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10 travel memory prompts for when you get home
Ten travel memory prompts to say out loud when you get home, about the best moment, small surprises and what you'd do again. Keep the trip in your own voice.
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How do you remember a trip?
A few days after a trip, the big moments are still there and the small ones are already going. The smell of a street, the thing that went wrong and made everyone laugh.
These ten prompts ask for those, out loud, about a minute each. Do one or two the first evening you are home. If you use a voice journal like Dearly, it writes the page for you while you talk.
What questions should you ask after a trip?
The small details that are already fading. Do one or two the first evening you are home.
- What was the best moment of the whole trip?
- What did I see that I keep thinking about?
- How would I describe this trip in three words?
- What did I do there that I wouldn’t do at home?
- What did I bring back that isn’t in my bag?
- Who would I take with me next time?
- What would I do differently?
- What smell or sound takes me straight back there?
- What was the funniest thing that went wrong?
- What do I want to tell my friends about it first?
How do you use these prompts?
- Start in the first few days. The small details go first, so earlier is better.
- Answer with a story. “The funniest thing that went wrong” wants the whole story, not a label.
- Do it with someone else. Ask the question, let them answer, then answer yourself.
- Keep adding. If another memory turns up next week, record it. The trip does not end at the airport.
Related: travel journaling prompts for during the trip · more journaling prompts to say out loud · the complete voice journaling guide · Dearly, the voice journal.