How to Come Up with the Best Travel Blog Names in 2021 (Step-by-Step Guide, Tips, Ideas, & Examples)

Budget Travel = bargain, cheap, frugal, on the rims, practical, prudent, thrifty
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I hope it’s also apparent enough that these questions will help shape the overall branding of your website — which your travel blog name is a part of!
Lastly, go to each social media channel that you want to target, sign up, and ‘park’ your username so that others won’t be able to grab it.

Your travel blog’s name doesn’t have to be perfect, it just has to be the right fit for you.

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Just remember that you don’t have to rush! Take your time for this especially because your site’s name is going to be very important in the long run. All in all, I’m just so glad you’re taking the steps to start your own blog. Feel free to share the final name that you ended up using in the comment box below!

“A blog about traveling in a van”

You might be thinking, “well, isn’t the topic of travel already specific enough?” Nope, not really. Travel is a broad industry and it has so many subtopics (that are even further broken down into more subtopics), and it is important that you find that particular segment that will help set you apart from the crowd. Besides, you can’t just establish yourself as an authority for travel tips because people will trust bigger names more such as that of Lonely Planet. So yes, you really need to build yourself first from the ground up in a niche that plays to your favor so that you can gradually gain traction and make a name for yourself.

5 Steps for Choosing a Travel Blog Name

STEP 1: Find your target audience and specific niche

You now have a list of narrowed down travel blog names — and that’s great!
Now, it’s time to check their availability as domains*.
You now have a list of narrowed down travel blog names — and that’s great!
Now, it’s time to check their availability as domains*.
You now have a list of narrowed down travel blog names — and that’s great!
Now, it’s time to check their availability as domains*.
You now have a list of narrowed down travel blog names — and that’s great!
Now, it’s time to check their availability as domains*.
You now have a list of narrowed down travel blog names — and that’s great!
Now, it’s time to check their availability as domains*.
So in case you haven’t done this part yet (as per my beginner’s blogging guide), the first thing that you need to do is to adopt this new concept called the Blue Ocean Strategy. It is a definitive process that will help you be in a ‘blue ocean’ rather than a ‘red ocean’.
“A blog about traveling in a van on a budget for families in the USA”
What is a domain? A domain name is the unique ‘address’ of your blog on the internet. This is your URL. For instance, this blog’s domain name is iAmAileen.com and it will remain to be my unique identifier for as long as I continue to pay an annual fee.
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Travel Blog Name Ideas

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  • Backpackerology
  • Beach to Mountain
  • Binge Wanderer
  • Budget Soloist
  • Bustling Traveler
  • Coveted Flights
  • Date Trips
  • Daily Wanderings
  • Endless Flights
  • Everlost
  • Every Flight She Takes
  • Flightary
  • Forever Jetlag
  • Green Gadabout
  • Hikes and Bikes
  • Island Seeker
  • Lux Family Travel
  • Our Gap Year
  • Pack Fly Hike
  • Packed Travels
  • Pocketful of Points
  • Solo Cruises
  • Surf and Tour
  • Together in NYC
  • Train Journeyer
  • Travelers in the Room
  • Travelers’ Redemption
  • Trip Effect
  • Willingly Lost
  • Wonderous Traveler
TIP: If you have the extra money, try to purchase extra domains of your blog name under other popular TLD extensions like .co, .info, .net and .org. This is just. an added safety measure that I’ve been doing ever since I heard about a story from a web developer friend that I had wherein her client wanted to buy her website’s .co and .net domain variant, but someone already bought them and they proceeded to ask her for an exorbitant amount of money just to transfer the domains to her! This is definitely a special case, but it doesn’t hurt to be careful.

  • Adventure Junkies
  • Against the Compass
  • Alex in Wanderland
  • Along Dusty Roads
  • Anywhere We Roam
  • Atlas & Boots
  • Backpacker Banter
  • Dan Flying Solo
  • Expert Vagabond
  • Hand Luggage Only
  • Just One Way Ticket
  • Lavin Was Here
  • Lost with Purpose
  • Never Ending Footsteps
  • Nomadic Matt
  • Notes from the Road
  • One Mile at a Time
  • Roads & Kingdoms
  • Runaway Brit
  • Salt in Our Hair
  • Savvy Backpacker
  • The Travel Episodes
  • Travel Loving Family
  • Wandering Earl
  • What a Trip
  • Who Needs Maps
  • Where is Next
  • Wild Junket
  • Will Fly for Food
  • World of Wanderlust

Travel Blog Name Generators & Tools

  • Wordoid – This site is great for coming up with unique and catchy made-up words in any language. You can even control the length of the letters whilst immediately seeing if the domain is available or not.
  • Panabee – This is one of the most blog name generators where you can input one or two words to describe your site and then it will present every available option. It also shows if the name is available on some social media platforms.
  • Smart WP – This is a great tool that offers alternative domains that are readily available as per the keyword you input.
  • Name Mesh – This is great to use if you have several keywords in mind. Just enter the words and it will generate results in different categories.
  • Word Combiner – This site combines up to 4 words into one unique word, great for when you want to come up with portmanteau travel blog names.
  • Naming Tools – This is a helpful site for crosschecking a word that might mean negatively in other languages.

FAQ on Travel Blog Names

Can I set up my travel blog if I don’t have a name yet?
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Can I buy a domain name even if it is not a .com address?
I hope that all of the tips that I’ve shared here about coming up with travel blog names will prove to be helpful.
But what if I really want to get this .life address domain for my travel blog’s name?
Even if you can technically change your travel website’s name at a later time, it’s an action that you must avoid especially if you have already gained some traffic or authority, AND if you don’t want to waste time, effort, or money! In other words, you must be sure of your choice; BUT the good news is: your travel blog’s name doesn’t have to be perfect, it just has to be right for you.
I found a blog name I like but it says that it’s already taken as a domain, is there a way for me to get it still?
In fact, you might be one of those people who have been keeping a certain name in mind… only to find out that someone else had already taken that same clever title for their blog!

Examples:
Autowander
Travelette
Wanderous

If you love your name as I do, why not use it as one of your ideas for travel blog names? Some people have gone as far as to use their whole name, while others have used a nickname or even a pseudonym. This works best for personal branding and it even gives you the flexibility to expand your blog’s scope or niche if you happen to desire a rebrand in the future. Nevertheless, just take note that if you want to sell your website or if you want to expand and take on additional writers, it might be hard to do so since the domain is associated with you as a sole personality.
To check if your travel blog name idea is still up for grabs as a domain, use the widget below by Bluehost:
Once you get that sorted out, enjoy to your heart’s content the number of formulas, methods, tips, and tricks below that will aid you when thinking of potential travel blog names. Don’t hold yourself back — just list out every possible name you can think of (no matter how silly or plain it is) and we’ll do the last checks as we move forward to the next steps.