A great guide! The images are awesome and do a great job of illustrating different ideas and points. The book is filled with great tips and tutorials. Overall a nice guide and inspired me to pick up travel journaling!

Thank you for this arc

This is a cute and useful guide for anyone looking to enhance their travel experiences through journaling. While I personally found it to be a bit basic, the book offers practical tips and inspiring ideas for capturing memories and reflections on the go. The charming illustrations and friendly tone make it a delightful read for those interested in keeping a travel journal. Overall, while it may not be groundbreaking, it's a handy resource for travelers looking to add a creative touch to their adventures.

Very inspiring and filled with tons of great ideas. You will read this and become obsessed with the idea of making gorgeous travel journals. But let's be realistic...sometimes these sorts of books turn into a "jealousy read" (as you drool over page after page of perfect images) which then becomes a sort of "self-dislike read" as you slowly realize that not only will your travel journals never look this amazing, but also that you probably are not ever actually going to make those amazing travel journals in the first place. Do I sound salty? Listen, I'm coming from a place of honesty. I *do* make travel journals and I've learned the hard way that if you try to make them too perfect and instagrammable, you typically end up burned out and tossing all your ticket stubs into a hotel envelope that you then find in that little front pocket of your suitcase two years later, because you never use that little front pocket, and now you have a rather folded envelope with a medley of ticket stubs and restaurant business cards that are all mixed up together from the days of that trip, and you don't really remember what made any of them special anyway. Why am I rambling on like this? To make the point that inspiration is great, but don't let "perfect" be the enemy of "good enough". Just stick those ticket stubs into your journal and do what feels right to you, even if that's just writing the date with a pen you borrowed at the train ticket counter. So take the ideas from this book - and it is indeed chock-full of great ideas - but then adapt them to your own journaling style.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing a digital ARC.

Really enjoyed it! It's a book that gets to the point, gives a lot of information, and even makes travel journaling something more. Personally, I don't know if I'd be able to keep up with a journal with all the suggested themes and projects, but it's really cool that they're included. It's like many mini art projects

This book is so helpful in motivating and inspiring me to incorporate art into my road trips and travel! I loved the variety of themes, layouts, and styles presented. Creating a supplies kit so your journal can be built along the way is vital, and I appreciated the list of things to include. The tutorials were easy to understand with photographs and instructions. I gathered plenty of ideas for the future and look forward to starting my first travel journal soon!

Disclosure statement: A complimentary copy of this book was provided from a tour group, publisher, publicist, or author, including NetGalley, OR was borrowed from the library, including OverDrive, OR borrowed from Kindle Unlimited, OR purchased. A review was not required and all views and opinions expressed are unbiased and my own.

Thank you, Netgalley and the publisher, for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion! I'm writing this review voluntarily!

This was a great book! The author included a lot of photos of journal pages. I really liked how the author included the various types of journals with photos and tips and the materials to use. A great additional nugget was the guest journalers with photos of their journal pages and contact info. Overall, a fantastic book for beginners. I think it is a bit too basic for more seasoned journalers, but it is great for those just starting out.

Interested in creating you own Travel Journal?
Author and artist Abbey Sy presents her seventh book: "The Art of the Travel Journal. Chronicle Your Life with Drawing, Painting, Lettering, and Mixed Media - Document Your Adventures, Wherever They Take You", published by Quarto Publishing Group – Quarry. After the introduction the book is divided into seven chapters: 1) Getting Started [with topics such as "Definition of Journaling Terms", "History of Travel Journaling", or "Starting a Travel Journal"], 2) Materials [with lessons about "Create Your Own Washi Tape Sampler", and "Make Your Own Watercolor Tin"], 3) Telling Stories, 4) Collection and Composition [includes lessons such as "Creating Artful Postcards", or "Make a Collaged Travel Zine"], 5) Journal Spread Ideas, 6) Honing Your Habit, and 7) Guest Artists [where Abbey presents sample pages of eleven guest artists]. Abbey states: "The Art of the Travel Journal, in essence, is a compendium of ideas and inspiration you can use as you start or continue your travel journaling pursuits. Keeping a journal is a great way to be in tune with your memories and experiences in the years to come, whether you’re looking for a way to document your day-to-day life or explore new cities" (p. 7).
Abbey talks honestly how she came to do travel Journaling. The book comes with an attractive design and inspirational photos and drawings. The book is well-rounded since it starts at the very beginning of planning a travel journal to the very end of the creation of one. I really appreciated the lessons throughout the book, they are very helpful even for other art projects. I recommend the book to beginning and advanced artists who want to create a travel journal, have already started one of are just looking for new creative ideas for their art.
The complimentary copy of this book was provided by the publisher through NetGalley free of charge. I was under no obligation to offer a positive review. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
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This is a great intro-level overview of travel journaling. Not all of it lends itself to being done in real-time, while traveling--and it took me most of the book to be okay with that! ;) (I could not see myself, for example, bringing a travel watercolor kit with me on a trip. But then, watercolor is not my forte.)

