Go Somewhere Good

Travel

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.

F1 Two-Zip Dopp

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:

F-1 Night Shade

The one I picked is red, to match your dopp kit. Much more comfy than the crappy ones you pick up at the drugstore.

Comfort Tavel Pillow

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.

SlotRadio

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.

Travel Candle

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.

Pamela Barsky Luggage Tags

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.

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936 thoughts on “Go Somewhere Good”

  1. Wow – that is the hardest question ever. If I could go anywhere, TODAY, it would be to Pamplona, Spain. I went years ago and witnessed the running of the bulls, but the night-time fiestas are what sealed it for me – what a fantastic party, and going on now!

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  4. I would like to take my family to France. The logistics of traveling to France, while somewhat daunting, would totally be worth it, I am certain.
    I would also like to take my family to the Olympics – If I had a life list, that would definitely be on it!!!

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  6. Oh! Travel! How I’ve missed you. I clearly need to go somewhere – you know you’re jonsein when the though of earplugs makes your heart speed up.

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  7. Well…..I would think I would take a trip back to my Grandmother’s homeland of Slovakia.

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  8. Lovely! I had a trip to Oxford this month fall through; clearly all I need are some snappy travel accessories to make this thing happen.

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  9. I have tried 3 times to go to Ireland, but each trip fell through for a different reason. I don’t want to believe the Universe is telling me not to go; if I won this prize, that would sure clear up the Universe’s intent!

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  10. I’d love to hit the International Oyster Festival in Galway, Ireland. Guinness, oysters, and my sweets – a trifecta of my favorite things.

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  12. Iceland! it’s so quiet there right now with the decrease in tourism, I would love to go somewhere that’s not crawling with tourists

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  13. I too have the Dopp (in bright green). I’m pretty sure i got the initial idea from Mighty Goods years ago actually. Love the candles. When i did advance work i always had one with me!

    I would take my parents to Europe for a multi-country train trip (in stylish fancy cars they attach to the back of normal trains of course). My mom’s never been, which is a travesty.

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  14. If I could go anywhere in the world I would go to Australia! I studied abroad there in college and miss it sooooo much. So everything in this kit would be amazing for such a long trip!

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  16. Domestic- Seattle (why, I’ve no idea. I feel a tug towards it for some reason).
    International- Ireland & the Philippines (I’m Irish and the hoosbond is Filipino, and we’d both like to visit the “homeland”.

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  17. I would go to Spain. For the running of the bulls (maybe next year!) or to India and study under a guru. Or I would go to New York and take in the lights of Broadway and off broadway. Or I would go to The San Juan Islands. Or to the fantastic Yucatan Peninsula. Not too picky, this one.

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  18. If I could go anywhere. . . it would be on an exteneded motorcycle trip around the country.

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  21. I would love to be able to take my husband to Ireland so he could watch a good rugby game and find where his family came from. We just got back from Mexico, and I wouldn’t mind going back there, either!

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  23. I would be happy to go anywhere (my first summer working full-time since my kids were born-hubby laid off last winter)-but if I had my dream, I would go to New York!

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  25. First things first to Prague. Tried to go two years ago, but couldn’t find the bus in Budapest. I want to be able to tell people how breathtakingly beautiful it is.

    Hopefully, with a beautiful bag to ease the travel. 😉

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  27. I am dying for a trip to Europe. A trip full of historical sight-seeing. I’ve never been to the UK or Denmark or the Netherlands, so I’d start there.

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  28. Ireland is so cliche, really, but I’ve been there twice and if someone offered me a plane ticket on the condition that I leave tomorrow, I’d do it in an instant and cry from the happiness. I love that place so much.

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  34. I would take my husband to France. I’ve been – he swears he won’t go but it’s the most lovely place on earth. I want to be there now!!!

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  35. I’d go to Germany – I’ve been dreaming of it for years. Then to Prague, Poland, Amsterdam…

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  36. Maggie what a great kit! I love to travel and am hoping to go to Ireland within the next two years. Then Italy, Greece, Puerto Rico…the list is endless.

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  37. My very first choice would be to see as much of Vietnam as possible. My mother was born there and hasn’t been back is 25+ years. I want to see Halong Bay and go on a culinary tour of my mother’s home country.

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  40. …back to rural Kenya, or perhaps Mombasa. I’d take my daughter with me, and we’d ride the old-fashiondy rails overnight to get to the coast. At some point we’d also have to go camping in the national park with all the angry hippos.

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  42. I would so go back to Paris! I fell in love the first day, just walking around on a Sunday afternoon with all the families, and beautiful streets, and OMG the food.

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  43. I would definitely go to Costa Rica. If I had the time and money to take a vacation. Instead I’ll probably go to Chicago or Boston or Atlanta on business and hope that my meetings end early so I can see a little of the city and find a local restaurant to eat at.

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  49. Croatia! That was our initial honeymoon plan until financial woes and all…we did have a pretty nice time in Montreal though. A bit of European on the cheap. Sorta.
    Anyway, I would definitely return to Vietnam & teach English; do I need to know Vietnamese though?

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  50. I’m already set to go on a trip to Israel this fall to visit family and I can’t wait – my first overseas trip in years. One thing I do dread is the 22 hour trip. Joy.

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