51 Cute and Funny Instagram Captions for Every Type of Fall Break — PSLs, BFF Hangs & More!

Whether you’ve got a countdown to fall break on your phone or you’re just looking forward to some time off from classes, it’s always fun to get a little break. Maybe you’re traveling back home, taking a trip with your college friends, having a self-care weekend on campus, or simply updating your Instagram feed with a recap of the semester so far. Whatever you do, you’ll likely be sharing photos of what you’re up to during fall break. And that means you need some fall break captions to go with your pics.

Documenting your college memories is so important. Having a way to reminisce on the events you participated in, the nights in with friends, and any trips you went on allows you to reflect on your college days, both while you’re living them and in the many years to come. 

Once you’ve curated your perfect post, you’re not quite ready to share it with the world yet — first, you need to caption it! If the fall semester already has your brain exhausted and out of ideas, don’t worry; I’ve got plenty of caption ideas for you.

1. All in on autumn.
2. In my fall break era. 
3. Fall breakin’.
4. Leaf me alone, it’s fall break.
5. My outfits get better in the fall.
6. The leaves are falling, fall break is calling.
7. Gilmore Girls season is upon us.
8. Staycation: fall break edition.
9. Falling for fall.
10. Mentally, I’ve been on fall break since September.
11. Classes: done. PSL: in my hand.

1. Like a leaf in the wind, I’m catching a flight.
2. Study hard, travel harder.
3. The money will return; fall break won’t.
4. The fall break trip actually made it out of the group chat.
5. BRB, muting my Canvas notifications for a few days.
6. As every Pinterest post from 2016 once said, not all who wander are lost.
7. Catching flights, not midterms.
8. They say to travel while you’re young, right?!
9. Destination: anywhere but my classes.
10. More leaf peeping and less term paper-writing.
11. I love packing my bag when it’s not for class.

1. Here for family time (and retrieving my favorite boots).
2. Sweater weather hits harder in my childhood bedroom.
3. Honey, I’m home!
4. IDK, I just missed my mom.
5. I needed a break from the dining hall.
6. Went from “Dorm Sweet Dorm” to “Home Sweet Home” for a few days. 
7. Pumpkin spice lattes taste better with my hometown BFF.
8. My dog needed a belly rub, so I flew home immediately.
9. Putting in some time with the fam before they start holiday shopping for me.
10. Reclaiming my place as the favorite child.
11. A home-cooked meal hits different.
12. My parents basically begged me to be here (and I love it).

1. “I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address.” —Joe, You’ve Got Mail
2. “Now my life is sweet like cinnamon.” —Lana Del Rey, “Radio”
3. “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” —F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
4. “And all the lives we ever lived and all the lives to be are full of trees and changing leaves … ” —Virginia Woolf, To The Lighthouse
5. “A time of hot chocolatey mornings, and toasty marshmallow evenings, and, best of all, leaping into leaves!” —Winnie the Pooh, Pooh’s Grand Adventure
6. “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” —L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
7. “I … am an autumn.” —Richard Gilmore, Gilmore Girls 
8. “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” —Anne, Anne of Green Gables
9. “Windows flung right open, autumn air.” —Taylor Swift, “Cornelia Street”

1. This plate deserves its own photo dump. 
2. How long can Thanksgiving leftovers last? 
3. Team Canned Cranberries.
4. Thankful for the end of midterms. 
5. The one time a year I see my high school friends. 
6. First, turkey; then, holiday decorations!
7. I’m a back-home baller, as they say.
8. Can’t wait to feed my camera roll.