They opened theirs. Here’s what they said.
“The quality of my journal is excellent! I absolutely love the charms I added.”
Verified buyer“The delivery was fast and product is beautiful!!!! Love it”
Verified buyer“I’m excited for this to hold my memories... I can look back on when I’m 70.”
Verified buyer
The point of a travel journal is not only what you wrote. It is the boarding pass, the receipt from the place you cannot pronounce, the photo you printed when you got home.
Ask anyone what they kept from a trip ten years ago. It is rarely the paragraph. It is the ticket, the menu, the terrible photo booth strip.
Most travel journals have nowhere to put any of it, so it ends up in a drawer and then in a bin.
Card slots and pockets, sitting on the same cords as the paper. Boarding passes, stamps, receipts, a polaroid.
It comes in the box, which means the things you pick up on the way have somewhere to live from day one.
One lined insert and one blank one come as standard. Blank is where the maps, the pressed thing and the bad sketch go.
Up to three inserts at once, so you can run lined, blank and organizer together for the whole trip.
Pocket is about 4 by 7 inches and fits the seat pocket, the jacket, the day bag. A linen travel bag comes with it to keep grit off the leather.
Premium leather, hand stitched, designed in Los Angeles. It handles being thrown in a bag, which is most of what travel is.
When a trip fills an insert, that insert comes off and goes on a shelf labelled with where you were. A new one goes on for the next trip.
So you end up with a row of trips and one journal, rather than a pile of half-used books.
Refills start at $12 for about 76 pages. Nobody writes less because the paper felt precious.
That matters more on a trip than it does at a desk.
Easy 100-day returns, and a lifetime warranty on the binding, the cover and the hardware.
Take it somewhere first. That is the only real test.
The complete starter kit. Your leather cover in the size and color you pick, two 76-page Daolin inserts (one lined, one blank), an organizer insert for cards, stamps, photos, or loose notes, and a linen travel bag. Restock Event adds a complimentary charm. Everything you need to start writing on day one.
The organizer insert, which has card slots and pockets and sits on the same cords as the paper. Boarding passes, stamps, receipts, a printed photo.
It comes in the box, so the things you pick up have somewhere to live from day one.
Pocket is about 4 by 7 inches and fits a seat pocket, a jacket or a day bag. A linen travel bag comes with it.
Classic is better if you write long entries and have the room.
Yes, and this is the part people like most. A trip fills an insert, that insert goes on a shelf, a new one goes on for the next trip.
You end up with a row of trips and one journal.
One lined and one blank insert come as standard, and up to three fit at once.
Blank is where the map, the pressed thing and the bad sketch go, which is most of what a trip leaves behind.
Inserts are flat and light, so a spare costs nothing to pack. Refills start at $12 for about 76 pages.
Worth doing on a long trip, because running out of paper somewhere remote is annoying.
Binding failure, cover failure, and hardware like the grommets. If something structural breaks, we replace it for free immediately, no shipping fee.
Inserts are flat and light, so a spare costs nothing to pack. Refills start at $12 for about 76 pages.
Worth doing on a long trip, because running out of paper somewhere remote is annoying.
Try Momento for 100 days. If you don't fall in love, easy 100-day returns. Just email help@stillarchive.com and we'll take care of it.
Based on a survey of 3,000+ Momento buyers
87%
Stayed consistent longer
94%
Stopped reaching for their phone first
3.2 hrs
Fewer screen time per day
89%
Say it is the first journal they finished
Most of us have three of these already. Most of us stopped using all three within a month.
| Criteria | Momento | Your Notes app | Moleskine | Your last planner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still being used 6 months in | ||||
| Off the cloud. Into your hands. | ||||
| A separate space for each part of your lifeA separate space for each part of life | Sort of | |||
| Runs out? Keep the cover. Replace the pages. | Sort of | |||
| Feels like something you want to hold | ||||
| Backed for life |
This is the one you keep, because it keeps up with you.
