes us there is just as rewarding. It’s also a great call to enjoy the present.

When all’s said and done, all roads lead to the same end. So it’s not so much which road you take, as how you take it. Charles de Lint

Success is not a destination, but the road that you’re on. Being successful means that you’re working hard and walking your walk every day. You can only live your dream by working hard towards it. That’s living your dream. Marlon Wayans

If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there. Lewis Carroll

Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling. Margaret Lee Runbeck

The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to. Alain de Botton

This travel and road trip quote is another one of my favorites. I’ve been on trips where I didn’t fully enjoy myself. I was either exhausted from a jam-packed itinerary, worried about the work I left back home, or annoyed with my travel companion. My state of mind was definitely a factor in how much I enjoyed or hated my trip.

I believe travels are a form of cure for weary hearts and minds, but it also takes some level of mental and emotional preparation to travel. Beautiful destinations can be a waste when you’re just not in the right state to travel.

One’s destination is never a place, but rather a new way of seeing things. Henry Miller

Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by. Robert Frost

5. Quotes about long drives and road trips with loved ones and the people you meet

Solo drives and road trips are great, but let’s face it: road trips with our loved ones are much more fun. The shared excitement, the road trip games, the music you bond over with, the food you share — there’s just so much to experience and look forward to when taking trips with family and friends.

Apart from our loved ones, what also makes our trips colorful are the interesting and like-minded people we meet on the road. They contribute to building a library of great stories that we can come back to from time to time. Because of travel restrictions, 2020 has been a year of throwback posts for some of us, made possible by the wealth of stories we’ve accumulated over years of traveling.

In case you need more reasons to take that long overdue road trip with your loved ones, here are some long drive quotes to ignite that travel buzz. How about reading and pondering over these road trip quotes while you’re, well, on the road with them?

No road is long with good company. Turkish Proverb

A road trip is a way for the whole family to spend time together and annoy each other in interesting new places. Tom Lichtenheld

This road trip quote highlights the fun and chaos in family trips. Traveling with those we love is one of the best things in the world, but it can also be overwhelming, especially for parents who have to plan the trip and take care of kids. One moment you’re all laughing at your dad’s jokes and before you know it, your siblings are driving you crazy.

It’s in those quiet little towns, at the edge of the world, that you will find the salt of the earth people who make you feel right at home. Aaron Lauritsen

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 trips. Crestless Wave

I’m probably that friend who’s thinking about a road trip and posting quotes about road trips. 😆 What about you?

Some roads aren’t meant to be travelled alone. Unknown

You will never be completely at home again, because part of your heart always will be elsewhere. That is the price you pay for the richness of loving and knowing people in more than one place. Miriam Adeney

This inspirational road trip quote probably speaks to most of us. Traveling allowed me to not just learn about new places and witness different ways of living, but also meet new people. Most of the closest friends I have now are the people I traveled with.

I once joined a group of travelers and we were all strangers, but we ended up going home as friends. I’ve also met locals and tour guides who later became my friends. A shared love for travel and a willingness to open up to strangers are the keys to making new connections. The possibilities are endless and connections made on the road may turn into lifelong friendships.

A man practices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine and renews his life through reading new books, traveling to new places, making new friends, taking up new hobbies and adopting new viewpoints. Wilfred Peterson

These are just some of the best quotes about long drives, car rides, and traveling on the road. I hope that like me, you were inspired by these road trip quotes to pack your bags and travel again. The open road is calling. Your next epic road trip is waiting to happen.

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Every Travel Quote Ever

Say goodbye to scouring the internet in search of inspirational travel quotes to keep you focussed on saving for that next big trip. Instead take a read through our list of every travel quote ever. We dare you to try and not be inspired.

Are we missing one of your favs? Share your own travel quote in the comments and we might just include it!

Inspirational Travel Quotes

“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller

“We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” – Unknown

“I am not a great book, I am not a great artist, but I love art and I love food, so I am the perfect traveller.” – Michael Palin

“I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

“He who does not travel does not know the value of men.” – Moorish proverb

“People don’t take trips, trips take people.” – John Steinbeck

“The best journeys in life are those that answer questions you never thought to ask.” ― Rich Ridgeway

“To travel is to evolve.” – Pierre Bernardo

Take the first step, the rest will follow. Book the ticket, apply for the job, send the email, jump into the water. The rest gets easier from there. – Abi from http://www.insidethetravellab.com/

“A person does not grow from the ground like a vine or a tree, one is not part of a plot of land. Mankind has legs so it can wander.” ― Roman Payne, The Wanderess

“Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” – Miriam Beard

“You don’t have to be rich to travel well.” – Eugene Fodor

“He who is outside his door has the hardest part of his journey behind him.” – Dutch Proverb

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” – Mark Twain

“He who would travel happily must travel light.” – Antoine de St. Exupery

“Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.” – Anatole France

“It is not down in any map; true places never are.” – Herman Melville

It’s never too late to have a life you love. Don’t ever feel like you’ve missed the boat, don’t have what it takes or can’t achieve your dreams. Instead of removing your dreams, remove the doubts and fears keeping you from them. It’s never, ever too late. – Phoebe from https://littlegreybox.net

“Without travel I would have wound up a little ignorant white Southern female, which was not my idea of a good life.” – Lauren Hutton

“I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself.” – James Baldwin

“I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.” – Seneca

“Travelling — it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta

“Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.” — Lawrence Block

“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” – Confucius

“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Scott Cameron

“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” – Oscar Wilde

“The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.” – Rudyard Kipling

“Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the world in the way they have been told to.” – Alan Keightley

“Tourists visit. Travellers explore.” – Unknown

If you don’t do it now, when will you do it? -Monica from http://thetravelhack.com/

“Travelling is like flirting with life. It’s like saying, ‘I would stay and love you, but I have to go; this is my station.'” – Lisa St. Aubin de Teran

“I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on Earth. Then I ask myself the same question.” – Harun Yahya

“Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.” – Ernest Hemingway

“Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.” – Unknown

“The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.” – Henry David Thoreau

“Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” – Seneca

“NOT I – NOT ANYONE else, can travel that road for you, You must travel it for yourself.” – Walt Whitman

“You don’t choose the day you enter the world and you don’t chose the day you leave. It’s what you do in between that makes all the difference.” – Anita Septimus

“Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends… The mind can never break off from the journey.” – Pat Conroy

“When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.” ― Clifton Fadiman

“I haven’t been everywhere but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag

“Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination.” – Roy M. Goodman

Adventure Travel Quotes

“To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.” – Bill Bryson

“My life is shaped by the urgent need to wander and observe, and my camera is my passport.” ― Steve McCurry

“The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” – Shirley MacLaine

The biggest addiction a person can have is discovering the unknown. Once it takes hold, there is no getting out and the only way to get your fix is by pushing yourself out of your comfort zone and exploring new horizons, cultural, and places. – Stephen from A Backpacker’s Tale 

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”― Andre Gide

“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

“If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much space.” ― Unknown

“A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” ― John A. Shedd

“A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” – John Steinbeck

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ― Mark Twain

“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveller is unaware.” ― Martin Buber

“May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home.” ― Trenton Lee Stewart

“Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

“Make voyages! Attempt them… there’s nothing else.” – Tennessee Williams

“To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.” ― Freya Stark

“The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign land.” ― G.K. Chesterton

The more borders you cross, the more your mind opens — Paul from Global Help Swap

“One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm.” – Ella Maillart

“Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by.” – Robert Frost

“If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.” – James Michener

“When overseas you learn more about your own country, than you do the place you’re visiting.” – Clint Borgen

“Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey.” – Babs Hoffman

“A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” – Lao Tzu

“Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure.” – Irving Wallace

“A traveller without observation is a bird without wings.” — Moslih Eddin Saadi

“I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine.” – Caskie Stinnett

“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” – Jawaharial Nehru

“Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.” – Unknown (thanks to Melissa Bond for the contribution!)

“Investment in travel is an investment in yourself.” – Matthew Karsten

“It is better to travel well then to arrive.” – Buddha

“Adventure is worthwhile.” – Aristotle

“We all become great explorers during our first few days in a new city, or a new love affair.” – Mignon McLaughlin

“We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” – Anais Nin

“Don’t tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you traveled.” – Mohammed

“No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.” – Lin Yutang

“The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.” – Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Adventure without risk is Disneyland.” – Doug Coupland

“If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.” – Cesare Pavese

“How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.” – R. Buckminster Fuller

“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 have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment” – Hilaire Belloc

“If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey most of us would never start out at all.” – Dan Rather

“The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.” – Samuel Johnson

“Airplane travel is nature’s way of making you look like your passport photo.” – Al Gore

“Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travellers don’t know where they’re going.” – Paul Theroux

“It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.” – William Hazlitt

“You develop a sympathy for all human beings when you travel a lot.” – Shakuntala Devi

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60 Short Travel Quotes to Inspire Your Next Trip

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Short quotes about travel are the easiest way to get travel inspiration since they pack a lot of meaning into very few words. Sometimes, all you need is a short and sweet simple travel quote to start thinking about your next adventure.

