8 Best Travel Gadgets & Accessories 2023
I’ve put together a list of the 8 best travel gadgets & accessories for you. Believe me, I love to unplug and forget about social media every once in awhile, but when I am traveling – these 8 travel gadgets & accessories have stolen my heart. Traveling is so much more bearable with technology!
Whether the flight is short or long you will spend so much time in the airport waiting for the flight, waiting for the boarding process to be complete and then finally your actual flight time – you are going to wait to keep yourself entertained. Here are my top picks as a flight attendant that you should never travel without!
The 8 Best Travel Gadgets & Accessories
I love to grab a book to escape my reality – goodbye man next to me eating a tuna sandwich while barefoot, hello spicy enemies to lovers rom-com! Unfortunately, I consume so many books it’s not possible to add 3 paperback books to my already full carry on! Not to mention I’m trying to save the planet and reduce my waste and whatnot. Thankfully I have a Kindle! I never travel without my Kindle. It is so convenient to have a library at my fingertips.
I recently upgraded to the Kindle Paperwhite 11 and I am so happy with it! My old kindle (and I mean circa 2012, old, Kindle) was severely lagging and doing some weird flashes every time I turn the page, not to mention the 10 second lag every time I click on any link. My new Kindle Paperwhite is so smooth, crisp and I’m loving every minute of it.
Portable Drive & Adapter for iPad
If you work on your computer this portable drive is perfect! It is so small yet mighty in memory. I carry all of our travel photos & videos on this portable drive that way if I need anything while traveling for my blog or social media I have easy access. Let’s be honest, I’ve tried to work with “the cloud”, but I can’t seem to figure it out. My handy dandy portable drive never fails me. I also bought this converter so that I can use the portable drive with my iPad. It has been such a game changer!
Raise your hand if you’re constantly wrapped up in cords while traveling. I have cables for phones, iPads, kindle, cameras, apple watch etc. It’s such a mess. Luckily I found this handy dandy 3 in 1 charging cable! I can charge 3 devices AT ONE TIME with ONE CORD. This makes charging device a breeze while on the plane instead of switching between each device I can charge them all simultaneously! While it does charge a little slower than the single lightning charger the convenience makes up for it.
We always have our universal adapters. It’s a required duty item as a flight attendant because you never know what country you’ll end up in (I’ve checked in to work a flight to Miami and ended up in Edinburgh before!). This is an all in one adapter so it has all the different types of plugs you may need in any country you stay in.
This portable iPhone fan has saved me SO many times. You never know when you’ll need some airflow until you NEED it. Like when you’re stuffed in the back of a sketchy van in the Philippines headed to the airport with 15 strangers down a bumpy windy road and there’s no air conditioning. We love these little guys because we can just plug them in to our phones and *instant relief*. They’re decently powerful and don’t run your battery down like crazy. For a short term solution these guys are winners. I have one stuffed in almost every bag: my purse, my tote, my luggage that way I have easy access to it when I need it. And no joke every time I whip this puppy out EVERYONE asks where I got it from!
How did we survive without iPads. It’s a distant memory I don’t wish to recover! My iPad goes everywhere with me. It is SO versatile. I can use it to download my favorite Netflix shoes to watch on the plane, doodle and draw with procreate and my Apple Pencil, swipe through magazines on my kindle app with my kindle unlimited subscription, write blogs, edit in Lightroom, play games and so much more! It can keep me entertained for hoursssss so luckily the battery life is *chefs kiss*.
My favorite Bluetooth headphones are ones that have the piece that goes over your ear. I cannot with AirPods. They kill my ears and never stay in. But my husband loves them – it just depends on your preference. Having Bluetooth headphones makes it so much easier to travel with. There’s no wires that get you all tangled up when you’re awkwardly climbing over the middle seat sleeper trying to get to the bathroom mid flight.
Whoever invented these needs a Pulitzer, or Grammy, or some sort of prestigious award for their contribution to society. This is GENIUS! While some planes are rolling out new screens that allow Bluetooth connections (#thanksunited) there are still a lot of planes in service that don’t have that capability. And let’s be honest they have some damn good movies on these planes nowadays, amirite? There’s no need to carry an extra set of crappy wired headphones with you for the sole purpose of watching airplane movies. This adapter will plug in to the headphone jack in your seat on the plane and connect your Bluetooth headphones. Give them a go!
What makes traveling easier for you?
Those are the 8 best travel gadgets & accessories for 2023! There is so many cool travel gadgets that make traveling so much more pleasant. Comment below if you have any that you want to add to the list! I’m always on the hunt to find the best travel gadgets & accessories!