For most travelers nowadays, home is the only destination. But just because we can’t physically travel right now, it doesn’t mean that we can’t dream about our future adventures or even plan for future travel!
Maybe you’re dreaming of going to Bali or hopping on a flight to Europe? Or you’re more of an adventurous soul and planning on hunting for northern lights in Iceland? Taking an unforgettable road trip across the U.S? Whatever your plans are, these picture-perfect Instagram travel accounts will get you inspired and feed you with recommendations on where to stay, what to eat, and how to get the most out of your journey. So, sit back, relax, and get ready for some major travel inspiration. These 35 travel accounts will take you all over the world.
1. @wheresmollie
Mollie’s goal on her site is to promote travel guides for fellow travelers along with good vibes. The white and snowy pictures of Niseko, Hokkaido, the dreary days in London, and the clear blues of Lake Louise, Alberta all maintain a bright theme, although all cities are different. Her page also includes posts featuring positive quotes and videos featuring travel tips.
2. @glographics
Gloria Atanmo is blogging abroad to help women make a bigger impact and income. When she’s not exploring the Amalfi Coast, walking the streets of New York City, or celebrating at Oktoberfest in Germany, she creates mini episodes on her Instagram travel account motivating women to be strong and self-confident. She also goes on tour around the world as a motivational speaker.
3. @wherewetravelto
Dynamic duo Nat and Roland travel the world together with a passion for adventure. Just last year, this lovely couple traveled in their stylish self-made RV to places like Germany, Kranjska Gora, and Algarve to score the ultimate views of beaches, night skies, and mountains. The most exciting moments can come from backpacking around the world with the intentions of just going with the flow.
4. @taylorstracks
Taylor helps realistic women have breakthrough experiences through personal development and spirituality. Her travel Instagram account features many peaceful places around the world, including Bali, Croatia, and Morocco. Taylor also provides a podcast that you can find on her page, along with positive and encouraging quotes.
5. @drinkteatravel
Sustainable travel advocates Oksana and Max are travel bloggers currently they self-isolating in Costa Rica. Although they live their lives in the greenery and travel to most tropical places like Cape Tribulation and Gangga Island, they’re friends of traveling to busier cities like Berlin, Germany and Queensland, Australia.
6. @samkolder
Sam Kolder explores the world with ecstasy. He loves high-thrill activities like skydiving in Costa Rica, yoga over cliffs in Hawaii, or tightrope walking in Utah. As he states himself, he takes everything in a creative direction. As a professional videographer and Youtuber, he’s no stranger to film, which is how he gets these spectacular, almost impossible pictures.
7. @wanderingwanderluster
Call her Superwoman, because Samantha Barbagallo is a travel blogger, independent travel agent, and a full-time mom all wrapped into one person. She’s currently based in Prague with her husband & son and often shares tips on parenting versus travel, which makes this Instagram travel account relatable for families.
8. @travelpockets
Candy Waltrip and Crystal Behrends are sisters who love travel and fashion. They travel the world looking for distinct cities and towns and grasp the world’s fashion. From flowy dresses in Lago Atitlan, to long coats in Belgium, to business casual in San Diego, these girls know how to travel in style.
9. @mrsoaroundtheworld
Ana Silva O’Reilly covers luxury travel, beauty, fashion, and lifestyle. Her bright pops of color in all of her photos help bring out the gorgeousness of landscapes, food, and outfits. Plates of food in England make for clean, colorful pictures that are enticing to the viewer’s eye. That same enticement can be found with the greens leaves, white sand, and blue water of the Maldives.
10. @taramilktea
Tara Whiteman is a woman from Sydney, Australia, all about creativity. Her Instagram shows off the spectacular and unique activities she does while abroad. She loves to document her daily lifestyle by including her latest travel adventures, including food, places, and people. Unique photos include wearing a kimono in a restaurant in Japan as she learns to make tempura from a chef, and taking a night stroll under a tunnel of lights, surrounded by snow in British Columbia.
11. @doyoutravel
Jack Morris can be seen on his Instagram travel account talking with locals in Varanasi Ghats, India, traveling on trains in the hills of Switzerland, or riding on scooters with his dog in Bali. Each photo is a bit faded to give a more vintage look. Although these places may not always seem like “vacation” destinations, they are special.
12. @wearetravelgirls
Becky van Dijk and Vanessa Rivers are two girls looking to inspire, connect and educate female travelers. Their Instagram travel account features posts summarizing different vacation spots, providing city overviews, basic facts, top things to do, and more. Spots include hidden gems like Mostar, Bosnia and Lake Bled, Slovenia.
13. @captainandclark
This couple met at Kilimanjaro, coupled up in Korea, and got engaged at the Taj Mahal. Their Instagram travel page is wholesome for families to trust when deciding on a family vacation. Many of their sweet travel pictures include their kids, featuring the cobblestone streets of Estonia, playing in the beaches of Kailua, and viewing ranches in Tennessee.
14. @being_her
An inspirational duo, deaf twins Hermon and Heroda enjoy seeing the beauty of the world. The icons strut the streets of England, Portugal, and Greece in matching ensembles. They show their closeness in sisterhood and friendship as they are always hand in hand or enjoying each other’s company.
15. @jurajpagac
Juraj is a travel and lifestyle blogger from Slovakia. He takes the most stunning photos of landscapes from all over the world. From rocky ledges of Tenerife, to bare, snowy trees of beautiful mountain tops in Slovakia, to the flowers of Kopanice, Juraj finds a way to accentuate a place’s beauty.
16. @wanderreds
Alvaro Rojas is the youngest Spaniard to visit every single country in the world. Not only has he enjoyed a once-in-a-lifetime trip around the world but he has also done some pretty unique cultural activities while passing through, such as partaking in Holi while in Uttar Pradesh, hiking Yemen in traditional clothing, and sleeping in a ryokan in Japan.
