8 ways to share your travel stories on Armchair Adventures (Part 1)
Old travel photos gathering virtual dust on your phone? Wondering what to do with them? Here are 8 ways to share the love — without leaving the house.
If you’re like me, you have hundreds (thousands even) of travel snaps still on your phone / laptop / camera. But with so many, where to start? How to organise it all? When to find the time? OMG, there’s just too many 😱.
Hold on, maybe there’s a way out of this.
Here at Travis we’ve been armchair travelling for a few weeks now — and it’s funny to see how we all travel differently. An architectural admirer. An ‘eat your way through the city’ type. When we visit the same places, we capture them in a completely different way. So we created Armchair Adventures to keep travelling during the current lockdown. Here’s four ways we’re seeing our travellers capture the world.
#1—The one who lives a reel life 🎥
If you’ve run out of ways to proclaim your passion for a film or series with anyone who’ll listen (I swear my brother knows every line in the LOTR trilogy) you’ve likely travelled to where it happened. We were transported to the amazing scenery of New Zealand with LOTR and Croatia with GOT. But then what? The film finished and it was back to reality. That epic scenery forgotten. If you’ve been on the ground at a film location, let us know where to head. Get your friends excited enough with your snaps, and they might just be willing to sit down and watch that film with you (yet again). Win win!
#2 — The one-with-nature 🌲
Proud of your 10km hike to Trolltunga in Norway, or the week you spent at a surf camp in Costa Rica? Sometimes the best experiences are a lot of hard work, but they’re also really scenic! So before you dust off the remaining granules of sand from your last trip (which somehow managed to hang around for months afterward), share those photos. Who knows? That homebody friend of your’s might just be swayed — because sometimes we need a little nudge to go try something different. (Anyone trick their friend into a 4 hour hike? Just me?)
#3—The one behind the lens 📸
If your camera doesn’t leave your hand on a trip, and you find yourself crouched down way too low (or precariously angled) — this one might be for you. Aperture, depth of field, exposure. You capture a place in a whole new way. Small details are brought to life. Perhaps you love being as abstract as possible. Using shapes and colours to your advantage. Intricate architectural features or minimalist scenes. Either way, help us feel like we’re there with you (minus the city hustle and bustle)!
#4 — The one who travels to eat 🍜
Do you regularly use #foodporn to describe your snaps? Are there more food flatlays than people in your albums? Maybe you went to Mexico to find the most tantalising tacos, or spent your whole trip to Paris buying from the best boulangeries. Show off the awesome eats you had the pleasure of, well, eating, during your last trip. Then for those of us who don’t put the time into food research (guilty), we’ll have some handy tips for where to spend our money. Let us know where the value is at!
Share the love 🧡
Got your travel snaps together and ready to share? For more inspiration, check our Part 2 of this series. Otherwise, join us over at Armchair Adventures, where we’re working on an easier way to share our travel escapades. More ways to express yourself than Insta, but easier than setting up your own blog. See you there!
Here at Travis, we’re a group of millennials who love travel and are trying to make the most of our #stayhome situation. We’re currently building a virtual community to #keeptravelalive over at armchairadventures.club. Physical travel may not be an option at the moment, but we can continue to learn and be inspired by the world around us.
