High tides, good vibes and vacation Instagram captions will be the cherry on top of your travel posts this year
150 Vacation Instagram Captions for Your Next Getaway
Updated on Nov. 13, 2024
No matter the season, it’s always the perfect time to start planning your dream vacation! From mapping out your weekend escape to locking in those precious vacation days at work, the fun doesn’t stop there—crafting vacation Instagram captions is part of the adventure, too.
Below, we’ve put together a collection of cute, funny and clever Instagram vacation caption ideas that will make your getaway photos pop—beach captions included! Whether you’re soaking up the sun or exploring new cities, these captions are just what you need to make your posts unforgettable.
S0, scroll down to find the perfect vacation Instagram caption that’ll make your travel memories shine on your feed!
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Cute vacation Instagram captions
1. Adventure awaits!
2. Out of office.
3. Beach hair, don’t care.
4. Eating my way through vacation.
5. Suns out, buns out.
6. Another day in paradise.
7. Feet are tired, but heart is happy.
8. Catch planes, not feelings.
9. Taking the scenic route.
10. 3 … 2 … 1 … takeoff.
11. On island time.
12. Sweet escape.
13. Infected with wanderlust.
14. Hitting the road again.
15. Cheers to flip-flops and margaritas.
16. Bon voyage!
17. In my happy place.
18. Collecting passport stamps.
19. This place makes me want to change my address.
20. High tides and good vibes.
21. Time flies until you have to head back to work after a vacation.
22. Life is one big adventure.
23. Happiness is planning a vacation.
24. Walking on sunshine.
25. Appreciating the little things.
26. Found my paradise and I’m never leaving!
27. BRB, out of office and straight to the beach!
28. Life’s better in flip-flops.
29. Passport full, heart fuller.
30. Exploring new places, one cute cafe at a time.
31. When in doubt, vacation it out.
32. Sorry, I can’t answer the phone right now … I’m in a tropical state of mind.
33. Goodbye stress and hello flights, positive feelings and views.
34. Living my best life one vacation at a time.
35. Collecting memories, not things.
Funny vacation Instagram captions
36. This vacation is so long, I forgot my email password.
37. Go where the Wi-Fi connection is weak.
38. There’s so much to sea—don’t get tide down in one place.
39. Going where the Sunday Scaries can’t find me.
40. First day back at work after a vacation, and I’m inspired to book my next trip.
41. Some may call it anarchy, but we call it a family vacation.
42. What we all need is six months of vacation, two times per year.
43. Don’t be rude and keep your vacation waiting.
44. When all else fails, take a vacation.
45. Tropic like it’s hot.
46. To-do list: nothing.
47. Not an outdoorsy person? Unbe-leaf-able.
48. Don’t mind me—just exploring all the places I can get lost in.
49. Dear diet … it’s you … and all this delicious vacation food.
50. I need six months of vacation … twice a year.
51. Some call it a vacation … I call it a food fest.
52. I always follow my heart. This time, it led me to the airport.
53. I’m in a complicated relationship with my suitcase: It’s always full, but I somehow don’t have enough outfits.
54. Do vacation calories count? Asking for a friend.
55. My favorite exercise is running to the airport.
56. I’m on island time, so don’t ask me for the time because I’ll never know.
57. Who needs therapy when you have a passport?
58. Vacation mode: ON.
59. TBH, I could get used to this non-alarm-clock lifestyle.
60. Catching, flights, feelings and sunburns.
61. The only tan lines I want are from sunglasses.
62. My favorite travel companion is the minibar.
63. Jet lag is my cardio.
64. Sorry, I’m OOO. If you need me, I’ll be ignoring you from a beach somewhere.
65. Vacation mode: Hair in a bun, getting nothing done.
66. Oops, I went on another vacation. My bank account can cry about it later.
67. I’ve got 99 problems, but I’m ignoring them because I’m on vacation.
68. Win of the day: getting out of bed early just to catch a flight.
Clever vacation Instagram captions
69. Soaking up some vitamin sea.
70. Czech out these pics!
71. I Louvre Paris.
72. I have an in-tents love of camping.
73. Leaving Berlin was the wurst.
74. Sea you soon!
75. Rome-ing Italy.
76. Living in a screensaver.
77. California dreaming.
78. Irish I didn’t leave Dublin.
79. Girls just want to have sun.
80. Sun-day at the beach.
81. Vacation mode: activated.
82. It’s all for the Amster-gram.
83. Italy sliced a pizza my heart.
