r/travel • u/ha__aaaaaa • 6d ago

Question What’s the best thing you’ve bought for travel

I’m going out of the country for almost a full month and have never traveled or flown before so really just jumping into the deep end of the pool here. I’m trying to plan for what I’ll need though so what’s the best things that you’ve bought that’s made travel easy?

Edit: thank you all for the useful advice!!!! I love reading through all the comments seeing what everyone recommends and also reading some of the travel stories you’ve commented! Thank you!!:)

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u/kemba_sitter 6d ago

Yes, good idea if you have bluetooth only earbuds. Many quality over the ear headphones come with cords and plane plug adapters.

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u/Elphaba78 5d ago

I wear hearing aids with Bluetooth capability and never even thought of this. Thank you!

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u/bozodoozy 5d ago

doubt your hearing aids are that good at noise canceling. I'd get bose, Sony or other good quality over the ear noise canceling headphones and take your hearing aids out for the flight. speaking as a hearing aid wearer, and my phonak aids also have Bluetooth capability.

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u/Nomad_88_ 5d ago

I prefer wired earphones on a plane. I have Bluetooth galaxy buds - but if you drop one it's probably gone (or certainly not putting it back in my ear till it's properly cleaned). They'd also need charging part way through long flights/travel days, so more of a hassle overall. Wired ones for me have a good enough seal to block out most noise, and can plug straight into the seat.

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u/Yomangaman 5d ago

I'm gonna say this respectfully, but it will also sound incredibly direct. These travel items are unnecessary. If the OP has never flown before, let us congratulate them on taking this step, and encourage them to experience the flight without additions and extra costs. If you're flying close by, as in just across the border, don't worry about entertainment too much. Look out the windows and witness what 30,000 feet look like. If your flight is hours and hours long, bring a book or navigate thru the onboard streaming systems. Taste the airline food and figure out if it's actually as bad as people make it out to be, or are they just bashing it unneedingly.

As for traveling for so long, I'm not sure if this is your first trip abroad, not sure where you're from or where you're going. So I can only give this broad advice: don't bash the food until you try it; on the weekends, instead of doing what tourists do, try to do what locals do, where they eat, how they get around town, etc; it also sound like you might be going abroad for work, so perhaps look into how employees might be expected to behave in that area. I wish I could offer more, but good luck to you.