I admit it, I’m new to Instagram. It’s not because I wasn’t a believer … it’s just that I was carrying around a prehistoric Blackberry, since I was grandfathered into T-Mobile’s international plan. When T-Mobile announced free international data I upgraded to a Nokia Lumia 1020, which has a kickass camera (41 megapixels!) I’ve only lately started posting to Instagram. It’s not only fun to share my travels but I can quickly see what my friends are up to and get inspired by travelers I may only know through social media.

Here are the 14 best travel Instagrammers you should follow in 2014. Some I know, some I don’t. Oh and if you want to follow me, my handle is JohnnyJet – I travel to around 20 countries a year and my wife, NatalieDiScala, comes with me to many of them.

SkimbSkimbaco
Katja Presnal is a Finnish girl who met a Texan in Germany and they travel so much, their three kids were born in three different countries. Last year they moved from New York to Sweden so you will often see picturesque photos of Sweden on Katja’s Instagram feed.

JDEarthxplorer
JD Andrews, like most of us in this industry, find travel to be our passion. JD lives in south Florida but travels often and he’s been to 90 countries and all seven continents. Along the way, he creates inspiring videos and photographs and shares them on Instagram. Travel Style: JD Andrews

Gary AEverythingEverywhere
Gary Arndt has been traveling non-stop since 2007. He’s visited over 140 countries and territories, and all seven continents. He was just voted travel photographer of the year by the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW). Travel Style: Gary Arndt

Dave and DebThePlanetD
Dave & Deb are a dynamic travel couple based out of Toronto but are rarely home. They run the adventure travel blog ThePlanetD.Com and inspire other couples to quit the rat race and see the world. They’ve been to over 80 countries and all seven continents. Travel Style: Dave & Deb

KirstenKirsten Alana
Kirsten is a travel photographer by trade and can often be found teaching seminars on mobile travel photography. She’s based in New York City and is currently in charge of curating the guide to NYC for AFAR’s active online travel community and is a blogger for ExpediaUK. Travel Style: Kirsten Alana

Lady in LondonA Lady in London
Julie is an expat Californian living in London. She frequently travels the world and so far, she’s been to 95 countries. Travel Style: Julie Falconer

BenOnemileatatime
I’m pretty sure Ben Schlappig is not only the youngest person (23) on this list but he also flies the most … over 300,000 miles a year. Ben is constantly on the go as he doesn’t like staying anywhere for more than three days. If you like to see photos of first class on a large variety of airlines, then follow Ben. Travel Style: Ben Schlappig

PointsGuyThePointsGuy
Just like Ben, Brian Kelly is also a young, frequent traveler and the master of accumulating a lot of points and miles. He not only runs the successful website ThePointsGuy.com, but he’s also constantly taking snapshots of the world as he goes. Travel Style: Brian Kelly

Jen PLax2nrt
Jen Pollack Bianco is a travel photographer-slash-blogger. She lives in L.A. but is always on the go and can be found everywhere, from a five star hotel to a dive bar. Oh and her Instagram handle is LAX2NRT because Los Angeles to Tokyo is her favorite route. Travel Style: Jen Pollack Bianco

LegalNLegalNomads
Jodi Ettenberg quit her job as a successful lawyer to travel the world. She’s been eating her way around the world, one country at a time for the last five years. Travel Style: Jodi Ettenberg 

James ClarkNomadicNotes
James Clark is originally from Melbourne, Australian but since 2003 he’s been on the road as a digital nomad. Follow him on Instagram and you’ll see that he loves good coffee, travel and the Internet. Travel Style: James Clark

Ken KKen Kaminesky
Ken is a travel photographer and what I like about his account is that all of his Instagram photos are shot and edited on an iPhone.

ZachZachsPassport
Zach Glassman is a travel documentarian and polyglot based out of NYC. He’s also the founder of @passionpassport. If you want to get inspired, then be one of his 100,000 followers.

Kost N CheeseLostncheeseland
Lindsey Tramuta is a freelance writer based out of Paris. She spends a good amount of time traveling and is always taking incredible photos of delicious looking food.

So there’s my list of the 14 best travel Instagrammers to follow in 2014. As I sat down to pull this piece together, I realized I could have listed 99 (there’s so much great talent out there!) but that’s going to have to wait 85 years. In the meantime, I created this resource of the other travel Instagrammers you may want to follow. And if I have missed any, please leave a comment below so we can potentially add it.

Happy New Year!

36 Comments On "14 Best Travel Instagrammers to Follow in 2014"
  1. Salt in our Hair|

    Awesome list Johnny! We hope to get in the list of 2016. :D

  2. David|

    Awesome list! I’m going to follow all of the people I don’t already follow! Please check out my Instagram as well:
    @travel_with_david

  3. Rose|

    here’s a cool one (based in Mtl, and travels Europe/North America a lot): @laflaneusemtl

  4. lydingiro|

    Hey, I’m a flight attendant, hopefully one day you will consider my varied photo collection for your list -Insta: Lydingiro

  5. WeAreThePassengers|

    Great selection of igers! We also post some of our travel pics there, hope you guys like! :) http://www.instagram.com/wearethepassengers

  6. afonso|

    Check out this amazinf TRAVEL gallery from a Portuguese Globetrotter: http://instagram.com/ruipvmcorreia/

  7. cherisejoelle|

    Wonderful! I have successfully added them all to my insta-list and can’t wait to see the next round, mine is http://instagram.com/cherisejoelle and I blog about travel and lifestyle reviews/gluten free eating through Italy.

    Thanks!

  8. Anonymous|

    Hi. Check this account out : @Dubaisotires

  9. Anonymous|

    You should include me next year @adventuresofjustin

  10. alex|

    my fave is San Francisco account, http://instagram.com/sanfrancisco

  11. mightytravels|

    That’s a cool list.I love that you highlight accounts with just a few followers so far – that’s gonna grow though!

  12. TurtlesTravel|

    You’ve brought it to our attention how far behind our Instagram account is following some of those we love on other forms of social media. Thanks for another great list to start the year!

  13. JD Andrews|

    Thank you so much for including me in this amazing group of people! I’m honored. Cheers to all the adventures in 2014 :)
    ~jd

  14. AlexBerger|

    Great list, and though I follow many in other areas, I actually wasn’t following a number of them on Instagram, so thanks for the heads up!

  15. Kerri|

    Great list! Please follow us and our new travel project launching 2014 @allaboardtv

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