Having some extra time at home has given us the opportunity to revisit our past holidays. Sorting through photos and sharing stories of travels long ago, has inspired our team’s new travel stories which we will share with you in time.

In the age of mobile phones, Facebook and Instagram, taking beautiful holiday photos (and getting them online for everyone to drool over) has become as easy as breathing, but in the process some of the more traditional ways to keep the memories alive have fallen by the wayside.

As we poured over the hundreds of digital images locked away in folders on our computers or smartphones, we decided to search for some inspiration of novel and creative ways to share these with family and friends.

 

Who knew there are some very clever apps and services out there that let us bring our holiday experiences and memories to life. We've listed some of our favourites below. Quite liking the idea of sending a postcard to friends and family with a couple snaps of shared experiences or even of shared travel for the future. 

This app makes creating a postcard SO easy. Just choose a photo from your mobile phone or computer (or FB or Insta), select a template (there are over 50,000 to chose from!) upload it, and write your personal text on the back side. Now add one or more recipients, pay, and they will produce your postcard within 24 hours and send it out by mail to anywhere in the world.
Download the app on the app store or the Google Play store   

Some photos simply pop and look better when they’re physically printed in book form, so why not consider putting together your top holiday photos and getting them printed via a service. 
Design your book using templates or from scratch using Momento's software embellishments.  Another option is Snapfish; who offer high-quality printing, and an Autofill & Shuffle option which completes your book for you, so you can tweak what you like
and you're done! 

It’s not unusual to capture some of your very best travel photos while on vacation. Whether it’s a great family photo or a stunning landscape, there’s almost always a photo or two in your albums that are print-worthy. So why not turn them into actual photo prints? Making prints is incredibly easy to do via online ordering. You also have a plethora of print material options including traditional photo prints, canvas, metal prints, and even wood. A great site we love is Keep Sake Frames. 

Thanks to printing companies such as Zazzle, you can print your photos on a wide range of objects. T-shirts, magnets and mugs might seem like traditional items on which you tend to find custom printed photos. But did you know that your photo can be printed on an iPhone case, blanket, pillow, bath mat, Zippo lighter, playing cards, and even a face mask? Punch Print and Photobox  are two more options with some quirky ideas that'll make you laugh.

Let us know how you are keeping your travel passions alive or if you have any other great companies, apps or ideas that we can use to exhibit our favourite travel pics.