“National Shop for Travel Day” coming up! What do you need? : )

Jean, I thought every day was National Shop for Travel Day, no? ; )

More money would be nice…..

Oh my word, Jean! Well, I'll see what I can find! I do like my 2.5 oz Sea to Summit day pack for travel. It is NOT good for hiking...too light and flimsy but it is fine for stashing outerwear on a day trip.

I'm currently working on a bug-out bag or at least a bug-out list. In watching the dreadful fires I think some planning is necessary for those of us that live in the wildland-urban interface.

Pam, I'm right there with you. Also, we are videoing our house contents, along with taking pix. We haven't done it for quite awhile.
Good luck to us all!

Where did “National Shop for Travel Day” come from? I like national doughnut day. Also, I think there should be national antibiotics day and toilet paper day.

I am safe. I am waiting for RS to manufacture my ideal underseat bag or for Patagonia to put the 25 liter black hole bag in seabird gray color on sale. I am also waiting for Bulova to make a watch that interests me in a color I want.

Pam, watching the devastating California fires does indeed inspire bug-out bags. Mine would be a bug-out car! (With a bug out bag in it!). Floridians have hurricane evacuation checklists. Some of us located inland choose to stay put and brace for impact rather than evacuate. Preparations either way. Make a checklist Pam. Then, find an appropriate bag, suitcase, or bucket with a lid and handle.

Is this to shop for trips (airfare, train tickets, lodging) or stuff (luggage, clothes, accessories)? Either way, I can be onboard. I think about travel daily, in any case.

National Shop for Travel Day!!! Sounds like a great day! And it falls on the one-week anniversary of my birthday , haha. But I think I spent my birthday money taking people to dinner.

It would be nice if NSdTD intersected with an REI or Tom Bihn sale. I want a Cotopaxi backpack — I have absolutely no need for it, as I already have a quite nice 40 L Gregory backpack, but boy do I love to imagine I’m the kind of person who could travel around with the Cotopaxi . . . . and I want some Tom Bihn things, but they are so expensive.

I love all travel shopping. I swear the purchase that has made the biggest difference for me is the hammock thing for your legs/feet that you hook around the seat in front of you. As a short person whose legs don't reach the ground in my Economy / Main Cabin seat, this cheap acquisition makes the biggest difference for me in relieving fatigue and pain in my legs / back / butt.

I also love my AirFly that allows me to use my Bluetooth headphones with the plane entertainment system - and my Beats Flex headphones that are not separate earbuds and therefore don't fall out of my ears and get lost. And my Hama charging brick for my devices for long plane rides and train rides or days out.

https://www.beatsbydre.com/fr/earbuds/beats-flex/MYMG2/flame-blue

And for pretty, my Bric's Positano carry-on (which is actually a shade too big to carry on any airlines I fly, hahahahaha, so I check it if I use it) in Sage Green. I want another size in Sea Green, which is actually a gorgeous deep blue. But that is way out of my budget !!

https://bricstore.com/products/positano-trolley-spinner/?variant=43492748198044

Kim! I missed your birthday! Hope it was happy! And that Sea Green color on the bag is beautiful!

"Floridians have hurricane evacuation checklists. Some of us located inland choose to stay put and brace for impact rather than evacuate."

Sun-baked, I actually lived in FL for 30 years and am a proud (most of the time) Gator, lol. Oh yeah, and a Masters from FSU, too. I did indeed have a check list for things needed if I had to evac. I lived pretty far inland (Plant City) so likely would never have needed to evacuate but it was important to have. Plus I had an immense old live oak on the SW corner of my lot that I could imagine crashing into my roof some day. I'm currently updating my check list (who needed to evac with your book of computer passwords in 1998?) and will move forward with that.

I am laughing, Laurel...yes, I think about travel all the time. Every day. And if not on my own, I see something with a link to an interesting site or a forum friend sends me a link to an article in Smithsonian on Orkney and I'm off to the races with research.

