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Best Travel Gifts for the Explorer in Your Life | 2025 Guide 🌎
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items Whether they’re catching flights, taking scenic road trips, or wandering through new cities, the explorer in your life deserves gifts that make every journey smoother and more memorable. This guide covers the ultimate mix of travel must-haves — from ...
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Flight Essentials
Road Trip Must-Haves
City Explorer Gear
Unique Touches
Experience Gifts
Flight Essentials
Upgrade their in-air experience.
While most people have transitioned to Bluetooth headphones, the technology on planes has yet to catch up. This Bluetooth adapter is perfect to for an easy connection and more comfortable flight!
Relay - Bluetooth Adapter for Airplanes
This travel pillow upgrade is 100% worth the transition! I found the structure holds so much better than my previous pillows - I actually wake up without any neck pain, so highly recommend!
napfun Neck Pillow for Traveling
While socks aren’t the most exciting gift, they’re an essential that many people might not have!
Newzill Olympic Athletes' Choice Compression Socks
This mask is absolutely an upgrade from typical eye masks! The shape blocks out light so well, it’s a great option to make flights a bit more comfortable.
ZIMASILK Adjustable 22 Momme Mulberry Silk Mask
Road Trip Must-Haves
Practical gear for the open road.
A road trip upgrade that allows everyone in the car to charge their devices! The retractable cords help keep the car tidy and the two extra ports offer more uncommon options.
LISEN 69W Retractable USB C Car Charger
This is a great gift to make important documents easy to find!
Car Registration & Insurance Card Holder with Magnetic Shut
When in doubt, you can never go wrong with road trip snacks! Sam’s has the best options for bulk packs - either take them as is or build snack bags for each traveler!
Bulk Snacks | Sam’s Club
City Explorer Gear
For days spent discovering new places on foot.
My favorite bag for traveling and exploring new cities! It’s big enough for all the essentials without being bulky, highly recommend!
Lululemon Belt Bag
My Air Force 1s are my go-tos for travel - they go with everything and my feet feel fine after long days of walking!
Nike
Unique Touches
Personal gifts that feel special.
If you have the room, there just isn’t anything quite the same to capture memories as with a Polaroid! These photos bring an instant nostalgia to your trip - easy for scrapbooking as well.
Polaroid
This is a favorite among my family! It’s really fun to have a visual of all the places you’ve visited and the places you’ve yet to see.
Scratch Map | scratch off world, world poster
Love these to give a home to those small travel items that you don’t want to throw out! Think tickets, brochures, stickers, etc. Organize by year for easy-to-find travel memories!
The Travel Keepsake Library | Organizer
Tangled cords are super frustrating when traveling - this case is perfect to set your traveler up for success with plenty of room for cords and charging blocks!
Travel Cord Roll
Whether traveling by car or plane, it’s always nice to have your own quality blanket! I love the idea of a monogram either on the travel bag or on the blanket corner for extra personalization.
BEDELITE Ultra-Soft Jacquard Travel Blanket
Experience Gifts
Give them adventures instead of things.
If your loved one is a frequent United flyer like myself, a United Club Membership is an amazing gift!! Having an option to relax in a nicer space rather than the public airport space makes such a difference on long travel days.
United Club Membership
You can never go wrong with a VRBO giftcard - even if you don’t cover the whole accommodation cost, any help to bring the overall price down is always appreciated!
Vrbo Giftcard
Similar to accommodation, a giftcard for airline tickets is a wonderful gift to alleviate some of the financial pressures of travel! Southwest is one of the most preferred for US domestic travel and known for its flexibility.
Southwest Airlines Giftcard
A National Parks pass is such a fun gift for anyone doing frequent travel across the US! This is great for road trip enthusiasts and gives more incentive for them to visit as many national parks as they can.
Entrance Passes (U.S. National Park Service)
Gifting a car rental voucher is wonderful!! These rentals are often essential, so taking out part of that cost is certainly a big help - note: it’s great to pair this with a roadtrip option like a car charger upgrade or snacks.
Budget Car & Truck Rental Giftcard