17. @travelmamas
Colleen Lanin is a mom who loves traveling with her family, teaching them about different cultures around the world. Her page features her kids immersed in the culture, like her son riding a camel in the Sahara Desert in Morocco, or her daughter adding a wish to a group of written prayers at the Shanghai Confucian Temple in China.
18. @jenmorilla
Jen Morilla uses her Instagram to educate online business owners on how to build, serve, scale and impact. She is the founder of #DoItForHumanity, which is a movement defining the power of creating a human connection to change the world. When she isn’t living her best life in New York, she’s seen in her photos smiling in Costa Rica or Australia.
19. @jetsetchristina
Christina Vidal’s goal is to get her followers to live life with a suitcase in hand. Her Instagram travel account indicates she is a fan of the warm weather; traveling to hot spots like Key West, Florida, the Amalfi Coast, Italy, and Bali, Indonesia. She’s all about beach vibes!
20. @the_globbers
Luca Pezzolo and Ale Zorzin are Italian travelers who display their love around the world in heart-warming photos. They visit romantic cities together, like Paris, London, and Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. But they also make romance in underappreciated cities, like Wadi Rum, Jordan.
21. @lucylaucht
Lucy Laucht’s Instagram travel account looks timeless, as the editing of the photos look washed and vintage. There is a mixture of portraits and landscapes as if each of these photos should be hung up on a wall. These art gallery quality photos are taken in Marrakech, Copenhagen, and Tamil are awe-inspiring.
22. @aworldtotravel
Inma and Jose are a travel couple who care about sustainable travel. The couple focuses on storytelling, capturing what surrounds them, not who’s in them. Some of these photos include beautiful sunsets in Cuba and Galicia. If they aren’t sunsets, many are beaches and bodies of water, enticing people to visit lesser-known places like Algarve and Ribadeo.
23. @alexstoen
Storyteller Alex Stoen is an explorer who photographs portraits of people and their surroundings. Some are simplistic portraits in China, poses in Cuba, or candid photos in the Dasenech Village. Simplicity can be found in landscapes as well, like places such as Bagan, Agra City, and beyond.
24. @beautifuldestinations
This is a climate-positive sustainable Instagram travel account meant to inspire people to connect and leave positive impacts on the world. Many of their breathtaking views on their page are spotted out of windows overlooking Paris, Ibiza, Praiano and more.
25. @_itsbeautifulhere
Custom travel itineraries can be found on Gigi Hopkins’s account. She left her corporate job to do what she loves; traveling. She shares her favorite finds, from the popular spots to the secret gems located in Hydra, Greece, Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, and Western Cape, South Africa.
26. @jamiebeck.co
After a year’s stay in Provence, France, Jamie Beck fell in love with the city and left Manhattan, New York. Her Provence photos show amazing landscapes that look surreal. Pictures of foggy skies from Luberon and Somerset act as if they could be painted and placed in a frame.
27. @girlgoneabroad
Lauren fills her Instagram travel page with the most interesting pictures, such as a spiral staircase located at Mirador El Rio in Spain. It also shows the front steps of a house covered by a cherry blossom tree at Notting Hill, London. These “of the beaten path” pieces help to grasp the inner beauty of cities.
28. @saltyluxe
Sarah is a solo traveler that loves the tropical paradises, inspiring wanderlust in female voyagers. Pictures feature kangaroos in Lucky Bay, Australia, hanging in a hammock in the ocean in the Maldives, and sailing away in Bora Bora.
29. @earthespedition
If you don’t usually explore the outdoors, this Instagram travel account might make you. Owen walks through rivers in British Columbia, treks through the snow in Pamukkale, and hikes up mountains in Nepal. You can also see him hiking steep trails, walking on fallen tree trunks, and climbing on rocks.
30. @girlinflorence
Georgette Jupe is giving followers on her Instagram travel account the perfect resource for what there is to do in Italy. Pictures include her time in Venice during the Carneval, eating delicious desserts in Florence, and sight-seeing statues in Tuscany.
31. @helloemilie
Australian storyteller Emilie Ristevski focuses on landscape and interesting finds. A wanderer blends in with the barren lands of Nikko, Tochigi. She also captures a lighthouse overlooking the water in Yakushima, Japan.
32. @atwbeauty
Stephanie Flor travels the world as a makeup artist, immersing in cross-cultural beauty experiences. Each post from her travels from Morocco to France and New York City shows the beauty of the person and culture. Her Instagram travel account also gives beauty advice in videos and journey tips.
33. @julieknailsnyc
Incorporating nail inspiration with travel, nail artist Julie from New York City shows off her color creativity while traveling the world. A combination of beauty tips and nail tips are carried through Paris, Las Vegas, Palm Springs and beyond.
34. @paperplanesblog
Alana mostly blogs about her life in Thailand. Living in Chiang Mai for over eight years, she is the perfect travel guide for the country. She can show you spots off the beaten path such as the Supanniga Home, the Mekong Villas, and Angkor Archaeological Park.
35. @globetotting
A family travel blog, Katja is the mother to three kids who love outdoor adventures. Pictures of the kids in front of architectural buildings in Portugal, kayaking in Scotland, and playing dress up in Bath, England are inspiring for fun endeavors.
Travel bucket list updated?
These Instagram travel accounts prove there is so much of the world to see. The wanderlust you might feel after going through this list is strong. These accounts will give you the best inspiration for solo travelers, traveling couples, and traveling families and each account consists of something unique. Even if they consist of the same country, what you see on one account, might not be the same on another, and that’s the beauty of travel accounts.