Seven Christmas Gift Ideas for the Traveler in Your Life

by Jan Mauer | Dec 13, 2017 | International Flights, Luxury Travel, Romance Travel and Honeymoons | 0 comments

Christmas is nearly upon us, and now the pressure is high to wrap up (pun intended) all of our gift shopping. If you’re reading this post, it’s likely because you or someone you love is passionate about world travel. So just in time for the holidays, here is my list of seven smart, fun, and downright useful gift ideas for the traveler in your life. And go ahead – grab an item or two for your next trip, as well!

The Trtl Travel Pillow is scientifically proven to provide the head and neck support that our bodies need for restful sleep.

1) Trtl Travel Pillow

The super-soft fleece, sturdy neck support, and compact design of the Trtl Travel Pillow combine to make it one of my favorite sleep-promoting systems on a long flight. It’s half the size of a typical travel pillow, and scientifically proven to provide the head and neck support that our bodies need for restful sleep.

These noise-canceling headphones live up to their name, and are comfortable for hours of continuous wear.

2) AKG Noise Canceling Headphones

Easily one of the best travel inventions ever, the AKG Noise Canceling Headphones live up to their name. And if you’ve ever endured an overnight flight or train ride with a screaming baby or loudly-talking conversationalist nearby, you know how blissful it is to hear the sound of silence when you’re trying to get some sleep. Comfortable for hours of continuous wear, these headphones also have excellent sound capacity when you choose to plug in for music or a movie on your smartphone.

Never get tangled in overlapping headphone wires, USB cables, and charging cords again.

3) Hide & Drink Rustic Cord Keeper

You know how it is: After several long hours of flying or driving, you and your fellow travelers find yourselves tangled in the long, overlapping wires of headphones, USB cables, and charging cords. Hide & Drink have perfected these utilitarian, leather cord keepers to help you keep things tidy and organized on the go. The rustic, handcrafted design could be a perfect fit for the man in your life.

Made in Italy of super-soft camel wool, this caramel-colored wrap looks smart layered over your clothing.

4) ACNE Studios Fringed Wool Wrap

Do you ever get onto a flight, settle in, and then find yourself shivering? This happens to me on nearly every airline – whether I’m traveling to Europe or the Tahitian islands, and regardless of the season! This gorgeous fringed wool wrap from ACNE Studios is the answer to all of our frigid-weather travel woes. Made in Italy of super-soft camel wool, the caramel-colored wrap looks smart layered over your clothing, and is sufficiently-sized to guard you from those ubiquitous airline drafts.

I love the playful designs, the whimsical text, and the hand-stitching that adorns the covers on these personalized leather passport holders.

5) Personalized Passport Holder

Handmade with full-grain and vegetable-tanned leather, these colorful passport holders can be personalized to suit the jet-setter in your life. I love the playful designs, the whimsical text, and the hand-stitching that adorns each cover. On a more functional scale, I also appreciate that these passport holders have added storage for credit cards and cash, making it simple to keep all of my travel essentials in one attractive cover.

Keep skin hydrated and healthy during international travel with these TSA-friendly skincare products.

6) Tata Harper’s Daily Essentials Natural Antiaging Skincare Discovery Kit

This natural antiaging skincare kit from Tata Harper has everything I need to keep my skin hydrated and healthy during international travel. Each product is perfectly-packaged for air travel, in TSA-friendly sizes that don’t hold me up in the security line. And the best part? These natural formulas are clinically proven to provide dramatic results, all without any synthetic chemicals.

This personalized travel journal offers 160 pages to fill with memories and observations of your next grand getaway.

7) Personalized Travel Journal

After the trip-of-a-lifetime has come to a close, and life has fallen back into its comfortable groove, one of my favorite things to do is to read back over the incredible experiences I’ve recorded in my travel journal. In addition to memorializing the famous landmarks visited, and the stunning sights viewed, I like to write down some of the seemingly-mundane memories, like the conversation I had with the local baker, or the feeling of walking down an empty medieval street in Italy on a summer evening. This personalized travel journal offers 160 pages to fill with memories and observations of your next grand getaway, and the spiral binding makes it very easy to flip the front cover behind the back cover, so that you can more comfortably write on each page.

If all of this talk of travel gift ideas inspires you to get out and see more of the world, it would be my pleasure to help plan your next big adventure! Please contact me here when you’re ready to get started. I look forward to hearing from you!

Jan Mauer

With professionalism and her consistent ability to curate exceptional travel experiences for her clients, Jan Mauer of Exciting Vacations has built her reputation as a Travel Agent who specializes in luxury. Jan has spent more than three decades as trusted advisor to those who require both opulence and exoticism during their world travels. Her expertise about international culture and 5-star getaways ensures that every travel adventure of which you partake is a bespoke experience fulfilling your unique requirements for both luxury and authenticity. Call Jan at (732) 613-8640 or email her here for one-on-one guidance from one of luxury travel's foremost experts.