How to Use Pinterest for Travel Inspiration

If you’re not familiar with Pinterest, it is a visual search engine and the perfect place for travel inspiration. Pinterest makes researching travel ideas a pleasure. 

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Pinterest is easy to use. Simply search for a topic, and then when you find a pin (images or videos) you love, you save it. You can create boards (think of it as a storyboard or bulletin board) to keep your pins organized. Pinners can post or privately share pins they love. You can even buy products directly from retailers!

Pinterest is full of inspiration, from family movies and activities to Happy Hour and indoor date night ideas, to home projects and gardening tips. 

I find the best stuff when I’m deep in the rabbit hole of scrolling Pinterest!

Using Pinterest To Plan A Trip

Pinterest is the perfect place to plan a trip and makes researching travel ideas a pleasure because the content is entirely visual. Pinterest is full of beautiful photos from users that have traveled and written blogs or reviews on their experiences. 

Start off by creating a few boards that you can start pinning to. For example, if you want to visit Sanibel Island, Florida you could create the following boards:

  • Things to do in Sanibel Island, Florida
  • Sanibel beaches
  • Places to eat in Sanibel
  • Sanibel museums and attractions
  • Tips for visiting Sanibel Island
Using your phone to plan a Florida vacation on Pinterest with Must Do Visitor Guides.

Creating a Travel Itinerary With Pinterest

You can create an itinerary with recommended things to try, must do experiences, where to stay, and local culinary treats. 

Once you’ve created a Pinterest board for the area or place you want to visit, simply search for that place along with activities, places to stay, eat, etc. then save the pins you love to the board. 

Planning a Florida Beach Vacation With Pinterest

You can plan a Southwest Florida beach vacation with the help of Must Do Visitor Guides. All of the images on MustDo.com are easily pinnable but to make it even easier you can go directly to our Pinterest boards and save pins to your boards from there. 

Must Do Visitor Guides Southwest Florida travel and vacation planning on Pinterest.

The following three Pinterest boards from Must Do Visitor Guides feature information about the best beaches, family fun kids activities, eco and outdoor activities, cultural and culinary tours, attractions, shopping, dining recommendations, nightlife, golf, and Southwest Florida day trips. 

Sarasota, Siesta Key, Venice, Longboat Key, and Lido Key Pinterest Board

Naples and Marco Island Pinterest Board

Fort Myers Beach, Fort Myers, Sanibel, and Captiva Island Pinterest Board

Planning a vacation using Pinterest. Must Do Visitor Guides.
Photo credit Laurén Ettinger

A Pinterest Board of Inspirational Travel Quotes

This Must Do Visitor Guides Pinterest board features a collection of travel quotes and is meant to put you into vacation planning mode! You’ll find tropical beach themed quotes, inspirational, motivational, adventure, family vacation, and funny travel quotes. 

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This Pinterest board is strictly beach themed quotes set on images of beautiful beaches. 

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Photo credit Nita Ettinger

If you’re planning to stay a little closer to home this board is full of road trip tips

I hope you’re inspired to start planning the next trip with Pinterest, wherever….and whenever it may be!

How to use Pinterest for planning a vacation. Photo credit Jennifer Brinkman. Must Do Visitor Guides | MustDo.com
Photo credit Jennifer Brinkman
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Written by:

Nita Ettinger is Co-publisher for Siesta Publications Inc. and the Editor in Chief for Must Do Visitor Guides. Must Do Visitor Guides provides Southwest Florida visitor information through printed magazines and the website MustDo.com. Must Do magazines are published bi-annually and are available at no cost in Sarasota, Lee, and Collier County Chamber of Commerce, visitor information centers, select Southwest Florida hotels, and wherever free publications can be found.