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Traveler's Notebook vs Sterling Ink N1 Refills for 2026
After three years of Traveler's Company monthly and weekly refills, I switched to Sterling Ink N1 booklets for 2026. Here is how the two compare.
This is the first time I'm going to be using these booklets for my planners. I've been a Traveler's Company user for 3 years now. I was looking at the different alternatives and I always have enjoyed seeing the layouts that Sterling Ink offers.
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Quick comparison
| Traveler's Company refills | Sterling Ink N1 booklets | |
|---|---|---|
| Yearly overview | Yes | Yes |
| Monthly boxes | About the same size | About the same size, smaller numbers |
| Mini calendars on the monthly | Yes, on the dated version | No |
| Extra pages at the back of the monthly | Around 10, blank | 17 or 18, grid |
| Also includes | Quarterly overviews, week numbers |
The monthly booklets
The yearly overview is very similar in both. I've used this for some trip planning, some PTO, some different things. It's not too much space for any significant planning or anything, but doing some quick overview of the year has been super helpful.
The Sterling Ink booklet adds quarterly overviews. It gives you another list for the month you can use for tracking. There are four quarters.
I will say the squares, the boxes for the months are the same. The dated Traveler's Company monthly has the calendars on the side, which some people like and some people don't. When we jump here on the Sterling Ink, again, the boxes are very similar. You do have a little more space since the numbers are a little smaller. You do get that side back from not having the calendars. I do enjoy that this one has week numbers, minimal layouts.
And the other nice thing about this booklet which also attracted me to it was the fact that you get an extra 17 or 18 pages on the back to write. The Traveler's Company, I believe, comes with around 10. They are blank, which I don't enjoy, because I cannot write very straight.
Does it lay flat?
And again, one of the things that a lot of people complain about too as well is that it doesn't lay flat. I've found that being a little rough with it, it eventually will lay flat.
The weekly booklets
I decided to go with the weekly vertical this year. This is the first time I'm trying this and I was actually doing it some in my weekly plus memo where I'll just draw this spread.
I'm not a huge fan of the yearly. Again, we already have it in the monthly and it's not very useful. There are also a few extra pages at the end of the weekly. Again, I've never used them. They are not useful to me, but they're there if you really want to use them.
My pick for 2026
So, I'm looking forward to these Sterling Ink booklets. They are super clean, super minimal. The cover is this nice faux leather that feels nice in the hands. And overall, they're just super nicely designed and laid out.
So, overall really impressed with the quality and the layout of the Sterling Ink booklets.
Pick Sterling Ink N1 booklets if you want week numbers, quarterly pages and gridded extra pages. Stay with Traveler's Company refills if you like the mini calendars on the dated monthly.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many extra pages do the Sterling Ink monthly booklets have?
The other nice thing about this booklet which also attracted me to it was the fact that you get an extra 17 or 18 pages on the back to write.
Do the booklets lay flat?
I've found that being a little rough with it, it eventually will lay flat.
Which weekly layout did you choose?
I decided to go with the weekly vertical this year.