25 Travel Conversation Starters for Wanderers
By the Bakkar team ·
Everyone has a trip story, and most of them are funnier than they admit. These openers bring them out.
Easy openers
- Mountains or beaches, and where exactly?
- Last trip you took, and was it worth it?
- Dream trip if money and leave did not matter?
- Window seat or aisle seat?
- Train journeys: love them or never again?
- Solo trips or with the gang?
- One place in India everyone should see once?
Stories
- Worst travel disaster that is funny now?
- A plan that got cancelled at the last minute?
- The most random person you met on a trip?
- Best street food you found while travelling?
- Ever got properly lost somewhere?
- A trip that changed your mind about a place?
Go deeper
- Which place felt like home even though it wasn't?
- A trip you took for yourself, not for the photos?
- Where would you live if you could live anywhere for a year?
- What do you always pack, no matter what?
- Travelling taught you what?
- A place you want to take your parents?
For a travel Adda
- Weekend getaway within 200 km, ideas?
- Anyone doing a trek this month?
- Budget trip hacks, share yours.
- Looking for travel buddies for a long weekend.
- Underrated places near our city?
- Post a travel photo, guess the place.
Keeping it going
Ask what they would do differently on the trip next time. People love giving advice, and the answer tells you a lot about how they like to travel.
Finding people who are into travel
On Bakkar, Travel is one of the 20 interests you can pick for your profile (up to 5). Discover shows people who share the most interests with you first, and highlights the ones you share on their card, so an opener from this page is never out of the blue. More openers for any mood are in our 40 conversation starters.