I enjoyed refreshing my own memory about many of the different ways to journal before and after a trip, and recommend pairing the practice with your favorite guidebook(s) of choice (I recommend Rick Steves' line) and Rachel McMillan's excellent book Dream, Plan, and Go: A Travel Guide to Inspire Your Independent Adventure.

I received an eARC of the book from the publisher via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

This was such a wonderful, inspirational book! All of us that travel collect memories and little things and I know most of us struggle with organizing and coordinating these tokens. This book has great ideas and is super helpful.

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The Art of the Travel Journal is a great informational read for anybody wanting to learn more about the process of journaling and travel journaling. It included a great combination of information about tools and techniques and prompts to get your started. The book had beautiful illustrations and was a quick and fun read.

A really neat and creative way to document trips! I loved the examples and found this so motivating. Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for providing this ARC. All thoughts are my own.

I've always wanted to try out a travel journal but often became overwhelmed with all the suggestions and ideas. This is a good guide to help anyone get started with their own travel journals. It's filled with great tips and ideas for those of us who want something more than a simple written journal but aren't entirely sure where to start and are also, maybe, a bit intimidated by the incredibly artistic ones we might have seen.

Thank you NetGalley and Abbey Sy for this ARC of The Art of the Travel Journal. This is a wonderful tool for people beginning journal their travels and want to do it creatively. I enjoyed all the illustrations and ideas.

This was a nice guide about how to document your travel days and so you can have the memories written down. It was lovely and I would gift it to a teenager or a young adult who loves to travel.

I have always wanted to sketch and paint my own journal and I would love to do a travel journal. This is the perfect book to daydream about doing it. It is filled with excellent examples and I would love to make a travel journal just like this one day!

Wonderful guide for artists, thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for letting me access it in exchange for my feedback.

This is a very comprehensive book on how to create a travel journal, including drawing, painting collage and keepsakes. Of course there is that memories and stories that tel,l and remind the traveller of the places and people met on the journey. The information in this book is useful and well illustrated and can be used in various other type journals Thanks you NetGalley and the publishers for the DRC

The Art of the Travel Journal by Abbey Sy

This is a book I wish I had before traveling to Scotland this past July – I have worked on journals, diaries, and altered books in the past but still found this filled with a wealth of informative creative helpful ideas. In fact, I just sent the title to my artist sister and my historian traveling partner to Scotland daughter. Will definitely look for this book to add to my library.

What I liked:
* That it is easy to read and understand
* Illustrations of ideas
* Information
* Layout
* Ideas – new and old
* Definitions with examples
* That while I read, I thought of ways I would have done things differently in past journals
* The book made me want to journal more often than I have recently…perhaps even daily
* New ideas – for instance – how to take washi tape in smaller more easily packed ways (this did not happen on the trip to Scotland)
* The lessons were interesting and useful
* That I was given specifics about pre-planning, goals, focus, and more
* The use of color and how it helps tell the story
* Story in travel journals
* Knowing that I will use the information gleaned today well into the future

What I didn’t like:
* Not having a hard copy already on my bookshelf

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing-Quary Books for the ARC – This is my honest review.

5 Stars

This is a great intro book with gorgeous pictures and examples for anyone interested in creative/art travel journaling. Highly recommended!