Need a list of gifts for dads who travel?
Dads who travel are a whole different breed of dad. They flip from dad-joke goofy to suit-and-tie professional in a matter of seconds, and even though they are often away from home, they value family more than anything deep down. How can we repay their provision and support? With a personal gift! Here are the best gifts for dads who travel.
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1. Globe Whiskey Decanter Set
Wouldn’t you agree that a classy globe whiskey decanter set, perhaps paired with his favorite brand of whiskey, would look fantastic on your dad’s office shelf?
2. Leather Travel Toiletries Bag
A masculine Alpine Swiss leather toiletries bag is definitely suitable for the suited dads who travel. Not only does it scream professional traveler, but this leather toiletry bag will make packing, organizing long-term luggage and space-saving a heck of a lot faster.
3. Necktie Travel Case
Luggage organization helps keep a cool and level head during those extra busy business trips, but you know what causes even more frustration than a messy suitcase? Wrinkles.
A necktie travel case is a steady solution to both of these problems. Keep the suitcase organized and the ties wrinkle-free.
4. TSA-Approved Carry-On Cocktail Kit
Save your father time in the ridiculously over-priced airport bars and money spent on over-priced in-flight beverages with this fun TSA-approved carry-on cocktail kit.
5. Commute-Read Gifts for Dads Who Travel
Every dad who travels needs a good book for his long commutes and layovers! Here are Amazon’s favorites for men’s books.
6. Personalized Push-Pin World Destination Map
This personalized push-pin world destination map takes the trendy scratch-off map to a whole new gifting level. Every time your father travels, he’ll be able to add another bright red pin to his map and be reminded of your love and generosity through the gift.
The personalized map comes with red pins to mark the places he has visited, blue flags to mark his upcoming trips, yellow flags to mark his favorite destinations and green pins to mark his dream destinations.
Hopefully, one day, he’ll even need extra red pins like the ones below!
7. To-Go Shoe Polish Kit
This budget-friendly travel shoe polish kit will impress your dad with a unique thoughtfulness that is practical, classy and stocking stuffable.
8. Portable Rechargeable Noise Machine
This 29-sound, portable, rechargeable noise machine will have all traveling dads sleeping like a baby in any and every hotel room.
Its small size compacts perfectly as a gift for dads who travel, and its wireless functioning will free up those limited and oh-so-valuable hotel room outlets needed for charging other electronics.
9. Travel Cigar Humidor
An occasional hobby cigar is arguably the trademark of a dad who travels. Set ease to his vacation cigar packing with a travel cigar humidor. These humidors are available on Amazon in all price ranges, such as the lower-priced humidor and higher-end humidor shown above.
10. Fingerprint Padlock
Powered by bluetooth and waterproof fingerprint recognition, this personalized fingerprint padlock will keep your father’s valuable luggage safe during his travels without the hassle of hotel safes or the risk of losing his key.
11. YETI Gifts for Dads Who Travel
YETI is a company favored by travelers everywhere. This 30-ounce YETI tumbler will keep all of your dad’s hot drinks hot and cold drinks cold, just the way he likes.
The brand also sells extremely reputable mugs, wine tumblers, lunch bags and coolers that are essentially indestructible. (Seriously, they are literally designed to keep bears from getting into your camp food.) Many of the products are available in many colors, too.
12. Watch and Leather Watch Travel Case (Perfect Duo Gifts for Dads Who Travel)
Whether he’s running around the bustling financial district of New York City or beach hopping on island-time, a new men’s watch or smart, GPS enabling Apple Watch will always make a meaningful and useful travel gift for dads who travel.
Don’t forget to add a luxury leather watch travel case so he can safely show off his new watch on his next trip without any dents or scratches!
13. Portable French Press Coffee Maker
Professional travelers almost always advocate saving money for and during travel. One way to do so is to refrain from spending unnecessary cash at coffee shops.
This insulated portable travel mug and french press coffee maker will take away the temptation to find the nearest Starbucks and instead provide your dad with a delicious morning beverage that far exceeds cheap hotel-room coffee.
14. Freehand Suitcase Cup Holder
A cup holder that you can attach to your suitcase? Genius.
15. Contoured Memory Foam Sleep Eye Mask
No one is willing to admit it, but those free eye masks you get in your airplane seat goodie bag literally smush your eyelashes back into your eyelids, and you feel pretty crunched and groggy when you wake up.
The intentional design of this memory foam contoured sleep eye mask will enhance your dad’s hotel and airplane sleep as well as prevent his eyeballs from being smashed.
16. Airplane Footrest
Pair this hilarious yet totally practical and desirable airplane footrest with the memory foam contoured sleep eye mask from above and enable your traveling dad to truly kick back, relax and enjoy the flight.
Plus, the footrest will reduce elevation swelling and leg cramping for your old man.
17. Portable Handheld Electric Massager
Long, stuffy flights lead to cramped legs and stiff necks. Save his wallet and your mom’s complaint-deaf ears by opting for a portable handheld electric massager.
Handheld electric massagers of different price ranges are available on Amazon here.
18. GoPro HERO8 Gifts for Dads Who Travel
This world renown waterproof action camera, the GoPro HERO8, shoots footage in 4K, has a touch screen and has 1080p live-streaming capabilities.
Whether your dad is an avid risk-taking adventurer by nature or a luxury 5-star vacationer, the GoPro HERO8 is an action/underwater shot must-have gift for dads who travel.
There are numerous handy GoPro HERO8 accessories to purchase as well — like the chest mount for easy scuba diving footage or a selfie stick to take those ever-loved family photos.
19. GoPro MAX 360
So, maybe your traveling dad already has a GoPro, and you want to kick it up a notch in generosity.
The GoPro MAX 360 has all of the incomparable qualities of the GoPro HERO8, but this camera, one of the first of its kind, captures 360-degree shots. Yes, it captures all 360 degrees. This is the ultimate dream gift for all dads who travel.
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