Finding the perfect gift for your partner, friends, family, or colleagues can feel like a real task—especially on special occasions. But if they’re into exploring the world, you’re in luck! We’ve rounded up some of the best gifts for travel lovers in India—thoughtful, fun, and things we’d honestly love to receive ourselves (we’d probably hug you a million times for getting them!).
The best part? These travel gifts are easily available to buy in India and suit a wide range of budgets. Just click the blue links to explore and pick the perfect one for your favourite people.
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1. Tinggly Gift Box: For Those Who Love New Experiences
With Tinggly, you’re giving memories, not things—and that’s what makes it so special!
It works like this:
You pick a Tinggly gift box based on your budget and the occasion. Then, you can send it as a physical box or as an e-voucher.
The person receiving the gift can choose from hundreds of fun experiences or relaxing getaways (including hotel stays) in over 100 countries. They can use it whenever they’re ready to travel.
It’s the perfect option when you just can’t decide what to gift—because it’s totally risk-free. The person gets to choose exactly how and when they want to use it!
We got a Tinggly gift for our wedding, and we absolutely loved it!
Here’s why Tinggly makes the perfect gift:
1. Choice and Freedom: One gift buys you an entire collection of amazing experiences for the recipient to choose from. The recipient can then choose the experience they want and book it with just a couple of clicks on a date of their choice.
2. Global Availability: Tinggly covers most of the world’s largest cities and tourist destinations (in over 100 countries) with the best experiences, tours, hotels, and activities.
3. No Expiry Date: The voucher’s lifetime validity is perfect for those who don’t know when they’ll be travelling next.
4. Planet Friendly: A part of Tinggly’s profit goes to sustainable projects to remove polluting plastics from the environment. With the help of partners, one Tinggly gift not only removes 11 lbs (5 kg) of plastic but also offsets 200% of CO₂ emissions produced during the chosen experience. On top of that, all Tinggly gift boxes are made of 100% recycled materials and are eco-friendly.
2. Stylish and Sturdy Travel Bag
Sturdy everyday bags like backpacks and slings are so essential for travel. There are Indian companies that build bags specifically designed for travel—think rugged with lots of compartments!
1. Carry Pro (unisex): These are larger backpacks that you can use in the city or for hikes. They are versatile, spacious, unisex, and water repellent, with a built-in rain cover and detachable waist pouch!
2. Svenklas Backpacks: These backpacks are minimalistic yet super fashionable and made of sustainable materials.
3. Mokobara Bags: These bags are super stylish, colourful and yet very functional. The perfect gift!
3. Passport Wallet + Organisers: For a Smooth Time at the Airport
The Postbox has very classy leather products that are meant to organise your travels. Their passport wallets look beautiful and are very functional. You can get these wallets customised with the initials of the person you’re gifting them to.
Another option is to gift the Messy Corner Personalised All Tan Gift Hamper. It is an entire set of personalised travel essentials like a passport case, travel pouch, luggage tag, keychain, and more in tan faux leather. I have a few items from the Messy Corner myself and they’re of such good quality.
4. Portable Coffee Maker: For the Coffee Aficionados
Coffee is a source of survival for some. They simply can’t live without a cup of goodness in the morning. I’m one of them and I had such a tough time in Goa without a portable coffee maker. Here are some great options for your coffee aficionado loved ones. These coffee makers just require coffee grounds and boiling water in order to make coffee on the go. If you like to add milk to the coffee, you can simply add it after the espresso is made.
Aeropress: This is the most popular travel coffee maker out there. It brews smooth, rich coffee without the bitterness and high acidity you can expect from French press-brewed coffee.
Gift the Aeropress Go
5. Travel Jacket: For Those Who Want to Have Everything Handy
Nobero Wanderer Travel hoodie is a super cool and functional jacket. It has separate pockets for all travel essentials like sunglasses, tabs, earphones, phones, passports, portable chargers, eye masks, gloves, wallets, etc. Really! It holds all of that and still looks like a cool hoodie.
