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 
Florence. I backpacked around Europe in college, but due to some misguided desire to keep the home bf happy I skipped Florence on the promise he would take me back.
Six years later, still never made it.
NEED TO GO!
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omg–if I win, it means that God is telling me to quit my job and wait tables in Europe? If I really win, I am going to contemplate that.
The south of France is calling me….
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aw man, what good style this travelkit has. i would take it to prague, no doubt!
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I want to go to Denmark so bad. I saw a great Danish movie recently and now I am obsessed. Winning this kit would be a sign that I should go.
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Oh my, my, my.
Once I have the money and the time? I will be traveling to every music festival I can. Bonnaroo, Coachella, Outside Lands, Rock am Ring, Glastonbury, Roskilde, Iceland Airwaves. And while I’m at it, I can cross “visit Japan while the cherry trees are blooming” and “soak in a hot spring in Iceland” off my own life list.
Oh my, my, my.
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I’m somewhat obsessed with planning a trip to South Africa. Also to Iceland. (not the same trips!)
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I’d like to find my husband’s family in Italy. There is a little village where they all live and own a pasta factory. No joke. How awesome would that be?
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I love these lists! I would first go to Peru. After that, there’s no telling…
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I’d return to London, and instead of zipping thru the entire city in 3 1/2 days, I would take my time and soak it all in …
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I’m practicing dreaming big with you (I’ve already taken a tap class – awesome & I’m doing it again soon!) We’re looking into one of those REI adventure trips & these items would be lovely!
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Fiji, without a doubt. Relaxing, beautiful and serene. And who couldn’t use a little serenity these days?
Cheers!
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I’d visit some family in County Galway, Ireland – the loveliest place in the world!
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To Vegas, to marry my sweetheart. Which is exactly what I have planned for later this year. So you can see, I really need this stuff…
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awesome!
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Oh, Cambodia. Always Cambodia. Sigh.
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What a great kit. I adore everything here, and I know my soon-to-be husband would be over the moon for that slot radio. I’ve been slowly assembling items for our upcoming honeymoon (check off one item for the wedding, check off one travel item) and have been coveting a bunch of things from Flight 001, so everything here would be perfect.
I’m so lucky that we’re going to two places I have always wanted to go for the honeymoon—Barcelona and Rome. 🙂 But, if I had to pick one place to go right now, I would choose Costa Rica. Our friends just came back from there and had a fantastic time. Plus, it was just named as the happiest nation in the world in an article on CNN. Who couldn’t use more happy?! 🙂
P.S. Your blog is great and I like the new design. I’m so happy for you that your Mighty Life list is being sponsored. How wonderful! Enjoy every minute!
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I’d go to Tokyo!
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Anywhere? Tuscany. I’ve also always wanted to go to Argentina!
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Hawaii. One item on my life list is to go hiking in Hawaii, jump off a cliff and yell, “Geronimo!” before I hit the water.
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Oh my, there are so many places I have yet to see … but I’d say Greece is at the top of the list.
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so many places, so little time, so dream big. Antarctica.
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If I could go anywhere …
Italy.
But I have to say – this is my quick retreat of choice. http://www.sanctuarywoodstock.com/ You’d love it. The Church was converted into a residence by one of the people who started the Village Voice and was the site of many, many of “those parties” in Woodstock in the 60s. The lady who owns it is absolutely delightful.
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Spain. I want to go to spain very badly! however, we’re currently working on an entire month in Peru for early next year.
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I want to go to London!
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I want to go to Paris!
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Right now Australia and New Zealand are at the top of my list.
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How timely, I was just dreaming of a vacation. I would either go back to France or to Greece. Or maybe just to visit the family in Hawaii…
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I want my son, husband, dogs, and me to spend 6 months on a sailboat sailing all over the world.
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There are so many places I haven’t been, but when pressed, I always want to go back to Germany. Always.
