20+ Best WordPress Travel Blog Themes for 2020

For this exciting Siteturner round-up, we’ve selflessly gathered up the best WordPress travel blog themes for 2020.  If you’re a travel enthusiast, and want to start sharing tales of your adventures on your very own WordPress website, one of these themes might come in handy.

During the time we spent searching the internet for the top travel blog themes, we noticed something interesting.  Many of the collections on other blogs focused primarily on themes for travel agencies and agents.  We didn’t want to do that here.  We’ve put together another list of the best travel agency themes.  The themes featured on this list are exclusively for travel blogging.

For a travel blog theme, your requirements will likely be minimal.  Basically, you want to make sure the theme you choose is responsive, and that it supports all of the standard features that come with WordPress.  We suspect many readers who’ve landed here from Google are interested in emulating other popular travel blogs, like The Blonde Abroad and Nomadic Matt. In some cases you might want to set up a travel-oriented shop and sell items, and there are several themes on this list that support WooCommerce for that.

If it turns out you can’t find what you’re looking for on this list, we’ve also compiled a collection of some of the best all-purporse WordPress blog themes here.

We selected these themes by hand, based on quality of design, and how suitable they are for use on a travel blog.

Finally, if you’re starting from scratch, and aren’t sure you want to use WordPress, you may want to consider using a cloud based website creator.  Check out our comparison of WordPress, Wix, Weebly, and Duda.

A loose order intended, starting with…

Vagabonds

This theme is called Vagabonds, and we definitely think it’s worth a look.  In addition to having great maps integration and a lot of included plugins, it’s gorgeous and feature packed.

Vagabonds is refined and classy, and among users, it’s very highly reviewed. Some of the best things about Vagabonds are: it includes plugins, has many customization options, is SEO optimized, has map integration, has a drag and drop builder, supports WooCommerce, is skinable, integrates with social media, offers free suppport, and includes multiple layouts.

Some of the things that come with this theme are icons, background images, fonts, custom widgets, Retina images, and demos. This theme is simple to configure although it could take experience to fully master. Vagabonds looks great on mobile. It is also multilingual.

WPVoyager

Every now and again a theme comes along that we get pretty excited about.  The WPVoyager theme fully embraces a content-first design sensibility.  It’s minimal and clean, prioritizing user experience, readability & performance over distracting visual flourishes and over-baked gimmicks.

Google Maps API integration and KML support are an especially nice touch, providing your readers with a richer experience, and not offered by most higher-profile competitors.

The social media and sharing options are wonderfully implemented, and the designers have made sure that WPVoyager works flawlessly and looks just as awesome on any device you view might it on.   WPVoyager supports Contact Form 7 and is translation ready.  Kudos to the developer for putting together such a cool product!

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Journey

Journey is another great theme for travel bloggers.  What’s best about this particular theme is that it has six different variants built in, so you can change the look of your site without buying a whole new theme.

Each of the six variants are excellent.  There are both dark themes and light themes, so you can choose your favorite style.  In addition to this, it includes plugins, supports Adsense, supports WooCommerce, has a 1-click install process, offers multiple color choices, is skinable, and includes multiple layouts.

This theme is simple to install and painless to use. Journey enjoys a large user base, so it is easy to find help and support.

We love Journey because it is gorgeous looking, and among users, it’s very highly reviewed. It will definitely look appealing on your site.

Voyager

Voyager is literally more than just a travel blogging theme: five distinct demos are also included, each suitable for a specific niche — travel, fashion, wedding, food, and construction.  But we suspect it was designed first and foremost for travel bloggers, as the name implies, with a lot of focus on photo galleries and slideshows.

The features are no less comprehensive than you’d expect from a product of this caliber: at risk of invoking a cliche, the design is exceedingly clean & modern, optimized for both performance and usability.  Mobile devices are fully supported, including high resolution devices, so users can expect a consistent experience regardless of whether they’re viewing the site on a smartphone, tablet, laptop or desktop.

Like many modern WordPress themes, Voyager is built on top of the ubiquitous and popular Bootstrap framework from Twitter.  Back-end options are plentiful, and a 1-click-install guarantees a fast & easy setup both beginners and experts will appreciate.  Recommended!

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Universe

Universe takes a top spot on our roundup mainly due to its minimalistic elegance. Streamlined and content-focused, this blogging theme–suitable not only for travel blogs, but a variety of niches–is a breeze to install, setup and maintain.

It’s fully responsive & retina ready, SEO friendly, and easy to tweak and customize using the options panel.  The developers take a less-is-more approach that pays off. Recommended.

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Travelista

Travelista is one of the newest entries on our list, and designed specifically for travel bloggers.

