Go Somewhere Good

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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. I’d definitely go to Australia! Well, once I have this baby — it’s too long a trip for a pregnant person.

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  2. I would go to Not Buffalo. Does that count? Like I’d head to downtown Anywhere But Buffalo.

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  5. I want to go to Hawaii. Ever since I saw that Brady Bunch episode when I was a kid (I know, I know), I’ve wanted Hawaii, but somehow it always seems just out of reach.

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  8. England. I must have lived there in a past life. Not that I believe in that sort of thing but when I am near Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament, the hair on my arms stands on end. Weird.

    And I married an Englishman. Go figure.

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  10. ooh, Maggie’s bag would have SO come in handy when my husband & I were stationed in Europe & traveling all the time! Now we don’t travel quite as much, and actually have a list of US places we want to see: redwoods in California, Florida Keys, Grand Canyon…(seriously, I’ve been to Paris 5 times, but have never. seen. the Grand Canyon!)

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  11. I work in Tanzania so my go-to vacation is Zanzibar! I am desperately in need of a go-to travel kit! 🙂

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  12. My husband owes me a trip to London. We were 2 weeks from departure, 20 years ago when he came down with chicken pox. Needless to say the trip was canceled and never rescheduled!

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  14. I’ve been dreaming about Edinburgh from reading all of the Alexander McCall Smith books (the ones set in Scotland, of course). Although, this time of year I always want to head up to the arctic circle and see some Northern Lights. So, I’d go to Scotland via the far North!

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  15. I’d love to go back to London. I went in high school but I didn’t have freedom to do what I wanted and we spent a lot of time doing lame theatre classes.

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  17. Love it!

    I would go to France. I have always wanted to go there since I was a little girl. It would be hard to get husband to go with me, but I’d find a way.

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  18. I’d go to Spain! My brother is there right now and I am so jealous! A young son and home business keep me here but I am a gypsy in my mind!

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  20. I’d love to move to another country permanently… but I’d settle for a long trip to Spain or a return trip to Italy.

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  23. My husband and I are dying to go to japan. Preferably in the spring to see the blossoms. But really, we’d go whenever. We’re not that picky.

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  24. Anywhere?! OK, I choose Australia. I’ve often been intimidated by the flight prices and a general feeling that maybe life there wouldn’t be as different and other-y as I prefer when I travel, at least in the city. But this is nonsense.

    So I will go to Australia, and photograph a kangaroo.

    Also? I think that taking a recently laundered pillowcase from home is my number one favorite travel item. It makes any hotel room feel and smell like home.

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  26. I like to imagine that you show up, Ed MacMahon-style, at my door and tell me that I can go anywhere. (Instead of a suit and big glasses, you’re wearing something cute and vintage-y, with a splash of H&M.) The only catch is I have to go right now. No passing go (or my closet for a new outfit).

    I’d grab my camera bag and passport, and go to Egypt to see the Nile, and the Pyramids. State Department warnings be damned.

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  27. I would go to India. My boyfriend’s sister+family is there so we have been saving for it. I am so excited to go.

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  28. Costa Rica!!! It’s top on my list. Though I’ll be in Maine much sooner and probably in Seattle before I get to Costa Rica but SOMEDAY, darn it, SOME DAY.

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  29. I’d go to Tokyo, but I’d never complain about a second trip to Vietnam! Really I love anywhere in Asia.

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  30. I would love to visit everywhere in the world, but lately I’ve been wanting to visit Iceland, Sweden, The Netherlands, Greece, and Hawaii. I was thinking of taking a 3-week study abroad course just for a good excuse!

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  31. I don’t want to jinx myself with where I really want to go (hopefully will have opportunity soon), so I’ll say Buenos Aires, which has always been high on my travel list.

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  33. I would go to New Zealand and ski. On water or on snow or on the backs of small animals. Whatever’s convenient.

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  34. My eight year old wants to go to ancient Greece. I told him unless he invents a time machine he will have to settle for the non ancient version. 🙂

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  38. I am lucky enough to be going on my dream trip in August! Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam! We are going to be in the air 24 hours there and 24 hours back. Important question: how many airplane-sized wine bottles fit in the dopp kit?

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  39. If I could go anywhere, I would go to Mundgod, India and teach English to the Tibetan refugee children living there.

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  41. I’ve definitely been inspired by your life list and have created my own. A dream trip for me would be to go to go Ireland and Great Britain, especially Scotland. I want to shop and visit pubs, see everything there is to see!

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  42. Southern California. Never been and it’s been awhile since i have been on a beach. I need some serious, sun, sand, and cocktail right now.

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  43. Well, I am going to India in about 6 weeks so this would be perfect. Totally excited, overwhelmed & scared at the same time.

    I would love to go to China next

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  46. I would head to Istanbul to revisit honeymoon memories of early calls to prayer and daily schwarma sandwiches.

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  50. The kit is SO cute! Perfect for a long flight….which is what I would need if I could go where I wanted to go: to go on a backpacking trip trhough Chile and Argentina and visit the glacier and provincial park in Patagonia.

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