Holiday Gift Guide for Travelers 2025

If your holiday shopping list includes the friend who’s always somewhere sipping sparkling wine, the cousin who has a suitcase packed at all times including a corkscrew, or the co-worker who says, “I could totally live out of a carry-on” (and means it), you’re in the right place. Also, if any of those describe you, feel free to send this post as a hint to anyone looking for the perfect gift for you!

This year’s gift lineup is curated for the traveler with stories to tell, the comfort-seeker with style, and the wine lover who has absolutely taken their glass to go.

Let’s unwrap, shall we?

Disclaimer – these are mostly all items I sell personally on my little travel shop on my blog in order to make a little extra income to keep traveling and keep writing free travel information and stories! They are not Amazon or any other affiliate links!

1. World Map Necklace

Shop here: Map Necklace

This is my signature jewelry piece that I wear every day, and all over the world! It’s also the gift I give to all of my travelers who join my group trips, and now is available in a limited supply for sale during the holiday season! A delicate reminder of everywhere you’ve been and everywhere you’re headed next.

Thoughtful. Personal. And beautifully giftable. This is the piece that says: your heart has wings, go follow it. Wear it with the inspo that if this formerly-broke and un-traveled gal can end up going to over 145 countries solo, you can too!

It comes in gold, silver, or rose gold plated, over stainless steel.

2. Travel Compression Bags

Shop Here: Travel Compression Bags

These are the secret ingredient to fitting your entire wardrobe into a carry-on without performing origami on your sweaters. They slim, squeeze, and simplify. Perfect for the aspiring minimalist or the over-packer who will never change. As a full-time traveler, I have sworn by these for over ten years now!

Just be careful when using them for carry-on only luggage! They will make the weight of the bag deceiving! Check out my full tutorial on how to perfectly pack a carry-on, and how to use these compression bags (no pump required!).

Pairs well with: plane tickets, a bold itinerary, and zero baggage fees.

3. Custom Map Poster

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This is a really unique and thoughtful gift for your favorite traveler, or for someone you’ve gone on a trip with! A custom map of the places they’ve been, or the exact route you/they took during it! It looks really nice as a full world map with dots of where they’ve been, and also the specific route looks really nice too!

Create and order yours here: Custom TraveledMap

4. Fleece-Lined Tights

Shop here: Fleece Lined Tights

Winter holiday adventures don’t have to feel like a survival documentary. These tights are soft warm fleece inside, sheer-looking on the outside, and ready to turn every cold day into a cozy one. They’re that rare unicorn: warm, flattering, and actually comfortable.

Plus, they now come in footless options, so that you don’t get that awkward sag in the crotch because they’re not long enough!

Gift to: The friend who wants to look like “Paris in December” but feel like “curled up by the fire.”

5. Shark Wine Glass

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Because sipping Merlot is fun, but sipping it from a glass where a tiny shark lurks inside is an experience. Suitable for wine lovers, ocean lovers, and anyone who enjoys a touch of bold whimsy. Its conversational art disguised as drinkware.

Warning: May cause dramatic reenactments of nature documentaries.

6. Travel Wine Tumbler

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For the traveler who brings the cheers wherever they roam. This tumbler keeps wine at the right temperature whether you’re on a picnic, in a cabin in the woods, or sitting outside an airport gate pretending your flight delay is an adventure.

Lightweight, durable, and ready for a toast anywhere.

7. “Plane White Tee” T-Shirt

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For the pun lover with airport lounge aspirations. Clean, clever, effortlessly cool. It’s the kind of shirt that gets compliments from strangers in boarding lines.

Soft. Simple. Smart. (Just like good travel.)

8. Selfie Water Bottle

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Hydration meets hands-free documenting. This bottle comes with a magnetic phone holder so you can casually take the perfect travel photo without the awkward arm stretch or fumbling for angles. Also excellent for propping up your phone to watch movies on the plane, follow a recipe in a hostel kitchen, or record a time-lapse of your campfire breakfast.

Ideal for: Travelers who know every good moment deserves to be captured but prefer to look effortlessly cool while doing it.

9. Country Map Stickers for Your Suitcase

Shop Here: Suitcase Flag Stickers

Your suitcase tells your story. These bold map stickers turn it into a scrapbook of everywhere your feet have stood and your heart has leaped. Peel, stick, and proudly show the world that you collect coastline sunsets and cobblestone adventures. Each sticker is a little badge of honor and a reminder that there’s always somewhere new to go.