Travelista is a responsive, retina-ready theme, so it will look flawless on any device.  It includes eight layout options, and supports all nine WordPress post formats.

The extensive options panel gives you plenty of control over how things look and are laid out on the front-end.  Choose from an unlimited number of colors and customize your typography with over 60 Google fonts.

A lovely homepage slider is included,  as well as fifteen custom widgets.

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Travelog

With its map features, Travelog occupies a space similar to our top pick WPVoyager. The design and development team notes that they researched the specific requirements of travel bloggers, and built the theme with their unique needs in mind.

The design is clean and contemporary, and six subtly different presets and layouts are included. The UX is familiar and intuitive, and performance is responsive and speedy. A comprehensive settings panel powered by Redux and accessible via the WordPress Live Customizer gives webmasters lots of control over colors & fonts, various elements, and other features.

Travelogue is simple to install, superbly documented and translation-ready (with WPML support). As you’d expect, it’s fully responsive, and looks fantastic across the wide range of mobile devices. One of our favorites.

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Live!

That brings us to a theme that we’ve included partly because it’s different. Live comes with six different presets to choose from, including one designed specifically for travel bloggers. A quirky choice of fonts, and the deliberate reduction of white space, offers a unique look that some of our other selections don’t.

Live is user-friendly for visitors, and on the back-end for webmasters, and includes useful and engaging features like infinite scrolling, sticky sidebars, parallax backgrounds, and animated post images. Three different gallery layouts are also included.

Live is optimized for social media , fully responsive/retina-ready, well-documented & easy to install.

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Penamoo

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Insight

At Siteturner, we’re suckers for clean, unobtrusive design that focuses readers on content.  Insight fits the bill.  It’s not specifically a travel blogging theme – it would just as easily work for a design blog, or something like that – but we think those gorgeous stock photos on the demo illustrate its potential for travel writing and photo blogging.

Insight comes to us from the WordPress experts at WPZOOM, and the theme is built on their own awesome ZOOM framework.  It’s easy to use and customize, and layout management/page building is intuitive, via widgetized areas.  Posts are arranged on a grid or familiar, classic list, and many other other tweaks & options are available through the visual customizer on the back-end.

As you might expect, Insight is optimized for mobile and retina devices.  Its translation-ready, and its well-supported by the professional, responsive team at WPZOOM.

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Medym Travel

Not just a WordPress travel blog theme, Medym packs in a lot of value, including six distinct presets ready to go out-of-the-box.  The styles include: travel, tech, lifestyle, fashion, news, and a generic option versatile enough to match many different niches.

We expect Medym will appeal to webmasters hoping to eventually expand their blog into a full-blown online travel magazine — there’s plenty of flexibility to found here in regard to layout, and the included page builder is simple & intuitive.

Performance is speedy and responsive, thanks to a lightweight code base and restrained design, and the UX familiar & friendly.

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Amoeba

Next up we have Amoeba, a fancy-pants parallax scrolling theme that’s well suited for travel blogging.   Its clean, modern design is responsive and high-resolution.

The theme supports all 9 WordPress post formats and is SEO optimized.  It comes with two custom widgets, one for Twitter and one for photostreams.  Nineteen useful shortcodes are built-in.

Amoeba is translation ready, and fully documented.   It’s easy to install and use, and a great option for both beginners and seasoned users.

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Tipi

Tipi is a visually striking WordPress travel blog theme that makes excellent use of large, full screen images and photographs.

It’s a mobile-ready theme that features parallax scrolling, and supports grid-based galleries for documenting your travels visually.

Featuring a full-screen slider, Tipi is highly customizable via the powerful back-end options panel.   Easily add a logo, favicon, and choose a color scheme using an unlimited selection of colors.

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Travelogue

The unique design and layout of Travelogue is its number one selling point.  Visitors are greeted with a full-screen slideshow or video, and site content is presented in a lovely full-screen grid.

The theme is 100% responsive and, more than just a WordPress travel blog theme, lends itself equally well to use as a photography portfolio or creative portfolio.

Revolution Slider is bundled free, and the theme can be customized using the back-end options panel (with control over colors, fonts, and more).  A layered PSD is also included.

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Path

Path is a flexible, responsive WordPress theme that works great for a travel blog or magazine.

It’s easy to install and use, with plenty of theme options for tweaking the appearance on the front-end.  It comes bundled with custom widgets for social links, Flickr and more.

Path is optimized for mobile devices and translation ready.

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Harmony

Harmony is another new, user-friendly blogging theme for WordPress that’s perfect for building a classy looking travel blog.