This collection of short travel sayings has something for just about every travel lover. You’ll find some of the best short travel phrases , of course, but I’ve also included some short travel quotes with friends , short travel quotes for couples , short adventure quotes , and more. Get ready to be inspired by these incredible short travel quotes !

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Best Short Travel Quotes

The best short quotes on travel exemplify the idea of quality over quantity: you’ll get tons of inspiration from just a few words!

1. “Travel is never a matter of money, but of courage.” – Paulo Coelho

As this short holiday quote points out, you don’t have to be rich to travel. You can have a fantastic trip on a budget as long as you’re brave enough to get out there!

2. “We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.” – Hilaire Belloc

This short travel saying is a fantastic reminder of how impactful exploring can be on our lives.

3. “Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination.” – Roy Goodman

This simple travel quote shows that attitude is everything. The way we approach life, especially when it comes to travel, can make the difference between having a decent trip and having the trip of a lifetime.

4. “Live life with no excuses, travel with no regret.” – Oscar Wilde

These wise words from the famous Irish writer are the perfect inspiration for an adventure. Ready to start planning your next getaway?

5. “Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.” – Anonymous

As this quick trip quote wisely points out, travel enriches our lives in many ways: culturally, gastronomically, emotionally, and more.

6. “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” – Anais Nin

This adventure short quote reminds us that we travel for many different reasons. Whether you travel because you’re curious about the world or because you want to find yourself, any and all travel reasons are valid!

7. “Once the travel bug bites, there is no known antidote.” – Michael Palin

Anyone who loves travel will relate to this wanderlust short travel quote . I know we do!

8. “To travel is to live.” – Hans Christian Andersen

This short quote on travel is simple but effective: travel really is a key part of truly living life to its fullest.

9. “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Saint Augustine

This famous short travel saying is well-known for a reason. The metaphor of the world being a book works so well for expressing the idea that travel expands our minds.

10. “Don’t listen to what they say. Go see.” – Chinese Proverb

This short travel caption provides the ultimate travel inspiration. It’s great to hear other people’s travel stories, but if you’re curious about what’s out there, why not go see it for yourself ?

Short Adventure Quotes

These incredible adventure quotes will inspire you to see the world and keep exploring!

11. “Then one day, when you least expect it, the great adventure finds you.” – Ewan McGregor

This short travel saying reminds us that we don’t always need to go looking for adventure to find it.

12. “Adventure is not outside man; it is within.” – George Eliot

As this short travel quote argues, we all have the spirit of adventure within us. We just have to embrace it!

13. “Attitude is the difference between an ordeal and an adventure.” – Bob Bitchin

This short vacation quote makes it clear that a positive attitude can turn a mishap into a grand adventure. Try it the next time you’re traveling!

14. “Adventure is out there!” – Up

This short and simple travel quote from the beloved Pixar movie is the perfect inspiration for your next big getaway. Go find that adventure!

15. “If we were meant to stay in one place, we’d have roots instead of feet.” – Rachel Wolchin

This short adventure saying will resonate if you feel like exploring is in your DNA.

16. “The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure.” – Christopher McCandless

This short trip quote encourages us to see adventure as an important part of being alive. Maybe, deep down, we’re all explorers.

17. “Oh, the places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss

As this famous short quote about travel reminds us, it’s so exciting that there are tons of amazing places in the world to see. Why not get started on seeing them all?

18. “If happiness is the goal – and it should be – then adventures should be a top priority.” – Richard Branson

This simple travel quote has one basic message: adventures equal happiness. If you have an incurable case of wanderlust, this saying will probably resonate with you.

19. “You must go on adventures to find out where you truly belong.” – Sue Fitzmaurice

Travel can be crucial for helping us understand more about ourselves. Let your adventures be your guide!

20. “Jobs fill your pockets, but adventures fill your soul.” – Jaime Lyn

As this life is short travel quote shows, adventures fulfill us in ways that money simply cannot.

Short Solo Travel Quotes

If you’re planning a solo adventure and need some motivation, these short travel alone quotes are just what you need!

21. “I wondered why it was that places are so much lovelier when one is alone.” – Daphne du Maurier

If you’re a frequent solo traveler, you’ll probably relate to the idea that places seem more beautiful when you’re by yourself. After all, solo travel gives you the chance to fully appreciate the sights around you.

22. “To travel is worth any cost or sacrifice.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

I love this short vacation quote because I really relate to it. To me, travel is absolutely priceless and always worth it.

23. “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag

As this travel short caption points out, sometimes travel has to get put on the back burner, but that doesn’t mean we have to stop dreaming about or planning where we’ll go next!

24. “I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine.” – Caskie Stinnett

Anyone who likes to stay in motion and keep exploring will relate to this short quote about adventure . Routines definitely aren’t for everyone!

25. “Not I, nor anyone else, can travel that road for you. You must travel it for yourself.” – Walt Whitman

This short quote on travel is all about discovering the beauty of the world for ourselves.

26. “I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

As this short travel phrase shows, travel can and should change us forever. Enjoy the unforgettable memories you make along your journey!

27. “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world.” – Freya Stark

This short solo travel quote points out the pleasures of traveling alone, including having a whole bed to yourself!

28. “The more I travelled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” – Shirley MacLaine

The best thing about traveling solo is that you can easily make friends along the way. Take the opportunity to spend time with new people so you can turn strangers into friends!

29. “I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.” – Thomas Jefferson

This short trip quote reminds us that one huge advantage of traveling alone is the chance to be introspective and think deeply about your trip. It might even be helpful to keep a journal or jot down some notes to keep track of your thoughts.

30. “Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone.” – Anonymous

This quick trip caption is a great reminder that not everyone travels well together. The best travel buddy will always be yourself!

Short Travel Quotes for Couples

These short travel quotes for couples will help set the mood for a romantic getaway. After all, love and travel make the perfect pair!

31. “Travelling in the company of those we love is home in motion.” – Leigh Hunt

This romantic short travel quote makes a great point that traveling with loved ones can turn any place into somewhere that feels like home.

32. “As soon as I saw you, I knew an adventure was about to happen.” – A. A. Milne

If you’ve ever looked at someone and known you were in for a lifetime of adventures together, then this short travel saying is for you. It doesn’t get any better than having a partner who’s also a fantastic travel buddy – take it from us!

33. “A couple who travels together, grow together.” – Ahmad Fuadi

Travel is not only an incredible way to achieve personal growth, but also a fantastic way to grow as a couple. Spending day after day together in an unfamiliar place can really bring you closer together.

34. “I would not wish any companion in the world but you.” – William Shakespeare

Trust one of the world’s most famous poets to have written a beautiful short travel phrase about love. Be sure to share this romantic quote with your travel soulmate!

35. “In life, it’s not where you go. It’s who you travel with.” – Charles Schulz

As this short quote for travel reminds us, our travel companions can make all the difference in how we feel about our journey. Traveling with a loved one is sure to make your trip that much more fun!

36. “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – An African Proverb

This short holiday quote shows that love and support can take us far, both in life and as travelers.

37. “Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.” – Ernest Hemingway

This short holiday quote is great advice for anyone planning a vacation. Traveling involves spending a lot of time together, so it’s always best to go on a trip with someone you already know you like!

38. “I would go everywhere and anywhere with you.” – Cassandra Clare

This short travel saying perfectly captures the excitement of exploring the world with the person you love.

39. “Will you give me yourself? Will you come travel with me? Shall we stick by each other as long as we live?” – Walt Whitman

I love this short trip quote because it’s so beautiful and poetic. These lines would make perfect wedding vows for a travel-loving couple!

40. “It’s wonderful to travel with someone you love and we never travel without one another.” – Roger Moore

This simple travel quote is a straightforward expression of the joy and beauty that come from traveling with your partner.

Short Travel Quotes with Friends

Good friends will always have your back, so it makes sense to bring them along on your biggest adventures. These short travel quotes with friends capture all the highs of traveling with your best pals.

41. “A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill

As this short vacation saying expresses, in addition to the friends you bring with you, you’ll often make friends along the way as you travel.

42. “A good friend listens to your adventures. A best friend makes them with you.” – Unknown

Share this short trip quote with a best friend you’ll be traveling with soon, and get ready to have the time of your life together!

43. “There is an unspoken bond you create with the friends you travel with.” – Kristen Sarah

As this short adventure saying points out, traveling together is a great way to strengthen a friendship and grow even closer. After all, every night will be like a sleepover!

44. “It’s the friends we meet along the way that help us appreciate the journey.” – Anonymous

Sometimes, you don’t realize how far you’ve come until you look back and see all the friends you’ve made along the way.

45. “Good company on a journey makes the way seem shorter.” – Izaak Walton

In other words, time flies when you’re having fun! This short travel phrase shows how much joy friends can add to an adventure.

46. “You can pack for every occasion, but a good friend will always be the best thing you could bring!” – Unknown

This short quote for travel reminds us that good friends will always make a trip better.

47. “Good friends follow you anywhere.” – A.A. Milne

This short travel saying offers some great advice about friendship: quality friends will always support you, no matter what.

48. “Life was meant for great adventures and close friends.” – Unknown

This short unique travel quote is all about priorities. If you love going on trips with your closest friends, this saying will definitely resonate with you.

