The BEST Travel Gifts for Couples

Last Updated on October 2, 2024 by Tori’s VA

Looking for the perfect travel gifts for couples in your life? You probably have a couple or two in your life who are addicted to adventure and you need to find them that perfect gift for Christmas, their wedding, birthday, or any celebration. Whether they love to jet off to far away countries or just explore right outside their own backyard every weekend, here’s the perfect gifts for couples at all price points.

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Travel Gifts for Couples: For Their Travels

If the couple in your life loves to travel, there are probably some items that would make their travels better and easier. Buy them something to take on their next adventure.

Power Bank

The absolute best travel gift for couples is a portable power bank. While they’re out exploring they’re likely using their phone a lot. For taking photos, getting directions, looking up places to eat, they likely run through their phone battery quickly. Then with a dead phone they either get stranded without directions or miss out on the perfect photo opportunity! Or maybe they have to run back to charge up halfway through the day.

If they bring along this power bank then it will prevent all of that. It’s a little bigger than the size of a phone and fits conveniently in their bag. It will charge an iPhone about 5 full times before it needs to be recharged! This will keep their phone battery full and they will never have to miss a beat all day long. This is the exact power bank that I use on all of my trips and I couldn’t go without it. It’s my #1 thing I pack in my suitcase, and the travel lovers in your life will need it too.

Anti-Theft Bags

Any couple who loves visiting big cities will need anti-theft bags, whether they know it or not! Any big city, no matter where they are, has a risk of pick pocketing. Get them a set of anti-theft bags to help protect them while on their travels. Maybe you’re one who worries about them when they’re in a far away country? Rest easy and give them something to keep their important items safe like their passports and phones.

I adore my Travelon bag and they will too. They make awesome travel gifts for couples because they have a huge variety of styles, colors and bag options so there’s something for everyone. Every single feature on the bags helps to prevent pick-pocketing. The zippers lock, the straps are cut-proof, they feature RFID technology and more.

Passport Holders

A perfect travel gift for couples who travel internationally would be passport holders. They are great to keep their passports safe and prevent damages, but they also make carrying necessities super convenient. Many holders include extra pockets for credit cards, cash and now they even have a spot for vaccination cards!

There are tons of colors and designs, but my absolute favorite are these simple and timeless leather passport holders. They have lots of pockets to hold cards and documents and the quality of the leather is amazing, especially for the awesome price! Get them the same one, or choose different colors of leather for each!

Priority Pass

For the couple who flies a lot, you’ll be their new favorite person if you get them a subscription to Priority Pass. It’s a membership that gets you access to airport lounges all around the world. Not every airport has a lounge that participates, but most do and many have several. The lounges typically include an open bar and buffet of food, along with a more comfortable space to hang out and wait for your flight with nice bathrooms and shower facilities at many locations.

There are different types of passes that range in price, but no matter which you get them will be an amazing treat for them to have. There’s nothing like feeling like a VIP at the airport! It’s one of the best travel gifts for couples because they can use it together to enhance their travel experiences.

Water Purification Straws and Bottles

Now here’s the gift for the adventurous couple who loves to hike and/or visit under-resourced countries. While they’re out on long hikes and need to refill their water bottle, they can use these filters to drink from any natural water source! These filters make the water safe to drink! Or, if they’re visiting a country that doesn’t have the same filtration standards as they have at home they will need this to be able to drink tap water. We used them in Peru and it made things so easy and we had the peace of mind knowing we wouldn’t get sick from the water!

We have both the LifeStraw and the Water to Go filter bottle, and both work great. Get these as a perfect travel gift for couples you want to keep safe on their wild adventures!

