If you’re looking for a gift for the traveller in your life, check out our range of travel gift ideas. From books that’ll inspire adventure to travel tech to sun safety and style, it’s all here ready for boarding!
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Finding great gifts for people who travel a lot — or those who are planning to travel — is tricky. We all have our own style and method of travelling, and you don’t want to weigh them down with things they won’t necessarily use.
That’s why Christina and I have worked hard to put together some of the best gift ideas that travellers like ourselves would love to have.
It’s a mix of functional travel items that’ll make life on the road easier, safer and more fun, and gifts that will inspire the next adventure.
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Polished London UV-C Toothbrush Steriliser – $69.99
We all know that toothbrushes clean our teeth, but what cleans our toothbrushes? A grim array of nasties can accumulate on the bristles, especially when we’re away from home and out of our routine. And no one wants to get sick when they’re travelling.
Oral beauty brand Polished London has come up with a brilliant (and very portable) answer: the UV-C Toothbrush Steriliser.
Beaming powerful ultraviolet-C light into the bristles, this handy gadget kills 99.9% of germs and bacteria on your toothbrush in just three minutes. The steriliser is USB rechargeable and lasts for 30 days on a single charge.
Tesalate Beach Towels and Blankets – $79.00-$119.00
Tesalate’s incredible beach towels defy physics. Not only do they fold away as small as when you first bought them, they can absorb over a litre of water (even more for the beach blankets) and best of all, they repel sand!
I didn’t think they would work the first time I tried a Tesalate towel, but after a day at the beach, I lifted my towel up and the sand just fell away.
Perfect for the traveller or beach bum in your life, the towels (160x80cm) and blankets (160x160cm) come in a variety of colours. This is the beautiful Bora Bora range.
Rakuten Kobo Libra Colour e-reader – $359.95
Having a book with you when you’re travelling is almost as important as your passport! That’s why e-readers are so handy, being able to store so many titles without taking up much space or weight.
But Rakuten’s new Kobo Libra Colour takes it to new heights.
Not only can you store some 24,000 books within its 32GB memory — and in full colour by the way — you can also listen to audiobooks through it. It’s also waterproof, has blue light reduction control and an extra long battery life.
But the best is yet to come…
Rakuten Kobo Stylus 2 – $119.95
With this stylus, you can make notes, highlight and illustrate your ebooks, which imho makes travel guidebooks even more useful. Circle maps, colour-code itineraries, highlight parts of a page that are most interesting for you… this is a traveller’s dream.
What’s more, you can also create pages of notes that synch to the cloud and can save on Google Drive or Dropbox so they’re easily accessible and shareable.
This and the Kobo Libra Colour are a game-changer for travelling in so many ways.
Special offer: get 20% off Kobo between 18 November 2024 and 2 December 2024
Lonely Planet’s Epic Surf Breaks of the World – $44.99
From Iceland to New Zealand, from remote South American islands to the vast coasts of Africa, this incredible book of surf breaks is the ultimate wish list compendium for any surfer.
With stories from 50 amazing surfing trips through 34 different countries plus another 150 suggestions for great waves to ride, Epic Surf Breaks of the World covers it all.
As well as entertaining yarns from the writers’ own experiences, this book also has technical info on type of wave to expect, how to get there and where to stay once you’re there. Helpful as well as inspiring.
Lonely Planet’s Amazing Train Journeys – $44.99
In its 2nd edition, this fully revised and updated guide to 60 of the most unforgettable train journeys around the world not only helps you find the best rail trips on earth, it nourishes the romance of this iconic mode of transport.
It’s all here, from cross-country tracks through Cuba and north African adventures to the coast of Tangiers to the likes of the Ghan, the Rocky Mountaineer and, of course, the Orient Express.
Each rail journey comes with a detailed description as well as things you can expect. There are some cute details like a summary within a ticket stub and the itinerary along the bottom of the page on a little train track. There’s a map of each journey as well as budget alternatives, not to mention extraordinary imagery.
Lonely Planet’s Dream Trips of the World – $60.00
Travel inspiration can come from anywhere, but Lonely Planet’s Dream Trips of the World leaves nothing to chance.
Covering every continent and many countries, the 100 destinations and itineraries in this book not only make for a fine bit of armchair travel, they have you reaching for your passport.
Stunning photography, detailed descriptions and useful information for planning the itinerary are all here, but the real travel inspo comes from the little coloured boxes marked ‘A Traveller’s Tale’.
These stories from the travel writer’s own experiences are little windows into the magic that happens when you travel. It’s not often you can give the gift of inspiration, but this book proves you can.
Lonely Planet’s The Tree Atlas – $70.00
How many species of trees do you think there are there in the world? Would you be surprised if I said over 60,000? Somehow, Matthew Collins, head gardener at London’s Garden Museum and curator of this incredible book, has managed to pick just 50 of the best.
Sitting in the Venn three-way sweet spot of a travel book, an arboreal guide and a work of meditation, The Tree Atlas ushers you through these 50 living monuments to nature.
From sprawling banyans to towering sequoia to ancient bristlecones older than the pyramids, this book explores the forests, plains, deserts and waterways of every continent, mapping the ultimate in tree-kind.
Ultimate Ears Miniroll portable speaker – $99.00
It might not look like much, but this little speaker has some serious oomph. Not only does this Ultimate Ears Miniroll deliver a punchy 87dBC, it also has a wireless range of around 40m and can connect up to an unlimited number of other Minirolls for an immersive sound experience.
But what makes this little speaker perfect for travel is its 12 hours of playing time, its attachment strap and most of all its amazing durability.
Waterproof, dust-proof and drop-proof, the Miniroll is a tough little bugger that will keep your party on the road.
Airyday SPF Wardrobe Set – Holiday Edition – $163.00
These Aussie-made sun-screen primers from Airyday act as moisturisers in their own right, packed with hyaluronic acid, vegan collagen, niacinamide, vitamins C,E and F, and blue light protectant.
The SPF Wardrobe Set Holiday Edition is the perfect skincare/SPF50+ travel kit, giving you options no matter where you are or what you’re doing. The kit contains:
– Golden Glow Dreamscreen (RRP $51.00) gives a satin finish that works well in beach holidays. These Dreamscreens are all water resistant for 40 minutes.
– Clear As Day Dreamscreen (RRP $51.00) hydrating and leaving a dewy finish ideal for winter trips or adventures in the desert.
– Pretty In Zinc Dreamscreen (RRP $51.00) lightweight with a matte finish perfect for tropical, humid destinations.
– Mineral Mousse Dreamscreen (RRP $51.00) a go-to for an active day of hiking, this hydrating primer leaves a beautiful natural finish.
– Limited edition On-The-Go neoprene pouch in chocolate (RRP $28.00) perfect for popping in your suitcase or backpack.
Explore more of the Airyday range here.
Tina M Copenhagen Cordoba Fedora – $85.00
This just might be the perfect travel hat. Made with Flexibraid®, invented by Aussie hatters Rigon Headwear, the Cordoba Fedora can fold almost flat without crushing or creasing so that it can be packed away in a suitcase without worry.
The beautiful nutmeg colour of the fedora and its 7.5cm brim, along with the olive green leather band and golden metal accent make the Codoba incredibly versatile: you can dress it up or down, wear it at the beach or in town, and it’s super lightweight too.
Since her move from Denmark to Australia 30 years ago, Tina Madsen-Walcott has created a range of hats that not only employ the sought-after ‘Scandi-style’, but that are also appropriate for Australia’s harsh climate offering SPF50+ protection against the sun.
Explore more of these beautiful hats by Tina Madsen-Walcott here.