49. “Sometimes all you need is a great friend and a tank of gas.” – Thelma & Louise

As this short road trip quote points out, it doesn’t take much to go on an adventure. Grabbing your best friend and hopping in the car is all you need.

50. “A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.” – Maya Angelou

This short quote about travel offers a beautiful way of looking at the world: seeing everyone as a potential friend rather than as a stranger or enemy.

Short Family Travel Quotes

These short family vacation quotes are just what you need to get the whole family excited for some time away together.

51. “Don’t just tell your children about the world. Show them.” – Anonymous

This short travel quote with family reminds us that traveling is the best way for kids to learn more about the world around them. Exploring is a valuable part of any child’s education.

52. “My ideal travel companions are my family.” – Pharrell Williams

This short, simple travel quote is a very sweet way of expressing your appreciation for traveling with family. Share this with your family so they know how much you enjoy exploring together!

53. “Travel is rich with learning opportunities, and the ultimate souvenir is a broader perspective.” – Rick Steves

This travel short caption applies not only to family, but also to any traveler looking to expand their worldview.

54. “Travel is not reward for working; it’s education for living.” – Anthony Bourdain

This iconic quick trip quote shows how travel and learning more about the world can make us all better human beings. Traveling allows us to make the world our classroom.

55. “Travel in the younger sort is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.” – Francis Bacon

As this short journey quote expresses, children and parents can experience travel a little differently. After all, seeing a place for the very first time is very different from a repeat visit.

56. “Build traditions of family vacations and trips and outings. These memories will never be forgotten by your children.” – Ezra Taft Benson

This short unique travel quote is a great reminder that your kids will cherish the wonderful memories of family vacations.

57. “Vacations are meant to be shared with the people we love the most.” – Unknown

There’s no better feeling than sharing an incredible view or new experience with the people you love the most. Luckily, family vacations are the perfect time to create new memories together.

58. “There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million.” – Walt Streightiff

As this short travel caption points out, children are so curious and excited about the world around them that anything new will seem wonderful.

59. “A family vacation is a good time to bond and make memories that last a lifetime.” – Steve Harvey

This short trip quote sums up the best reasons to plan a trip as a family.

60. “Family traveling together means a little bit of crazy, a little bit of loud. A whole lot of love.” – Anonymous

I love this short vacation quote because it captures the many facets of going on an adventure as a family. The crazy and the loud moments are all part of the fun, too!

I hope these short travel quotes have sparked your wanderlust and gotten you ready to start planning your next trip! Whether you’re a solo traveler who’s just found inspiration or one half of a couple trying to find the perfect caption for a vacation photo, be sure to save and/or share your favorite short unique travel quotes .

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115 Family Travel Quotes for Your Most Cherished Memories

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Family Travel Quotes for You and Your Loved Ones

When I was little, my parents would take me on adventures around the world. And while I may not remember every single trip, it’s always a delight to look back on old pictures.

Whether you need ideas for your scrapbook collection, or you need some convincing for your next vacay, these traveling with family quotes are sure to spark wanderlust.

Best Travel with Family Quotes

• Family vacation is one of the best things in life!
• Nothing beats spending time with the people you love most in the world!
• Seeing your kids smile makes all the stress and planning worth it.
• Spending quality time with your family is priceless.
• Home is not a place, it is wherever your family is.
• Family trips are simple, crazy, stressful, fun, and totally worth it.
• A weekend away with my family is just what I need right now.
• Grateful for this chance to travel with my family.
• Our family getaways are always filled with good food and lots of laughter.
• Living my best life with my family by my side.  
• This family trip is my new favorite memory.
• Making memories with you is my favorite thing to do. 

Short Travel Quotes with Family

• Vacation time is family time.
• We’re out of the house and having fun!
• Always say yes to family travel.
• We’re off on a family trip!
• Having a blast with my family!
• Best. Family. Trip. Ever.
• Dreaming of my next family vacation.
• Family vacation goals!
• Time to go on a family vacation!
• Give your kids memories, not things. 
• Families that travel together stay together.
• Family vacations are always a good idea.
• Family bonding time!
• Let’s make some memories!
• Vacation mode activated.
• We’re off to explore the world!

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• Vacations are meant to be shared with the people we love the most.
• “What’s your favorite place?” I don’t have a favorite place. I have my favorite people. And, whenever I’m with my favorite people, it becomes my favorite place.
• Instead of sitting at home on our phones, we were out making priceless memories.
• Living life to the fullest right now and I could not be happier.
• Life is meant to be enjoyed alongside your family.
• “We didn’t realize we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun.” – Winnie the Pooh.
• Living in the moment and enjoying this family vacation.
• “Any day spent with you is my favorite day” – A.A. Milne.
• The most beautiful things in life are not things. They are people, places, memories, and pictures. They are feelings and moments, smiles and laughter.
• I live to explore the world with the people I love the most.

Family Beach Vacation Quotes

• Paradise consists of a warm beach and my family.
• The best family getaway is a trip to the beach!
• Nothing beats relaxing on the beach with my family next to me.
• Life is better barefoot with your family hand in hand.
• My toes in the sand, the sun on my face, and my family by my side. This is paradise.

Family Weekend Getaway Quotes

• Weekend getaway with the family is always a good idea.  
• There’s nothing like a weekend getaway with your favorite people in the world.  
• Can’t wait to have fun with my awesome family this weekend!
• It’s so important to make time for your family, even when it’s just a quick weekend getaway.
• All set for a weekend getaway with my family!
• I’m so happy to be here with my family this weekend!
• Family + adventure = the best kind of weekend!
• Weekend getaway is all about family bonding.
• Nothing like a fun family weekend getaway!
• It’s time to go on a weekend getaway with my family!

More Classic Family Travel Quotes

• “Don’t count the days. Make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali.
• “Happiness is only real when shared.” – Jon Krakauer.
• “Home is people. Not a place.” – Robin Hobb.
• “Take only memories, leave only footprints.” – Chief Seattle.  
• “Oh, the places you’ll go” – Dr. Seuss.

Family Adventure Quotes

• This weekend, we’re going on a family adventure!
• Let’s go get lost!
• The best thing you can give your family is a lifetime of adventures.
• Teach your kids the importance of going on adventures by doing it with them.
• Life is about the adventures you take and the memories you make. So travel often and live life with open eyes and an open heart.
• “May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home.” – Trenton Lee Stewart.
• Today is a good day for a family adventure.
• Adventures are the best ways to learn.
• Going on an adventure is only considered an adventure if your family is involved. 
• We are a family of adventurers.
• We are going on a little adventure.
• It’s time to go on a family adventure!
• What can I say, we love our little family adventures.
• “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller.
• Adventures are the best gift you could ever give to kids.
• Life was made for good family and great adventures.
• “Blessed are the curious as they shall have adventures.” – Lovelle Drachman.
• No Wi-Fi out here, but I found a better connection.

Family Road Trip Quotes

• We’re about to hit the road for a weekend getaway!
• “A road trip is a way for the whole family to spend time together and annoy each other in interesting new places.” – Tom Lichtenheld.
• No road is long with good company.
• “Life is too short to not go on that spontaneous road trip with your family.” – Fred Connors.
• Some roads aren’t meant to be traveled alone.

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Funny Family Vacation Instagram Captions

• My favorite childhood memory is my parents paying for my holidays.
• “There are two kinds of travel: first class and with children.” – Robert Benchley.

Other Quotes About Travel and Family

• You won’t regret going on that family trip. But you will regret not going.
• If you want your family to love each other more, go on a family trip.
• Having kids is a reason to travel, never a reason to stop.
• A vacation with my family is always the best way to spend my time!
• In order to have a successful trip, you only need your family. The rest is minor details.
• Not all classrooms have four walls.
• Don’t just tell your children about the world. Show them.
• Nothing shows your love more to your kids than spending time with them.
• Forget the stress of the vacation, just soak up all the memories together.
• Family trips will not be perfect. There will be bumps along the way. But the memories you make are unlike anything else. 
• Deciding not to travel with kids because they won’t remember is like not reading them books because they won’t remember the stories you read them.
• You won’t look back and wish you worked more. Go on that family trip.

• Nothing grows our family bond stronger than these family vacations.
• We ate delicious food, laughed till we cried, explored new places, and tried new things. We enjoyed this family trip to its fullest.
• You can’t buy happiness, but this sure did come close.
• I’ll keep these memories in my heart until our next family trip.
• My favorite family selfie out of this entire trip.
• If only we could stay like this forever.

Famous Quotes About Traveling with Family

• “When you travel with children, you are giving something that can never be taken away… Experience, exposure and a way of life.” – Pamela T. Chandler.
• “Build traditions of family vacations and trips and outings. These memories will never be forgotten by your children.” – Ezra Taft Benson.
• “Travel is not a reward for working, it’s education for living.” – Anthony Bourdain.
• “We have such a brief opportunity to pass on to our children our love for this Earth, and to tell our stories. These are the moments when the world is made whole. In my children’s memories, the adventures we’ve had together in nature will always exist.” – Richard Louv.
• “Traveling in the company of those we love is home in motion.” – Leigh Hunt.
• “There are no perfect parents and there are no perfect children, but there are plenty of perfect moments along the way.” – Dave Willis.
• “Happiness is planning a trip to somewhere new, with someone you love.” – Marty Rubin.
• “Every day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.” – Charles R. Swindoll.
• “Travel is like an endless university. You never stop learning.” – Harvey Lloyd.
• “Children will not remember you for the vacation you provided, but for the way you made them feel during that vacation.” – Allen Richardson.
• “And at the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair messy and your eyes sparkling.” – Shanti.
• “The greatest legacy we can leave our children is happy memories.” – Og Mandino.
• “Traveling is like going to the library! The more you travel, the more you will feel as if reading books!” – Mehmet Murat İldan.
• “My ideal travel companions are my family.” – Pharrell Williams.