I am going to look for something small to put my new "shoe kit" in. I probably have a pouch or packing cube that would work for this, lol. When I was in France in Oct we spent a good part of the time walking outside in damp, sandy or muddy conditions and I realized I needed a small scrub brush and rag to clean the yuck off my shoes plus a plastic bag to set them on in the hotel room. I think that would work well in a small container. I do have a cute pencil box I picked up when school supplies went out last September that I have not otherwise found a use for. I'll have to weigh it and see if it meets Jean's criterion of under 3 oz, hahaha!!

*”… but boy do I love to imagine I’m the kind of person who could travel around with the Cotopaxi.”

Kim, your comment put a big smile on my face! Yes, I put the Cotopaxi on my back, walk back to the train station in a European city or small village, and adventure awaits! : )

If anyone happens to visit the Seattle area this year, there’s a nice Cotopaxi store at University Village & the Bellevue Mall & other Seattle locations have Tom Bihn shops to check out the merchandise in-person. …and Rick Steves is based in nearby Edmonds.

For anyone coming long distance to get here: the Rick Steves "Travel Center"/HQ/shop in Edmonds is only open on Saturdays (9 am - 5 pm).

David, wow, thanks for the info! I’m used to the days pre-Covid when Rick’s headquarters shop was open most days. I almost stopped in when I was in the Seattle area for Christmas.

Still loving my Tom Bihn travel tray, I gave them as gifts to daughter and granddaughters this Christmas. 1.5 ounces each and cute! Mardee sucked me in and I’m glad I discovered them and other things from the company.

My husband and I fly to Fairbanks on Tuesday for 2 weeks and then after a week and a half back home we are off to Oxford and London but nothing new needed I think. I’m contemplating a travel tea mug for my Village Italy trip in April but not ready to pull the trigger yet.

I’m just ready to head out of the house but noticed an email. National Shop for Travel Day is coming up!

I bet the email was from Mardee

:-)

I bet the email was from Mardee.

Sigh. I get blamed for everything around here (and it was NOT me!). :-) That said, I am very interested in this bag I found the other day - https://bagsmart.com/products/blast-quick-access-carry-on-travel-backpack?variant=41156224516178 and now that I know I'm obligated to buy something on Tuesday, I might have to look a little harder at this.

I realized I needed a small scrub brush and rag to clean the yuck off my shoes plus a plastic bag to set them on in the hotel room

Thanks Pam, I need that! We arrived in Cannon Beach, OR for the first time in over a year. I was so sure there would be a boot scraper at the hotel that I failed to bring anything to clean off my muddy hikers. I've resorted to using the dog towel the hotel provided for the dog. Of course housekeeping took even that away this morning. Time to ask for another one.

Kim, you can get the previous models of the Cotopaxi Alpas for a discount at Sierra.com. It means going without the trolley sleeve but it also means saving $100.

@Lyndash - do you have carabiners to clip on to your Small Travel tray? The room I had at Hotel Muguet in Paris was the smallest one I've had there. There was not much bedside shelf space but there was a wardrobe with a knob handle. Hanging the Small travel tray on the handle with the carabiner worked great for my tech stuff!

@Trotter - I had to go to the Franprix in Paris to get a scrub brush and rag. While it was fun shopping for different items I realized I had a big nail brush at home I never use and that would be perfect. I'll keep the microfiber rag I bought in the shoe kit, though. Other places I've used a stick (if one could be located) to get the soil out from between the soles of my trail shoes which are my go-to travel shoes. I'm headed to Orkney in July and I know from a prior trip there that I will need this. I always want hotels to have outside hose bibs for shoe rinsing...seems like it would keep their carpets cleaner!

Boise also has a Cotopaxi store :)

I like the looks of the bag, Mardee. So many colors!
The shape reminds me of a bag a bought for my husband in Wells (so we could check his carryon and make his personal backpack his carryon) this October. I liked it better than the smaller, thinner bag I had stashed to use.

The email was from Travel Guard insurance. There will probably be a variety of travel-related companies offering specials on that day.

"Boise also has a Cotopaxi store :)"

@Janet....What? Is it at the Mall? I haven't been to Boise for years so no idea if the Mall is still in business or not, lol. And are you trying to lure us North Idaho gals down South?

https://www.cotopaxi.com/pages/retail-store
110 North 8th St.
Boise, ID 83702
(208) 986-0907

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Mardee, what made it into your final BUY? LOL!

You made me LOL!!!