Originated by Ran Lydell of Cooks Nursery and Eagle Bay Gardens in New York, this non-registered cultivar is of unidentified parentage. It is a small size hosta about 8 inches high by 18 inches wide with lanceolate, rippled green foliage that has a narrow, white marginal variegation. 'Traveler' is fast growing and the leaves are somewhat unruly.

The Book of Little Hostas by Kathy and Michael Shadrack (2010) says: "This quickly spreading hosta will do well bordering a bed or pathway in light to dappled shade."