TAKE THESE WITH YOU
We present a curated list of travel aids to help make sure your next trip runs smoothly. This week, we’re keeping dry, laughing out loud and sleeping comfortably.
LAYER: Dress to beat stress Nudy Patooty Undershirts Odour-resistant T-shirts By: Nudy Patooty
Price: $49-$59 Available at nudypatooty.ca When you’re faced with a long day of travel ahead of you, it’s important to keep cool — and keep your cool. Tight flight connections, long security lineups and trying to wrangle a gaggle of children can all lead to overactive armpits. Negate the need to change shirts halfway through the trip with a hightech, soft-to-the-touch bamboo-base tee. Nudy Patooty’s made-in-Canada undershirts are equipped with an extra layer of Dual Dry material under the arms, designed to absorb and evaporate excess perspiration. Available in a variety of shades and styles, a Nudy Patooty shirt is a smart start to any travel outfit.
READ: Laugh in public The Road to Little Dribbling Travel humour
By: Bill Bryson Price: $34.95 Available at Chapters Indigo If you decide to follow popular travel writer Bill Bryson on his rambling romp from Britain’s south coast to its northern tip, be prepared for a sudden urge to buy a plane ticket to Birmingham. In his latest book, Iowa-born Bryson tours the isle he’s called home for nearly 40 years (he recently obtained his British citizenship), and points out keen observations (“Oxford is a victim of its own attractiveness”) and ridiculous laugh-out-loud interactions with characters you can only find in places called Bognor Regis and Barrow-in-Furness. Perfect for anglophiles and adventurers alike.
SQUISH: Comfortable catnap Log Headrest Travel pillow By: Kikkerland
Price: $24 Available at Drake General Store Between disrupted circadian rhythms, narrow airplane seats and plummeting cabin temperatures, it can be a tall order to get some shut-eye on a red-eye flight home. So set yourself up to maximize those much-needed Zs with a pliable log-print pillow. Made with a super-stretchy poly-spandex fabric and stuffed with tiny microbeads, this 200-gram travel log moulds to every face fold and softens hard edges, providing the comfort needed to drift off into a deep sleep and dream of the Log Driver’s Waltz. Tip: Instead of sleeping upright in your seat, try folding forward and resting on the seat tray with your new log pillow for support.