Looking for great gift ideas for the travel lovers in your life? We’ve got you covered with our updated travel gift guide featuring some of the best gifts for travelers. From fun and stylish to practical and useful, we rounded up the top gift ideas for travelers sure to fit any budget or style, including travel gear and essentials, gadgets and electronics, travel gifts for men, travel gifts for women, travel gifts for kids, eco-friendly travel gifts, unique travel gifts, travel stocking stuffers and other travel inspired gifts you can use at home. They are perfect for every occasion including Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries or just a gift to yourself.
Best Gifts for Travelers and Travel Lovers
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Travel Tech Gifts
Anyone that checks luggage can use an Apple AirTag or Samsung Galaxy SmartTagto track lost or delayed luggage.
Keep digital devices and accessories organized with this handy electronics organizer.
Noise cancelling headphones are a must for getting through a long flight. These Bose headphones are popular with frequent flyers but more affordable headphones are also available.
A Kindle Paperwhite is perfect for avid book readers who appreciate portability.
Travelers can keep smartphones safe with this waterproof case when taking photos in the ocean or pool.
Travelers can charge their phones and other devices on the go without having to wait around a power outlet with this external battery. A must for any traveler.
Protect electronics from power surges with the bonus of charging multiple devices at once thanks to 3 outlets and 2 USB ports.
Sharing is caring. A headphone splitter is a great gift for travel couples and traveling families and allows you to connect two headphones so a buddy can also enjoy your playlist.
A great gift for travelers that spend a lot of time outdoors is a solar portable charger to charge their phone and electronics. You can even attach this to your backpack while hiking to recharge.
Travel Gifts for Men
Update his toiletry bag to a lightweight version with waterproof lining.
Does the man in your life travel for work? This nifty tie case prevents creases and wrinkles while also saving luggage space.
Lightweight and breathable, this jacket has 19 (yes, 19) pockets to stash your gear.
(Related Post: For more travel gifts for men, see Best Travel Gifts for Men.)
Travel Gifts for Women
Help her stay organized on her travels with a bright-colored jewelry wrap.
The woman is your life is sure to love this cute makeup bag.
Keep toasty on flights with a scarf that has a hidden zip pocket to hold a smartphone, passport and money when traveling.
A delicate chain necklace featuring a small compass disc pendant is a great gift for a woman that loves travel and jewelry.
(Related Post: For more travel gifts for women, see Best Travel Gifts for Women.)
Travel Gifts for Kids
Amazon Fire Kids Edition Tablet
An Amazon Fire Kids Edition Tablet keeps my kids entertained on long flights and road trips. There are age filters so that kiddos will only see age appropriate content and also comes in a kid-proof case so you don’t have to worry about it being dropped or damaged.
My kids love carrying their backpacks around especially when they come in cute designs like these Skip Hop backpacks.
(Related Post: For more travel gifts for kids, see Best Travel Gifts for Kids.)
Unique Travel Gifts
Looking for something more unique for the traveler that has all the essentials. These are some unique gifts they will love.
Want to help provide the travel lover in your life with some inspiration for where to go? The AncestryDNA: Genetic Ethnicity Test will tell your favorite traveler where their ancestors are from so maybe they can plan a trip there.
These airplane paper clips will look great in a travel lover’s home office.
These world map file folders are perfect for a home office or for travelers to organize their travel documents.
A global cookbook with recipes from all over the world is a great gift for travelers than enjoy cooking at home.
Travel Subscription Box
A travel themed subscription box is a unique gift for travelers that want to travel the world from home. A food subscription box like Universal Yums which lets them sample different food or snacks from all over the world is a great gift for a traveling foodie. You can find travel themed subscription boxes for every type of traveler no matter their interests or style. Here are some of the best subscription boxes for travelers.
Home Decor Travel Gifts
This flight message board is a unique travel gift for aviation enthusiasts.
This cool airplane window mirror is a fun gift for a frequent flyer.
Map wall art is a great home decor gift for travel lovers.
Perfect for aviation enthusiasts, an airport code throw pillow from Airportag is a quirky way to show some airport pride.
Coasters provide a spot to rest drinks but the travel-theme will also remind them it is time to book their next trip.
A travel or aviation themed comforter is a unique home decor gift.
