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Gear & packingBy Clever Tourists · Published · Last updated
A good small travel gift is something light that solves one annoying problem on every trip: dirty shoes in the bag, no tripod for a night photo, or no hat when it rains. These are from our gear list and fit in a stocking.
• Shoe bags. A set of waterproof zip bags keeps shoes, wet swimwear and laundry apart from clean clothes. They are the gift a traveller does not buy for themselves and then uses every trip.
• A universal plug adapter is the other classic, and worth checking against where they are going: Japan and the US use type A/B, the UK type G, Australia type I and most of Europe types C and F. Our packing lists by destination list the plug for each country.
A pocket tripod turns a phone or small camera into a night and timelapse camera. It is small enough to forget in a day bag until you need it.
An oilskin hat is waterproof, shades the sun and packs flat. It suits someone heading to the UK, Ireland, New Zealand or rainy-season Asia.
Travel-themed novelty items, liquids over 100 ml (they cannot go in hand luggage) and anything with a battery they will have to charge separately unless they asked for it.
Shoe bags or other packing organisers, a plug adapter matched to their destination, or a pocket tripod. They are light and get used every trip.
Only travel-size ones. Liquids in hand luggage are limited to 100 ml containers at most airports.
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