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Right about now I’m desperately needing a loungy, beach vacation….French West Indies, Crete, Greece or Portofino, Italy perhaps. Feeling more relaxed just thinking about it! Bon Voyage!
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If I could go anywhere, it would be to Paris. My husband and I went on our honeymoon there two years ago and we’re both in love with being in love there.
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My boyfriend has never had the opportunity to travel, so if I could go anywhere I’d pack us a bag and show him all my favorite places around the world. After that, we’d set off to find some new favorite places together!
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I’d love to get back to London someday!
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If I could go anywhere right now I would go with my husband to visit our friend in Oklahoma. We miss him a lot since he moved for his job and I know he is lonely and could use the company.
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If I could go anywhwere, it would be to visit friends and family all over Ireland. Conveniently enough, I will be doing just that at the end of the summer, so I could really use this kit!
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Thank you for this great and thoughtful travel kit. If I could go anywhere in the world, I would go to Egypt.
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I would go to Disney World because that is my favourite place in the world, ever.
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I would go back to London, but bring my boyfriend this time…instead of 60 members of my college history class.
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If I could go anywhere, regardless of money, it would be Tahiti. My husband and I both scuba dive, and Tahiti is, like, the _world’s best_ dive site. We’d stay in one of those fabulous huts out on the ocean and scuba every day. Mmmm…perfection.
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Where wouldn’t I want to go? My boyfriend and I just spent a week in Washington DC visiting museums full of history so I’d like to go back to Europe and spend more time seeing and doing things and less time getting drunk. But I’d also love a wine tour in France, diving the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, skiing in the Alps, exploring the ruins in Central America or getting sushi in Japan.
So many things to do in this world with so little time to do them all. Perhaps I should start my own life list.
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We’d circumnavigate the globe, hitting Montreal, London to see a friend, and then head over to my birth place in Germany (on my new year’s birthday, of course). After a month there we’d pop over to Moscow, then down to Israel & Palestine, India, Indonesia (another friend who just opened a fabulous cafe). On our returning leg, we’d spend another month in our beloved Beijing, which has such great character. Then a month in Japan, with a quick stop in San Francisco and LA to see friends on the way home to Houston.
Of course, this is just the northern hemisphere circumnavigation. We’re still working on the details of the southern hemisphere, but definitely Australia, Peru (to work at my college mentor’s charity), and South Africa (more friends.)
Such wanderlust. Maggie’s bag will certainly come in handy.
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THailand!!! I’d go to Thailand!
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I would go to Greece! It is the one place I’d love to visit since my great grandfather is the one who came from Greece to American which in turn made my life possible.
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Vietnam sounds nice… but I *really* want to go to Lebanon. I’ve been all over the Middle East, but never there… and the culture, politics, geography and history of the place just fascinate me.
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I’ve had the chance to travel a bit, but always for work, which means you don’t really get to see anything except the hotel room.
I have the BEST road trip planned, but just need the opportunity to take it!
Across the US/Canada, hitting parks – Glacier, Grand Teton, Jasper (Banff), Yoho, (Canada) over to Vancouver, then to Crater Lake, Sequoia, down the California coast, into the desert – Grand Canyon, Zion, Canyonlands, Arches, Mesa Verde oh I could go on!
My camera is already charged!
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The list is long… Peru, Argentina, Italy, Greece, India, South Africa… ticking off these one at a time is taking a while. Maybe you are on to something with the whole quit-job-wait-tables-in-Europe idea. I am also agreeable to teaching English just about anywhere too.
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If I could go anywhere right now, my answer would be Peru (the answer changes day to day though!)
A conversation my friend just had her boyfriend:
Boyfriend: I can’t believe you’ve never been to Peru!?
Friend: I can’t believe YOU’VE never been to CANADA!
She wins… he’s lived within six hours of the border his whole life.
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If I could, I’d go to Ankara, Turkey…
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My husband and I want to go on a tennis tour — Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in NYC!
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I would go to Australia, just because I’ve always wanted to go there.
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