Looking to update your travel gear? This simple, quick roundup of the best travel gear for long haul travelers, campers, and more is for you!
Best Carry-On Luggage
We swear by Victorinox luggage. We’ve exclusively used this brand of luggage for 15 years, and have only had to replace a carry on ONCE. When I tell you these things are sturdy, I mean it.
This is the European sized carry-on we love, and this is our other favorite carry-on (haven’t had to replace this EVER, despite being frequent travelers).
If you want high-quality travel luggage that you can depend on for a long time, buy Victorinox. We cannot recommend it highly enough!
Best Travel Bag
This is the best “personal item” travel bag, to rest comfortably on top of your luggage or the under the airplane seat. I love this bag because it’s a perfect, affordable dupe for the Lo & Sons travel bag I used for years, but is now discontinued.
Best Travel Accessories
Best Travel Pillow
This is the single best travel neck pillow ever made, we will never use anything else! It straps onto the headrest of your plane/train/bus seat and keeps your head/neck supported the whole trip.
Combine this with a mask and footrest, and you’ll sleep like a baby!
Best Blue Tooth Adaptor for Plane Rides
If you hate using the provided headphones with cumbersome cords on flights, try a bluetooth adaptor! Makes getting in and out of your chair much easier.
Best Eye Mask and Footrest for Long Haul Flights
These are necessities to help me sleep well on a plane.
This eye mask doesn’t mess with your lashes and blocks out all light.
I hook this foot hammock over the tray table, and it has changed EVERYTHING. I fly/sleep so much better with a footrest. Every time I bust it out, my seat mates always ask where I got it from!
Best Phone Lanyard
Pickpocket-proof your travels! I love wearing stylish phone lanyards, especially if they double as a wallet/purse. You can keep the lanyard over your top, but layered under your jacket/coat.
There are many options out there at different price points, but I’ve been using my Bandolier brand lanyard for years without ever needing to replace it. Again, the quality makes a difference, here!
This hack will give you peace of mind, especially on public transportation in foreign cities.
Best Power Bank
Never trust your phone battery alone. Always keep a power bank full and ready to go in the airport, your hotel room, or even take one around with you while traveling.
Best International Adaptors
This international power adaptor is perfect for someone who’s visiting multiple countries or just wants a simple solution without spending too much of multiple adaptors.
Best Hat Clips
Save valuable room in your luggage and keep your hats from being smooshed! These hat clips keep your hat safe on the outside of your bag. Every time I use these, I have people in the airport ask me about them.
Best Packing Cubes
We’ve tried A LOT of packing cubes, but our favorites are still these packing cubes because of how their extra zipper flattens our clothing!
Best Camping Gear
Best Camping Tent
We swear by this Coleman Tent. So light and easy to use! You can get it in 2-person, 4-person, and 6-person versions!
Best Camping Stove
If you’re car camping, you could always use a proper camping stove. This one is the best out there. We have exclusively used this one and so do all our camping friends.
Best Camping Chair
These light, easy to fold chairs are perfect if you want a chair you can carry around from campsite to beach, etc.
If you want a sturdier one with better back support, this is our favorite camping chair we’ve been using for literally 10 years. It has a nice cupholder and cooler bag attached!
Best Camping Shower
Nothing feels better than a warm sun shower when camping. We fill our solar shower, let it sit out in the hot sun all day, then take an evening shower before filling back up for tomorrow. It’s so easy to use!
Best Camping Power Bank
Again, if you’re car camping and wanting some modern conveniences, you can make your life a LOT easier with a power station to power lights, phone chargers, etc. Especially if you’re camping with a group of friends, it is way more convenient to have one large battery everyone can share.
Best Camping Lights
The perfect camping aesthetic and ambience involves some string lights! These lights are powerful, easy to put up, and made our campsite feel so homey. Plus, it simplified making evening meals, cleaning up, and bear/raccoon proofing the site at night! Won’t ever car camp without string lights again!