6. Kindle: For Avid Readers
Kindles are great not only for avid readers but also for solo travellers who are often alone on flights/trains and while sitting at cafes. Books become best friends in such cases. My friend (now husband) gifted me one in 2013 and it has been a life-changer. Here’s why.
- The Kindle can hold thousands of books, so you always have plenty of options to choose from
- Have you finished one book in a series and can’t wait to start the next one but have to run to the bookshop? No more. You can buy any book you fancy at any time with a few taps.
- Kindle books are cheaper. Yes, you have to invest in the Kindle itself, but it pays off in the long run.
- Don’t have your kindle on you? Read on your phone. I’ve read countless books on my phone now or gone back and forth between my phone and Kindle. Super convenient!
- They’re very long-lasting. I’ve been using mine since 2013 and it’s in perfect condition. I love it despite it not having a backlight like the newer kindles.
- My favourite bit is seeing the meaning of words instantly by just highlighting them in the e-book. I was too lazy to pick up a dictionary or pull out my phone to search for the meaning of words when reading physical books. It makes me super happy that, with a kindle, I not only read beautiful stories whenever I wish but also simultaneously improve my vocabulary.
7. Travel Memory Box: A Budget-Friendly Option
Every traveller brings back a few items from their travels. These are often papers, tickets, pamphlets, maps, photos, etc. that tend to lie around in a drawer or even a plastic bag – often getting misplaced or mixed up with other items. This is definitely the case with us, so even I’d love to get a travel souvenir box like this one. A place where after every trip, one can drop in all the tidbits they aren’t willing to throw away because they’re so precious. You can even personalise these travel memory boxes on Confetti Gifts.
8. Travel Photobook: For Those You’ve Travelled With
If you need a gift for someone you’ve travelled with, what better than personalising a photobook with all your travel memories with that person? I mean, who doesn’t like to relive their trip? Plus, it’s so thoughtful and I’m sure it’ll always bring them a smile when they see it, even after years of it being gifted to them. It can so easily be used as a coffee table book, fitting seamlessly in the decor of their house and even becoming a fabulous conversation piece for them.
All you need to do is upload high-quality photos from your trip and the rest will be done for you!
9. Travel Coffee Table Book: For the Dreamers
If you’re looking for a gift for someone who dreams to travel the world, this is THE gift for you. Travell Coffee Ttable books have beatiful visuals with some informationas well about the place just enough to inspire wanderlust. These make for perfect addtions to the home. aswell. Here are some options:
1. Destinations of a Lifetime: 25 of the World’s Most Amazing Places
2. The Travel Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the World
3. National Gegraphic Stunning Photographs
4. The Bucket List: 1000 Adventures Big & Small
10. Perfect Water Bottles: For Those Who Understand that Single-use Plastic is a Menace!
1. Foldable Water Bottle: Foldable water bottles are amazing because they become so compact whenever not filled up, plus they weigh next to nothing. We use this Platypus Collapsable Softbottle purchased from the USA and found a very similar one, the Vapur Bottle, that delivers in India.
Buy the Vapur Collapsable Bottle
2. Filter Water Bottle: Honestly, we had been eyeing this for a while and are so happy this unique travel accessory is finally available in India. If you’re travelling to or in a country where drinking tap water is unsafe (like India) or you’re going camping, the Lifestraw Water Purifier Bottle will be a lifesaver. It’ll help cut down on the monetary and environmental cost of buying bottled water at your destination and make access to drinking water during camping that much easier.
11. Travel Friendly Makeup: For Women Who Like Travelling Light
These travel friendly makeup cproducts an be a great gift for women who travel, whether they love makeup or do only a little bit of it. Personally, I’m always struggling with which lipstick shades to carry, whether to even carry eyeshadow and highlighter, etc. Renne has effortlessly solved this problem of having to pick and choose and constantly worrying about travelling light with these two products:
- A 5-in-1 lipstick: This has 5 matte shades of mini sizes in one stick. You can get the nude shades, the fab 5 or a combo of both if you’re confused or would rather have more options!
