Explore three decades of travel humor, from the era of paper maps and postcards to AI-curated itineraries. This archive tracks the evolution of wanderlust-inspired wit, capturing everything from 1990s airline grievances to modern digital nomad struggles. Discover how the world’s shared travel experiences have been transformed into timeless punchlines across thirty years of internet history.
In 2025, travel has become a symbiosis with technology. Your suitcase follows you to the gate (and sometimes argues with you about the route), and… Read More »49 Travel Jokes: The 2025 “Silicon & Starlight” Edition
In 2024, travel became a battle against IT systems and queues for gadgets. From Paris, where everyone pretended the Seine was crystal clear, to airports… Read More »47 Travel Jokes: The 2024 “Olympic Glitch & Stanley Craze” Edition
In 2023, travel became a battleground for Taylor Swift tickets and the search for places not yet generated by Midjourney. This was the year we… Read More »48 Travel Jokes: The 2023 “Barbenheimer & AI Everything” Edition
In 2022, travel returned with a vengeance—literally, as the term “Revenge Travel” became our new religion. It was the year we forgot how to pack… Read More »47 Travel Jokes: The 2022 “Everything Everywhere & Revenge Travel” Edition
In 2021, traveling became an extreme sport of checking government websites and praying your nose swab didn’t tickle your brain too much. It was a… Read More »49 Travel Jokes: The 2021 “Revenge Travel & Suez Block” Edition
In 2020, traveling became an extreme sport of searching for toilet paper and checking if the line between the living room and bedroom was still… Read More »49 Travel Jokes: The 2020 “Year of the Great Staycation” Edition
In 2019, travel peaked before the big pause. We all wanted to storm Area 51, cried in theaters at the Avengers finale, and tried to… Read More »49 Travel Jokes: The 2019 “I Love You 3000 & Area 51” Edition
In 2018, travel became a viral arena. Whereas in 2012 we were worried about the end of the Mayan world, in 2018 we only worried… Read More »46 Travel Jokes: The 2018 “Snap & Floss” Edition
In 2017, traveling became the playground for a new generation of gadgets. We were taking “portrait” photos with our iPhone 7 Plus (blurred backgrounds were… Read More »47 Travel Jokes: The 2017 “Fidget Spinner & Despacito” Edition
In 2016, traveling meant searching for rare Pokémon in the terminal and arguing about whether we’d need a visa to travel to London after Brexit.… Read More »The 48 2016 Top 10: The “Pikachu & Paradox” Classics