Paris, London, Tokyo, oh my! There are so many places to travel across the world and for many students when arriving at college, they plan to study abroad.

Whether it’s to focus and dive deeper on your designated major, or if it’s to get those general education requirements out of the way, studying abroad through your college, or on your own time is a life-changing experience. With the numerous places that you can go, food you can divulge in, and the new people you can meet, traveling is something that everyone should be able to experience.

We know that travelling can be expensive when you are in college, but we are here to help you out and motivate you for your future trips around the world. Moving into a dorm and given the opportunity to decorate your room how you like is how you can express your love for travelling. Here is a list of the top dorm decor for aspiring travelers to get you excited about exploring the world!

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Purchase a Poster or Cork Board of the World Map

Put pins on which countries or cities you have been to and cross them off one by one!

One of the most important things that an aspiring traveler needs in their room is a travel inspired decor with the world map on it. One of the coolest ways to keep track of what cities or countries you have travelled to is by purchasing a poster or cork board of the world map to hang on your wall. Many of the cork board world maps come with pins that you are able to place on the places that you have been to cross off your travelling bucket list one at a time. 

Once you have a poster or cork board with the world map on it and you start to pin all of the places you have been, it will motivate you to want to travel to more places. These maps are also great for maybe discovering cities, or places you have never heard of before. Having a world map in your dorm will help to remind you every day of your many dreams and the places you wish to see as an aspiring traveler. If you are interested in decorating your dorm with the best travelling decor, purchase a travel inspired poster of the world map today!

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A Globe on Your Desk Can Motivate You to Continue Your Travels

Purchasing a globe for your desk is a constant reminder of all the places you haven’t seen yet!

Everyone remembers in your elementary school classrooms how almost every single teacher had a globe of the world either on their desk, or somewhere in the room. Well, now is your chance to add a globe to your dorm as a great travel inspired dorm decor! Just like world maps, globes are great for showing different countries and cities all around the world that you haven’t been to yet. 

Having a globe on your desk is a great reminder of where your dreams lie. Aspiring travelers wish to travel to many different places all around the world and if you’re struggling with a new place to travel to and save up money for, just give the globe a spin and put your finger on the globe to stop it, and there’s your new travel destination! This method is great if you are stuck on where to explore next and a globe is a simple way to spruce up your room with travel inspired decor.

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Travel Signs, or Posters with Inspirational Travelling Quotes are a Must

Not only are they great for an aspiring traveler, but they are super cute as well!

Hanging cute quotes all over the walls of your dorm is essential to decorating your room. Not only can you find a quote for literally anything, but they are great inspiration for whatever you are interested in. Since travelling is so popular, there are many quotes that are perfect for an aspiring traveller.

Whether it’s the definition of the word “travel”, or other quotes about exploring the world, quotes are a great use of motivation to continue your love of travel with just a simple wall decor. They are easy to hang up and can be hung up with Command strips or hooks, or even push pins to prevent any damage to your dorm walls. With keeping the travelling inspiration alive with using quotes to decorate your walls, they can help a student with a dream to become a world traveller and follow their dreams to explore new places.

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About Decorating Your Walls With Canvas Prints of World Famous Cities

Is there one particular city, or country that you just love? Buy a canvas print specifically for that place!

We all have that one particular city, or country that we love and that we find astonishingly beautiful. Whether it’s Paris with the eiffel tower, or cherry blossom trees in Okinawa, Japan, places such as these produce magnificent canvas prints that are perfect to hang up on your wall. As an aspiring traveler, there are many different prints and cities to choose from, but make sure to choose the one with the city or country that you absolutely love, or most desire to visit. 

Canvas prints can come in many different sizes, shapes, and of course, with many different prints of your favorite cities, or sights to see in your favorite country. Many of them come in a black and white print, with a pop of a particular color to really make it stand out and make it easy to match with furniture, or other decor. They can also come in actual print photographs, or even paintings, so it's up to you on your preference. Either way canvas wall hangings are a great way to decorate your dorm walls with inspirational travel decor!

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Purchase Some Decorative Storage Suitcases For All Your Storage Needs

Running low on storage space? Buy some cute paperboard suitcases to store whatever you need!

Do you wish to live out of your suitcase someday? Well, for now you can buy paperboard storage suitcases that are great for storage for makeup, school supplies, or other items that you wish to store. These paperboard suitcases come as a pack of three and come in three different sizes. Although the biggest one is only 11.5 x 7.75 inches with a height of 3.5 inches, it is great for storing smaller items of your choice.

Coming in two different colors, black and brown, these are easily available to buy on the internet. There are also many other different versions of paperboard storage bins that are available to purchase that are travel related. These are perfect for the inner aspiring traveller in you and as simple decor for your dorm room!

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Get Retro With a Suitcase Turntable to Play Your Music

Vinyl records are making a comeback, so get your suitcase turntable today!

The retro vibes are coming back with the use of a turntable and buying vinyl records. From buying records for new artists, or buying older, used records from the 1970s and 1980s, records are great for not only music lovers, but for travel lovers too with buying a suitcase turntable. With a suitcase turntable, it is easy to transport from your room at home to your new dorm room.

Not only is a suitcase turntable great for listening to music from all eras, but the fact that it looks like a suitcase adds the travel aesthetic for aspiring travelers. Even though it isn’t decor to add to your walls and it is more for entertainment, it will give your dorm room a retro feel, since record players are not as widely used as they used to be. Playing your favorite music on a suitcase shaped record player is another type of travel inspired decor that serves more of a purpose besides being decoration. 

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Decorate Your Walls With a Compass Themed Clock

Need to further decorate the walls of your dorm? Look no further than a compass clock!

Clocks are a simple way to add decor to your dorm, but a compass clock is a great way to decorate your walls if you are an aspiring traveler. Compasses are a symbol of travel, more specifically, guidance, and they are able to point you in the right direction no matter where you go. What better way to point you in the right direction than a compass clock?

What’s fun about compass clocks is that they come in all different kinds of shapes, sizes, colors, and designs. Instead of relying on your phone to constantly tell you the time, hang up a compass clock to help you tell the time and be another source of inspiration for your travelling goals. 

Travelling is overall very important to many students that wish to study abroad or just travel for fun one day. We know decorating your dorm room can be tough, but with this list of travel inspired dorm decor, you will have no problem with decorating your room. Are there other travel inspired dorm decor that you like, but we didn’t mention? Leave us a comment down below!

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