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Travel Essentials
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items These are my personal, tried and true travel reccomendations! I’ve owned and used everythign on this list. Don’t forget to check out my notes for packing tips, too!
Sections
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Luggage & Accessories
Dopp Kit
Tech & Electronics
Kids
Airplane Essentials
Wardrobe for Her
Luggage & Accessories
Our favorite carry on and hold luggage and all those “bags within a bag” that make life on the road a bit easier.
Worth every penny for a lightweight compression cube set. I recommend buying the brightest color available, and having different colors for you and your spouse or kids if you’ll be sharing a bag!
Compression Packing Cube Set
We’ve been around the world a few times now with our North Face Trolley bags. They have held up great, the material is bombproof and much more durable than a hard shell case.
Checked Bag: Base Camp™ Rolling Thunder—36”
Our most used luggage. The perfect size for the family to head out for the weekend, or as a checked bag for one of us on a longer trip. The version of this we have is no longer available, but this is nearly identical. It’s a packable duffel with the ...
The Workhorse: Cotopaxi Allpa 70L Getaway Duffel
We have had the original version of this backpack for 15 years. They’ve made some updates since then, but it still somehow fits your MacBook Pro and a weeks worth of clothes like magic! The double pockets along the top keep travel nececcities at hand...
The GOAT: Dakine Mission Street Pack 25L Backpack
Here’s the trick: this bag acts as my “personal item” and will hold my laptop, liquids, documents, purse, and airplane essentials. Once I make it through security, I’ll transfer everything out of this bag that I won’t be using for the flight into my ...
Oversize Vegan Leather Tote
Dopp Kit
All the little things that manage toiletries on the go- bags, travel size containers, beauty accessories, along with our favorite beauty, skincare and medical essentials!
The best toothbrush ever, travel sized! Once you use a Curaprox you’ll ditch your sonicare at home, too.
Curaprox Travel Dental Care Set
Crease free scrunchies for sleep will save your blowout for another day.
Kitsch Pillow Satin Scrunchies
Hands down my favorite travel containers- they are affordable & recyclable so you can ditch them if you need to, they don’t leak, and the form factor packs so well! I’ve re-purchased these many times.
Travel Size Toiletry Containers
The best container for corralling medication, hair ties, snacks, rocks your child finds on the beach. They come in 3 sizes and I reccomend getting three of each!
humangear GoTubb Storage Containers
The perfect size for your carry on, two sided to keep yourself organized. I pack the items I’ll use during travel on one side and everything else on the other.
Double Layer Clear Toiletry Bag TSA
A simple hanging toiletry bag for your checked luggage that can do double duty as the perfect packing cube for kids toys to bring on the plane!
Hanging Travel Toiletry Bag
For my European friends, this is the best hand cream on earth. Unfortunately difficult to come by in the US.
OWAY nebula Hand Cream
The closest I’ve found to my favorite OWAY cream in the US.
Aesop Hand Balm Set
My favorite sanitizer to date!
Aesop Resurrection Rinse-Free Hand Wash
The best skincare starts inside, between this & water, I can pack half the makeup I used to!
Ritual HyaCera Hyaluronic Acid Skin Supplement
Tech & Electronics
We’ve got the world at our fingertips…but only if your phone is charged.
If you purchase one item to make your travel smoother- this is the one! Remember, you don’t have to pack your wall plugs since these have handy USB & USB-C plugs built right in.
Universal Travel Adapter with Extension Cord
You’ll be glad you paid an extra few dollars for a converter that doesn’t fall out of the wall with plugs that lock into place!
70W GaN PD Universal Travel Adapter
Amazing value and can top up my iPad with battery to spare for my phone! Tops up devices quickly and recharges even faster.
20,000mAh 90w Laptop Power Bank
It’s nice to have a dedicated place for cables and chargers. In fact, we keep our tech case packed even when we are home. This is an excellent one with flexible space to accommodate your kit as it changes.
Peak Design Small Tech Pouch
Best portable speaker we’ve ever owned. It goes everywhere with us!
Ultimate Ears WONDERBOOM 4 Portable Speaker
Want something a little smaller than the UE? This Lexon mini speaker is perfect when you are going ultra light!