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Airplane mode: On.

Who else is counting down the days until Friday? I think many people can relate to wishing for the weekend to come around as soon as possible. After all, the weekend was made for the perfect mix of relaxation and adventure. You may spend five days a week in the office working your butt off, so you certainly deserve to live your best life when the weekend rolls around, whether you decide to take a day trip with friends , chill at home, or go on a mini getaway. These weekend getaway Instagram captions for a mini bestie vacation will capture all of those adventure feels — so pack your bags.

The weekend is the perfect time to ditch your planner. So, why not travel with your BFF? Many people forget that a quick getaway can do wonders for your mind, body, and spirit — even if only for a few days. You'll have the best time, especially when you have your best friend by your side.

There's no better time to reminisce on the good times and make new memories with your day one. Book that flight for a city break or fill up your gas tank for a mini road trip . The countdown until Fri-yay begins! Here are all the weekend trip quotes and short vacation captions you need to inspire your slew of Instagram posts with your bestie.

• "I never met a vacation I didn't like."
• "A weekend getaway is necessary."
• “Salt in my hair, don't care.”
• "Forever catching flights."
• “I don't mind red eyes when it comes to vacation.”
• “Time to seas the weekend.”
• “Just a couple of happy campers."
• “Can we skip straight to the weekend?”
• “Happiness comes in waves . "
• “I need six months vacation, twice a year . '”
• “In a sunshine state of mind.”
• "Just want to wine and dine my way around the world. Is that too much to ask?"
• “Eiffel in love with the moment."
• “Vacation is always a good idea."
• “I'll take an airplane over an office, any day."
• “Sun, sand, and pineapple in hand . "
• "Living for the weekend."
• “In travel mode. Please do not disturb."
• “It's Friday, beaches."
• “This weekend is going to be a total breeze."
• “Cheers to the freakin' weekend.” — Rihanna, "Cheers (Drink To That)"
• "Better days are coming: They're called Saturday and Sunday."
• “FRI-YAY. SATUR-YAY. SUN-YAY.”
• "You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy a plane ticket, and that’s kind of the same thing."
• “Tropical state of mind with this crew of beaches."
• “Never stop doing things for the first time."
• “Made for sunny days."
• “It's the weekend, so you know what that means, right? Adventure time!"
• “Beers to the weekend."
• "Friends who adventure together, stay together."
• "BRB, wandering where the WiFi is weak."
• "Looks like the perfect day for a road trip."
• "Sleeping under the stars with you is my favorite place to be."
• "Touched down in paradise."
• “Professional weekenders.”
• "Happy place."
• "Always take the scenic route."
• "Head in the clouds, onto the next adventure."
• “I HAVE seen two pretty best friends.”
• “It’s Friday, I’m in love.”
• “I’ve been waiting for Friday since Monday.”
• “Airplane mode: On.”
• “And let the adventures begin.”
• “Today is a great day for an adventure.”
• “You will never know until you go.”
• “Always say yes to new adventures.”

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13 Etiquette Rules For Road Trips

Backseat driving is a definite no-no.

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Everyone knows the success of a road trip is largely dependent on the company you keep. Screaming toddlers in the back might make a 4-hour drive feel like 10. But if you’re riding with a group of your lifelong besties (especially if you haven’t seen them in a while), an all-day journey can fly by in the blink of an eye. When taking a road trip, all general car etiquette applies, but following a few extra rules will help make your trip as seamless and pain-free as can be. Heck, you might even enjoy the ride! Keep reading for 13 etiquette rules we think everyone should follow on long car rides.

No feet on the dash

We know every country song ever written has romanticized this particular posture, but it’s best to keep your shoes on and your feet firmly planted on the floor in front of you when riding in someone else’s car.

Let silence be golden

This one is highly dependent on who you’re riding with and what the general mood of the car is. Chatting is definitely encouraged throughout the ride, but if a great playlist is on, don’t feel the need to make yourself heard over the music. On the flip side, if it’s getting late in the night and your driver is fading, you might want to have some interesting stories on hand to keep him or her awake and alert.

No falling asleep in the front seat

If you take the passenger princess seat, be prepared for some extra duties. For one, there’s absolutely no falling asleep. You should also be prepared to help with navigation and anything else the driver may need—whether it’s dipping their chicken nuggets or checking their blind spot.

Share the aux cord

Not everyone wants to listen to Taylor Swift for the entirety of a 12-hour drive (though she certainly has enough songs to fill the time). Pick music you think everyone will like and be sure to switch up whose phone gets plugged in throughout the ride.

Keep your space clean

It’s OK to partake in road trip snacks, be mindful of crumbs and be sure to take out all your trash at every stop. When sharing such a small space, it’s on everyone to do their part to keep the vehicle clean

Offer to pay for and pump gas when taking someone else’s car

Your driver is already making a big sacrifice by taking on driving duties and putting the miles on their car. It’s only polite to offer to pay for gas and pump it for them so they have time to stretch their legs a bit on breaks.

Bring snacks—but not stinky ones

Snacks are an essential part of any good road trip , and every passenger is expected to contribute to the cause. Bonus points if you snag your driver’s favorite snack! Just leave any especially pungent foods at home. No matter how delicious your homemade tuna salad is, no one wants to be smelling it 3 hours later.

Don’t defy your driver

What your driver says goes. If they ask for the music to be turned down, do it. If they want to blast the air conditioning, but you’re freezing, it’s time to pull that sweatshirt out of your backpack.  

Don’t be the one asking for every bathroom stop

When you have to go, you have to go. However, there are only so many rest stops along the way and only so much patience the rest of your passengers will have for delays. If you know you’re prone to needing frequent bathroom breaks, maybe don’t guzzle Diet Coke or your normal pot of coffee before getting on the road.    

Keep backseat driving to a minimum

If your driver is distracted and about to ram into the back of a semi-truck, by all means, speak up! But if you would have preferred for them to stop for an extra nanosecond at that last stop sign or feel like they could be driving just a smidge faster, keep your lips zipped. If you can't keep your comments to yourself, offer to drive next time!

Make a fair seating chart

The key to car etiquette is being mindful of your fellow passengers. If you’ve got a particularly tall rider, it might be nice to let them have the front seat. Likewise, don’t stick your shortest traveler with the middle seat for the entire trip. Everyone will be happier and more comfortable if you share the burden.   

Mind your phone

No one wants to listen to your phone dinging every few minutes while your group chat goes off. Turn your phone on silent or vibrate, and don’t take any unnecessary calls while in the car. There’s nothing worse than having to be quiet and having to listening to a one-sided conversation because your chat just couldn’t wait.  

Remember that everyone's bags have to fit in the car, so keep your packing to a minimum. No one wants to be stuck riding with your makeup tote at their feet because it wouldn't fit in the trunk.

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Want a vacation for under $1,000? Road trips are the answer for more Americans this summer

By Venessa Wong

Here are 5 tips to save money when you drive instead of fly

On July 4, Jazmin Eusébio will pack into an SUV with her sister, her brother, her boyfriend, her mom and her dad, and embark on an 11-hour journey from San Jose, Calif., to Ensenada, Mexico.

Originally, the family of six had planned to fly to San Diego and drive a rental car for the remaining leg of the trip, to save money rather than flying direct. But when her parents found out it would cost about $500 per person for the 1.5-hour flight, they started to reconsider whether they would join. "We said, 'Why don't we make a road trip out of it?'" Eusébio told MarketWatch.

Such a crowded trip might sound like a lot for most people, "but we grew up doing a lot of road trips," she said. Traveling by car rather than plane will save them thousands on flights, and they'll save an additional $769 by not renting a car in San Diego. "All in all, that's roughly $3,242 in savings," according to Eusébio.

Many Americans are using similar money-saving tactics for their summer travel. Some 66% of American travelers are planning to take a road trip this summer, up from 56% last year, according to research by Deloitte. Most are traveling by road to save money, the report noted. When asked what downgrades they were making compared to last year, 28% of people said they are driving instead of flying.

Also, "travelers across all income groups had an increase in intentions to stay in RVs as the accommodation for their longest trip this summer," said Stephen Rogers, managing director of Deloitte's Consumer Industry Center.

Most Americans planning a summer road trip expect to drive 399 miles or less and spend less than $1,000 for their travels, according to a new survey by Experian (UK:EXPN).

The cost of owning a vehicle has skyrocketed in recent years as prices for cars, auto repairs, and auto insurance have soared. The average car payment is now $766 a month, while auto insurance is $192 per month on average. Using their vehicles for summer travel gives drivers a way to get more value from their costly cars.

