Color-Coded Annual Travel Calendar (Google Sheets Template)

the holy grail of trip planning for the ambitious traveler… the annual color-coded travel calendar

Most people use a normal calendar app like Google Calendar or Apple Calendar to map out their travels, but I have discovered that neither of those exactly fit my needs. I want a bird’s eye view of my entire year at once, where according to color coding, I can tell where I’m traveling that day / week / weekend and can easily know when I am at home.

This is especially useful if you have very frequent or nonstop travel, like I did in the summer of 2021 when I was fully nomadic without a lease, ping-ponging from coast to coast and between the US and Europe full time traveling (more info and reflections on this experience in future newsletters… https://youarewhereyougo.substack.com/)

No existing calendar template worked for me, so I created my own. I have used this color-coded annual travel calendar every year since 2021, and will likely use it for the rest of my life. I’ve shared it with friends over the years and many said they copied the template for their own personal planning schedules, so now I’m opening up and sharing with you all!

I personally prefer having this template in Google Docs since it’s easily sharable via a link, for any friends and family who want to keep tabs on where in the world is Caitlyn. But here, I'm providing a template in Google Sheets since this is sufficient and considered more intuitive for most people's planning purposes.

I simply prefer a table within Docs instead of a full spreadsheet because to me it is more easily customizable with colors and highlights within separate rows, which Sheets is not as flexible about. But choose what works best for you!

included:

• Blank Google Sheets template
• Example Google Sheets annual color-coded travel calendar of my own personal travels to inspire you how to use this template
• Walkthrough video of me demonstrating how I use this template to build my personal annual travel schedule

**note: this product is free! you can enter "$0" in the box where it says "Name a fair price" if you wish to download it for free.

BUT I did spend hours of my own free time to make and perfect this template download... so if you appreciate the planning and effort that went into making and sharing this, and would like to pay-what-you-wish contribute toward my work, you can enter any amount that you’d like to contribute ($5, $10, $20, or whatever you feel this is worth to you!)

If you end up wanting to pay-what-you-wish “tip” me for my services and support my goal of inspiring and enabling more people to travel, you can always send any amount to @caitlynlubas on Venmo as a tip after the fact :)