If you have a love for road trips like we do, I’m sure it can be a struggle to find the perfect road trip quote for that perfect Instagram photo. Trust me, I have been there way too many times. It starts with a quick google search and the next thing you know, you just spent hours searching for one quote (sigh). Well worry no more, I have compiled a list of only the best road trip quotes. No more google searches and hours lost, just bookmark this article and pull it out when you need a new quote or caption.
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Short Road Trip Quotes For Instagram
Do you just want a quick, short quote about road trips? Look no further. Here are the best short quotes for all your social media shenanigans.
- “Road trips aren’t measured by mile markers, but by moments.” – Unknown
2. “Afoot and lighthearted I take to the open road.” – Walt Whitman
3. “Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.”- Jerry Seinfeld
4. “My favourite thing is to go where I’ve never been.” – Diane Arbus
5. “There’s nowhere to go but everywhere…” – Jack Kerouac
6. “Live life with no excuses, travel with no regret.” – Oscar Wilde
7. “If you come to a fork in the road, take it.”- Yogi Berra
8. “Roads are a record of those who have gone before.”- Rebecca Solnit
9. “All he needed was a wheel in his hand and four on the road.”- Jack Kerouac
10. “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by.”
– Robert Frost
11. “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” – Mark Twain
12. “It’s a road trip! It’s about adventure!… It’s not like we have somewhere to go.”
– John Green
13. “The freedom of the open road is seductive, serendipitous and absolutely liberating.” – Aaron Lauritsen
14. “If you’re on a road trip, you need driving music.” – Edgar Wright
Long Drive Quotes
Here are a few of my favorite quotes to go with those long drives. And by the way, if you are currently on a long drive – ENJOY!
15. “People frequently lose themselves in open roads. After all, open roads are venturesome pathways that beckon unceasingly.” – Unknown
16. “There is something about the momentum of travel that makes you want to just keep moving, to never stop.” – Bill Bryson
17. “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
18. “The world is too big to stay in one place, and life is too short to do just one thing.”
– Unknown
19. “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
20. “I’m really in the mood for a long drive with no real destination.” – Unknown
21. “God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road.” – Isak Dinesen
22. “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
23. “I see my path but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going inspires me to travel it.” – Rosalia De Castro
24. “Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.”
– Jack Kerouac
25. “There’s something about open roads that bellows freedom. They are beguiling, fortuitous and absolutely liberating.” – Unknown
26. “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
27. “An open mind and a willing heart are the beginning of many a great adventure. Let’s get started.” – Colleen Houck
28. “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
29. “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
30. “I love road trips. You get into this Zen rhythm; throw the sense of time out the window.” – Miriam Toews
31. “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
Inspirational Road Trip Quotes
Nothing gets a like or comment better than a quote that resonates with someone. These inspirational quotes are sure to tug at a few heart strings or at least get peoples minds thinking.
32. “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
33. “There are no mistakes. Only new paths to explore.”- Gregory David Roberts
34. “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
35. “I guess the lesson is you can’t go everywhere. You should still go everywhere you can.”- Charles Finch
36. “We’re almost there, but nowhere near it. All that matters is that we’re going.”
– Gilmore Girls
37. “Look at life through the windshield, not the rearview mirror.”- Byrd Baggett
38. “There are no mistakes. Only new paths to explore.” – Gregory David Roberts
39. “If you make the mistake of looking back too much, you aren’t focused enough on the road in front of you.”- Brad Paisley
40. “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
41. “Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere, and sometimes in the middle of nowhere, you find yourself.” – Unknown
42. “Be brave. Be wild, and stay forever hungry for love, art, knowledge and adventure.”
– Erin Van Vuren
43. “Don’t Count The Days. Make The Days Count.” – Muhammad Ali
44. “I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
45. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller
46. “It seems that the more places I see and experience, the bigger I realize the world to be. The more I become aware of, the more I realize how relatively little I know of it, how many places I have still to go, how much more there is to learn.”
– Anthony Bourdain
47. “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
Funny Road Trip Quotes
Feeling goofy? Give these funny road trip quotes a spin.
48. “According to the map, we’ve only gone four inches.” – Dumb & Dumber
49. “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
50. “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
51. “Kilometers are shorter than miles. Save gas, take your next trip in kilometers.”
– George Carlin
52. “Be careful who you make memories with. Those things can last a lifetime.”
– Ugo Eze
Funny Road Trip Captions For Instagram
Does anybody else relate to #59 as much as I do? I get a little sad when they disappear and way too excited if they reappear… Anyway, here is a list of relatable funny Instagram captions.
53. Take only memories, leave only skid marks.
54. Is it a real road trip if you don’t make at least one bad decision?
55. Is it really a road trip without fast food and good tunes?
56. The best part of a road trip isn’t arriving at your destination … it’s the fast food along the way.
57. Is there anything better in life than buying snacks for a road trip?
58. Gone in sixty seconds, and be back never!
59. I get emotionally attached to the cars ahead of me on long road trips.
60. People having babies and getting married…and I’m like: where am I road-tripping next?
61. Work sucks… I’m going on a road trip.
62. All I need is a 3-month vacation four times a year. That’s really not asking for much.
63. Will travel for food (and a good sunset).
Family Road Trip Quotes
Road trips can be such a great bonding experience for families. Here are a few family road trip quotes that capture the moments perfectly.