While the global travel industry is expecting a record year, higher-income households are largely fueling the travel boom. Those earning more than $100,000 are expected to account for 44% of travelers this year compared to 35% in 2023, according to Deloitte. Baby boomers are also expected to represent a larger share of travelers this summer (34%) compared to last year (28%), while millennials' share is down to 30% (from 35% last year).

Yet across all income levels, people are hunting for deals, the Deloitte report said.

Driving instead of flying is the most common way (42%) that summer travelers plan to save money, according to a survey by NerdWallet (NRDS) earlier this year. For solo travelers planning trips that aren't too far away, it is almost certainly more economical than flying, while for families and groups, riding together in one vehicle reduces costs significantly - on both short- and long-distance trips - compared to booking flights for several people, according to a separate analysis by NerdWallet.

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Per an analysis conducted by Deloitte for MarketWatch, the average cost of a plane ticket is $384.86, according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. For a family of four, that would add up to $1,547.44. The average distance of a passenger flight is 941 miles, or 1,882 miles for a round trip.

"Most families wouldn't take an 1,800-mile road trip, but they'd spend $294 on gas if they did," noted Deloitte's Rogers. This calculation assumes they drove a midsize SUV that averaged 23 miles per gallon - so that's 82 gallons for 1,882 miles at $3.593 per gallon. "Even with adding in an additional night or two of hotel accommodations, families would likely still save money," Rogers said.

Still, road trips don't save money for everyone - especially solo travelers. Individuals planning long, cross-country trips may find that flying can actually be cheaper when factoring in maintenance costs for the vehicle, NerdWallet said. As of February, airfare from Los Angeles to New York was about $257 for Fourth of July weekend, while driving would have cost $670 for gas and maintenance. (This estimate does not include expenses for hotels or food along the way).

Besides cost savings, Americans say road trips offer other benefits. Travelers in a survey commissioned by Michelin in February said the best parts of road trips were seeing new landscapes and scenery (50%), listening to music (43%), getting a break from their routine (26%), enjoying driving (25%) and trying local food along the way (24%).

The drawbacks of going by car: losing cell service (36%), needing to make frequent bathroom stops (35%) and passengers asking, "Are we there yet?" (27%), the Michelin survey found.

Road-trip season - aided this year by moderate gas prices, now $3.78 per gallon compared to $4.27 in 2022, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data - has already begun. Memorial Day weekend, widely considered to mark the beginning of summer travel, set a record for road travel this year with 38.4 million people traveling by car, according to AAA projections.

"People are prioritizing travel now more than ever, and budgeting their lives accordingly," Aixa Diaz, an AAA spokesperson, told MarketWatch.

Any road trip comes with a litany of unpredictable factors: whether all the luggage will fit, traffic, and the fact that "we all have different music tastes - I don't know who's going to be in charge of the aux cord," said Eusébio, the traveler from San Jose. Still, "we're just really excited that we're able to do this as a family," she added.

If you are planning to take a road trip this summer, here are some tips to save money.

1. Comparison shop for gas. One of the biggest expenses on a road trip is fuel. Use apps like GasBuddy, AAA or even Google Maps to compare prices along your route.

2. Obey the speed limit to maximize fuel efficiency. Drivers get more miles per gallon driving at 55 miles per hour than at 65 mph or 75 mph, according to Consumer Reports.

3. Inspect your car and your tire pressure before you depart. Properly inflated tires improve fuel efficiency, according to Consumer Reports. The recommended tire pressure is listed on a door-jamb sticker.

4. Drive during off-peak hours. Not only will you save time, you'll also reduce the amount of gas wasted sitting in traffic.

5. Pack the cooler. Eating at restaurants has become prohibitively expensive for many families, even with the deals that many fast-food chains are launching to bring cost-sensitive customers back to their dining rooms and drive-throughs. If you can, bring your own food, even if it's just a few sandwiches, snacks and a simple breakfast. It will also likely be healthier than whatever you find at the highway rest stop.

How have higher prices affected you and your financial decisions? MarketWatch would like to hear from readers who want to share their experiences. You can write to us at [email protected]. A reporter may be in touch to learn more.

Read next (May 2024): These are the most popular flights in the U.S. this summer - and how much they'll cost you

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Things to Do in Pueblo this weekend: Art and levee walks, an East Side cleanup and more

Friday, June 7

Self-guided mindfulness walk at Nature & Wildlife Discovery Center

5200 Nature Center Road | Daily from dawn to dusk | Torri Shafer, a mindfulness coach from The Good Life creates a different themed self-guided reflective walk at the nature center's river campus each month.  Mindful prompts, reflective questions and inspiring quotes in protective envelopes can be found randomly tied to trees along the trail. The prompts encourage walkers to move away from ruminating and self-involved thoughts as they walk to try more contemplative reflection, awareness of the environment and connect to nature.  The walks are free . This month's theme is geared toward kids, so bring the whole family or just reacquaint yourself with your inner child.

Garage & Bake Sale at Shine of St. Therese

300 Goodnight Ave. | 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday and again 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday | Clothing, furniture, household goods, books and baked goods will be sold. Concessions will also be available.

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Summer Kickoff BBQ at El Centro Del Quinto Sol

609 E. Sixth St. | noon-2 p.m., swimming at Mineral Palace Park, 3-5 p.m. | Pueblo Parks and Recreation will host a free meal featuring hotdogs while supplies last plus games, prizes and raffles. The event is free to children ages 17 and younger . Limited to the first 25 children. Permission slips must be filled out by parents or guardians prior to the trip. Call 719-553-2949 or visit pueblo.us/elcentro .

The Loft Teen Center opens at Boys & Girls Club of Pueblo County

2601 Sprague Ave. | 1-11:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, June 7- Aug. 3 | Register at bgcpckids.org or call 719-920-8809.

Queer Fibers First Friday Opening Reception at Pueblo Heritage Museum

201 W. B St. | 5-8 p.m. | Celebrate First Friday with Kimberly Sewell . Sewell is an adjunct professor of English at Colorado State University Pueblo, as well as a visual artist and educator who is currently focusing on relief printmaking and fiber arts as her predominant visual mediums. Try your hand at weaving on a small loom. Sunday Jazz with Carlos and the Boys featuring Sewell runs from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, June 9. The show runs throughout the month and then the community weaving will be donated to Southern Colorado Equality Alliance as a thanks for their partnership in the show. Cost for the June 9 concert is $5 and advance tickets are required at theheritagecenter.square.site .

A Shining Moment art show at Steel City Art Works

216 S. Union Ave. | 5-8 p.m. | Celebrate First Friday with "A Shining Moment" and "Fabulous Fun" art shows featuring everything from jewelry to pastels to sculpted clay creations by chatting with the artists and enjoying complimentary refreshments. Bike-themed art honors Pueblo Bike Month. The event is free plus free Mo Keenan-Mason "I Voted for Fun" stickers will be given away. Both shows will hang all month.

First Friday Summer Menu Tasting at The Ethos

615 E. Mesa Ave. | 5:30-8:30 p.m. | Beat the summer heat. Tickets are $1 for a taster of alcohol-free beer, wines and mocktails.

First Friday Art Walk at Blo Back Gallery

131 Spring St. | 6-9 p.m. | Ashley Martin opens "Dusk," Michelle Lopez presents "The Unusual Everyday," Gloria Countryman unveils "Unrestrained Spaces," and LuDel Deal Walters opens "Motherland."

Saturday, June 8

East side revitalization project at skate park.

609 E. Sixth St., south end | 8 a.m.-3 p.m. | Join Leadership Pueblo 2024 for the cleanup event by volunteering and making a positive difference in the community. Sign up at signupgenius.com .

Pueblo Levee Walk/Run in downtown Pueblo

Start at Dutch Clark Stadium, 1001 W. Abriendo Ave. | June 8 event features 8 a.m. shuttle, 8:30 a.m. 5K walk/run, 9:30 a.m. Zumba class | The family- and pet-friendly event is sponsored by the Pueblo Downtown Association and will include food trucks, a scavenger hunt, mural art and more. Sponsorship dollars will go toward supporting downtown streetscape improvements including flowers, lighting and safety measures.

Natural Medicine Holistic Fair at Colorado State Fairgrounds

Creative Arts Building, 1001 Beulah Ave. | 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, June 8 and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, June 9 | The event, sponsored by Earth's Wisdom Mycology Supply , will include vendors, healers, psychics, speakers, mycology and CBD items, health and fitness and mental health information. Tickets are $2 at the door.

Car Show at the Salvation Army

401 S. Prairie Ave. | 10 a.m-2 p.m. | The event will feature cool cars, trucks and motorcycles plus a silent auction . Awards will be given for first, second, third and best of show. Registration is $25 in advance by calling 719-543-3656 ext. 3602 or $30 at the event .

Second Saturday Karaoke at the Ethos

615 E. Mesa Ave. | 7-11 p.m. | Karaoke with KJs Treble and Harmony is a free event .

Monday, June 10

Jen howard concert at blo back gallery.

131 Spring St. | Doors open at 6:30 p.m., show at 7 p.m. | All ages are invited to listen to singer/songwriter Jen Howard. Pay what you can .

