11 Genius Amazon Travel Essentials That Will Make Your Life Easier

This list is all about the best Amazon travel essentials to make your life, and your travels, easier.

As a frequent traveler, I look for any possible way to cut down on stress and make my trip easier from start to finish. Amazon is a gold mine for many travel essentials. As you plan your next adventure, the following items will be sure to come in handy.

Genius Amazon Travel Essentials

1. Luggage Scale

This luggage scale is a great tool to ensure your luggage is underweight. It was especially helpful on our transpacific flight. We had multiple legs on different airlines that had different weight requirements. We were able to shift weight around between carry-on and checked bags during a long layover and make sure the weight was acceptable.

2. Travel Cable Organizer

This electronic organizer is the one bag you never knew you needed. This waterproof pouch has separate front and back compartments that offer a decent amount of internal space. There are enough pockets for several charging cords, USBs, SD cards (for our camera), as well as larger pockets to fit our eternal hard drives. If you carry around a lot of corded equipment, the medium size is your best bet.

3. Airtags

This bluetooth tracking device has to be one of the most sought-after items of 2023. It’s become an easy way to keep track of your checked luggage. It can track anything; place one in your car, purse, or even on your pet. This tile tracker is a great equivalent for Android users.

4. Portable Door Lock

Portable door locks provide an added layer of security to your hotel, bedroom, apartment … wherever you’re staying. It’s important to mention this lock only works on inward-opening doors.

5. Powerstrip

You probably have a few of these at home but they really come in handy on a trip. We’ve encountered hotel rooms with limited outlets and easily fixed the problem by pulling out this powerstrip. What’s great about this one is that it has ports for 3 outlets, 3 USB, and a USB C.

6. Packing Cubes

Packing cubes are great for organized packers. It’s a genius way to organize and separate your belongings. I like to separate by category: shirts, pants, dresses, etc. The different-sized cubes and bags (for laundry and shoes) seriously levels up the packing game.

7. Power Bank

This power bank is a portable charger to use to recharge your phone or other devices. Having your own power source is genius. You won’t always be able to depend on available outlets while out and about. But plug your device into the power bank and you’re good to go. You can typically charge a phone two times over before needing to recharge the power bank.

8. Hanging Toiletry Bag

This bag is durable and water resistant with enough compartments to handle all of your toiletries in an organized way. The hook is an equal star in this show. It allows you to easily hang up the bag, unfold it, and see everything at once. The medium is great if you carry a lot of travel-sized bottles. Go for the large if you tend to bring larger or full-sized bottles.

9. Travel Pillow

I’ve tried our several travel pillows and trust me, they are not all created equally. This travel pillow has memory foam which offers great neck support and comfort. No longer will you have to worry about restless, head-bobbing, upright sleep.

10. Airfly Bluetooth Wireless Audio Transmitter

This device is a wireless adapter that lets you use your wireless headphones or earbuds in places that only have a headphone jack, like airplanes and buses. You won’t need to use the poor-quality wired headphones provided by airlines. Airfly allows you to watch and listen to films, TV shows, and more from an in-flight entertainment system via Bluetooth.

11. Toilet Seat Covers

If you’ve ever had to hover, you might find these quite useful. Especially when there aren’t any covers left in a public stall or the times when there’s no seat cover at all … these toilet seat covers come in handy. Whip them out at a campsite, at school, at work, or in a public restroom.