Travel First Aid Kit

Another great option for those adventurers is a travel-size first aid kit. You can certainly buy one pre-made, but this would be a DIY travel gift for couples. You could buy a cute toiletry bag and fill it with all of the items they might need along their travels. Here are some things that would be good to include:

• Stomach meds, like pepto-bismol – great if they eat something in a foreign country that their stomach isn’t used to!
• Dramamine – whether they might be sick on long car trips, or they take a sunset cruise that’s extra bumpy, either way it’s a great thing to include.
• Bandages and ointment – just in case they get a cut.
• Moleskin – This is used to protect their feet from blisters! Perfect for those dressing up to go out to dinner in the city, or on tired feet worn from hiking boots.
• Sleep aid like ZZZQuil – This can be necessary in many travel situations. Helps you sleep on a long flight, helps you sleep if you’re camping and uncomfortable and helps if you’re in a noisy hotel!
• Hand Sanitizer – The last thing they want is to get sick on vacation. Help them prevent that!
• Sunscreen – They’ll likely be spending a lot of time outside, no matter where they travel to! Just make sure to get them the bottles or tubes that are 3oz or less in case they only take carry-ons.
• Antacid Chews – This is extremely important especially if they visit places where they will drink a lot of wine (Italy, France, Spain, Napa, etc). Italy is the double-doozy because there’s lots of red wine and lots of tomatoes, a bad combination for acid reflux. Trust me, I learned the hard way.

Travel Gift Cards

While physical gifts are great, and usually feel more thoughtful, getting them a gift card for a place to stay or an airline is actually a very thoughtful gift! They likely save up for both of these larger travel purchases, so getting them that much closer to their next vacation might be exactly what they really want.

Try to select the company based on what they actually use. Do they prefer VRBO or Marriott? Does United fly into their home airport frequently or does Delta? Look into this before you just pick a random company. They will appreciate you taking the time to choose what will work best for them!

Travel Gifts for Couples: For their Home

So they love traveling, but they might have to spend much of the year at home if they work full time jobs. So, get them something for their home to help them reminisce on their travels or to help them get excited for their future adventures!

USA Photo Map

For those couples who love to explore the 50 states, this is one of the best travel gifts for couples. They can hang this in their home to help them reminisce on the states they’ve visited and plan out which one they want to explore next. They will be able to personalize it and add photos of them in each state as they go!

We have this exact map and the quality is amazing. You can even personalize it!

City Maps

Does the couple in your life have a few favorite cities they visit often, or ones that hold a special place in their heart? Maybe the spot they got engaged, or maybe where they met! Have a city map or two made for them to hang in their home together to always remind them of that special destination. You can custom make them to include their names, and specific designs and colors!

World Inspired Subscription Boxes

Subscription boxes are great because they are the gift that keeps on giving. It’s something they can open up together each month or quarter and get excited to see what they receive each time! There are many boxes that are travel-themed, world-themed, or individual country or even state-themed. Choose one that matches their personality and interests best. Here are a few I think are cool!

• Simply NC Goods
• Universal Yums
• Atlas Coffee Club
• Atlas Tea Club
• IGourmet
• Crated with Love

Travel Magazine Subscriptions

If you love the idea of a subscription…but not the price, then consider gifting them a year subscription to a travel magazine. There are many to choose from and are usually quite inexpensive, as low as $5 per year! They can read them at home, learn about new destinations to explore, and take them with them to read in the car or on the plane!

Here’s a few of the best:

Travel + Leisure

Condé Nast Traveler

Outside

RV Magazine

Cookbooks Filled with Recipes from around the World

What better way to get excited for an upcoming trip than to try making some of their local dishes at home! Or, maybe they’ve returned home from their trip and miss the food. Or maybe they try new recipes from other cultures and find the next place they just HAVE to visit!

Getting them a cookbook filled with recipes from other countries is the perfect travel gift for couples. They can cook together and enjoy an at home date night inspired by a new destination. Here’s some cookbook ideas.

All Around the World Cookbook

Tasting the World

The Complete Book of National Dishes

Tasting History

The Unofficial Disney Parks EPCOT Cookbook

Around the World in 450 Recipes

National Park Passport Book

Another great travel gift for couples who travel the U.S. is the National Park Passport Book. They can take their book around the country and explore some of the best nature the country has to offer. At each park they visit, they can buy a sticker and stamp their book with the date of their visit. It will be fun for them to look back on their explorations and to check off as many parks as they can!

Anyone loves a thoughtful gift, and if you buy one of these travel gifts for couples in your life then they’ll love what you picked out! These are my favorite travel gifts so I know they’ll love them too.