Lexon MINO+ Portable Bluetooth Mini Speaker
DUH.
Apple AirPods Pro 3
Excellent over ear headphones at a great price point.
Nothing Headphone (1) Hybrid ANC
Kids
We literally wore the wheels off this stroller. It went all over the world with us, and we retired it when our son grew out of it.
Ultra Lightweight Travel Stroller
A wonderful travel crib that works well as a playpen.
Guava Family Travel Crib
Our son loved this thing so much we used it at home, too!
Pop-Up™ Booster
Did you know infant gear checks for free? Use the extra space in this bag to pack diapers, toys, even a packing cube or two of clothes! We were always able to fit everything our son needed for a trip inside his car seat bag, in fact- we still do this...
Padded Car Seat Carrier Backpack with Wheels
These are perfect- ear pads stay on, work with Bluetooth or plugged in (especially helpful is that they work without batteries with the aux jack!) Can also pair multiple sets to one device for sharing a screen on the plane!
JLab JBuddies Pop Kids Bluetooth Headphones
It might not be for you- but for us, on travel days, screen time limits get thrown completely out the window!
Amazon Fire 7 Kids tablet
Airplane Essentials
My absolute favorite. Wide band gently holds in ear plugs or headphones, gentle on skin and hair…just the best!
DROWSY Silk Sleep Mask - Padded Cocoon, 100% Mulberry Silk, Adjustable (Midnight Blue)
A very light wrap that’s large enough to act as a hood or blanket on the plane, and you can use as a beach cover up, evening shawl once you land.
Featherlight Cashmere Wrap
A lifesaver for longer flights.
CloudCotton Compression Socks - Black/Grey
You can snag a pair from your next hotel stay, or pick these up before you go for something with a sturdier sole.
FARM Rio Women's Hotel Slippers
An excellent memory foam travel pillow option with plenty of support, that does pack down well.
Ostrichpillow GO
Wardrobe for Her
I’ve had the same core items in my suitcase for most of my life- these are my wardrobe necessities no matter the destination!
A comfortable, cool to the touch pant that can shape shift through your trip.
High-Rise Wide-Leg Pant
Excellent all around pants!
High-Rise Wide-Leg Trouser
A jean jacket, but better!
EasyFive Jacket
From the airplane to the gym to a invisible layering piece, a tank with built in support is my travel BFF
Flow Y Tank Top
Another super versatile piece to include in your travel wardrobe!
EasyFive Mid-Rise Short 4.5"
If not a technical shell, a light jacket like this works well in light rain, wind, and “soft adventure” environments.
Hood-Lite Relaxed-Fit Jacket
A top, a light jacket, a beach coverup. This is the workhorse that’s been doing right by me for 15 years!
Woven Relaxed-Fit Button-Up Shirt
I have tops (including this one) from many different brands. A sleeveless knit can be layered under a collared shirt or worn on its own and looks just at home in Paris as St Tropez.
Cotton Crochet Mesh Tank Top
I’ve probably owned 20 of these shirts over the years. They are absolutely perfect- ultra light, soft, durable, pack up to nothing!
Love Long-Sleeve Shirt
Wardrobe for Him
Comfy, versatile and durable.
EasyFive Loose-Straight Pant
The classic! We’ve been wearing these since they were released.
ABC Slim-Fit Trouser
Dress it up or down- its the perfect pant!
Men's Daydrift Relaxed-Fit Pleated Trouser
Tech materials in a classic silhouette.
New Venture Button-Front Blazer
Another elevated classic (that will very likely make it into your significant other’s wardrobe as well!)
New Venture Long-Sleeve Shirt
The perfect collared short sleeve. These have been in our suitcases for the better part of a decade!
Airing Easy Short-Sleeve Shirt
Comfy and versatile for whatever your travels throw at you.
ABC Classic-Fit Short
Double duty for fitness and swim, dries almost instantly!
Classic-Fit Board Short
These come in a million colors, in henleys, polos, long sleeve, short sleeve, and they are absolutely the best! With silver yarn they resist stink and dry instantly.
Metal Vent Tech Short-Sleeve Shirt