Generally, a travelogue provides a place to preserve memories, provide a purpose for travel, and offer a connection with local communities. The main purposes of a travelogue though are to inform readers about a place, landscape or culture. A travelogue is a truthful account of an individual's experiences traveling, usually written in the past tense and in the first person.
"To avoid arousing unnecessary talk, he took from the table the writing in which the millions were renounced, and when he got home locked it up in the fireproof safe."