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Whether you only get to travel once in a great while or it is something you are privileged enough to do all the time, there is no denying that traveling is a special experience that enriches our souls. As we discover more about the amazing world we live in, we also learn more about ourselves.

So it is understandable that it can be hard to let go of travel keepsakes. I’m not talking about souvenirs you purchased to decorate your home, but rather the little things you pick up along the way, sometimes unintentionally: photos, maps, ticket stubs, brochures, postcards, and so on. In some ways, these are actually more representative of the time we spent traveling than the special purchases we made. They can bring back some great memories, so it makes sense to hold onto them tightly.

Now, before you went on your trip, you probably looked up the best way to organize travel documents. It was likely recommended that you use some kind of a folder to do so. So there is a good chance that you also stashed the documents you collected along the way (maps, brochures, etc.) in the same folders—where they may remain to this day.

It is also possible that you planned to someday use these items to create a scrapbook, but having never gotten around to it, you simply have them all stashed in an old shoebox. If you are very lucky, that shoebox is now stuffed full to the point of bursting—but your maps, ticket stubs and other mementoes deserve more care than that.

So how can you organize these keepsakes to protect them? I recommend investing in a set of plastic storage boxes for papers. You can go with clear plastic storage bins or opaque ones. Either way, the key is to come up with at least a basic organizational system and label your bins accordingly.

Here are some ideas:

• Label each bin by year (if you use a bin with dividers, you could label each with a different location you traveled to that year)
• Label each bin by location (you could choose a bin with dividers and label each with different years)
• Go with small plastic containers so that you can have one for each individual trip you have taken

It takes a lot less time and effort to toss your mementoes into each box than it does to make ornate albums or scrapbooks for every trip you have taken. But at least you will be able to reference the items quickly if you need to. And all you will have to do to recapture the memories of your trips is open one of the boxes and reach inside.

Plus, if you do get ambitious and want to get scrapbooking, it will now be much easier to dive on in and get started! You will have everything for the trip you want to scrapbook all in one place and easily accessible. This may actually motivate you to work on the scrapbook ideas you have abandoned.