50 Best Guys Trip Songs for IG Reels & Stories
Best Songs for a Guys Trip on Instagram Reels and Stories
There’s a particular energy that happens when the group finally gets moving. Not the glossy vacation ad version, but the actual one. Someone forgot chargers, someone else swore they knew the directions and didn’t, the playlist keeps getting hijacked every fifteen minutes. That chaos is its own kind of fun. It’s late-night laughs in a gas station parking lot, shouting over the stereo in a rental car that smells like road snacks, and filming clips that make zero sense to anyone who wasn’t there. The right songs end up holding those messy little moments together.
The soundtrack doesn’t always spell things out. Some tracks weren’t written for road trips or weekends away, but they hit the vibe anyway. The anthems, the sing-alongs, the songs that turn off the filter in everyone’s head for three minutes. That’s where the good reels come from. A mix of pop, rock, country, and R&B songs builds a playlist wide enough to handle the highs, the crashes, and the in-between parts when everyone is scrolling in silence waiting for the next stop.
What makes it click is when a track feels too big for the space you’re in. A stadium chorus echoing inside a cramped car. A smooth hook sneaking into a clip of bad pool volleyball. A beat drop that gets tied forever to a night that was supposed to be boring and wasn’t. These are the songs that turn shaky footage into something worth posting. Here are the best guys trip songs for Instagram reels and stories.
Top 10 Guys Trip Instagram Songs
1. 'Good Vibrations' by The Beach Boys
2. 'Life is a Highway' by Tom Cochrane
3. 'Don't Stop Me Now' by Queen
4. 'I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)' by The Proclaimers
5. 'Born to Be Wild' by Steppenwolf
6. 'Take It Easy' by Eagles
7. 'Kokomo' by The Beach Boys
8. 'Happy' by Pharrell Williams
9. 'Come Fly With Me' by Frank Sinatra
10. 'Sweet Home Alabama' by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Guys Trip Social Media Songs #11 to 20
11. 'All Star' by Smash Mouth
12. 'Walking on Sunshine' by Katrina & The Waves
13. 'Good Time' by Niko Moon
14. 'Adventure of a Lifetime' by Coldplay
15. 'Best Day of My Life' by American Authors
16. 'Young Folks' by The Kooks
17. 'Send Me on My Way' by Rusted Root
18. 'Here Comes the Sun' by The Beatles
19. 'Don't Stop the Party' by Pitbull featuring TJR
20. 'Island in the Sun' by Weezer
Best Road Trip Songs for Friends #21 to 30
21. 'You're My Best Friend' by Queen
22. 'On the Road Again' by Willie Nelson
23. 'Knee Deep' by Zac Brown Band featuring Jimmy Buffett
24. 'Budapest' by George Ezra
25. 'Home' by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
26. 'I Like Me Better' by Lauv
27. 'Go Your Own Way' by Fleetwood Mac
28. 'Get the Party Started' by Pink
29. 'Sunday Best' by Surfaces
30. 'The Adventure' by Angels & Airwaves
Songs for Travel Reels and Social Media #31 to 40
31. 'The Boys Are Back in Town' by Thin Lizzy
32. 'No New Friends' by DJ Khaled featuring Drake, Rick Ross, and Lil Wayne
33. 'We Are Young' by Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe
34. 'Golden' by Harry Styles
35. 'Slide' by Calvin Harris featuring Frank Ocean and Migos
36. 'Hey, Soul Sister' by Train
37. 'Firework' by Katy Perry
38. 'Old Town Road' by Lil Nas X
39. 'Free Bird' by Lynyrd Skynyrd
40. 'Let Me Take You There' by Plain White T's
Vacation and Group Trip Social Media Songs #41 to 50
41. 'You've Got a Friend in Me' by Randy Newman
42. 'Could You Be Loved' by Bob Marley & The Wailers
43. 'Fast Car' by Tracy Chapman
44. 'Vacation' by The Go-Go's
45. 'Dancing in the Moonlight' by Toploader
46. 'Walking on a Dream' by Empire of the Sun
47. 'Africa' by Toto
48. 'We're All in This Together' by High School Musical Cast
49. 'Young, Dumb & Broke' by Khalid
50. 'Summertime Magic' by Childish Gambino
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