Travel Stocking Stuffers
A map or travel themed phone case like this one for an iPhone or this one for a Samsung phone is a cute gift for travel lovers.
Fun luggage tags are an affordable and welcome gift for any traveler.
A journal is a great gift for travelers who still prefer jotting down notes and thoughts the traditional way. The travel quotes in this hardcover version provide inspiration but you can check out simpler options here.
Compression socks don’t have to be ugly. Help your loved one prevent swelling and DVT with a fashionable and functional pair – this pair is especially stylish.
Jet-setters will appreciate a cute passport cover in their stocking.
Think carry on only travelers don’t need a TSA approved lock? Think again. Locks are great for keeping belongings safe in the hotel but also if forced to gate check a bag.
Give the gift of good sleep. This eye mask is a favorite.
Keep identity theft at bay with an RFID blocking wallet and passport holder.
An affordable alternative to noise cancelling headphones, earplugs are a must to tune out loud hotel neighbors, street noise and annoying airplane passengers.
A universal travel adaptor is a must for any international traveler.
A slim and portable electronic toothbrush will surely make them smile. Best of all, the powerful sonic toothbrush is available in a variety of designs (from classic solids to fun prints).
Travel Themed Adult Coloring Book
This travel inspired adult coloring book is relaxing and inspiring at the same time.
This travel themed coffee mug will remind them of their travels and hopefully make work more bearable in between their trips.
This premade packing list has all of the essentials making packing is super easy!
This Carry on Cocktail Kit will help them get through a long flight.
This instant mini camera is fun for travelers all ages and comes in several cute colors.
Everyone knows how dry the air is on airplanes. Frequent flyers will love this beauty gift set which comes with travel sized lip balm and lotion to moisturize in flight.
This travel inspired key chain is a cheap travel gift for someone that has the travel essentials. Airportag has a large variety of travel and aviation themed keychains, including a few that can be customized.
Travel Themed Christmas Ornaments
A globe Christmas ornament is a great Christmas gift for travel lovers. Here are more travel ornaments that will look beautiful on any Christmas tree.
Practical and Useful Travel Gifts
Every traveler can use travel shoe bags to keep their clothes clean.
A lightweight, foldable backpack like this water resistant backpack is perfect for day trips or short hikes and is easy to pack.
Airplane Footrest
Help them make their long haul economy flights more comfortable with this travel foot rest which they hang from the seat tray to rest their legs. They can also use it at home or at work as a desk hammock.
Packing Cubes are a trusty time-saver, space-saver and sanity-saver.
BPA and PC-free tubes are soft and rugged, making it easy to squeeze out the contents when you want to.
Avoid overweight bag fee surprises with a digital luggage scale.
Help make that cramped economy flight a little more bearable. This memory foam neck pillow will support a weary traveler’s head and help make those zzz’s easier to catch.
No one likes to mix dirty clothes with clean clothes while traveling. This cute laundry bag comes in 3 designs that travelers will love.
Compact and suitable to keep contents dry in almost any wet situation.
Protect wine bottles and other valuable items from breaking or spilling with this trusty inflatable travel bag.
The quicker a towel dries, the sooner you can toss it in your luggage and be off on your next stop.
Scrubba Portable Laundry System Wash Bag
The pocket-size system is the lightest “washing machine” around.
Lightweight and portable, this hammock is a welcome spot for outdoor adventurers to rest.
A small travel umbrella is a great gift for travelers.
If your loved one is a solo traveler this door stop alarm might give you some peace of mind. Not only does it prevents intruders from entering into a hotel room, it also sounds a loud alarm.
Anti-Theft Travel Messenger Bag or Purse
Another great gift for travelers is a travel purse or travel messenger bag. Travelon has great travel bags for both men and women to deter pickpockets with useful features such as locking compartments, slash-resistanet material, and RFID blocking card slots.
If the traveler in your life likes to practice yoga and pilates but would rather not use the hotel gym, they might like this lightweight, foldable travel yoga mat which easily fits in a carry on bag.
Get your loved one the gift of time with Global Entry (which includes TSA Precheck). Tip: Use a credit card that reimburses you for Global Entry and this gift is free.