84. Seas the day and make some waves.
85. Shell yeah, it’s vacay time!
86. I’ll be honest, I shore needed this vacation.
87. Shell-ebrating good times!
88. Water you doing this summer? I’m on vacation!
89. Time to re-fresh my mind.
90. This place is un-Belize-able!
91. I’m feeling fin-tastic!
92. Tropic like it’s hot!
93. Feelin’ fine and pine-appled.
94. BRB, going coast-al and loving every minute of it!
95. Having a whale of a time!
96. This trip is just plane awesome!
97. Don’t go chasing water-falls—unless you’re on vacation!
98. Vitamin Sea: the cure for stress and all things life.
99. Another day, another chance to seas the day and make unforgettable memories!
European vacation Instagram captions
100. Ciao for now! Europe is calling my name.
101. Living my best life, one European pastry at a time.
102. When in Rome … eat gelato for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
103. Taking life one cobblestone street at a time.
104. BRB, pretending I’m in a fairytale living in this European castle.
105. From Paris with love (and lots of baguettes).
106. My goal: Find the best cappuccino in Italy, one sip at a time.
107. Bonjour from the City of Lights!
108. London’s calling, and I must go!
109. Feeling like a kid again in the city of Peter Pan.
110. No filter needed when you’re in the Swiss Alps.
111. Exploring Europe: where history and my Instagram feed collide.
112. Travel tip: Always say yes to gelato.
113. How do you say, “never going home,” in every European language?
114. Bruges-ing through Belgium like it’s a fairytale.
115. No time to siesta, it’s time to fiesta in Spain!
116. Paris, I hope our love affair never ends.
117. Living my best life in the land of royalty and tea.
118. Don’t mind me, just having a Big Ben moment in the big city.
119. Can someone pay me to explore castles full time?
120. I’ve got the case of the travel bug and Europe is my cure!
121. It’s truly impossible to be sad when surrounded by European pastries!
122. Just a small town girl, livin’ it up in Europe!
123. Woke up in a dream … wait it’s just Europe.
124. Checking off my European bucket list, one country at a time.
125. When in Europe, always say yes to dessert.
126. Living my best posh life in London.
127. There’s nothing more beautiful than London nights and city lights!
128. Walking in the footsteps of Harry Potter and Sherlock Holmes.
129. Finding magic at every corner in Covent Garden.
130. Finally living my Cheetah Girl dreams in Barcelona!
131. Living la vida loca in Barcelona!
132. Falling in love with Spain, one tapas at a time.
133. Exploring every corner of the Gothic Quarter, one step at a time.
134. Czeching Prague off my bucket list!
135. From the Astronomical Click to the hidden alleyways, Prague’s got my heart ticking.
136. Fairytales aren’t real … unless you’re in Europe!
Travel quotes to use as Instagram captions
137. “The travel writer seeks the world we have lost — the lost valleys of the imagination.” —Alexander Cockburn
138. “Through travel I first became aware of the outside world; it was through travel that I found my own introspective way into becoming a part of it.” —Eudora Welty
139. “Travel is the most private of pleasures.” —Vita Sackville-West
140. “Adventure is a state of mind and spirit.” —Jacqueline Cochran
141. “Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” —Miriam Beard
142. “We must travel in the direction of our fear.” —John Berryman
143. “Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not. ” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
144. “Travel, which is like a greater and a graver science, brings us back to ourselves.” —Albert Camus
145. “Where is the “unexplored land” but in our own untried enterprises?” —Henry David Thoreau
146. “Year by year we are learning that in this restless, strenuous American life of ours, vacations are essential.” —Ellsworth Huntington
147. “Traveling is the great true love of my life.” —Elizabeth Gilbert
148. “I feel about travel the way a happy new mother feels about her impossible, colicky, restless newborn baby —I just don’t care what it puts me through. Because I adore it. Because it’s mine. Because it looks exactly like me.” —Elizabeth Gilbert
149. “If you wish to advance into the infinite, explore the finite in all directions.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
150. “When moving forward toward the discovery of the unknown, the scientist is like a traveler who reaches higher and higher summits from which he sees in the distance new countries to explore.” —Louis Pasteur
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