The best gifts for your favorite traveler (or yourself) |
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Our experts handpicked 52 unique gifts to celebrate your favorite globe-trotter’s wanderlust — whether they’re a backpacking newbie or a first-class-points-hacking vet. Some of our favorite new finds include very squishy slippers, a leather-bound atlas, and a soft, drapey cardigan for keeping warm on chilly planes.
Make flights, long customs lines, and hotel stays a little more fun→
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Plus: Stop stressing about your “oversize” carry-on |
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| Dana Davis/NYT Wirecutter; source photos by iStock |
Many airlines’ size restrictions for carry-on suitcases are smaller than many of the carry-on suitcases available for sale. What gives?
To see if we’re all really just a half-inch and one meticulous gate agent away from an oversize-bag fee, we sent one of our journalists to an airport with two fully packed carry-ons — and had her cram them in various airlines’ sizers.
How to know if your carry-on will get past the gate→
Your daily deal: Our favorite duffel bag for travel |
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 | Our experts say this weatherproof duffel is the best option for travel. If you plan on touring a city or doing some light adventuring, the bag offers multiple ways to carry your gear comfortably, and it’s sleek enough to blend into a crowd. Use promo code FALL to get a black one for $112.
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One last thing: Do you need an in-flight foot hammock? |
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The first dozen or so times Wirecutter’s travel expert Maria Adelmann saw a plane foot hammock on her feeds, she wrote it off as a gimmick. But the slew of positive reviews and videos of fliers comfortably stretching their legs didn’t stop. So she — along with a panel of different-height testers — investigated whether the trendy dangling foot rest could really be the secret to in-flight comfort.
It works surprisingly well … but only sometimes→
For even more gifting inspo: The New York Times’ annual holiday gift guide.
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