Tuesday, June 11

Community baby shower at praise assembly.

2000 Troy Ave. | 10 a.m.-1 p.m. | The Colorado State University Pueblo nursing program invites expectant mothers and parents with children up to 5 years old to take part in the educational opportunity to learn more about child health and development. The free event includes information on Medicaid, SNAP, childcare assistance programs, Nurse Family Partnership, nutrition, parenting issues, coping, medical concerns and more. Free baby items such as clothing, diapers, toys, books, cribs, and more will be available plus there will be giveaways and door prizes .

Wednesday, June 12

Pool night and repair night at the ethos.

615 E. Mesa | 4:30-11 p.m. for pool, 6-9 p.m. for repairs | Cost is four quarters per game of pool plus there will be non-alcoholic drink and snack specials all night. Bring your repair projects, tools, and know-how plus there will be a few capable crafters around for support. All knowledge and expertise is welcome.

Thursday, June 13

Life drawing at blo back gallery.

131 Spring St. | 6-9 p.m. | Artists ages 18 and older are welcome. Bring your own supplies.

The id at The Ethos

615 E. Mesa Ave. | 6:30-9 p.m. | Literary open mic night for poetry, short stories and folk tales. No music, no hate speech. This is an all-ages event, so keep offerings PG.

Friday, June 14

Super hero night at the rides at city park.

3425 Nuckolls Ave. | 5-9 p.m. | Come dressed as your favorite superhero, ride the rides and take selfies with staff dressed as superheroes. Ride tickets cost 25 cents each .

Punk concert at Blo Back Gallery

131 Spring St. | Doors open at 6 p.m., show at 7 p.m. | Performance by Denver-based punk band Milo deMars with Jeremiah Edwards. All ages welcome. Cost is $10 at the door.

Flag Retirement Ceremony at Pueblo West Bank of the San Juans

68 N. McCulloch Blvd. | 8:30 p.m. | Tattered, soiled and faded flags no longer fit for display will be retired in honor of Flag Day. The ceremony will be conducted by American Legion Post 207, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5812 and Boy Scout Troop 27.

Saturday, June 15

The collective outdoor market at renewed wholesale.

720 S. Main St. | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Spiritual, holistic and metaphysical providers will be on hand. Live sound bowl healing with SASHI at noon and live trance channeling with Light Messenger and Ruby at 3 p.m.

Father's Day train rides at Pueblo Railway Museum

Pueblo Union Depot 132 W. B St. | 10 a.m.-2 p.m. | The Pueblo Railway Museum Father’s Day train ride event is set to kick off Colorado Railroad Heritage week. Trains depart every 20 minutes, so there will be multiple opportunities during the event to ride the train. Tickets are $15 for a ride in the engine or $10 for a ride in one of three cabooses . Children 2 and younger ride the train free. Cash or check only, please. Tickets are sold in the gift shop, a converted caboose behind the depot, near the passenger boarding area. Free refreshments will be available.

Blues, Brews & BBQ at Civic Center Park in Pueblo West

61 E. Civic Center Plaza | 4-9 p.m. | The event will feature live music with The Blue Dogs and Bluez Kadillak plus local barbecue food trucks competing for title of best barbecue. Meals can be purchased or $1 will buy a 3-ounce sample from each competitor and a chance to vote for the Pueblo West Peoples Choice award. The splash pad will be open until 6 p.m. Tickets are $10 for ages 13 and older or $5 for children 6 to 12 and can be purchased at pueblowestmetro.us . Proceeds will fund future events and holiday drives.

Sunday, June 16

131 Spring St. | Doors open at 2 p.m., show at 3 p.m. | Punk legends DRI perform with Deathwish and five other bands. All ages welcome. Cost is $20 at the door or $15 in advance at innocentsinners.com .

Monday, June 17

Community roundtable at river of grace church in pueblo west.

84 S. Masters Drive | 5:30 p.m. | Pueblo West residents are invited to hear about Pueblo West Metro District public services, customer service, citizen responsibility and the 2025 board of directors election. Light refreshments will be served.

Tuesday, June 18

Drop spindle fiber art class at pueblo heritage museum.

201 W. B St. | 1-3 p.m. | Kimberly Sewell will teach the class as part of the month-long Queer Fibers exhibit. Cost is $45 and advance registration is required at theheritagecenter.square.site .

Wednesday, June 19

Juneteenth history presentation at pueblo heritage museum.

201 W. B St. | 7-8 p.m. | Join Pueblo Historian Ray Brown for a history presentation on “Freedom's Eve” starting with Jan. 1, 1863, when enslaved and free African Americans learned the Emancipation Proclamation had been issued, anticipating the news that they would become legally free. Although the 13th Amendment made it happen, not everyone in Confederate territory would be immediately free. The Emancipation Proclamation wouldn’t take full effect until its ratification two years later when it would be implemented in territories under Confederate control. On June 19, 1865 , freedom came when 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, and declared the enslaved people free by executive decree. The day became known as “Juneteenth" and Brown will talk about its continued significance.

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Meyer Shank Racing To Wrap Three-Race INDYCAR Stretch With Trip to Road America

Pataskala, Ohio (2 June 2024) – Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) bounced back in Detroit after a tough Indianapolis 500 run, as Felix Rosenqvist (No. 60 AutoNation / SiriusXM Honda) rebounded from a troublesome Detroit qualifying that left him 22nd on the grid to finish a hard-fought eighth, gaining 14 positions over 100 laps.

Now as the 2024 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season nears the halfway point, MSR will look to continue moving up the standings at a classic American road circuit as the series heads to Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin and the annual date at the fabled Road America circuit.

Sunday’s XPEL Grand Prix at Road America takes place at the 4.048-mile Road America circuit that winds through Wisconsin’s Kettle Moraine region and features elevation changes, a mix of high- and lower-speed corners and some of the most intriguing passing opportunities on the IndyCar calendar.

Helio Castroneves (No. 66 AutoNation / Arctic Wolf Honda) will be back behind the wheel of the No. 66 AutoNation / Arctic Wolf Honda, after making his first road-course start of the year a week ago in Detroit. The veteran has eight INDYCAR starts at Road America but has brought his mounts home in the top 10 in four of those starts. He started from pole at Road America in 2017, finishing third after leading 17 laps.

MSR has had strong qualifying efforts at Elkhart Lake, earning top-three starting positions with Jack Harvey in 2020 and 2021 and had a top-10 session result with Simon Pagenaud in ’22, but the Ohio-based squad has yet to earn a top-10 finish at Road America in its previous eight starts.

Rosenqvist will look to break that streak as the Swedish veteran has three top-10 race results in his five previous starts, including a 2020 victory that saw him come from seventh on the starting grid to take the win. He is currently in ninth place in the series standings, just is just 10 points behind fifth.

This weekend’s XPEL Grand Prix at Road America will wrap up a march of three races in three weeks for MSR. Teams will qualify Saturday at 3:25 p.m., with Sunday’s 55-lap race starting at 3:30pm ET. The race will be broadcast live on NBC and Peacock. SiriusXM will also host live INDYCAR Radio coverage on XM Ch. 218.

Meyer Shank Racing Driver Quotes:

Felix Rosenqvist: “I’m super excited to get back to a smooth road course after a bumpy weekend in Detroit. Road America has been kind to me and we have a lot of things to be excited for going into the second half of the season. It’s been a few years since I got a win at Road America and with the moment that myself and MSR have had so far this season, I don’t see why we can’t aim for the same this weekend.”

Helio Castroneves: “I’m excited to get back in the drivers seat at Road America which is such a great track and one that I have enjoyed racing on. We unfortunately did not have the weekend we would have liked to have had in Detroit, so we’re looking to get back on our feet at Road America and have a solid weekend.”

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There is no way around a Monday — only through it. After a long, relaxing weekend, waking up on a Monday morning to a blaring alarm can be tough, especially if you're not a morning person. But Mondays don’t have to be all that bad. In fact, they can be seen as a fresh start and the perfect day of the week to seek out new opportunities.

So what are you waiting for? Get that coffee maker going and read through these motivational quotes to start your Monday morning with a little pep in your step.

