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Custom Travel Journal · Color In The Map

Custom Travel Journal · Color In The Map

You’ve Made the Plans. You’ve Saved Up the Cash. Now, Create a Personalized Travel Notebook as Bold and Original as Your Next Road Trip!

• Choose your travel map
Pick any country, continent, or all 50 states: your travels, your canvas.

• Take it anywhere
Whether you’re cruising down the highway, camping under the stars, or killing time between flights, this journal is as personal as your path.

• Carry an adventure notebook made by real travelers 
Hand-bound by the Transient Books team. We've designed the travel journal we always wanted in our own backpacks.

• Make it unmistakably yours
Add names, dates, and inside jokes right on the cover.

• Bring it on every adventure
Tough enough for backpacks, light enough for carry-ons, and it lays flat so writing feels effortless anywhere.

• Track every place you've been (and where you're going)
Choose your travel checklist of states, countries, or parks, printed on the inside cover.

• Start your next story (or amazing gift) here
For wanderlusters, lovebirds, and new retirees who know life’s better with a good plot twist. Bonus points if it shows up in a gift box.

• Travel. Color. Repeat.
COLORED pencils included.
One trip or twenty: this journal keeps growing with you. It's the travel buddy who's always ready for the next surprise detour.

Regular price $39.00 USD
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THE 6 x 8" TRAVEL JOURNAL

• Hardback, handbound.
• A ribbon page marker is included.

THE LAYFLAT PAGES

YOU CHOOSE:
• blank
• lined
• lined with TRAVEL PROMPTS

PAGE COUNT:
• 100 pages (5/8" thick, 12 oz.)
or
• 200 pages (7/8" thick, 23 oz.)

THE PAPER:
• Heavyweight, white, matte.
• Ideal for a wide range of mediums.

Processing Time

Need it by Christmas? Order by NOVEMBER 29th. Space on our workbench is filling quickly!  CONTACT US.

Bulk Order Discounts

• Order 3+ books and save 15% with code BUY3GET15.
• Need 10 or more? Wholesale inquiries welcome.

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HANDBOUND • PERSONALIZED FOR YOU • HEIRLOOM QUALITY • VERSATILE • (FUN!)

  • Open travel journals displaying three page options: blank, lined, and travel prompts.

    The 6 x 8" Pages · Layflat

    • Blank
    • Lined
    • Or with TRAVEL PROMPTS

  • Closeup of handbound book spines displaying varying page counts. Quality craftsmanship with durable bindings.

    The Page Count

    • 100 pages (5/8" thick)
    • 200 pages (7/8" thick)

  • Personalized world travel journals for couples, hand crafted, staged on a table with typewriter, colored pencils and maps.

    Fully Customizable · Easy to Order

    • Either choose from our designs or create your own.
    • Just make your choices above and we'll send a mock up within 1 day.

Hand holding a pencil over a custom travel journal with a map for coloring in on a library table.

Bring your adventure journal to life.

• Celebrate every stop with a splash of color. Colored pencils included.
• One of our top picks in our Guide to Gifts for Couples Who Have Everything, and it's easy to see why.

Checklist of states visited in a personalized travel scrapbook, capturing every adventure.

Add a travel checklist to the inside cover.

• So every trip starts with a smile and a plan.

Handbound traveler's notebook in a custom slipcase. Personalized and perfect for preserving travel memories in style.

Store your travel journal in a slipcase.

• Because big memories deserve better than the glove box.

GET YOUR FREE COVER MOCKUP
Gift Box for books with gift wrapped handbound book, stickers, postcard, gift note, colored pencils.

Stop them in their tracks.

• Before you hit "add to cart", include the Gift Box Upgrade
• Your personalized, hand-bound travel journal arrives ready to gift.
• INCLUDES: gift note, colored pencils, fun vinyl sticker, gift wrapped book, and a guaranteed wow.

  • Stack of kraft colored and white handbound books stacked on a wooden surface

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    MAKE YOUR DESIGN CHOICES

  • Hand holding a handbound book in book slipcase labeled 'Sammy's Great Adventure' with a custom map design.

