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 would go to Denmark with my mom so she could see where her parents were born and grew up.

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  3. I’d go to Morgan’s Point, Texas and teach my 85 year old grandmother how to use a computer.

    Before I go to Vietnam to teach english.

    God I love their sandwiches.

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  4. I would follow the Motorcycle Grand Prix around Europe for the summer season, watching every race and eating a lot of fancy ham and gelato!

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  7. I want to loose myself in Paris for a week. It is cliche, I know. But, I love wandering the streets.

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  8. Going to England has always been a dream of mine, so it’s the first place I’d go.

    Love the travel comfort kit ideas!

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  9. If I could go anywhere, I would probably go to Egypt, which is convenient because I’m going there in October. I’ve been saving money for 2 years for this trip, and, after booking and paying for it, I still can’t believe I’m going. I hope to win this set because I’ll need it for the plane ride over. Hello 10 hours in a coach seat!

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  10. Oh, I would go to France with my boyfriend. First stop — southern France to visit the family he stayed with for six months while studying abroad and to gorge ourselves on shrimp. Then Paris. Oh, Paris. I can hear your siren call.

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  13. I’m headed to India next month! Other than that, my dream vacation is to go to Thailand at some point.

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  15. Since you said ANYWHERE AT ALL, I would take a trip to Antarctica. I want to cross all seven continents off my list and Antarctica poses the most challenges, which makes it the go-to answer to wish-questions like this.

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  17. I can’t decide. Greece, Alaska, Italy, UK, the entirety of Asia, Hawaii, New Zealand.

    If I had to choose RIGHT NOW, I would probably choose to actually forgo the plane, and take a cross-country road trip with my husband.

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  20. Going anywhere sounds good to me right now. It’s funny that someone just commented that they’d go to Costa Rica because I’ve been hearing about how great it is recently from various people. That or Vegas. Either one.

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  21. My best friend and I are going on a road trip in August. Every one of these things would be massively useful in our rental car.

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  23. If I could go anywhere, I’d grab the husband and set off for several weeks touring around Australia and New Zealand. No internet, no phones, no obligations — just great people, fantastic sights, and my sweetie.

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  24. Istanbul (Not constantinople!) via Florence, never been to the first, but have terrific memories of the latter when it was just the husband and me, before babies made travel ‘challenging’.

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  27. I do hope I win so I can take it as a sign to quit the job I’m in and finally do something I love – I don’t know that waiting tables in Europe is it, but maybe running away to Barbados and working in a low-stress/highly-physical job outdoors is the thing for me. But I’d also settle for a short camping vacation in the Grand Canyon. 🙂 It’s nice to dream…

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  28. My dream vacation would be to Greece. I will make it there one day. Hopefully sooner rather than later.

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  29. I would go to Antarctica and scuba dive, where the water is so clear you can see for hundreds of feet. I want to see the 9/10ths of an iceberg that is not visible. And maybe a few swimming penguins.

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  30. Hmm… I’ve always wanted to do a several-weeks (months?)-long B&B hop of Ireland, Scotland and Wales to trace my ancestry. And maybe never come back.

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  37. We were juat talking about this over sushi, my husband and I! My kids want to hike the Grand Canyon but we want to take them on a sailboat trip around the Med and then take them to Cinque Terre. Or to Auckland because they have never been to where their Daddy is from. Or to Geneva where we want live someday. Or to Amsterdam…Do I have to choose one? Cinque Terre.

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  38. Where would I go? Toughy. I would really like to go to Ireland- Dublin, maybe; my husband is of Irish descent and we’d both like to see where his family came from.

    In that same vein I’d like to go to Oklahoma to see where Geronimo is buried, as I am descended from him.

    I’d also like to go to Costa Rica again; that trip was the first and only time I’ve been out of the country and I don’t think I took full advantage of the trip.

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  39. Since I went to Hanoi last year, I’ve wanted to go back to Vietnam, and teaching English would be groovy.

    I also want to go to Australia. And London. And everywhere else. 🙂

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  40. Is it too, too boring of me to say Kauai, Hawai’i? I know it’s a bit pedestrian, what with the easy peasy English speaking and all, but what can I say? PARADISE.

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  41. If Bossy could go anywhere at all it would be sailing around Scandinavia. Bossy is all about the chilly nights and the midnight sun. Except Bossy is sort of over boats, so maybe Bossy would prefer to sail around Scandinavia in a hotel room.

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  45. Oh, and right now if I could go anywhere it would be bed. Or Italy. Definitely Italy.

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  48. If I could go ANYWHERE…I would assume that I would have a limitless budget…so a month long tour of Europe. First Class of course.

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  49. If I could go anywhere I would go to Amsterdam with my husband. It is his favorite city. I’ve never been and would so enjoy making some memories there with him.

    Thanks Maggie!

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  50. Well, if I have to go teach English in Vietnam, I guess I’d better go to Vietnam. If not… Botswana. I haven’t been to Africa yet!

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