Pinners: Get ready to be inspired.
Pinterest, the visual bookmarking site that is taking over social media, is the perfect tool to help you dream about and plan your next life-changing trip. It’s free, it’s at your fingertips, and it’s growing.
Bloggers and travelers have been feeding their wanderlust addictions by sharing stories from every corner of the world since the collage-hub first launched in 2010. Today’s Pinterest is an active, living and breathing mecca of geographical aspiration. This March, the site saw a 25 percent increase over last year when it catapulted to 72.8 million monthly users — 40 percent of whom are international.
When it comes to creating your own digital vision board, navigating the network of everlasting pretty pictures can admittedly seem like a daunting task. Here are 15 boards that will help you cut through the travel porn so that you can effectively pin and repin away.
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Caz and Craig Makepeace, a married couple with two daughters from Australia, caught the travel bug 16 years ago and have been traveling ever since. Their exotic adventures have taken them to 52 countries. Not only do their boards inspire with bucket lists and ideas for solo and family trips, but this twosome is majorly devoted to showing you how to do it all without spending a fortune.
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Places to visit before you die
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From Patagonia and Marrakesh to the Galapagos Islands, this site scoured the world to cull together the Top 100 places to visit before you die. The proof is in the pictures when you peruse the 87,000-plus pins of the dreamworthy destinations that made the final cut.
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Jennifer Chong is a designer, food lover, photographer, and traveler, and her talents shine through on her Wanderlust board (which has nearly 2 million followers). You’ll find useful tips, such as travel-photography how-tos and a plethora of swoonworthy shots of natural wonders on both land and sea.
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The go-to travel brand brings its exclusive taste to 56 boards. Its site is a hub of insider access and exclusive travel deals, but one look at its profile shows that it is a curator of that and much more. There are city-by-city guides, as well as lists for foodies, fashionistas, and romantics.
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Entertainment site BuzzFeed brings its wit and trending eye to this Travel board, which falls under the BuzzFeed Life umbrella. Calling all pop-culture explorers, there are pie-tineraries, getaways based on famous romantic comedies, and 101-level DIY tricks to satisfy both your sense of humor and your wanderlusting eye.
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The high-end travel site is dependable for style, glamour, and the “world’s best.” Across its 86 boards, you will also find charming locales, local to-dos, fun, and comfort food, but it’s boards like Secret Europe and Hotels on our It List that show why Travel + Leisure is the best kind of know-it-all.
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Places to See, by Gail Zapata, features stunning photographs with splashes of unbelievable colors and vantage points you’d see in a postcard. The presentation, combined with the otherworldliness of the locations (snow-covered castles, mystical cenotes, and magical caverns!), make this board truly surreal.
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Inspired by the VirtualTourist community, “Here, there and everywhere” does its name proud by providing an all-around experience. The travel-oriented VT visitors gather here to lend a wide-ranging, inspirational hand on anything from planning guides to snapworthy sunsets.
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With hand-picked itineraries boasting “yolo,” group adventure travel company G Adventures was made for Pinterest. Operating under the belief that dreaming is a form of planning, its board hasn’t left many stones unturned in the effort to push you toward booking an excursion.
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Married twosome Dave and Deb found themselves overwhelmed and overworked seven years ago when they decided to start The Planet D. Their motto, “Adventure is for Everyone,” is apparent in their board, which proves that you don’t have to be fearless or fortunate to have a dream vacation.
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Favorite Places & Spaces, by Deb Korleone, is a beach-lover’s virtual paradise. If you fantasize about the white sandy beaches in the Maldives, staying in a hut on the Bora Bora waters, or burying your toes in Bermuda’s pink sand, get ready for a pinning frenzy.
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Adrenaline junkies, curious companions, and worldwide explorers unite with Adventure Awaits. Focusing on exotic locales where no mountain is too high or cave is too vast, you’ll discover everything in between from the experts — the locals, of course.
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Travel site Budget Travel preaches trips that are accessible to all, and Budget Travel Collections is a collage of feature stories that does just that. Here, you will find lists of the world’s most colorful beaches, travel destinations from shows like Mad Men, and where to go in 2015 — all on a budget.
Everyone’s Creative Travel Spot
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Calling to action all travel enthusiasts, Everyone’s Creative Travel Spot cultivates submitted personal favorites from villages, cities, and countries across the world. Have you seen Supertree Grove in Singapore or watched someone go volcano boarding down the dunes of Nicaragua? Now you have.
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You’ve heard it before, and pinners are saying it again: You don’t have to leave the country to have a one-of-a-kind getaway. Christine Smith, a mother, musician, and crafter from Orange County, Calif., provides hacks for packing, road-tripping, and traveling with your family around America.
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