A turquoise double El Camino Bracelet featuring Giraffe Animal Step, Turtle Animal Step and Berlin, Maldive and Machu Picchu Steps.

5 Ways To Preserve Your Travel Memories And Celebrate Your Travel Story So Far

For anyone who loves to travel, explore new places, and tick items off their bucket list, there comes a time when you might ask yourself… “How should I keep track of my travel memories?” 

Whether you want to remember where you’ve been without relying on souvenirs or want to enjoy a customised reminder of your adventures - cherishing your travel memories and creating a personalised, physical record of your travels is truly something to treasure. 

As a team of travel lovers, we’ve collectively visited over 100 countries between us, and we know a thing or two about keeping travel memories alive - so we’ve put together the 5 best ways to celebrate your travels and preserve your precious memories! These ideas will help you keep the magic of travel alive or even inspire you to gift a loved one a reminder of their travels.  

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How to keep travel memories alive?

Whether you’ve embarked on a life-changing solo trip, or you love nothing more than a spontaneous weekend away with friends - travel truly is the gift that keeps on giving. It broadens our horizons, pushes us outside our comfort zones and introduces us to endless new sights and experiences - it’s only natural to want to keep those precious memories alive and well. The best way to keep these memories fresh in our minds is with physical reminders - jewellery, photos, souvenirs from your travels - anything that sparks a memory and reunites you with the experience of that destination. 

 

An El Camino Bracelet filled with travel charms including India, Italy, Barcelona and South Africa. Pictured at the Scarlet Hotel in Newquay.

Wearing your travel memories with El Camino Bracelets 

The original travel bracelet, adored by thousands of travellers worldwide. With over 60,000 handmade bracelets sold to date, an El Camino Bracelet is the ultimate way to treasure your travels. 

Choose your bracelet, necklace or anklet and add the countries, cities, landmarks, seas and oceans you’ve explored! You can even add animal encounters and natural phenomena to your El Camino to record where you’ve been, what you’ve seen, and where you’re going next. 

Made from durable, sustainable materials, every El Camino is completely adventure-proof, meaning you can wear your travel memories every day and continually add to it, step by step, as you explore the world. 

We know that it’s not just about where you go, it’s about the memories you make - that’s why you can add personalised Custom Steps to your bracelet engraved with special moments and unique experiences like birthdays, coordinates, anniversaries…the options are truly endless. 

Join over 78,000 travellers celebrating their travel story with El Camino here. 

Black travel charm bracelet with charms for France, Berlin and Barcelona plus a handmade glass Earth charm. Photographed at a Cornish beach.

 

Why start a travel charm bracelet?

A travel charm bracelet is a great way to be reminded of your incredible journey so far, every day. El Camino Bracelets developed the original travel charm bracelet in 2013, enabling travellers to personalise their bracelet, anklet or necklace with the memories they’ve made around the world. It’s also a great gift idea for the travel lover in your life so that they can treasure the places they’ve explored for years to come.

 

Large scale atlas map with various pins.


Scratch Maps

Many travellers opt to incorporate their travel journey in their home decor with scratch maps! With various options on the market, you simply scratch off the country once you’ve visited it. Often these maps are quite large, making them perfect to hang in your home. We love a decorative map as a statement interior piece, but if you’re looking for something smaller scale, there are 3D printed “globes” with illustrated countries that you push pins into to reflect the places you’ve ticked off so far. 

 

Handmade travel journal featuring photographs and train tickets.

 

Travel Journal

Another popular way to keep your travel memories alive is by creating a travel journal/scrapbook. These tactile reminders are a wonderful way to keep all those precious tickets, polaroids and trinkets you collect on your travels in one place. Documenting your experiences, thoughts, and emotions allows you to relive your journeys whenever you read your entries, and keeping a daily journal can be really powerful and cathartic. Plus, a journal can be a beautiful keepsake that grows with each trip, filled with sketches, ticket stubs, and other memorabilia.

It’s also a lovely idea to gift someone a travel journal filled with your shared travel experiences, especially for long-distance couples or family albums. 

Photo album with loose polaroids of travel memories
 

 

Photo Album

Remember when cameras were film-only? We do, and we still miss getting those precious memories developed post-holiday! There’s nothing quite like flipping through an album filled with special moments from a trip with your loved ones - and they come in so many forms! You can organise your album by trip, year, or theme, creating a unique narrative of your adventures. Whether you opt to print your own photos or use an online service to design the album yourself, this is an awesome way to celebrate your travels.

Memory box filled with nostalgic post cards, photos and notebooks.

 

Memory Boxes

Need a place for all those small but significant souvenirs? A memory box might be what you’re looking for. Collect items like postcards, shells, coins, and small tokens that hold sentimental value - even the box can be decorated with plane/train tickets! Each box you create becomes a treasure chest of memories, which you can display at home to revisit whenever you like. 

Wraparound travel bracelet with Paris, Aruba, Italy, Venice and Amsterdam steel charms.

 

What to get a friend/family member who likes to travel?

El Camino Bracelets make a perfect gift for travel enthusiasts. Each bracelet can be customised with Steps representing the countries and cities they've visited, making it a meaningful and personal present that they can add to as they continue their travel story. Pro tip - add a Custom Step engraved with a special memory to make their bracelet super personalised. 

Travel memories are some of the most precious moments in our lives, and preserving them allows us to relive our adventures and share them with others. At El Camino Bracelets, we understand the importance of these memories and strive to help you celebrate them in meaningful ways. Whether you choose to document your adventures with our customisable travel bracelets or other creative ideas like scratch maps, travel journals or photo albums, there are countless ways to keep the spirit of travel alive in your everyday life.

Happy travels, and may your adventures continue to inspire you - we can’t wait to see the next step in your travel story. 

Love,

Team El Camino

 

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