The clean, simple design can be tweaked via the options panel in the admin, with unlimited colors and lots of Google fonts at your disposal.

Custom widgets add value, and the theme includes three layout styles to choose from: a masonry (grid) layout, a unique, alternative layout, and a classic blog layout.

Eleven post formats are supported and the theme is translation ready.  Harmony is optimized for a fast, smooth experience.

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Ness

The Ness theme is a parallax scrolling theme that relies heavily on full screen photos to make its impact visually.  The popularity of this minimalistic blog style has been on the rise lately.

Ness is responsive, retina-ready, and features a unique, intuitive navigation menu and gorgeous photo galleries.

There’s a few extras here too, like support for advertising, and an integrated like system.  Overall, a fantastic option for your travel blog.

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Meek

The Meek theme is responsive and comes in two versions, light and dark.  It’s a simple, straight-forward theme that’s easy to use and optimized for speed.

Custom widgets for Flickr, social links and post-it notes are included, and related posts functionality is built-in.  The theme is easy to customize thanks to the useful options panel, and is translation ready.

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Journal

Journal’s elegant, warm design makes it perfect for use as a WordPress travel blog theme.   Responsive and high resolution, Journal is built on Twitter Bootstrap 3 and  looks excellent on mobile devices of all types.

There’s a lot of nice features with this one.  It supports seven post formats, and comes with seven custom widgets for Flickr, Twitter, Dribbble and more.  Excellent social media integration is a nice touch, as well as support for the Contact Form 7 plugin.

Users can create an eye-catching background slider, or upload static background images.  Lots of advanced typography and color options are available thanks to the Redux Framework options panel on the backend.

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Avventure

Avventure is a really clean and professional looking blog theme.  Because of its layout, you can use for a small blog or a big blog — it will look good whether you have 10 posts or 10,000.

Avventure is stunning and elegant, and among users, it’s very highly reviewed. Some of the salient features of Avventure are that it includes plugins, is SEO optimized, has a drag and drop builder, supports WooCommerce, has a 1-click install process, integrates with social media, offers free suppport, and includes multiple layouts.

Included with Avventure are icons, background images, fonts, custom widgets, Retina images, and demos. This theme is a breeze to install although it can take a while to fully master. Avventure works well on tablets and mobile devices. It is also multilingual.

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Twenties

Twenties isn’t a travel theme, per se, but it works.  This minimalistic, classic looking blog theme is fast and simple to use for beginners.  Three built-in color schemes are provided: dark, light and pink.

The theme is SEO optimized, and provides all the options you need for customization (using the WordPress Theme Customizer for real-time previewing).  Contact Form 7 is supported, and several use custom widgets are bundled in.

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WorldMap

WorldMap is a great blog theme for a site with a lot of content.  The theme is built on a  fully-responsive design, and it looks great on mobile.

WorldMap includes the Elementor Builder, which makes customization and page creation extremely easy. The theme also offers several different header variations and blog layouts.

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Tourizto

Touritzo is a great WordPress theme for travel bloggers who also have a travel consultation business.  The theme combines a blog with a business site.

The theme uses the WordPress Live Customizer, so that you can pick from many layout and typography options. You will also get four blog variations. 

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Journez

Journez is a gorgeous WordPress theme that is full featured and easy to use. To start with, you can play around with your future design using a wonderful Elementor Builder. The theme has lots of included features.

The theme is great for bloggers who also offer travel services, as you can promote your services, tours, team, using built in sections. 

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Trip Spot

Trip Spot is a bold theme that screams “exploring the world.”  This theme allows you to post videos and other types of media, as well as sort everything using included plugins.

The theme includes four different layouts and many different style options.

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Manawa

Manawa is an all-capable template that will be to the liking of those people who adore a minimalist approach to design. It comes alongside 12 pre-made website and blog layouts that will allow getting your website ready in a flash. Travelers, bloggers, authors, artists, bakers, photographers…

All of these people and many others will find something designed exactly for them in this delightful template. The package also has various premium additions. There is no need to search for some powerful third-party plugins because they are already included in this solution. As an example, you will get an excellent Revolution Slider, Events Schedule, Shop My Post, and others.

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Want something more custom?  You can get a totally custom site with a built in store and auto blogging for $50

If you’re looking for something more custom, here’s a great option.  This top rated developer on Fiverr creates completely custom travel sites — including affiliate links, a store, automated blogging, and more — for $50 or less.

This option is definitely worth a look even if you want to use a prebuilt theme.

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And once again, we find ourselves at the the end of another Siteturner round-up.  We hope you’ve found our look at the best WordPress travel blog themes helpful.  As always, if you’ve got any additions or suggestions or complaints, let us know in the comments.