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20 Travel Cartoons That Find the Funny in Everything

Updated: Aug. 04, 2021

Are we there yet? Kill some time with these funny cartoons that celebrate the joys and hassles of travel and vacation.

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Harley Shwadron for Reader's DIgest

The perfect size

These travel cartoons know the struggles of frequent fliers all too well.

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Paul Kales for Reader's Digest

Lost luggage

The TSA has the right to search your belongings, so why can’t you search your own?

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Thomas Bros for Reader's Digest

Welcome to: Nebraska

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John Caldwell for Reader's Digest

Welcome to: Hawaii

Nothing like travel cartoons to get you laughing—and daydreaming about your vacation ownership options.

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Bob Vojtko for Reader's Digest

Beached out

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Kim Warp for Reader's Digest

Welcome to: Rhode Island

Its dream state motto is “Everything’s bigger in Rhode Island.”

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P.C. Vey for Reader's Digest

Welcome to: Virginia

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Thomas Bros for Reader's Digest

Welcome to: Indiana

What’s not to love about Gary?

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P.C. Vey for Reader's Digest

Empty blanket

Be sure to check out these 14 summer cartoons you can’t help but laugh at.

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Chris Cater for Reader's Digest

Deserted

At least it’s not raining.

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16 Travel Cartoons That Find the Funny in Everything
Robert Erskine for Reader's Digest

Running on positivity

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16 Travel Cartoons That Find the Funny in Everything
Noah Jones for Reader's Digest

Welcome to: Alaska

Now ice… that’s an entirely different story.

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An (inter)stellar vacation

Just a little bit off course.

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16 Travel Cartoons That Find the Funny in Everything
Ron Morgan for Reader's Digest

The future of road tripping

There’s always a catch. Here are 23 more cartoons technophobes will appreciate.

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16 Travel Cartoons That Find the Funny in Everything
Michael Maslin/The new Yorker collection/© Condé Nast

Miscommunication

Needless to say, that wasn’t the flyby he was hoping for.

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Boring road trip

This isn’t the fun road trip I had in mind.

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Michael Maslin/The new Yorker collection/© Condé Nast

Hi down below

“He always gives me such a nice wave.”

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Mark Heath for Reader's Digest

Beachgoers

“I guess we’ll never know why they beach themselves?”

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Bill Abbott for Reader's DIgest

Polite pilots

Thankfully this doesn’t actually happen when pilots sneeze.

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16 Travel Cartoons That Find the Funny in Everything
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Commuting in style

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