Quotes for Monday motivation

• Monday is for people with a mission. — Cristina Imre
• Okay, it’s Monday, but who said Mondays have to suck? Be a rebel and have a great day anyway. — Kimberly Jiménez
• Mondays are the start of the work week, which offer new beginnings 52 times a year! — David Dwek
• You are in control. Never allow your Monday to be manic. — Andrea L’Artiste
• Your Monday morning thoughts set the tone for your whole week. See yourself getting stronger, and living a fulfilling, happier and healthier life. — Germany Kent
• So. Monday. We meet again. We will never be friends — but maybe we can move past our mutual enmity toward a more-positive partnership. — Julio Alexi Genao
• This is your Monday morning reminder that you can handle whatever this week throws at you. — Unknown
• May your coffee be strong and your Mondays be short. — Unknown
• It’s Monday. Get a new perspective. Whatever obstacle you’re facing — it’s not permanent. — Unknown
• I really need a day in between Sunday and Monday. — Unknown

Quotes for starting your day on a positive note

• Every morning, you have two choices: continue to sleep with your dreams or wake up and chase them. — Carmelo Anthon y
• Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day. — Dalai Lama
• Every morning, you have two choices: continue to sleep with your dreams or wake up and chase them. — Arnold Schwarzenegger
• The sun himself is weak when he first rises; and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on. — Charles Dickens
• Success is to wake up each morning and consciously decide that today will be the best day of your life. — Ken Poirot
• Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have. — Lemony Snicket
• Either you run the day, or the day runs you. — Jim Rohn

Quotes about taking the first step

• You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
• The best way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." — Walt Disney
• The secret of getting ahead is getting started. — Mark Twain
• The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that is difficult. — Mme Du Deffand
• The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. — Jacob Bronowski
• How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. — Anne Frank
• What you do today can improve all your tomorrows. — Ralph Marston
• Don’t count the days. Make the days count. — Muhammad Ali
• Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world. — Joel Arthur Barker
• Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centres of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. — Robert Kennedy

Quotes about dreaming big

• Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs. — Farrah Gray
• You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. — C.S. Lewis
• If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one! — Dolly Parton
• If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. — Henry David Thoreau
• You see things; and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‘Why not?’ — George Bernard Shaw
• Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. — Warren Buffett
• Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed. — Booker T. Washington
• If you are working on something that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you. — Steve Jobs
• Today’s accomplishments were yesterday’s impossibilities. — Robert H. Schuller
• Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others. — Rosa Parks

Quotes about having confidence

• Don’t try to lessen yourself for the world; let the world catch up to you. — Beyoncé
• The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. — Ayn Rand
• Never underestimate your power to change yourself; never overestimate your power to change others. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
• You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I'll rise. — Maya Angelou
• We must travel in the direction of our fear. — John Berryman
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• Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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To report this story, Rukmini Callimachi spoke with eight economists, as well as homeowners, real estate agents and academics.

• Published June 2, 2024 Updated June 3, 2024

If buying a home is an inexorable part of the American dream, so is the next step: eventually selling that home and using the equity to trade up to something bigger.

But over the past two years, this upward mobility has stalled as buyers and sellers have been pummeled by three colliding forces: the highest borrowing rates in nearly two decades, a crippling shortage of inventory, and a surge in home prices to a median of $434,000, the highest on record , according to Redfin.

People who bought their starter home a few years ago are finding themselves frozen in place by what is known as the “rate-lock effect” — they bought when interest rates were historically low, and trading up would mean a doubling or tripling of their monthly interest payments.

They are locked in, and as a result, families hoping to buy their first homes are locked out.

“Home affordability is the worst I’ve ever seen it,” said Daryl Fairweather, Redfin’s chief economist.

A year ago, Chris and Alison Wentland were eager to sell their townhouse in the coveted Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, so they hired a real estate agent who sent a photographer to take slick photos of the house, including a 3-D video that panned from room to room.

The couple’s children — then ages 2 and 6 — shared a room barely big enough to fit a crib and a twin-size bed. A year later, the children share a bunk bed and the couple haven’t even listed the house, much less bought a new one. It’s not that they can’t find buyers; they just can’t afford to sell.

“If I had an open house this weekend, within seven days we’d have an offer, if not multiple offers,” said Mr. Wentland, 38. “But the flip side to it is: What’s going to happen on the other end?”

The other end looks like this: Although they’ve been lucky enough to accrue equity thanks to rising home prices — the townhouse they bought a few years ago for $538,000 will likely fetch over $700,000 now — the same wave that lifted their home’s value has pushed other homes in their neighborhood out of reach.

For an extra bedroom in Lincoln Park, they would need to spend at least $1 million. And it would mean getting a new mortgage, forgoing their 2.25 percent rate — close to the bottom of the historic curve — for one close to 7 percent, which is hovering near a 20-year high. Their monthly interest payments would triple to at least $7,500, their agent warned.

It’s a financial impasse that is repeating itself across the country. “The take-home message is that people are stuck,” said William M. Doerner, a supervisory economist at the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

“‘Stuck’ is a good way to put it,” Mr. Wentland said. “I don’t know what the right thing to do is, because there’s no obvious thing to do.”

Currently, more than six out of every 10 U.S. homeowners have mortgages locked at rates that are extremely low — 4 percent or less, according to Freddie Mac .

Avoiding the new, higher rates has become a huge deterrent not just to buying but to selling, which in turn has reduced inventory for prospective buyers.

Last year, about 900,000 fewer homes changed hands than in a typical year, according to a research paper by economists at the Federal Housing Finance Agency. The result, according to the authors, “restricts mobility, results in people not living in homes they would prefer, inflates prices, and worsens affordability.”

“The starter home for many has become a keeper home, unfortunately,” said Susan M. Wachter, a real estate professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and a former assistant secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Cory Tanzer, the agent representing the Wentlands in Chicago, keeps a Dropbox folder with images of about 50 properties that have been professionally photographed. So far, his clients have been unable to list those properties for fear of not finding a trade-up home they can afford. Mr. Tanzer, who leads a team of brokers at the Option Realty Group, has taken to walking the streets of University Village, a neighborhood cater-cornered to the Chicago Loop, knocking on doors to see if anyone wants to sell their home.

To get a laugh, he carries with him an old-fashioned “Wanted” poster showing a mug shot of a townhouse.

Another couple that Mr. Tanzer represents, Kevin Ryan and Ella Yung, are stuck on the other side of the equation — they can’t afford to buy.

The couple, who have a 20-month-old, began with a budget of $700,000 and stretched it as far as they could, making offers on eight houses, sometimes bidding over $800,000. Each time they were outbid, including for a home where they included an escalation clause indicating they were willing to spend $105,000 over the asking price.

“Every week we feel so downtrodden and, like, heartbroken over whatever house we lost recently,” said Mr. Ryan, 36. “Maybe this is just the cosmos telling us that it’s time to leave Chicago area.”

Their break finally came over the Memorial Day holiday, when most buyers were enjoying the beautiful weather. The couple found a house that hadn’t yet come to market and made an offer within 16 hours of learning about it — as of this writing, their ninth bid had been tentatively accepted.

Most people haven’t been as lucky.

Some 900 miles away in Virginia Beach, Talia Phillips and her husband started looking for a trade-up home last summer, after their third child was born. Their daughters, ages 7 and 11, had their own rooms in the family’s three-bedroom house, while the couple shared the third with the baby.

A year later, they were optimistic about the equity they’d amassed in their starter home. But when they learned that their mortgage would jump from $1,300 a month to about $3,000 if they bought a new house, they called off their search. “I’m just a little frustrated, and hope that, you know, in a couple years, interest rates will go down,” Ms. Phillips said.

Those With Less Pay More

With buyers and sellers in higher price tiers effectively paralyzed, the weight of the housing market is pressing down hardest on those with the least to spend.

“The trade-up buyer has just disappeared,” said Sam Khater, chief economist at Freddie Mac, explaining that homeowners who are unable to upgrade are instead going down in the price continuum. “The lack of supply, it’s not just that it’s causing prices to go up, but it’s causing prices in the bottom half of the price distribution to go up even more.”

Prices in the lowest tranche of the housing economy are growing at a faster rate than in any other category. Over the past 20 years, the price for entry-level homes — defined as homes that cost 75 percent or less than the median in a given market — has nearly tripled, according to CoreLogic, a property information firm. (A starter home fitting this definition in Manhattan is as high as $863,000, while one in Cleveland is no more than $142,000, according to Alex Lacter, a spokesman for Zillow.)

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Every other tier of single-family homes has also increased — just more slowly. Overall, during the same period, the average price increase for single-family homes was 113 percent.

If those conditions weren’t tough enough, first-time buyers and people in their first homes are now competing against a wave of investors and all-cash buyers who can forgo the mortgage game — 28 percent of U.S. homes sold in April were bought entirely in cash, according to the National Association of Realtors.

In Virginia Beach, Yamilet Booker spent months feverishly sending inquiries to her broker on nearly 50 homes that fit her family’s needs, including a budget in the low $300,000 range. By the time her broker responded, the house she’d seen was already in contract. Meanwhile, the median sale price for a single-family home in Virginia Beach was growing from just over $300,000 at the start of 2020 to nearly $450,000 this April, according to Redfin.

After months of searching, Mrs. Booker, 22, and her husband, Marquell Booker, made a series of compromises and closed on a $325,000 house not in Virginia Beach but in the cheaper city of Portsmouth, Va.

The house is on a busy, two-lane road, and Mrs. Booker worries about her toddler.

“We know that a lot of people our age aren’t able to buy homes, so we were grateful that we had the ability to buy one,” she said. “But at the same time, it was like, you know, for how much we’re making, we should be able to get something nicer. It’s just a very compromised feeling.”

The Housing Crunch

For decades, the U.S. has failed to build enough housing to keep up with demand — a problem that is widespread and affects all types of housing, but is especially pronounced for starter homes, economists say.

During the 1970s, more than 400,000 entry-level homes — defined as those that are no more than 1,400 square feet — were built in the United States each year, according to a report by Freddie Mac . In the 2000s, that number shriveled to about 150,000 a year. By 2020, just 65,000 starter homes were built. Yet 2.38 million people purchased their first homes that year, according to the report.