- 3-in-1 Makeup Stick: With eyeshadow, highlighter and lipstick, this is a killer combo that gives you a full makeup look in just one stick. Again, it comes in two types: Fab Face Diva and Fab Face Nude. The best would be to get a combo of both for having day and night looks sorted!
12. Foldable Neck Pillow: For Those Who Need Their Sleep on the Go
We got the Cabeau Evolution Travel Neck Pillow and we loved it—it is very, very comfortable. It can be strapped to your flight seat too! When not in use, one can fold it into the provided cover and strap it to a bag. However, it is a tad bit expensive and often unavailable, so here is a budget-friendly option by Mokobara.
13. Travel Cushion Cum Blanket: For Those Who Love Comfy and Cosy Travel Days
Cabeau Microfiber Fold ‘n Go Travel Blanket is again a super unique travel gift in India that serves a dual purpose. It comes folded and packed in a soft fleece case that can be used as a pillow, cushion or lumbar support. Unpacking the cover reveals a soft blanket. After using the blanket, just fold it, put it inside the cover and keep it in your bag. If your bag doesn’t have space to accommodate the blanket, simply strap it to the outside of your bag instead.
14. Travel Map or Globe: For the Country Counter
This one is perfect for dreamers who can’t wait to travel the world, frequent international travellers, and those who love to tick countries off their lists. It is a map where you can scratch off the ones you’ve visited and liven up that boring wall!
This could make for a great gift for travel couples setting up a house together so think anniversary, house-warming, etc. There are are a few options
- A wooden map to put up on an empty wall. This is super classy too!
- A scratch map to count countries
- A push pin map to count countries or even states in India
- This coffee world map for classy decor
- A stylish globe that looks great on any tabletop
15. Bluetooth Earphones: For Entertainment on the Go
Music lover or not, everyone needs a good pair of earphones not only for listening to their favourite tracks but also for watching movies, TV series and social media binges.
Here are some options for amazing earphones you could get, from the highest priced to the lowest priced:
- Apple Airpods: Though pricey, any Apple fan would love these
- GOBOULT Astra Truly Wireless in Ear Earbuds – budget friendly with great reviews
- soundcore P40I by Anker – Mid-Range option with rave reviews
16. Waterproof Portable Speakers: For Music Lovers
Music lovers will want to play their favourite tracks aloud on trips so portable speakers are an apt gift. And it’s even better if they’re waterproof, so they can be used in the shower, around pools, tubs and water bodies without any hesitation. Here are some good options in a variety of price ranges, from highest to lowest.
UE Wonderboom: 10 W output, 13-hour battery life, Deep Bass, 360 ° Surround Sound, IP67 rated (it’s waterproof, dustproof) and it floats. This is the one I have been using for seven years for all our trips.
Sony SRS-XB13: Another powerhouse with 5 W output, 16-hour battery life, IP67 rated (it’s waterproof and dustproof), extra bass, and sound diffusion processor (loud sound despite watts)
JBL Go 3: 4 W output, ultra-light, ultra-portable, IP67 rated (it’s waterproof and dustproof), with 5-hour battery life.
boAt Stone 180 5W Bluetooth Speaker: This is a super budget option with powerful specs. 5W output, 10-hour battery life, IPX7 (splash and dust resistant), lightweight and ultra-portable. However, there are issues with the mic so know that before you buy.
17. Gift card: Best for Choosy People
If you’re simply unable to choose from the above options or have a super choosy friend you can’t understand what to gift to, then opt for one of the following gift cards:
Make My trip Gift Card: You can choose any card value from Rs. 1000 to Rs. 50,000. Your loved one gets to spend that value on what they love best – travelling to destinations of their choosing. My friends got together and gifted us one for our wedding. It was perfect because we used it soon after for buying flight tickets to Sri Lanka.
Taj Experiences Gift Card: To gift them luxurious experiences redeemable on stays, dining and spa therapies across participating hotels in India.
So tell us. Which of these did you like the best and are considering gifting to a loved one? Also, do you have other gift ideas for travellers? Do tell us in the comments below.
best idea for travelling and it is very helpful.
Thanks for sharing your detailed info. I love traveling very much.
Amazing list of gifts!!!