70+ Instagram Reel Ideas for Travel Creators

If you’re someone who endlessly scrolls social media for hours looking for / saving inspiration for your next reel, you are in the right place.
Below is a list of 70+ Instagram Reel Ideas for Travel creators in 2023.

With Instagram’s ever-changing algorithm, the one thing we do know is that consistency is key. But it’s hard to stay consistent when you have to keep coming up with fresh new ideas everyday! Talk about the burnout being reaaallll.

Reels are the best way to grow on Instagram and reach new audiences. If growth is your focus in 2023, reels are what you should be focusing on. (PS- I am now more of an advocate of this than ever! 👉🏽 You should totally being showing your face and personality in your reels and on your page if you want more engagement and IG to push out your content).

There are 3 type of Reels content you should be putting out for your audience & they are as follows:

Entertaining Reels

Educational Reels

Inspiring Reels

If you are putting out content that does not fall in the above 3 categories, you need to be rethinking your strategy.

The goal should be to get people to ‘SAVE’ your videos. Focus on creating shareable content that is either entertaining, (can be funny, eye-catching, even appalling…), educational, (teach them something! Can be new, old, a lesser known fact, anything!) or inspiring (makes them think “wow, I want to do/be like that.”)

This post features a list of 70+ relevant travel Instagram reel ideas that you can steal for your next post!

Funny & Personal Travel Reels

Remember we talked about creating entertaining reels? Well, this category certainly falls under that pillar! If you’re comfortable showing your humorous or personal side to instagram, these reel ideas are for you.

1. POV’S (pov: its Tuesday you see me browsing google flights again)
2. Unpopular opinion but…
3. A day in the life of a travel blogger
4. This might be controversial but…
5. Expectation vs Reality
6. Travelers be like…
7. Recreate a trending video
8. Travel mistakes to never make again
9. The most embarrassing thing that happened to me while traveling was…
10. What I wish I knew before…
11. Girl math is…
12. What my rich life looks like
13. You are in ______, and want to make a video at ______
14. BTS of a day in my life as a (traveler or insert noun)

How-to Reels

Touching on the Educational category now, here are some reel ideas that you can use to educate your audience and teach them new things! This can be a great option if you want to (subtly) create a sales funnel as well.

1. How to start a Travel blog
2. What I’d do to grow on IG if I was starting my travel page from scratch
3. Best ways to grow a travel account on IG
4. Favorite photo editing apps
5. How to save money while traveling
6. How to travel on a budget
7. How to collaborate with hotels
8. How to get discounts on luxury stays
9. When should you visit ______
10. What are the best times to see ______
11. How to take photos as a solo traveler
12. How to color coordinate your feed
13. How to repurpose your content
14. Content creation mistakes to avoid
15. How to work with brands with less than __X__ followers
16. Want my exact pitch that helped me land _____
17. How to create your portfolio
18. How to go viral via reels!
19. How to pack for _____
20. How to balance a 9-5 and being a creator

Inspirational Reels

Inspirational reels have a wide variety of content that can fall under it. Here are some ideas that would pertain to a travel creator in particular, but this can apply to any niche, really!

1. Where you started vs where you are now
2. Testimonial (could be a product or a place)
3. How I was able to go from ____ to ____
4. The main reason I started my travel account
5. If you were presented with __X__ and __Y__ which would you choose?
6. GRWM for…
7. Show a reaction (of someone/client/friend) who used your (Travel) services and it impacted their life
8. My most asked question… make it more generic/relatable and be sure to give an answer
9. Tips & Tricks
10. Motivational quote
11. _x_ year old me would be so proud of where I am today
12. But did you realize you’re living at least one of the dreams you used to dream?

Location-specific Reels

These are my favorite kind of travel reels! In fact, most of your reels are probably location-specific. But seeing as we all can’t travel 24/7 (even though I’m sure we’d love to 🤭), I figured I’d provide you with a whole list to choose from.

1. Top 5 Instagrammable locations in _____
2. Pros and Cons of a certain place
3. Favorite hotel/airbnb stay
4. Most underrated destinations
5. Why to visit a certain location
6. What’s so great about ______ anyway?
7. pov: the destination you dreamed about came to life
8. 3 reasons why _____ is so ______
9. Why you SHOULDN’T visit _____
10. A MUST-TRY experience in _____

Female Targeted Reels

For my female travelers- reels in this niche are soo necessary! I know for me, personally, when I was solo traveling I WISH I had advice on the following topics. Your female solo-travel followers will thank you for this info!!

1. Useful tips for female travelers
2. Capsule wardrobes for traveling
3. What I packed in my carry-on
4. My long-haul flight essentials consist of // The only thing getting me through a flight is…
5. Favorite travel outfits
6. Which traveler are you?! (1, 2, 3, 4, etc)
7. What to wear when you visit ____
8. How to take photos when traveling solo
9. Tips for dining out alone
10. Items you need as a solo female traveler

Vlog Style Reels

These types of reels are so fun. They can be laid-back, casual, and natural! Falling more under the ‘educational’ category, vlog-style reels give your followers a glimpse into your real life or your ‘reality’. IG always paints a pretty picture, but sometimes followers want to see what’s really going on BTS!

1. Surviving a long-haul flight
2. To-do list when you are traveling
3. Show a BTS or a blooper video
4. Travel vlog (start to end of day)
5. Packing guide
6. A day in the life of a travel blogger
7. What I eat in a day while traveling
8. How I maintain workouts while traveling

So there you have it! A list of 70+ Instagram Reel Ideas for Travel Content Creators!

A final tip that I have for you is to make sure you are reusing your content. Remember, you can generate new content by repurposing old ones! This will help you stay more consistent with your posting schedule, too.

Now that you have a list, go on and create your next 70+ reels! You GOT THIS and let’s continue growing on Instagram in 2024 👊🏼💥