64. “Traveling in the company of those we love is home in motion.” – Leigh Hunt
65. “There are two kinds of travel: first class and with children.” – Robert Benchley
66. “The greatest legacy we can leave our children is happy memories.”
– Og Mandino
67. “Happiness is planning a trip to somewhere new, with someone you love.”
– Unknown
68. “There are no perfect parents and there are no perfect children, but there are plenty of perfect moments along the way.” – Dave Willis
69. “Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.” – Dolly Parton
70. “Actually, the best gift you could have given her was a lifetime of adventures.”
– Lewis Carroll
71. “Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.”
– Dr. Seuss
72. “In 1903 the Wright brothers invented airplanes because in 1902 they took a road trip across the country with their family.” – Bill Engvall
73. “Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddam mountain.” – Jack Kerouac
74. “A road trip is a way for the whole family to spend time together and annoy each other in interesting new places.” – Tom Lichtenheld
Happy Road Trip Quotes
These happy road trip quotes are sure to leave your heart feeling happy.
75. “If happiness is the goal – and it should be, then adventure should be a priority.”
– Richard Branson
76. “Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.” Roy Goodman
77. “Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation.” – Leo Tolstoy
78. “It feels good to be lost in the right direction.” – Unknown
Road Trip With Friends Instagram Captions & Quotes
Because who doesn’t love a good road trip with a good friend? These captions and quotes should work for any picture you have taken with friends on a road trip.
79. Life is a highway.
80. Road trip hair, don’t care.
81. Endless playlists + coffee + best friends = best road trip ever.
82. “A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.”- Tim Cahill
83. “Sometimes all you need is a good friend and a full tank of gas”- Unknown
84. “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
85. “No road is long with good company.” – Turkish Proverb
86. “Some roads aren’t meant to be travelled alone.” – Chinese Proverb
87. “You can pack for every occasion, but a good friend will always be the best thing you could bring.” – Unknown
88. “Just grab a friend and take a ride, Together upon the open road”
– A Goofy Movie
89. “Life is meant for good friends and great adventures.”- Unknown
90. “Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.”- Izaak Walton
91. “Happiness [is] only real when shared.” – Jon Krakauer
92. “It doesn’t matter where you’re going, it’s who you have beside you.” – Unknown
93. “A good friend listens to your adventures. A best friend takes them with you.”
– Unknown
94. “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
95. “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.”
– Tracy Chapman
Scenic Route Captions
We always take the scenic route when we can. Theres just something magical about it. If you are like us, here are some scenic route captions that you might relate to.
96. “Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey.” – Babs Hoffman
97. “Every once in a while take the scenic route.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.
98. Sometimes the best therapy is a long drive and good music.
99. “Always take the scenic route, you never know what adventures you will find.”
– Unknown
100. “Look for chances to take the less-traveled roads. There are no wrong turns.” — Susan Magsamen
101. “Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.” – Erol Ozan
102. “Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.” – Unknown
103. “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
104. “Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn’t mean to take.”
– Angela N. Blount
105. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
106. “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
107. “Still, round the corner, there may wait, a new road or a secret gate.”
– J. R. R. Tolkien
Unplanned Road Trip Captions
I wish I was a little more spontaneous. Unfortunately, I’m not, but if you are, these unplanned road trip captions are for you.
108. “And just like that, we’re on our way to everywhere.”- Emery Lord
109. “Life’s best moments usually happen unplanned.” – Unknown
110. “You don’t always need a plan, just go.” – Unknown
111. “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.”- Lewis Carroll
112. “Unplanned road trips are memorable. But like you said it depends on the person with whom you’re travelling.” – Akshay V Jain
113. “Unplanned moments are always better than planned ones.” – Unknown
114. “A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.”- Lao Tzu
115. “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
116. “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
117. “Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere, and sometimes in the middle of nowhere, you find yourself.”- Unknown
118. There’s this thing about road trips that throws our sense of time out of the window.
119. Life is too short to not go on that spontaneous road trip.
120. Only going places that spark joy.
The Best Road Trip Quotes
There are a lot of amazing road trip quotes, but these are the best.
121. “People don’t take trips, trips take people.” – John Steinbeck
122. “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
123. “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
124. “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
125. “Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.” – Tom Stoppard
126. “One’s destination is never a place, but rather a new way of seeing things.”
– Henry Miller
127. I can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads.” – Paulo Coelho
128. “At the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair messy and your eyes sparkling.” – Shanti
129. “The road must eventually lead to the whole world.” – Jack Kerouac
Road Trip Puns
Here are a few road trip puns that I thought might make you chuckle.
130. Having a wheel nice time!
131. Loving this road trip, but all this driving is tire-ing!
132. Get Miata here!
133. Having a ferry good time!
134. Yukon have a great time on the open road!
135. We’re going on an ad-van-ture!
136. Been driving all day. I need a brake!
137. Life is better in slow m-ocean!
138. We audi here!
139. You drive me car-azy!
140. RV there yet?
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I hope this list helped you quickly find the perfect caption for your Instagram photo. Please comment below with your favorite road trip quote. I’d love to know.
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“Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey”
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