Travel Vlogging Tips: How to Film On the Go Like a Pro

August 26, 2025By maverickbirdPosted in Travel Extras, Travel Guides, Travel Tips

Travel vlogging is exploding in popularity, and it’s not hard to see why. While exploring another city or country, in and of itself, is a wonderful experience, capturing footage of your adventures allows you to enjoy them for even longer. What’s more, shooting a vlog also allows you to share your journey with others, whether they’re your loved ones back home or social media followers from halfway around the world. 

If you want to start travel vlogging but don’t know where to start, you’ve come to the right place. In today’s guide to filming on the go, we’ll give you some pro tips that are sure to improve the quality of your footage and thus elevate your travel vlogs. 

Edit Your Videos on the Go 

With new digital tech offerings like intuitive editing software and even AI tools, it’s safe to say that video editing is simpler than it’s ever been. In fact, it can even be done during your travels, immediately after recording your footage. You can use a video editing software like iMovie or Adobe Premiere Pro to combine clips, add background music, and create seamless transitions between different scenes. And you can even make use of Adobe Firefly’s AI art generator to create eye-catching thumbnails that help drive clicks on YouTube.

These tools make it a lot easier to edit your videos quickly, helping you get your vlogs published faster, and just generally helping you spend more time on really being present in your travels rather than having to be holed up in your hotel room with a growing list of vlogger admin.

Another reason why you should edit on the go is that it’s always best to work with the footage you’ve captured while it’s still fresh in your mind. Still being rooted to the original inspiration for the videos you’ve taken almost always leads to a better finished product. For vloggers who are aiming to publish at least one video a day, getting your video processing and editing workflow as fast and efficient as possible can ultimately make vlogging a more sustainable activity that you can maintain comfortably over the long term.

Prepare a Comprehensive Itinerary 

While travelling is full of surprises, it’s still important to approach your trip with an overall plan to improve your chances of grabbing all the footage you need to keep your travel vlogs detailed and engaging. So before setting off, make sure to prepare a trip itinerary detailing where you’ll be staying, how you’ll be getting around, and, most importantly, which destinations you’ll be visiting to shoot your vlog. 

You’ll probably already have some tourist hotspots in mind well before you even sit down to start planning out your formal itinerary. For instance, no trip to Paris is complete without seeing the Eiffel Tower, while the Statue of Liberty is an absolute must if you’re heading to New York. However, you should also do plenty of research and, if possible, speak to locals before your trip. Every city has hidden gems that can only be unearthed after plenty of digging around, and your vlogs will be much more unique if they include footage of these lesser-known sites. 

Build a Narrative 

A cohesive narrative is what separates true travel vlogging from simply shooting a few random videos while on vacation. Whether you’re filming in a big city or recording your trek up a mountain, it’s vital to tell a story with every shot. 

The first step to narrative building is to choose the right subjects for your videos. If you’re in a big city, for example, you might build an entire video around a famous landmark or street. On the other hand, if you find yourself in a more rural locale, you might want to showcase the area’s biodiversity by focusing on the plants and animals in the area. 

Once you master the art of choosing a subject for your films, you can then proceed to learning some more technical narrative techniques. These include using close-ups, establishing shots, symbolism, and POV. You should also experiment with both linear and non-linear videos. Telling a story through your vlogs is a great way to build engagement and ensure that your finished videos leave a lasting impression on your viewers, helping you organically build up your audience online and create a follower base that’s genuinely engaged in not only your individual trips, but your wider personal journey as a world traveller. 

Travel Light 

Our last travel vlogging trip is simple but effective: wherever you go, always do your utmost to make sure you travel light. While it might be tempting to stuff your suitcase with half of everything you own, encumbering yourself with too many things makes it harder to move from place to place and can leave you too exhausted to do any vlogging. 

To travel light, it’s important to know which items are essential and which ones you can forgo. For the former, you’ll obviously want to bring your camera as well as a device you can use to edit your footage. You also don’t want to forget your travel documents, location-appropriate clothing, and hygiene kit. 

As for items you can leave behind, you probably won’t need towels or adapters, as these are things you can find at your place of accommodation. Some other unnecessary items include excessive amounts of cash, too many changes of clothes, and physical books. Make sure to travel as light as possible to give yourself the flexibility to visit and shoot as many places as you want.

Master the Art of Travel Vlogging with these Pro Tips

There is no greater joy in life than travelling. Whether you’re spending a week in a Southeast Asian city or making your way through Europe, travel vlogging is the best way to make sure you enjoy the moment and record your memories both for yourself and other people.

In this guide to travel vlogging, we’ve gone over some expert tips on how you can improve the quality of your travel footage. Apply what you’ve learned today, and start travel vlogging like a pro.

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