There is nothing more that a traveler loves than a free trip. If your loved one flies on Southwest (our favorite airline for flights in the US), they will love a Southwest Airlines gift card to cover their flights.
Accommodation can be expensive. Help you loved one pay for their trip with a hotels.com gift card. These gift cards can be purchased in different amounts so they are perfect whatever your budget.
If your loved one already has their flights and accommodation covered you can also gift them an amazing travel experience. A Tinggly gift card or GetYourGuide gift card can be used for any of the thousands tours and activities worldwide offered on their website. Travelers can use their gift card for short tours, day trips, skip the line tickets or unique experiences such as watching sumo wrestling in Japan.
Tinggly can also send a physical gift box tailored to their interests such as this Adventure Awaits box or this Essential Collection.
Eco-Friendly Travel Gifts
This all in one eco friendly shampoo bar for men and women can be used as a shampoo, body soap, face soap, or shave soap. It comes with a recyclable box for storage and is also cruelty-free and vegan.
This mighty little bag is reusable, washable, adorable, folds down to practically nothing and can hold 50 lbs! Perfect for carrying groceries and souvenirs but cute enough to use as a day bag too. Comes in basic black as well as a variety of fun colors and prints.
A bamboo travel cutlery set is a great gift for the travelers who try to live a zero waste lifestyle or make small changes to be more eco-friendly. This travel pouch contains a knife, fork, spoon, chopsticks and a straw so they don’t have to use plastic utensils or straws while traveling.
A reusable water bottle is a must for any traveler.
Traveling to countries where the water is not safe for drinking? Save money and the environment by using this personal water filter over bottled water.
Travel Inspired Gifts for Travel Lovers
Globetrotters can keep a fun record of their travels with a scratch off world map.
This world travel themed board game is perfect for a fun game night with family or friends.
A travel themed puzzle is a fun gift for travel lovers to enjoy at home. There are puzzles for all ages from challenging puzzles for teens and adults to easier puzzles for young kids.
Get your traveler a travel themed calendar so that they can mark all their trips for the year and get inspiration for future travels.
This portable bluetooth Speaker is a great gift for a travelers that want listen to music while camping or at the beach.
Travel lovers can plot where they have been or where they plan to go with this mini cork globe.
A travel coffee table book like this one is a great gift for any traveler or travel lover. Not only will it look great in their home, but also provides inspiration for future travels.
This travel fund piggy bank is a cute travel inspired gift for travel lovers.
This compass is a great gift for travel lovers. You can even personalize the compass with free engraving.
If the travel lover on your gift list enjoys scrapbooking, they will enjoy preserving their travel memories in this travel themed scrapbook.
Photography Gear
Active travelers can shoot their adventures with the newest version of GoPro HERO. This underwater action camera is more affordable and gets great reviews.
If they like filming videos they can use a gimbal stabilizer to keep their phone steady.
Ditch the bulky DSLR without sacrificing quality. The Sony Alpha a6000 gets good reviews and is one of the more affordable options. If you’re looking to splurge, check out the Fujifilm X-T1, Sony Alpha A7ii or Olympus OMD-Em5 Mark II.
The mini tripod is compatible with a DSLR, mirrorless, point and shoot and a smartphone. This gorillapod for smart phones comes with a bluetooth wireless remote for selfies and group photos.
Not everyone loves a selfie stick but they make great gifts for solo travelers or even pairs obsessed with getting the perfect couple shot.
Take better photos with a smartphone camera thanks to this fisheye, wide-angle, and macro lens kit.
Sometimes you need a tripod to get a good shot. This lightweight tripod gets great reviews, is super affordable and comes with a bag making it easy to carry around.
If you are looking for an amazing gift for a traveler that loves photography, it does not get much better than a travel drone. DJI Mini 2 is a great option for beginners and is also ultralight and foldable. We would not mind if someone decided to buy this one for us! For more advanced drone photographers, check out the DJI Mavic 2 Pro and Mavic 2 Zoom.
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Wow. That’s quite a list of great travelling products you have there. The electronics organisers are very popular now. Usually we end up with a bag full of tangled adaptors and wires.
The coasters are really cute. It’s good that they come with the holder as that makes a lovely display.
The inflatable travel bag – I have never seen one of those before. What a great idea considering how bags are tossed around from flight to flight these days.
