Document Your Travels - New York 2025

If you've followed me for a while, you know that I completely changed the way I document my travels after a whirlwind anniversary trip in 2023. Instead of packing lots of supplies and trying to create beautiful pages while I was traveling, I simplified everything.

Now, before every trip, I prepare a Traveler's Notebook insert with a spread for each day. While I'm traveling, I spend just 15–20 minutes each evening capturing the day's highlights, stories, and details - nothing more. Then, when I get home, I can take my time adding photos, memorabilia, and creative touches without worrying about forgetting the little moments that made the trip special.

It's a simple system that has made travel documenting so much more enjoyable, and it's the process I used throughout our trip to New York as well.

One of the biggest advantages of prepping my Traveler's Notebook before leaving was that I could begin documenting immediately, on the plane.  With only minimal supplies in my carry-on, I was capturing memories before I had even landed.

Between working on the plane and 15-20 minutes at the end of each in the hotel, I had the basics of the trip already documented!

When I returned home, all the hard work was already done. I could take my time adding photos, tickets, maps, and memorabilia, enjoy the creative process, and create pages I truly loved - without feeling rushed or exhausted after a full day of sightseeing.

If you'd like to learn more about how and why I document my travels this way & why it's been so successful, be sure to check out my full blog post here.

See more of my travel TN spreads here.  

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Want to learn more about my complete travel documenting process? Check out my  Document Your Travels e-Course, where I share my system from start to finish - including how I prepare before a trip, document while I'm traveling, taking and organizing photos, organizing memorabilia, and bringing it all together into meaningful keepsakes when I get home.

The Document Your Travels self paced e-course is based on a process I followed to successfully document an 18 day trip abroad in 2023, while I was traveling, with only a backpack and a carry-on, & it couldn't have been easier!

This Document Your Travels self paced e-course is a 3 part video series - 

Part I - how to prepare to document before you go on a trip

Part II - how to easily capture all the details on the go, while you’re traveling, including tips for collecting all the memorabilia & things and organizing your photos along the way

Part III - how to put it all together when you return home from the trip, regardless of whether in a Traveler’s Notebook, mini book, 12x12 scrapbook, etc.

Click here to learn more!