What you call your travel blog is important.
It’s more than just a name. It’s part of your brand. In a way, your blog name basically becomes you.
It’s also worth remembering that you’ll be saying and writing your travel blog’s name a lot, so you need something with a decent “shelf life.”
Project yourself into the future. Six months down the line, you still want to be proud of the name rather than squirming each time you hear it!
So, how do you pick one that’s perfect?
Read on for my two cents on the best travel blog names and how to find one that’s right for you.
3 Key Tips for Picking the Best Travel Blog Names
I’ll start with a few quick suggestions that are worth keeping in mind as you search for a blog name…
1. Don’t Pursue Perfection
Don’t spend too long choosing a travel blogger name.
While it’s definitely important, it isn’t worth getting caught up in finding the ‘perfect’ name. It doesn’t exist.
This is often the starting point in the blog creation process, and it can be easy to use this sort of decision to delay the process of starting the real, scary work.
As they say, “Don’t major in the minors.” Find something you like, pull the trigger, and move on to the next (usually more important) job. Over time, through some quirk of psychology, you should come to like the name more anyway.
2. Get Creative
Give yourself absolute creative freedom when coming up with ideas.
Do some research to generate initial thoughts, then brainstorm.
- Research different travel terminology
- Utilise online thesauruses
- Try an AI tool, like ChatGPT
- Consider how your own personal name might be involved
- Research travel poems and quotes
- Find travel names in other languages
- Stick different names/words together
- Take the ends off words
- …and so on and so forth.
Get creative, then test the ideas out. Ask people around you what they think. If you like it and they like it, then your future audience should, too.
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3. Check Availability
Be sure to check your travel name is available when you come up with something good.
There’s nothing worse than finding one you love, starting the process of creating the site, and then discovering it’s been taken. So:
- Search online to see if it’s already being used
- See if the domain name is available to purchase
There are many places to buy domain names, like GoDaddy, Namecheap, and Squarespace. To prevent someone from taking the one you like, buy it as soon as possible.
Important: Try to get the “.com” version of the domain. You might find that it’s already taken, but the “.co.uk” or “.org” (or similar) versions are available. It’s up to you, but I’d avoid them.
The “.com” domains tend to rank higher and more easily online, which is a big part of creating a successful blog. Whenever I buy a domain name these days, it’s “.com” or nothing.
12 of the Best Travel Blog Names
Moving on, I thought I’d put together a list of the best travel blog names I’ve come across online. I thought they might be useful inspiration for finding one for yourself.
Here are 12 catchy blog names and what (in my opinion) makes them so good.
Unique Blog Names
I love unique blog names. This one is made extra special by its imagery and simplicity. It’s a fantastic metaphor for being well travelled.
This one’s a great example of fitting the ethos of a blog into its name. You know from reading it exactly the type of travel stories you’re going to be reading.
A great example of using a question in a blog name. It also seems related to ‘Where’s Wally?’ so it shows how you can draw inspiration from pop culture, media, and so on.
Goats on the Road is one of the biggest travel blogs online. The blog name is quirky and fun and makes me want to find out more about these goats…
Catchy Blog Names
I think this blog name is just exceptionally cool. It’s catchy and fills my mind with images of grand exploits and adventures.
Cool, concise, and to the point, this blog name is surprisingly evocative, thanks to the word vagabond.
A similar feel to ‘Bruised Passports’ and another example of an emotive blog name that’s both descriptive and full of imagery.
Simple, concise, and to the point. The clue is in the name, right? You know exactly what you’ll be reading about when you click through to the site.
Creative Blog Names
Another example of a cool blog name! It’s emotive, poetic, and full of imagery, all of which I love.
This is an awesome example of getting some humour into creative blog names. It tells you not only the name of the blog owner, but the quirkiness hints at their personality too and the style of writing you might come across.
The guy who runs this blog is Ed Rex. His site’s name demonstrates that there are no rules when it comes to deciding what to call your own. You can mix and match words, add things, alter things, and so on. The outcome of this approach, as with Ed’s blog, is usually fun and unique.
This one’s funny and immediately grabs your attention. It shows the author/owner has a sense of humour and suggests the writing may follow suit! It is also a more oblique reference to travel.
How to Choose Your Blog Name: The 6 C’s
The best travel blog names seem to tick at least one of six boxes. Factor as many as you can into your own blog name, and you should be on to a winner.
1. Cool
The best blog names are “cool.” Unfortunately, it’s hard to define what’s cool and what isn’t. You just sort of know it when it’s there.
A few of the names above stand out to me as being particularly cool. ‘Our Wild Abandon’ is my favourite.
2. Catchy
I highlighted four particularly catchy names for travel blogs above, but most of them tick this box. They roll off the tongue, leverage alliteration, and/or have a particular rhythm to them.
These things help the name stick in your memory, which is an obvious plus when trying to get your name out there.
3. Comical
A few blog names above incorporate humour. ‘She Gets Around’ is a prime example. It’s a clever play on words that makes you smile and gives an insight into the personality of the blogger behind the site.
I think humour helps because it’s endearing. It makes you like the site before you even click on it.
4. Creative
A couple of the blog names above were quite simple (‘Plan Save Travel,’ for example). Yet most had a good dose of creativity.
Think about ‘Bruised Passports’ or ‘This Battered Suitcase.’ Both of those names are fantastic images that have a poetic feel to them.
5. Clever
Whether they use alliteration, word-play, a specific reference or imagery, some blog names are just clever. Again, ‘She Gets Around’ is a good example. It’s a clever play on words that helps create a catchy, memorable title.
6. Concise
The best blog names are short and concise. There are no unnecessary words, which is partly why I think they’re so catchy.
The ‘wordiest’ blog name above had four words in it. Most had two or three. When you come up with your own, try to follow suit.
15 Original Travel Blog Names You Can Use
Using the 6 Cs for inspiration, I thought I’d finish with a quick list of travel and lifestyle blog name ideas. You’re free to use them, but I haven’t checked to see if they’re available or not!
- Snapshot of my Suitcase
- Wild Wanderings
- Shameless Nomad
- Travelling Truly
- One Endless Journey
- Travel Trickster
- Wings and Wanderlust
- Life in the Sand
- Voracious Voyager
- Diary of a Vagabond
- The Travel Guy
- Never Ending Exploration
- Intrepid Travel Tricks
- Global Wandering
- Love Living Life
For more help coming up with ideas, here’s a blog name generator.
Time to Pick Your Travel Blog Name
There you have it: a quick guide on how to choose the best travel blog names. I hope it’ll help you research, brainstorm, and stumble upon one you like.
Looking for more advice to get your blog off the ground? Here are 100 tips I wish I’d known before I started.
