# Follow-along route with landmarks and map

A travel format, measured November 8, 2026 by Volume. https://tryvolume.app/working/travel/follow-along-route-with-landmarks-and-map

Film a walk or journey as a step-by-step route, showing the landmarks, signs and turns and finishing with a map. It worked for 8 accounts, with a median of 6x their usual reach. Type: Editing trick. Seen as: Talking head, Slideshow, Video, Voiceover.

## Why it works

Anxious or curious travelers can copy the route exactly. These posts solve a specific navigation problem.

## How to make it

1. Start and end at a clear point such as a station
2. Film signs, turns and unmarked doors in order
3. End with a map or put the route in the caption

## Hook formula

How to get to [hard-to-find spot] in [city]

## Examples

- @zannavandijk (109K followers, TikTok talking head): 29x their usual views. Hook: “This is one of London's prettiest autumn walks and you've probably never heard of it” [Original post](https://www.tiktok.com/@zannavandijk/video/7691364157685353761)
- @bootsandfins (5K followers, TikTok slideshow): 28x their usual views. Hook: “This is frankly the best place on the entire planet: British Columbia” [Original post](https://www.tiktok.com/@bootsandfins/photo/7689600724522568968)
- @ultimatevacationn (455K followers, Instagram video): 12x their usual views. Hook: “How is it possible that people live in America their entire life and never take this roadtrip...🤯😭” [Original post](https://www.instagram.com/p/DeNUk3agos7/)
- @thelosttwo (1.1M followers, Instagram video): 3.4x their usual views. Hook: “The Ultimate Christmas Market Road Trip” [Original post](https://www.instagram.com/p/DdwaId8P8Yh/)
- @iskarlok (97K followers, Instagram talking head): 5.0x their usual views. Hook: “sometimes all you need to do in MONTRÉAL (episode 14)” [Original post](https://www.instagram.com/p/DdulXufOo8b/)
- @erinrjackson (139K followers, Instagram voiceover): 6.6x their usual views. Hook: “nyc subway cheat sheet DON'T TAKE AN UBER TO JFK” [Original post](https://www.instagram.com/p/DeSBfiBN6aM/)
- @vh_travelwithme (70K followers, Instagram video): 4.0x their usual views. Hook: “HOW TO ROAD TRIP THE USA WEST COAST🤠🚗🇺🇸” [Original post](https://www.instagram.com/p/DeCB_RAusBd/)
- @george_in_london (232K followers, Instagram voiceover): 3.5x their usual views. Hook: “London Walk Halloween Edition” [Original post](https://www.instagram.com/p/DfAaC5stZ9K/)

More travel formats: https://tryvolume.app/working/travel.md

## Get the full library

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## How this is measured

- Every post is compared with its own account's usual reach, not with other accounts. "14x their usual" means the post got 14 times the median views of that account's recent posts.
- TikTok videos and Instagram Reels are measured on views. Instagram carousels have no view count, so they are measured on likes against the account's usual likes, and say so.
- A post makes the library at 2x its account's usual or more. A format is a repeatable move (what is said or shown, or how it is edited) that several accounts used in breakout posts. It is listed here once it worked for 3 or more different accounts.
- Formats rank on how many accounts they worked for and how far above usual, damped so a fluke on one tiny account cannot outrank a format that worked for ten.

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