Funny Travel Stories

Travel stories exploring the gap between where we came from, where we’ve traveled and where we are now. Escape with these funny, moving travel stories written for true travel lovers, then share your own travel stories in the comments.

Bathrooms on Planes: The Good, Bad and Ugly

There’s always a queue for the loo on a long distance flight as soon as the air slaves have finished clearing away

Funny Travel Story: Froggy

My mother’s nickname at school was Froggy because of her long legs. Now she’s in her eighties but she still attends school reunions where former classmates call her Froggy.

The Worst Meal I Never Ate: a Funny Travel Story

The jungle was small but perfectly formed. Surrounded by opium poppy fields and hill tribe villages there wasn’t much left

Funny Travel Story: Riding a Turkish Fire Truck

Funny Travel Story: Riding High on a Turkish Fire Truck

Though I can’t remember the name of the town or ruins I was going to visit, the journey is imprinted in

Funny Travel Story: Rags to Riches in Kenya

“We’re rich!” said Rich announcing the news that our precious travel money had magically doubled overnight. It was a stroke of personal good

Funny Travel Story: Why Now Broken Shoes? Why Now?!

In 2010 when I got invited to visit Shanghai with Coca-Cola I literally had nothing to wear. Well, nothing that you’d wear in the city because

What’s Your Travel Song?

Is there a certain song that makes you want to travel or reminds you of special travel adventures? Being asked for an interview

Funny Travel Story: I Kicked a Door Down

No sooner had we moved into our first home in Costa Rica than Rich got locked in the bathroom. We didn’t own anything much and there wasn’t anything

Travel Confession: I Fell in Love With a Cricket

I’d shared my home with scorpions before in Africa but when we moved to Costa Rica it was bug central. There were scorpions under the fridge, a stick insect

Mini Travel Photo Story – At the Airport

No one really wants to be at an airport. Everyone there would like to be somewhere else. So travel lovers have a love haterelationship with airports. There’s

My ER Experience in Florida’s Redneck Riviera: a Funny Travel Story

“There’s nothing wrong with your leg,” the Mucho Man insisted, “I’m not taking you to the hospital.” – “But my ankle hurts so much, I think it’sbroken. I need

Worst Fellow Passenger on a Plane: Travel Photo

My husband went on holiday without me once. Actually, he’s done that a few times. I usually manage to tag along, but sometimes he needs a boys only

Rats and Roaches on the Road in Thailand – Funny Travel Stories Series

Have you ever stayed in dives because you loved travel so much you had to rough it? I have and I’m not ashamed. I wish I hadn’t had to deal with

The Perils and Perks of Potties in Japan

I love funny travel stories, don’t you? So here’s a funny travel tale about my experiences with the toilets of Japan. Apart from fine food, great scenery