Best family travel quotes that will inspire you to live the life of your dreams!
Traveling with kids (and parenting in general) is a wild ride filled with unexpected twists, hilarious mishaps, and heartwarming moments that make it all worthwhile.
If there’s one thing that can make a travel experience even more memorable (and occasionally hilarious), it’s exploring the world with kids in tow. Family travel is a rollercoaster ride of excitement, chaos, and unforgettable moments.
These family trip quotes are guaranteed to make you smile, nod in agreement, and maybe even inspire your next adventure. And they make pretty great Instagram captions as well. 😉
Best Travel With Kids Quotes
1. The best things in life are the people we love, the places we’ve been, and the memories we’ve made along the way.
2. Don’t count the days. Make the days count. – Muhammad Ali
3. The two greatest gifts we can give our children are roots and wings. – Hodding Carter
4. Collect memories. Not things.
5. Blessed are the curious for they shall have adventures. – Lovelle Drachman
6. There will never be a perfect time to travel with your children, so you might as well do it now!
7. Every day we make deposits in the memory banks of our children. – Charles Swindoll
8. Not all classrooms have four walls.
9. You will never regret making family memories.
10. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. – Helen Keller
11. Sometimes you never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory. – Dr. Seuss
12. Travel gives your children things that can never be taken away – experience, exposure, and a way of life.
13. In the end, kids won’t remember the fancy toy you bought them, but they will remember the time you spent with them. – Kevin Heath
14. Actually, the best life you could have given her was a lifetime of adventures. – Lewis Carroll
15. There is no time to be bored in a world as beautiful as this.
16. If we were meant to stay in one place, we would have roots instead of feet.
17. Having kids is a reason to travel, never a reason to stop.
18. Deciding not to travel with kids because they won’t remember the trip is like refusing to read them books because they won’t remember the stories.
19. As soon as I saw you, I knew a grand adventure was about to happen. – Winnie the Pooh
20. Together is our favorite place to be.
21. Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.
22. Jobs fill your pockets, but adventure fills your soul. -Jamie Lyn Beatty
23. The greatest legacy we can leave our children is happy memories. – Og Mandino
24. Not all who wander are lost.
25. Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life. – Dolly Parton
26. You are our greatest adventure.
27. A family that travels together stays together.
28. Traveling with kids comes with challenges, but the reward of seeing the world through your child’s eyes is immeasurable.
29. The best education you will ever get is traveling. Nothing teaches you more than exploring the world and accumulating experiences. – Mark Paterson
30. There is a whole world out there. Pack the diaper bag and go.
31. Memories made together last a lifetime.
32. Kids won’t remember their best day of television.
33. Don’t just tell your children about the world. Show them.
34. We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.
35. If we experienced life through the eyes of a child, everything would be magical and extraordinary. Let our curiosity, adventure, and wonder of life never end. – Akaine Kramarik
36. We were together. I forget the rest. – Walt Whitman
37. We all smile in the same language.
38. Life is more fulfilling when we fill it with experience, not things. Have stories to tell, not stuff to show.
39. Good company in the journey makes the way seem shorter. – Izaak Walton
40. Happiness is experiencing a new place with those you love.
41. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by. And that has made all the difference. – Robert Frost
42. Don’t be the person who is too busy when you are young and too tired when you are old.
43. Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. – Neale Donald Walsch
44. Traveling in the company of those we love is home in motion. – Leigh Hunt
45. May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home. -Trenton Lee Stewart
46. The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. – St. Augustine
47. Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain. – Jack Kerouac
48. We do not stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing. – Ben Franklin
49. You’re off to great places, today is your day. Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way. – Dr. Seuss
50. Oh the places you’ll go. – Dr. Seuss
51. At the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair messy, and your eyes sparkling. – Shanti
52. We have not traveled everywhere, but it’s on our list.
53. Live life with no excuses. Travel with no regret. – Oscar Wilde
54. The world is your playground.
55. Travel is like an endless university. You never stop learning. – Harvey Lloyd
56. You will never regret spending time with your children.
57. You don’t have to be rich to travel well. – Eugene Fodor
58. To be in your children’s memories tomorrow, you have to be in their lives today. – Barbara Johnson
59. Life is short and the world is wide. – Simon Raven
60. In the wilderness lies the hope of the world. – John Muir
61. Just like a bee needs a flower, a child needs nature. – Brandi Rondinelli
62. If we want our children to move mountains, we first have to let them get out of their chairs. – Nicolette Sowder
63. Sad child? Nature. Cranky child? Nature. Bored Child? Nature.
64. There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million. – Walt Straigtiff
65. Tell me and I’ll forget. Teach me and I’ll remember. Involve me and I’ll learn. – Benjamin Franklin
66. Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best. – Bob Talbert
67. Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before. – Dalai Lama
68. Don’t tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon. – Paul Brandt
69. Of all the books in the world, the best stories are found between the pages of a passport.
70. Do more things that make you forget to check your phone.
71. Prioritize spending time with people you love in places you love.
72. The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams. -Oprah Winfrey
73. Kids are the future and deserve to be part of our everyday lives.
74. Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s OK. 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
Funny Family Vacation Quotes
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
76. Traveling without kids is a vacation. Bring them along and it’s a trip.
77. 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
78. My favorite childhood memory is my parents paying for my vacations.
79. Families who hike together always take the high road.
80. 90% of traveling with kids is finding bathrooms and snacks.
81. On my last flight, I asked the flight attendant to switch my seat as I was sitting next to a screaming baby. Apparently, you’re not allowed to do that if it’s your own baby.
82. You’ll never be more thankful for technology than when you are on a long flight with kids.
83. Summer vacation: when parents realize that teachers are grossly underpaid.
84. You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance. – Franklin P. Jones
85. You call it chaos. We call it a family vacation.
I hope you enjoyed these travel with kids quotes & they leave you feeling inspired to plan/take on your next family adventure! Happy travels!
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