Sandisk slotRadio is sponsoring another present for you. This time I put together a travel comfort kit with some of the things I find useful on trips, which is convenient, because I’m typing this on an airplane right now. If these look familiar, it’s because lots of them are up on Mighty Goods, where I keep all my favorite stuff.
If you win, it’s like God telling you to quit your job and wait tables in Europe. Right? Right.
This dopp kit is my very favorite travel thing, and it looks like Flight 001 is discontinuing them. Insanity. The bag is attractive but not twee, well-made, waterproof (so exploding hair goo won’t stain your clothes), and hyper functional. The whole top opens up, so you can see everything at a glance rather than digging around in your bag. Plus, I love how the zippers are attached to the handle, so you can close the bag and throw it in your suitcase in one swoop.
Flight 001 this is madness. Bring back the two-zip dopp, I implore you.
Inside the dopp, I packed a set of nap-anywhere products:
1. Earplugs
2. Eye Shade
3. Travel Pillow
It’s the red-eye trifecta. My preferred eye-shade and neck pillow are also both from Flight 001:
The one I picked is red, to match your dopp kit. Much more comfy than the crappy ones you pick up at the drugstore.
I used to travel with one of those cushy neck pillows, but it was impossible to stow conveniently, and a pain to wash. That makes for one filthy pillow, and airplane filth is the reason Purell was invented. Unfortunately, Purell just makes your pillow all sticky.
I switched to inflatable pillows, and have found that the only comfy ones are the ones with knit or fleece covers. This one is fleece, which is a bit bulkier, but more cushy — also, easy to wash.
As you might expect, our sponsor threw in a Slot Radio, which is an MP3 player that comes pre-loaded with music. It’s tiny, and it’s a time-saver if you want some new music for your trip, but don’t feel like staying up until 3 a.m. downloading stuff.
For the hotel room, I always like to have a travel candle with me. It dispels funk, and calms you down, but also helps you make scent memories, so the smell of that candle will always remind you of your trip. I love when that happens.
I got you a Botanicus candle in Champagne, because it smelled good. I don’t really have a brand preference when in comes to travel candles, but if you do please tell me in comments. I’m into that stuff.
A Dagoba Organic Chocolate Bar, New Moon
I have to travel with snacks or I get hangry when my blood sugar dips. Dagoba makes satisfying, organic chocolate bars. They’re rich enough that you may actually be satisfied with a few squares. Or you can have it for breakfast. I’m not judging.
These happy luggage tags have saved me from taking the wrong luggage countless times. The best one reads, “This is not your bag.” Though I keep waiting for someone with the exact same luggage to have the exact same tag.
And that’s it! All right travelers, leave a comment telling me where you would go if you could go anywhere at all, and I’ll use the random number thingie to figure out who gets the goods. I’ll announce the winner this Friday. If you win, you have to go teach English in Vietnam. That’s the deal.
Mighty Girl 
Tierra del Fuego!!
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Paris. Maybe you’ve heard of it?
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Though a quick trip, I would head to Sonoma County, Cali to go cheer on my friend who’s doing her 1st Ironman August 1st. Rock on Tina!
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Ireland!
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Israel, to meet my niece who’s about to be two. I would like to finally hand-deliver one of her presents.
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I already quit my job to travel (okay and start my own company, toMAYto toMAto) but if I could go anywhere at all, I would go to New Zealand for the waterfalls and wine tasting.
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I recently got talked into taking a trip to Morocco next month — and I can’t wait!
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I would accompany my husband to Holland on his work trip this fall (if it’s not cut due to budget restraints) either with the kids or not. I’m leaning toward not. 😉
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Cambodia – we had friends just go there and their photos are amazing. They’re very well-traveled and they said it was one of their favorite places that they’ve ever visited. Sign me up!
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Honestly, anywhere there is not a funeral I have to attend. We just did two more over the weekend, driving 12 hours to Virginia and then another 6 to Pennsylvania n top of my grandmother’s funeral (near home, thankfully) in February. I am DONE with funeral travel, or travel by car at all, for a looong time. So…. I don’t know, somewhere warm and beachy and full of living people.