Among the reasons for the shortage is the price of building materials, which has shot up in the wake of the pandemic. The small margins that builders could expect to make on a smaller home just don’t pencil out, said Mr. Khater, the Freddie Mac economist.

Many people trying to buy their starter homes are finding only fixer-uppers.

“We can’t go buy something that is uninhabitable,” said Dania Anderson, 51, who pooled her resources with her sister, Tiffany King, in an effort to buy something in the pricey Bay Area.

They were approved for a combined mortgage of $850,000 before the pandemic and began their house hunt in Oakland, Calif. The plan was to buy a duplex, with each sister taking one unit. But the housing stock was so limited that everything in their budget had issues. One house they saw had a rat infestation. Another had fungus, and a third came with a ground-floor unit that was zoned as a business and had been illegally converted into an apartment.

As they waited, the housing market shifted beneath their feet. Their banker recently told them that they now only qualify for a $750,000 loan — $100,000 had evaporated as rates soared. Now the sisters wonder if they’ll be able to enter the housing market at all.

“I saved my money,” Ms. King said, “but I’m not getting what I want.”

Rukmini Callimachi is a three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist. Before joining The Times in 2014, she spent seven years as a correspondent and bureau chief reporting from Africa for The Associated Press. More about Rukmini Callimachi

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The biggest box-office disappointments of 2024 so far

• The box office has been seriously down in 2024.
• Last year's strike has led to fewer big-budget movies being released.
• The rise of streaming has also made people more reluctant to get to the theater.

This Memorial Day Weekend was not great for the box office. In fact, it was the worst Memorial Day for the movies since the '90s. The entire domestic box office pulled in just $126 million — in years past, the No. 1 movie alone has made as much as $160 million, as " Top Gun: Maverick " did in 2022.

A few factors have led to this. First, the WGA/SAG strikes last year put many productions on pause, so some of the bigger movies won't come out until later in the year.

Another factor is streaming and VOD . "The Fall Guy," which came out just a month ago, is already available to rent at home. For a family, it's cheaper to spend $20 to rent something at home than $50-plus on tickets, snacks, and drinks.

And finally? People just weren't convinced they needed to see some of these films on the big screen.

Here are some of the biggest surprise bombs at the box office this year.

"Furiosa" opened to a bleak $32 million over the four-day Memorial Day Weekend.

As The Wrap pointed out, "Furiosa's" $32 million opening weekend is the lowest No. 1 total for a Memorial Day Weekend since 1995, when "Casper" topped the box office with $22 million.

Another depressing stat for the "Mad Max: Fury Road" prequel? According to Screen Rant , it had the worst second-week drop of any "Mad Max" movie , plunging a staggering 59%.

Now, why exactly is "Furiosa" flopping so hard? It might be a case of unreasonable expectations. "Fury Road" is rightfully hailed as one of the best action movies of all time , but it didn't light the box office on fire at first either. Its domestic opening in 2015 was $42.4 million, ending up at a respectable $380 million worldwide.

Also, Anya-Taylor Joy (who plays the titular Furiosa) is famous but not a definite movie star yet — arguably, her big break was for a TV show ("The Queen's Gambit"), and her last big cinematic hits ("Dune: Part Two" and "The Menu") were sold on bigger stars like Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, and Ralph Fiennes.

"The Garfield Movie" has not been as successful as "Kung Fu Panda 4."

We can't only blame "Furiosa" for the abysmal Memorial Day box office. The other film that opened as counter-programming that weekend was "The Garfield Movie," the second animated adaptation of everyone's favorite grumpy cat.

The film, which stars Chris Pratt as Garfield, made just $31 million on its opening weekend. So, between "Garfield" and "Furiosa," the top two movies at the box office made a total of $63 million.

For context, the No. 1 movie at the box office last Memorial Day weekend was "The Little Mermaid," which made $118 million .

After the billion-dollar success of "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" (also starring Pratt), "Garfield" simply couldn't measure up. The other big animated movie of the year, "Kung Fu Panda 4," opened to $57 million and has made $541 million worldwide.

Another test for "Garfield" will be how it fares against "Inside Out 2" on June 14.

"The Fall Guy" didn't light up box offices in the way some thought it would.

An action rom-com led by the two of the stars of last year's box-office phenomenon, Barbenheimer ? You'd think that'd be a no-brainer smash, but "The Fall Guy" hasn't lived up to those lofty expectations.

Variety reported that the film was projected to debut between $30 and $40 million, but it made just $28.5 million. At this point, it's made $158 million worldwide.

As Business Insider's Jason Guerrasio noted before the film premiered, this May was the first time in 17 years (excluding 2020) that a Marvel movie of some kind hasn't kicked off the summer. Last May's Marvel film, " Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 ," made $118 million domestically in its opening weekend.

With that looming over its head, it's no surprise that "The Fall Guy," based on the little-remembered '80s TV show of the same name, couldn't measure up.

"Argylle" has made less than half its budget back.

Put aside the deeply annoying "Who is the real Agent Argylle?" marketing campaign and think about how wild this is: "Argylle," an action spy-thriller starring Oscar-winner Sam Rockwell, former Superman Henry Cavill, the former star of a multi-billion-dollar franchise Bryce Dallas Howard, living legend Samuel L. Jackson, comedy icon Catherine O'Hara, beloved actor Bryan Cranston, and current pop star Dua Lipa couldn't crack $100 million at the box-office.

Compare that to the $200 million it cost Apple to make, as reported by Indiewire , and that's a true box-office bomb, even if Apple claims otherwise .

"Madame Web" solidified that the Sony Spider-Man Universe is truly in trouble.

If you're unfamiliar with the Sony Spider-Man Universe (or the SSU), here's a quick explanation: Marvel (and, therefore, Disney) now owns the rights to almost all of its comic characters. The one property it can't get back? Spider-Man and all his related villains, friends, and love interests, which are still owned by Sony.

Although Sony and Disney have agreed on a deal that allows Spidey to appear in the MCU , Sony is still holding tight to the rest of his associates, which is how we end up with films like "Venom," "Morbius," "Kraven the Hunter," and yes, "Madame Web."

Why Sony thought this movie was a good idea is beyond us — Madame Web is a little-known character (and matters even less without, you know, Spider-Man around to help save the day), and star Dakota Johnson hasn't proven herself to be a cinematic draw outside IP-driven properties like "Fifty Shades of Grey," which made a combined $1.3 billion worldwide.

With a dismal worldwide box office of $100 million, all that the SSU has proven is that these movies make for good memes .

"The First Omen" also underperformed against initial box-office predictions.

"The First Omen" is by no means a huge disappointment for 20th Century Studios — it's made $53 million worldwide against a $30 million budget — but it wasn't the hit you might've expected from one of the most iconic franchises in horror history .

Variety even reported that projections expected the film to make $14 to $15 million on opening weekend. It made a little over half that: just $8.3 million.

"The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" was 2024's second movie starring Henry Cavill to flop.

Director Guy Ritchie's latest film is about Winston Churchill's secret special forces team that operated in World War II. This team would perform top-secret missions to take down the Nazis — it's destined to become a No. 1 dad movie in the future.

But for now, this film starring Cavill, Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, and Henry Golding will be known as a movie that cost $60 million to make, according to Variety, and earned just $25.3 million.

It's been a rough few years for Cavill post-"Justice League" in 2017. He began starring in "The Witcher" in 2019 (a very successful show by all accounts), only to leave after season three . It's never been officially announced why he left, but the timing did line up with his cameo as Superman in the DCEU film "Black Adam" in 2022.

Unfortunately for Cavill, when James Gunn took over the DC film division , he announced his plans to scrap the entire DCEU (DC Extended Universe) and start fresh with a brand-new Superman , now played by David Corenswet.

And now, Cavill's last two films since his last appearance as Superman in "The Flash" have bombed.

"The Book of Clarence" made just 15% of its budget back.

"The Book of Clarence" is an alternate-history biblical comedy that posits the existence of a 13th Apostle, Clarence.

"The Book of Clarence" is only director Jeymes Samuel's second film. His first, " The Harder They Fall ," was a critical success and enjoyed by viewers, but it debuted on Netflix, so it was hard to gauge what the box office would be like for his follow-up.

It turns out that biblical comedy doesn't go over as well as a Western. According to Variety, "The Book of Clarence" cost $40 million to produce and made only $6.2 million worldwide.

"Lisa Frankenstein" made less than $10 million worldwide.

Cole Sprouse and Kathryn Newton have been tapped as potential movie stars in the next generation of Hollywood and have each been in successful films.

However, their star power and the value of " Frankenstein " as intellectual property didn't help this '80s teen comedy earn money.

Even though it was a relatively cheap film to make at just $13 million, according to Variety, it couldn't crack double digits at the box office. It made only $9.9 million.

"Drive-Away Dolls" is the lowest-grossing film directed by a Coen brother in 33 years.

"Drive-Away Dolls" was directed by Ethan Coen and was the first film he directed on his own without his brother, Joel (excluding the 2022 documentary, "Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind").

It was also the first Coen film to make less than $10 million since 1991's "Barton Fink," which made $6.2 million to "Drive-Away Dolls'" $6.8 million. The Coens have since made 14 films, some of which made as much as $252 million ("True Grit").

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