Travelography:
The Format

A structured travel record. Resume-native by design.

Only destinations and dates are required. Everything else is optional.

VITA records travel the way resumes record work and transcripts record courses.

Destinations are the credits. Dates are the timestamps.

What this is

Travelography is a clean, durable way to log travel. It is:

  • legible at a glance

  • globally unambiguous

  • low-pressure to maintain

  • valid at any level of detail

The format

Header

Name

Current status line (optional)

Home base →

Current location

Traveling since YYYY → XX countries explored

Entry (repeatable)

An entry can be as short or as long as needed. No minimum duration.

Destinations + dates (required)

  • Single destination
City
YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD

  • Multiple destinations
Cities listed in travel order
City → City → City
YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD

  • Long stays
Use year-month when exact days do not matter
City
YYYY-MM to YYYY-MM

  • Current trips
City
YYYY-MM-DD to present

  • Upcoming or wishlisted trips
A destination and a target date are enough
    City
YYYY-MM
or
    City
YYYY-MM to YYYY-MM

Future entries appear in the same timeline and resolve naturally as dates pass.

Accommodations (optional)

Plain language. One line per stay.

Duration at Place Name (area optional)

Examples

  • 5 nights at The Hoxton, Amsterdam
  • 3 weeks at an Airbnb in Palermo

Notes (optional)

Up to three short lines.

  • Short factual observation

  • Behavior, routine, or constraint

  • One takeaway or shift

Examples of valid entries

Minimal valid entry

Rome
2024-06-02 to 2024-06-06

This entry is complete.

Current trip

Tokyo
2025-12-08 to present

Fully filled entry

Paris → Amsterdam
2027-09-05 to 2027-09-14
Accommodations
5 nights at a small hotel near the Left Bank
3 nights at The Hoxton, Amsterdam
Notes
First solo multi-country trip
Walked without daily plans
Preferred slower transitions

Why VITA uses this format

VITA is a resume for your travel. Destinations are the credits. Dates are the metadata. Everything else is optional.

VITA exists to store, reflect, and export this record clearly over time

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