Holiday gift guide for the world traveler

This holiday season might mean a lot of traveling for many, so here are our picks for gadgets most helpful for flying around the world with ease.

The jetsetting lifestyle may seem glamorous, but in reality, it’s a lot of work. Did you hear how hard it wasfor the 200 journalists that boarded the #RihannaPlane? Seven days of chartered travel internationally nearly killed some of them! If they had a few of these gadgets and gizmos with them, they might have handled it better. 

Check out our Best Travel Apps list for iTunes gift ideas, if you’re on a limited budget.

Every world traveler knows they need the best backpack to last for days when you’re constantly traveling. Powerbag offers a full line of bags with battery-charging system embedded inside so you can keep gadgets charged on the go. Our pick is the Business Class Powerbag, which boasts the generator that can charge your smartphone up to four times. Its flat pack, x-ray friendly design also allows you to keep your laptop in the bag when going through security. The all-black design matches with any possible travel outfit, letting you go from business meetings to sweatpants without worrying if the Powerbag looks out of place.

For business travelers, being connected to the Web at all time is extremely important. Why bother with spotty airport WiFi connections when you can extend your own network with the Belkin Wireless Travel Router? The cordless, pint-sized device comes complete in a carrying case and can provide an Internet speed of up to 150Mbps. Set up a private password and other travelers will wish they, too, had a personal hotspot. Who needs ethernet cords?

A veteran traveler has a nails system for packing and unpacking in minutes; for the rest of us, there’s the Grid-It Organizer. It creates just the right place to put just about anything small, which not only keeps small things like phones, cameras, and toiletries organized, but also ensures that they take up as little space as possible to maximize room for the important stuff. Like shoes. 

The airport is one noisy place, so cancel all that out with the ultra-luxe Denon Globe Cruiser headphones. The wireless headphones connects to a smartphone via Bluetooth, and the wearer can adjust sound, skip, pause, play music right from the ear piece. You can even pick up calls straight from the ear piece with just a tap of a button, or use the microphone to say voice command and the headphones will transmit sound right to the iPhone’s Siri or Android’s Voice Actions. When the flight attendent asks that you put away your gadgets before takeoff, the Globe Cruiser headphone also folds neatly into a carrying case.

Yes, the Powerbag can help keep your gadgets as charged as can be, but it’s always a good idea to travel with an external battery bank in case of emergencies. The Innergie PocketCell does just that. The device can boost extra battery power to a myriad of gadgets, from smartphones, laptops, talbets, to MP3 players and portable game consoles. Just in case you didn’t have room to charge them all in your systemized backpack. The PocketCell is also compatible with popular devices, but you can check here to be sure.

There’s no quicker way to get sick in a foreign country than by drinking water that isn’t as clean as your stomach is used to. Gift your traveling friend a the SteriPen, and rather than scavenge every town they visit for bottled water, they can purify the tap water. The travel-sized SteriPen is good for up to 3,000 uses before needing a replacement, giving you plenty of time to drink pure water without worrying about catching something nasty.

Everyone’s a phoneographer (phone + photographer) now that many cell phones come equipped with cameras as powerful as a decent point-and-shoot, and Photojojo’s phone lens set turns the phone camera into something approaching a DSLR. These miniature lens will fit most major phones, from the iPhone to popular Androids, so you can play with Macro, Fisheye, Wide Angle, and Telephoto lens wherever you go.

Traveling is expensive as it is, so why let your friends spend the extra cash on checked baggage fees? With the Scottevest Fleece, travelers can bypass the carry-on limit by stuffing all their necessities in any combination of the jacket’s 23 pockets. The Scottevest fleece also has a special Quick Draw pocket that allows you to use your smartphone’s touchscreen without ever removing the phone from the pocket and, iff the plane temperature gets too warm, the sleeves are detachable.

If you have friends who live to bring wines back from wherever they’ve traveled, get them the WineSkin bottle bags to help ensure they’re not arriving with luggage full of stained clothes. The bags are reusable so two bags might be enough for one traveler, and who knows? Maybe they’re bringing the wine back for you? 

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