Last updated on December 30th, 2025
Looking for the best gifts for travelers? We are sharing our personal favorites, with most under $50!
As full time travelers, we prioritize experiences over material possessions (especially since moving into a van with limited space!), so when holidays and birthdays come around, we tend to be a bit trickier to shop for. We love gifts that will enhance our travel experience, whether it’s something that’ll entertain us on a long flight, make our lives a bit easier, or inspire us to see more of the world.
If you’re stumped while trying to think of what to get the traveler in your life, or for yourself (treat yo self!), we’ve put together a list of the 28 best gifts for travelers!
This list ranges from fun, thoughtful, and useful gift ideas sorted by cost, with most items being under $50, so you can easily choose an item based on your budget. A huge chunk of the items on this list are things we own, love, and make our experiences even better–so they get our stamp of approval! And the others are all that we would love to get (hint hint)!
We hope this list helps you find the perfect gift. Happy shopping!
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Best gifts for travelers Under $50
National Park Map
Know someone that loves the US National Parks? Get them a map to keep track of the ones they have been to! We have this map from Etsy and it is one of our favorite things in our van!
Looking for more National Park gift ideas? Check out these 63 thoughtful gifts for National Park lovers!
Electrolyte Mix
Give the gift of hydration and flavor with electrolytes! These compact packets are easy to pack and come in a variety of delicious flavors, making them the PERFECT stocking stuffer for travelers. Just pop one into your water, and voilà—an instant boost of electrolytes! We’ve used them to stay hydrated on flights, while on hikes, bike rides, and when visiting hot and dry destinations. They really help with hydration and avoiding cramps. Plus they taste delicious!
Our absolute favorite is LMNT! It is sweet, salty, and super refreshing. If you buy directly through this link you’ll get a FREE sample pack with any order!
Yeti Rambler Bottle
We use our YETI water bottle all of the time to save money (and the environment) by not having to buy plastic bottles. It keeps drinks super cold, or hot, for a very long time! We also like the style of lid, which makes it easy to hook it onto something.
Ox & Pine luggage tag
These leather luggage tags are beautiful, customizable, and will make your suitcase extra stylish. We love ours!
ALOHA Pouch
We saw these in Hawaii and have wanted one since! It’s waterproof and perfect to store your wet swimsuit, carry toiletries, organize your chargers, or whatever else your heart desires! They also donate 5% of profits annually to Hawaii conservation.
Fanny Pack
A fanny pack is an ideal stocking stuffer or a fantastic gift for travelers under $50. It’s super handy for keeping essentials like chapstick, your phone, cash, and sunglasses. You can even fill it with some goodies before gifting it to them!
Packing Cubes
We never really understood the appeal of packing cubes until we used them ourselves! We now love to travel and organize our van drawers with these!
State Stickers
We love these state stickers from the super talented Rachel Alvarez, who hand paints all designs! Each sticker has a beautiful painted image of a spot from that state.
Headphone splitter
There have been so many times that we want to watch a movie together on the plane, but don’t want to only have one ear bud or be stuck to one TV. A headphone splitter makes it so easy to enjoy together! You can also get them this USB C adapter so they can use it on their phone or laptop.
Foldable Daypack
Our friend gave us one of these and we love using it to explore cities and for day hikes while backpacking! It can fit quite a bit for its size and the best part is that you can fold it up and store it in a larger bag when you’re not using it.
Pop socket
This gift is helpful for anyone, but especially to prop up your phone to watch movies on a plane or to hook up to your dash in the car to use the GPS (you’ll need this attachment for the car!). You can also make custom ones with logos or photos on them!
Roaming America
Roaming America, a book by Renee and Matthew Hahnel not only shares beautiful photos of the National Parks, but helpful information about them! This is another great gift for the National Park lover in your life!
Microfiber Towel
Between the beach, campground showers, swimming, or whatever else you need a towel for, this microfiber towel is super compact and dries quick!
National Park Candles
Send someone the smell of their favorite National Park! We love these candles because they have wood wicks and are a local Seattle business!
Best gifts for travelers Between $50-$100
Passport Holder
For the international travelers in your life, a passport holder is a great way to store multiple passports, plus other important documents for your trip. This passport holder was created by viewers of ours and was super handy during our trip to Peru. It not only enabled us to safely store our passports in our backpack, but we also used it to store extra cash, receipts, and important documents for our trip.
Coffee Subscription
It’s no secret that we love coffee and for the coffee and travel lovers in your life, sign them up for a coffee subscription where they can try coffees from all around the world! They offer multiple gift subscription options, with the 3 month being $60!
Airbnb Giftcard
Yes, gift cards can be considered a not super thoughtful gift, but we LOVE getting free money to travel!
Camera Clip
For the photographers in your life, gift them a camera clip, which makes it much easier to carry your camera around, especially for hiking or visiting cities! We have one these and love it!
America the Beautiful Pass
For $80/year, you can get unlimited access to all National Parks, National Monuments, and National Forests. If you visit 2 National Parks a year, plus hike in National Forest, this pass more than pays for itself!
Rumpl Blanket
For cold sunrises and sunsets, to camping, to picnics, this Rumpl blanket will keep you nice and warm!
Portable Charger
We cannot even count how much this thing has saved us during long sightseeing or travel days or on backpacking trips!
Best gifts for travelers Between $100-$200
AirPods
Bluetooth headphones make life so much easier while traveling! We love our AirPods for how easy they are to carry around and because they work so well with our iPhones and MacBooks.
Tinggly Gift Box
Give the gift of an experience to someone! But don’t worry, you don’t have to pick it out yourself. The recipient can pick from over 12,000 experiences, allowing them to choose what excites them the post. Some of the experiences to choose from are sky diving, wine tours, zip lining, boat cruises, hot air balloons, just to name a few!
World Map
This is one of our favorite things we own! After every trip, we put a pin on the map so we can see everywhere we have been. We LOVE getting to look at this map and reflect on where we have been!
Best gifts for travelers Over $200
Garmin inReach Mini
This is one of our must-have items for traveling, especially outdoors. The Garmin InReach Mini is a satellite device that allows you to send messages to loved ones back home, get help if needed with the SOS button, and also have folks track your location. It’s a great safety tool!
Wandrd Backpack
This is by far our favorite backpack we have ever owned! It’s huge and not only perfect for photographers (our 31L can fit two cameras, two extra lenses, our microphone, 2 laptops, and tons of chargers in it), but its size and storage compartments makes it a great fit for anyone who has a lot to carry around in their backpack. We also love that it opens in the back and has a hidden passport spot, which makes it feel safer against pickpockets!
Away Suitcase
We own two of their “Carry-On” sizes and LOVE them! They fit so much inside, are very sturdy, have a built in lock, and also have a portable charger so you never have to scramble to find somewhere to charge your phone at the airport.
Sony Mirrorless Camera
We use Sony mirrorless cameras to film and photograph our adventures and we love how much lighter and less bulky it is than a traditional DSLR. It is super easy to carry around while traveling! The Sony A6000 is a more budget friendly option to check out.
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