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    ADD TO CART

  • WE'LL SEND A MOCK UP
    WITHIN 1 DAY

100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEED · EASY RETURNS

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jwhodes

This is the perfect travel journal for our upcoming adventures in our new RV! I love that we could personalize this, and it’s just the right size to take along and record memories. I chose the lined version, and there’s enough room for details & more. Love the ribbon bookmark & crayons.

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Tami

This book was way better than I imagined. It was the perfect size to fit into my purse. I absolutely love it and cannot wait to start writing down memorable moments of future road trips. Will definitely come in handy when trying to remember details to tell our stories ❤️

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Jesse

Perfect to record our Adventures. Emailed Alex and Magu with my idea and they made it happen. Thank you.

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Karen

I love our book! The book is made of high quality materials & is well made. I was sent a proof which was great to review. And the gift box the book was in is icing on the cake. I highly recommend.

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Heather

Well made and made a great gift!! Love the customizing factor too!

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cecollis

I love documenting adventures in these books. This is my daughter's second book! The way I journal tends to make them chunky - but its satisfying to see a completed one.

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Kristi

I ordered these journals for the surprise activity bags I am putting together for a 3-week homeschool road trip to the East Coast. They are just perfect!! I can't wait for my kids to see them! They can color the front and check off our trip progress, and journal about all that they see each day. The books are well-made, and I love that they are bound by hand. The customer service was amazing!! Quick replies, friendly people. I only wish I had purchased the book with more pages! Two thumbs up!

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Amanda jimenez

I am going on a big international trip with my three kiddos and wanted them to have a travel journal to document their future trips. I contacted the shop and we went back and forth on possible options. They sent me several mockups which made it super easy to envision! They were so patient with me and how many times i added or changed things around and still the gift arrived before Easter! Highly recommend!

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Susan

Just the gift I needed to give my grandson

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Kim Bussey

Great gift for my granddaughters! They loved the travel journals!

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lori shafer

love it thanks, just what i wanted

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Judith Berlinger

High quality book. It is perfect for recording trips in the US for our granddaughter. Customer Service was also great. The book is exactly how we ordered it.

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Kristyn

Love this book, it’s well made and love the customizations. Perfect way to keep all your travel memories in one place.

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suzanne

2nd time ordering from them! Just as great as the first time.

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Cally Harper

100 Stars!! This book is gorgeous! It is fun to color on the front and add notes and photos about each camping trip. The sellers are so friendly and talented, the book is exceptionally well made and I can tell how much pride they take in their craft. Thank you so much!!!

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Sree

This was perfect for my son and his travels!

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chris knope

Seller worked closely with us, responding quickly, and helped with dates for delivery, item options, and made the transaction very smooth. The item arrived for our 5 year old, prior to our next Adventure, and she loved it! she is so interested in travel, history or our country and states, as well as wanting to begin to document her journeys, at 5, amazing!! Thank you!!

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Etsy customer

Turned out so good! Can’t wait to gift it soon!

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Sandy Dumblauskas

My friends loved it! Great gift for new retirees!

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Jeanette R

I love the special made book and cant wait to use it

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Nic

Very timely and genuinely friendly communications with the sellers.

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Beth

An elevated way to capture Spring Break memories. Thanks!

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MacKenzie

Perfect. I love being able to customize. Better than anything off amazon!

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Ivy Kingsley

Beautiful book, great materials. It is so refreshing to purchase an item from the actual people, as it has become so difficult to find these days on Etsy. Very happy with this purchase!

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Jessica Seide

Great quality work. Had a little mix-up and they worked great and quickly to resolve it!

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Mackenzie Smith

Second time purchasing one of these books and the quality is just fantastic. Highly recommend!

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Lindsay McDermott

Product was as expected and arrived on time.

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Calvin

My mom loves it!! I gave it to her a few days after her birthday because I ordered it a little late, so just make sure you have time to let them craft the book! So happy with it and can’t wait for her to get to use it this summer!!

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Bill Callander

Great personalized gift. Our granddaughter loves it!

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Nicole Kay

Second time purchasing for my kiddos. Love it!