Christmas and New year is around the corner and if you are thinking to gift something useful to your friend, colleague, or partner, then you have come to right place. In this post, I have listed some of the travel accessories that are very useful in different situations and could be one of the best gifting ideas that you are looking for.
We all have wanderlust in us, for some, it pre-dominates for others it’s hidden somewhere down. No matter how much you say no, we love loves to travel. Yes, the reason and purpose to travel might be different. Some, travel for fun, some for adventure, some go for business trips, and others love leisure.
When it is to travel, we make the reservation for a seat in a bus, car, or flight, book a stay, pack our bags with our favorite clothes, and head off to start our journey. However, most of the time, we forget to pack the travel accessories that will make our trip comfortable and memorable.
If you think, your friend, colleague, or partner is also someone who forgets to pack the travel accessories, this gifting season, don’t miss a chance to gift them some of the best travel accessories.
Gifting Ideas for Travel lover
Here are some gifting ideas that are perfect to gift to a person who travels often. These gifting ideas for travel lover are some of the best travel accessories that are must to have for frequent travelers.
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Universal Travel Adapter
In this world of technology, we carry a lot of gadgets, for example, mobile phones, cameras, trimmers, laptops, tablets, kindle, and many more. If you are traveling across countries, a universal travel adapter is a necessity, since all the countries do not have the same outlet.
Portable Water Purifier
Whenever we go on adventure trips, hiking, camping, or some off-road trips, one of life’s necessities worries us. Do you know what is that? If you have guessed it as water, then you guessed it right. On those less traveled destinations, we are not sure we will get clean and filtered water. Drinking contaminated water can cause a lot of diseases. A portable water purifier helps you turn up to 1,000 liters of contaminated water safe for drinking. It can be a lifesaver in any unprecedented and life-threatening event.
If you care for your buddy who often goes hiking, a portable water purifier could be one of the best gifting ideas to express your love and care.
Power Bank
As I said earlier, in the current world of technology, we are surrounded and driven by technology. People may live for some hours without eating and drinking, but it is hard to even think of living without a gadget. Every gadget requires power to run and we need to charge them time-to-time. When you are traveling for long distances, it is hard to get charging points when you need them, especially when you are in open spaces.
Most of the power banks do not cost more than a thousand rupees. If you are looking for gifting ideas for your travel buddy within this range, a power bank could be the best option.
Eye Mask
Who doesn’t like their beauty sleep? According to an article published in the Stanford Medicine blog, it is recommended to sleep for seven or more hours every night for all healthy adults to function properly.
An eye mask is an essential travel accessory especially when your journey includes traveling on a night-long flight, train, or bus. It is convenient to have to eye mask with you to ignore the world and switch off those lights that are out of your control and get a good night’s sleep.
So next time when you go on an all-night journey, forget about those annoying co-passengers who want to read something at night. Just wear your eye mask and say good night to them.
Ear Plug
I just explained the importance of an eye mask, do I need to explain how important it is to have an earplug? Earplugs could be a good companion not only during travel but also when you live in a noisy neighborhood. You can also use them when you want to meditate and wants to get lost in your thoughts.
Inflatable Neck Pillow
Again another sleeping essential. When you are traveling, it is nearly impossible that you will get a bed to sleep in every night or whenever you are tired. Don’t you like those afternoon nap times? Think of those times, when you feel dozy after having a heavy meal and just want to grab a pillow and sleep for some time.
An inflatable neck pillow can save your day and let you rest even when you do not have a comfortable place to sleep. Since it is inflatable it will not consume much space in your bag.
Swiss Knife
Well gifting a knife to someone doesn’t look good and honestly, I thought a lot before adding it to my list of best gifting ideas for your travel buddy. However, it is not a good gifting idea but is one of the very essential travel accessories. So, you can keep it for yourself. After all, it is good to pamper yourself and keep gifting something to yourself from time to time.
There may be times of need when you may need to cut a rope or any other thing. Don’t you dare to think of it as a weapon! You can cut fruits when going camping or hiking.
Also, remember when traveling on a flight, always keep a knife in your check-in luggage.
Resealable Plastic Bags
What hack is it? Why does someone need a resealable plastic bag?
If you are thinking the same and wondering why I kept the resealable plastic bags in this list of best gifting ideas for your travel buddy. Allow me to explain the necessity of it.
Resealable plastic bags are very useful to organize things when you are packing your bags. They are very essential when you are checking out of a hotel and you need to pack some wet clothes. These bags will separate your wet items from the dry ones and keep your bags clean and dry.
Think of carrying something that can spill, for example, carrying your favorite pickle. Of course, you will carry it in a sealed jar, but still, there is always a danger of spilling oil out of it that can ruin your favorite shirt.
The best and most common usage of resealable plastic bags is carrying your mobile phone when walking in rain. Nowadays, we do get some waterproof cases for mobile phones and also waterproof phones. However, keeping resealable plastic bags could be a good and cheaper idea.
Now that I have explained their importance and usefulness, the next question is whether that can a be good gifting idea.
Honestly, a big no. I will not be happy to receive them in a gift wrap.
I have added them to this list as they came to my mind as travel accessories or needs, so I thought of keeping them.
Tripod or Selfie Stick
If you ask people why you want to travel or go out on a trip, people will give you a lot of reasons like to relax, have fun, for adventure, but if you ask me why people travel, the answer is simple, to click some good photographs. We all have so much dwelled into capturing moments that we forgot to enjoy those moments. That is one of the reasons smartphone manufacturers are bringing the best camera phones and trying to raise the bar with every new model.
If your travel partner or buddy is also someone fond of clicking pictures, then a tripod could be very useful in capturing mesmerizing pictures with ease.
If I go on explaining its usefulness, it will not fit in this place and could be a separate topic.
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Reusable Water Bottle
Imagine kindergarten kids going to school with a bag at their back and a water bottle hanging around their neck. Do you think, drinking water is not available in their schools? If that is the case, I believe no parent will send their kids to that school. Then, why does everyone still send their kids carrying a water bottle? The reason is so that they do not have to go again and again to the water dispensers or coolers to drink water.
For the same reason, carrying a water bottle is a necessity when traveling. You may want to carry packaged drinking water and purchase it at every stop. However, when you are traveling on a tight budget, a reusable water bottle could save some pennies for you.
On top of it, it helps you save the environment by reducing plastic waste. Just look at the below image, see what are you saving, and next time when you avoid purchasing packaged drinking water, feel like an environment savior.
Rucksack
Until now, I mentioned all the things that you must pack when going on a trip, but how will you pack? Yes, there is no doubt about the importance of a backpack or rucksack. We all need it every time we go on a trip.
Backpack Cover
No matter where you are going or what purpose you are going for. if you are traveling, your backpack carries all your necessary items. Straight from your mobile phone, power bank, and camera to every little that I have mentioned in this post to carry along with you.
Bad weather can not only ruin your perfect trip plan but can also turn the belongings that you are carrying in a backpack into waste.
A backpack cover could help you protect your backpack and all the things packed inside it from rain.
So next time, cover your backpack and enjoy walking in the rain.
Conclusion
In this post, I have listed some of the best gifting ideas for your travel buddy. Some of these items are not a good fit as gifting ideas but are essential travel accessories. I have curated this list by looking at all the things I see around me or the things that I felt I should have on one of my trips.
If you think of something else that could be a part of this list, don’t hesitate and mention the item in the comment box. This will help other readers on their next trip or could be another gifting option for someone.
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