Kids travel journal for vacations and road trips, 26 undated pages

This kids travel journal helps children aged 6 to 12 plan, draw and write about a vacation, a road trip or a stay with family. The 26 undated pages run from a packing checklist and a trip countdown through eight daily journal pages to a final trip rating. You receive a US Letter and A4 PDF by instant download, with nothing shipped.

It keeps busy hands happy on travel days and leaves you with a sweet record of where you went together.

How this kids travel journal makes the trip more fun

Excitement starts before you leave. Your child writes about themselves and the trip ahead, colors one circle a day on a 14 day countdown, and ticks off a packing list grouped into clothes, wash bag, ride items and special things. Once you are away, each day has a gentle page for the date, location, weather and mood circles, plus a large drawing box and a spot for the best moment. Younger kids can simply draw first and add words later.

Extra pages collect the small things that make a trip special: foods tasted with a yum scale, new words, nature spotting, tickets and souvenirs. With no dates printed, you can print a new copy for each trip and only the number of daily pages you need.

Who this vacation journal is for

• Children 6 to 12 heading off on a road trip, a family vacation, camping or a stay with grandparents
• Parents looking for a screen-free way to fill flights, car journeys, train rides and quiet evenings in a hotel
• Worldschooling and homeschool families who want kids to reflect on and write about each place
• Little artists and writers who prefer to draw first and add a few words afterwards
• Families who would love an easy keepsake from every trip to revisit together

Design and printing

• Calm, minimal pages in white with soft blush pink details that go easy on ink
• Roomy margins so a home printer will not cut anything off
• Portrait pages in A4 (210 x 297 mm) and in US Letter (8.5 x 11 in)
• No dates printed, so it works for any trip, any year
• Large drawing boxes and spacious lines for young writers
• Keep it in a binder or on a clipboard, or ask a print shop to spiral bind it

Inside the kids travel journal: 26 pages

1. 1Cover showing a page index, a line for a name and a my trip to line
2. 2Grown-ups start here. Six tips, a box for our trip notes, checklists for before, during and after the trip, and a list for the travel kit
3. 3All about me. Name and age, a box to draw yourself, my travel crew, I am good at, favorite song, game, animal, color and food, places I have visited, my dream trip and what I always pack
4. 4All about my trip. Where we are going and when, how we will get there, number of nights, who is joining, three facts I know about the place, I can't wait to, I'm a little nervous about, and a box to sketch how I picture it
5. 5Countdown to our trip. Fourteen circles to color, jobs to finish before leaving, questions about the trip, the first sight I want to see and a 1 to 10 excitement scale
6. 6Packing checklist in four groups (clothes, wash bag, for the ride, special things) with don't forget, plus lines for packed by and checked by
7. 7Getting there. A travel day page for leaving and arrival times, how we traveled, what I saw out the window, ways to pass the time, snacks, the longest stretch and a drawing box
8. 8My trip map. A dot grid area to draw the map, a compass, a 6 symbol key and 8 numbered places
9. 9 to 16Daily journal for Day 1 to Day 8 in two layouts that take turns. Both include the date, where I am today, weather and I felt circles, a drawing box and the best part. One adds today we, something new I saw and tomorrow I hope; the other adds what we did today, something I ate, someone I met and today in three words
10. 17Weather watch log covering 10 days: place, weather, warm or cold and what I wore, plus the best and the strangest weather and a drawing of the sky
11. 18Food I tried. Six food cards (the food, where you had it, how it tasted, a 1 to 5 yum scale, would I eat it again), the tastiest thing of all and foods to try next time
12. 19Animals and nature I saw. Checklists for animals, for birds and bugs, and for plants and views, plus a box to draw
13. 20New words I learned. A word table with 11 rows, how to say hello, goodbye, please, thank you, yes and no, and my favorite new word
14. 21The best parts. My top five moments, the funniest thing, the biggest surprise, my bravest moment, something kind and a drawing of a favorite moment
15. 22Tickets and postcards paste page. Six spots to glue tickets, wrappers or maps, each with a what is this line
16. 23My souvenir list. A table with 10 rows, treasures I found, gifts for people back home, my favorite souvenir and where it will live
17. 24Postcards home. One postcard for a friend or relative, one for future me, and a box to draw the picture side
18. 25Trip rating. Score 7 parts of the trip from 1 to 5 with a reason line, give an overall 1 to 10 score, then note would I go back, my trip in one sentence and my next dream destination
19. 26Going home. What I will always remember, what I missed about home, something I learned about the world, what I will tell friends, and a thank-you note for my travel crew

What you download

• Kids Travel Journal in US Letter, PDF, 26 pages
• Kids Travel Journal in A4, PDF, 26 pages
• Read Me First, a quick printing guide (PDF)

How to download and print

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• Open the PDF in a free reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader and print at 100% or Actual size.
• Print only the pages you need, as often as you like, for your own personal use.

Good to know

• This is a PDF for printing rather than a hyperlinked digital planner. You can still bring it into most note taking apps and write on it there.
• You are buying a digital download. Nothing physical arrives by mail.
• Printed colors may look a little different from your screen.
• For use in your own family only. Sharing, reselling or redistributing the files is not allowed.
• Digital files are not returnable. If a file will not open or print correctly, email us and we will help straight away.

How this was made

Designed and written by PetiteDiary. AI tools helped draft parts of the text, and some background scenes in the preview images were created with AI. Every page was designed, reviewed and checked before release.

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