What a comprehensive list! My favourite is, of course, a free trip 😀 Othewise, I’d go for a colouring book – it’d be perfect for killing time on the plane!
some very good ideas here although I cannot use a selfie stick and can’t bring myself to buy one…lol…The bag for wires and stuff is genius I get so tired of pulling out everything in one shot as they are all tangled together.
Love that so many of your products are practical…great list of items and I think I might need that laptop sleeve!
I find the gotubes to be convenient for putting alcohol in them in case you don’t have a alcohol package for your cruise and it can be expensive we do this ha ha.
This is a great list of traveller gifts! My sister does a lot of travelling so you’ve given me some great ideas for her.
Those are some great ideas. I love the surge protector with USB ports. But I’m really curious about that pocket sized “washing machine”!
oooh I love the look of the Journeys of a Lifetime book. So many great gift options – I am still to do my Christmas shopping so this is perfect!
Boy are you good at lists! This list is comprehensive. I think the luggage scale is a must! Saves you alot of money and problems in the airport for cheap. Nice list however!
Love the scarf with a zip!
Love the list and how detailed it is. My Birthday and Christmas lists just got a few more additions to them. A waterproof case for the phone and a headphone splitter for when travelling with the
family is an excellent idea. I still have to buy a lens kit for my phone and plan to get one when I travel next. The digital luggage scale is for me the most important travel item considering how many times I got the weight of my luggage wrong. Thanks so much for this.
I really should get a Gorillapod…
It is really useful for photos especially when traveling solo.
Wow! What a great list. I’m not looking to buy for anyone but man, this gave me tons of good ideas for myself It’s a really awesome detailed list!
Glad it gave you some great ideas!
Those Anker battery backups are amazing! I might need to get another while I’m here.
They really are useful! My phone battery runs out so quickly so cannot function without them.
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i like the electronic organizer and a drone is playing on my mind these days .. lets see
this is quite comprehensive list that u have made
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Great gift ideas! I love my Belkin and I’d definitely recommend that for a traveler!
Noise canceling headphones are really essential, been wanting to get one of those for a while now (tho they’d be more of a gift to myself, lol). Anyways, all of the options are amazing!
I liked your idea for Kindle paper white and earplugs, while reading I need some place of peace, so that I can concentrate myself.
What a comprehensive list! My favourite is, of course, a free trip Othewise, I’d go for a colouring book – it’d be perfect for killing time on the plane!
Awesome list! Scratch off maps are a great gift.
I wish I had run across this before Christmas. These are great ideas!
This is a great list of traveller gifts, I think the luggage scale is a must! Saves you alot of money and problems in the airport for cheap.Thank you for sharing your blog
I remember being quite sceptic about e-books, but right now I simply cannot imagine living without Kindle;)
Even though Christmas is long past, I loved going through this list. Actually found some things I’m getting for msyelf soon =)
The most useful thing for me in this list is travel cord roll. I like your list as all things are very useful during traveling.
Great gift ideas! It’s so helpful to me. This is one article but gives a lot of gift ideas for a traveller. Once again, Thank you.
I ordered the reusable bag lots of neat patterns and great reviews
I hope you like it. We both have been using that bag for years and like that it is so small and light.
The solar portable charger sounds like a great idea! My phone is a few years old and sometimes it chargers quickly and holds the charge….other times it seems like it loses battery in an hour :/ I like the idea of the scarf with the hidden zip pocket too.
I have the same problem with my phone battery! I wish they lasted longer.
I own almost all these gifts so I guess I am a traveler! I have never seen the wine triple portable case before so I think it is time for some online shopping!
This is a great list of traveler gifts.
Thanks for sharing
Great gift guide, the noise cancelling headphones would be brilliant on flights.
I have travelled with a door stop for years, it has been so handy when staying in a room somewhere with less than ideal safety features. The doorstop alarm is definitely the next level up and I am glad to have discovered it on your list of gadgets. I will be ordering one now!
I love the scarf with pocket, i think i will request it for Christmas 😉
Wow, so many amazing options! I really need an electronics organizer and have been looking online. Thank you!
Great traveler gift list! I Free trip is my favourite to chill out! I will go for headphones. it’d be perfect for killing time on the plane!
Nice writing