How do I make a map of places I've traveled?

Pick a tool that lets you pin locations, sign in, and drop a pin for each place you've been. With Wandria you search a place, drop a pin, and optionally add a photo or note. Your map fills in as you go, no design skills needed.

Is there a free way to make a travel map?

Yes. Wandria is free to make a personal travel map with pins, routes, photos, and country tracking. You don't need a credit card to start.

Can I make a travel map with routes between places?

Yes. Connect your pins to trace a route, and Wandria animates the path between them, which is ideal for road trips, flights, and multi-stop journeys.

Can I share my travel map with friends?

Yes. You can share a link to your map so friends and family can explore where you've been, while keeping the rest of your account private.

Will my travel map work on my phone?

Yes. Wandria runs in any browser and works on phones, tablets, and computers, so you can add a pin the moment you arrive somewhere new.

GuideMap Your Travels

How to Make a Travel Map of Everywhere You've Been

A step-by-step guide to building a personal travel map: pin the places, trace the routes, add the memories, and watch your travels come alive.

A Wandria world map covered in photo pins and animated routes spanning several continents.

Here's the quick answer: choose a map tool built for travel, pin each place you've been, connect the pins into routes, and attach a photo or a few words to the spots that mattered. You can build the start of a map in about a minute, then keep adding to it for years. The five steps below walk through exactly how.

A notebook beside a world map with pins, the makings of a travel plan. — Photo: Pexels

Step 1: Pick the right kind of map

General mapping tools can drop pins, but they aren't built to tell the story of a trip. A personal travel map keeps your pins, routes, photos, journal entries, and visited countries in one place. If you're weighing options, our comparison with Google My Maps shows where a travel-first tool pulls ahead.

Step 2: Pin the places you've been

Start with the trips you remember best. Search for a city, a beach, a trailhead, anywhere, and drop a pin. Don't aim for completeness on day one. A handful of meaningful pins is a real map; an empty one you mean to fill later is not.

Dropping a pin at Fushimi Inari in Wandria, its photo gallery and linked journal entry open.

Step 3: Connect pins into routes

A single trip is rarely one dot. Link your pins in order and the map traces the path you took, then animates it. See how routes work in our how it works walkthrough.

Animated great-circle flight arcs fanning out from Bangkok across Southeast Asia in Wandria.

Step 4: Add photos and memories

A pin says you were there. A photo and a sentence say what it was like. Attach an image to a location and write a short note, where you stayed, what you ate, who you met, and the map becomes a journal you can explore by place.

Wandria's 'Sunrise over Machu Picchu' journal entry with photos attached to its map pin.

Step 5: Track the countries you've explored

As your pins spread across the world, your map can tally the countries you've visited and show them filled in at a glance. Our guide to a countries visited map goes deeper, and the features page shows the full toolkit.

A zoomed-out world map in Wandria with around thirty visited countries shaded in.

Frequently asked questions

Make your travel map today

Pin your first place in under a minute. It's free, and your map is yours.

Create your map

Step 1: Pick the right kind of map

Step 2: Pin the places you've been

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Step 4: Add photos and memories

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