The 49+ Best Travel Quotes for Couples in 2023

Traveling together as a couple can be a transformative experience for a relationship. Throughout history, several people made remarks that connect romance to travel. There are also quotes couples may want to use for travel, even if they do not explicitly mention traveling.

Our Favorite Travel Quotes for Couples in 2023

From funny to serious, we’ve rounded up the best travel quotes for couples to use on your Instagram, Tiktok, or any other platform!

1. “A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” — John Steinbeck
2. “I have found out there is no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.” — Mark Twain
3. “The most beautiful thing in the world, is, of course, the world itself.” — Wallace Stevens
4. “The travel impulse is mental and physical curiosity. It’s a passion. And I can’t understand people who don’t want to travel.” — Paul Theroux
5. “Actually, the best gift you could have given her was a lifetime of adventures.” — Lewis Carroll
6. “Let’s never come here again because it would never be as much fun.” — Lost in Translation
7. “What we find in a soulmate is not something wild to tame, but something wild to run with.” — Robert Brault
8. “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 a newer and richer experience.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
9. “No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on an old familiar pillow.” — Lin Yutong
10. “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
11. “Though we travel the world over to find the beauty we must carry it with us, or we find it not.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
12. “If happiness is the goal – and it should be, then adventure should be top priority.” — Richard Branson
13. “Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone.” — The Dhammapada
14. “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
15. “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” — Marcel Proust
16. “If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears.” — Cesare Pavese
17. “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, we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.” — John Steinbeck
18. “And if travel is like love, it is, in the end, mostly because it’s a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity, and ready to be transformed. That is why the best trips, like the best love affairs, never really end.” — Pico Lyer
19. “You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.” — Thich Nhat Hahn
20. “It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.” — Andre Gide
21. “A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” — Tim Cahill
22. “Travel opens your heart, broadens your mind, and fills your life with stories to tell.” — Paula Bendfeldt
23. “The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” — Shirley MacLaine
24. “Here’s to all the places we went. And here’s to all the places we’ll go. And here’s to me whispering again and again and again and again: I love you.” — John Green
25. “Home is not where you are from, it is where you belong. Some of us travel the whole world to find it. Others, find it in a person.” — Beau Taplin.
26. “When traveling with someone, take large doses of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.” — Helen Hayes
27. “Travel while you’re young and able. Don’t worry about the money, just make it work. Experience is far more valuable than money will ever be.” — David Avocado Wolfe
28. “Night air, good conversation, and a sky full of stars can heal almost any wound.” — Beau Taplin
29. “People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don’t find myself saying ‘Soften the orange a bit on the right-hand corner.’ I don’t try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.” — Carl Rogers
30. “I love the weirdos. The rule-breakers. The strange, whimsical, outlandish, peculiar, and uncanny. The misfits. The curious, unusual, eccentric, and unpredictable. The freaks. The radical, star-gazing vagabonds. The loners. The rejects. The outsiders. The silly romanticists who ridiculously believe in changing the world someday… because they do.” — Creig Crippen
31. “It was sunsets that taught me that beauty sometimes only lasts for a couple of moments, and it was sunrises that showed me that all it takes is patience to experience it all over again.” — A.J. Lawless
32. “At the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair should be messy and your eyes sparkling.” — Shanti
33. “Did you know that we all have at least one soul place in the physical world? A soul place is a special site or spot where we experience unique feelings of belonging, empowerment, and energetic rejuvenation.” — Mateo So
34. “Traveling in the company of those we love is home in motion.” — Leigh Hunt
35. “Every heart seeks adventure. Some find it in the frost mountains resting along the horizon, some find it in the windy seashores, and some find it in the damp rain forests. While I’ve found my adventure in you.” — Ankit Choubey
36. “To the world, you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.” — Dr.Seuss
37. “The best portion of your life will be the small, nameless moments you spend smiling with those who matter to you.” — Ritu Ghatourey
38. “Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
39. “The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.” — Oprah Winfrey
40. “We haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on our list.” — Susan Sontag
41. “Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination.” — Roy L. Goodman
42. “If we were meant to stay in one place, we’d have roots instead of feet, he said.” — Rachel Wolchin
43. “The comfort zone is a psychological state in which one feels familiar, safe, at ease, and secure. If you always do what is easy and choose the path of least resistance, you never step outside your comfort zone. Great things don’t come from comfort zones.” — Roy T. Bennett
44. “What we find in a soulmate is not something wild to tame. But something wild to run with.” — Robert Brault
45. “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
46. “If happiness is the goal – and it should be, then adventures should be a priority.” — Richard Branson
47. “Being with you turned out to be the wildest, boldest, and the most beautiful adventure I ever took. You’re my crazy adventure.” — Shubhangi
48. “Set fire to all your maps, forget how it’s always been. We’re explorers of the heart, learning to dream again. The adventure of a lifetime with love alone as our guide. Exotic places beyond imagination – ones we’ve longed for deep inside.” — John Mark Green
49. “I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” — Robert Louis Stevenson
50. “Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.” — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Travel Quote for Couples Is Your Favorite?

Whether you like a quote that talks about the parallel adventure of relationships and travel, or a quote that directly describes couples as they travel, there are options to suit your needs.

These quotes can make great tattoos, mantras, or social media captions. Choose sayings that relate to your relationship and travel experience. So what are you waiting for — book your trip today!