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I’d like to go see the Tempietto in Italy.
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A luxe resort somewhere in the Carribbean–preferably St. Lucia or Antigua, or perhaps some tiny private island I haven’t even heard of?
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Brazil – I would definitely go to Brazil!
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I’d go to Morocco for my honeymoon, and incidentally, I did teach English in Vietnam….
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I would go back to Lucca, Italy so my husband and I could rent bikes and put my son in one of them and ride around the city wall. I would stay here again: http://www.laromea.com/english/the_suite_la_romea.html
And then I’d find a sweet Italian grandmother to babysit and I’d go eat here: http://www.gigitrattoria.it/ and drink a lot of wine.
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Rome!
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I’d like to go to Prague, by way of Wyoming.
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New Zealand. hands down. I might just go there permanently, set up a sheep farm and enjoy the quiet life 🙂
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I would go to Paris and sit on a street, watching all of the people….
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ITALY!!!
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I’d planned to go to Amsterdam this year and even got my passport, but things didn’t work out for me. Sigh.
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Angor Wat, Cambodia. Cannot WAIT to see it in real life, and like a typical tourist, take a gazillion pictures of it. Looks amazing.
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Hawaii. May sound boring to some, mundane even, but I have never been there and am dying to go!!
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Cambodia, no question. I studied South Asian Art for my masters in Art History and somehow never got to go there. Seeing the art would be amazing, but I would love to get to experience the food and culture as well. And the little bit of pampering in the kit would go a long way while I was there:)
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ohhhhhh ~ what great travel must have’s … since i’ve been traveling more, i so need to put together one of these must haves …
spain. most definitely spain. uh huh. 🙂
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it is so hard to choose, but at this very moment Mexico(city) is sounding great. Thanks for this sweepstakes Maggie.
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Bern, Switzerland, by way of Ithaca, NY.
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Sweden! I have a baby nowadays, and I want his first international destination to be a Scandanavian country bc they are so awesomely kid friendly in such a matter if fact way. Plus–Gotland? Simply gorgeous!!!
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If I could pack up tonight and go anywhere, I would head to Greece.
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I would return to New Zealand to visit friends from my semester abroad as well as fully tour the North Island this time.
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I only have one item in my life list so far: to spend at least one night in every state in the United States. I would like to start with Austin, Texas.
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Hmmm how about Tahiti?
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Weeeell, I just got back from Swaziland, but since I’m a study abroad advisor it takes me all of about 10 seconds to think of my next amazing choice place to visit. I would really love to check out Borneo. Thanks for the guidance on travel swag!
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Antarctica and also South Africa since, conveniently, that’s where the boat leaves from.
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I want to go to Macchu Picchu so badly!
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if i could go anywhere at all, it would be to wherever my keys have disappeared to.
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I love the range of places people would go. There are just so many wonderful parts of this world to choose from. I’d have to say I’d probably go to Ireland to start with, although China would be pretty awesome.
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I have two travel related goals: I want to go to Antartica and South America, its the only two continents I have left to set foot on. I can’t wait!
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I have a long list of places that I would love to visit – Australia, Thailand, South America, but most of all I would like to visit my Grandma in New York.
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I really want to go to Vancouver. I’ve never been. My fiance and I plan to go for our honeymoon next year, but I wish I could go sooner.
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France, definitely. And if I win, I will go to Vietnam to teach English. I don’t mind ’cause I am Vietnamese.
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Finland. The best northern lights show is said to be had there.
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Greece Greece Greece! Oh, how I want to go.
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Tokyo
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Italy…yes Italy!
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if i could go anywhere right now, i would go to spain (madrid, seville, barcelona, i’m not picky!) and show my mother i can take care of myself just fine even alone in a foreign country!
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Iceland. Definitely Iceland.
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Thailand would be the perfect trip to use your travel kit. Thanks!
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Dear Heavenly Blogging Father, please let me win this cache of goodies!
Travel is my favorite thing EVAH and I know I could put ALL of these items to very very very good use.
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I’d go to Italy to the place where my husband proposed! Also, I work for a nonprofit, so that should score me points, right?
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