Four Fabulous Self-Care Finds For Fall Travel
Fall is arguably the perfect season for travel. Summer crowds have thinned, temperatures are cooler—and self-care and health are back on the agenda.
Among the cooler weather, foodie fabulosity, and leaf-peeping comes drier airplane air, chilly hotel rooms, Thanksgiving flight chaos, long drives, overindulgence, unfamiliar beds, and disrupted routines. And the inevitable feeling that your body needs a vacation before or after your vacation. These four smart wellness gifts make excellent travel companions—or thoughtful gifts for someone prepping for or coming down from a big trip.
TAO Clean UMMA Diamond Sonic Toothbrush: Start Your Trip With a Fresh Smile
There are few better ways to begin a vacation than feeling impeccably put together—and that includes your smile. The TAO Clean UMMA Diamond Sonic Toothbrush brings a little luxury to one of those mundane daily rituals that becomes surprisingly important when you’re traveling.
Maintaining your normal morning and nighttime routines while traveling can help make an unfamiliar hotel room feel a little more like home. And after a long journey involving airplane snacks, airport coffee, and perhaps a few too many glasses of wine, that two-minute clean can feel positively restorative.
The sonic toothbrush delivers 40,000 brush strokes per minute and includes a smart timer designed to help keep you on track with your brushing routine. Its docking system also gives it a distinctly high-tech feel, making it more like a piece of modern bathroom equipment than something you throw into a toiletry bag. The secret that makes it stand out from all the other electric toothbrushes out there? Its patented UV-C sanitizing and drying base station, which automatically kills 99.9% of bacteria and dries the brush head after every use to prevent mold.
Think of this beautifully designed item as a healthy choice for your mouth while traveling. The standard countertop UV-C docking station included with the system plugs into a wall outlet and is meant for home use. If you plan to travel light and want to save space on your toiletries, be sure to purchase the TAO Clean Germ Shield separately for on-the-go UV sanitization. Shop the TAO range here.
RENPHO Heated Shawl: Your Personal Portable Heater
Fall travel practically demands something warm and cozy, and the RENPHO Heated Shawl may be the closest thing to carrying a personal fireplace or electric blanket with you.
The wearable shawl offers six heat levels and can be comfortably wrapped around the neck and shoulders, making it useful when temperatures suddenly drop. Its portable design and snap fasteners mean it can be used while relaxing rather than requiring you to lie down underneath a conventional heating pad.
This plush, plug-and-play, washable item is particularly appealing during or after travel. Think about arriving at a chilly hotel after an evening flight, returning from a windy sightseeing expedition or settling into your Airbnb after spending hours exploring a beautiful but colder destination. Maybe you’ve been out on a boat or at the beach and caught a chill. Wrap yourself up, turn on the heat, and let the warmth penetrate.
Renpho’s heated shawl is also a smart gift for the vacationer who is tense, anxious, or perpetually cold and always asking for a neck and shoulder rub. You know the one. This is a thoughtful and affordable accessory for them; it suits all genders and comes in a range of attractive colors. Shop the Renpho shawl here. The Renpho Store has some terrific ergonomic products here.
LEVOIT NeoClassic 650S Smart Humidifier: Beat the Dry-Air Blues
One of the less glamorous realities of travel is dry air. Airplane cabins are notoriously low-humidity environments, and hotel heating systems can make an already dry fall atmosphere feel even drier.
The LEVOIT NeoClassic 650 is designed for larger rooms, with a 6.2-liter top-fill tank and a claimed runtime of up to 62 hours. Its quiet operation makes it particularly suited to bedrooms, where the goal is to add moisture without adding another source of nighttime noise. This is a good choice for your cool-climate Vrbo rental! Or be sure to use it at home before you travel so you are not hitting the road with dried-out sinuses, which leaves you vulnerable to catching a cold or flu during your trip.
And after several days of flights, hotel rooms, and changing climates, turning on a humidifier can be a small way to make your bedroom feel restorative again. It’s also a practical fall gift for anyone who finds that indoor heating leaves their environment feeling uncomfortably dry.
Shop the Levoit store here. They have multiple products that clean and condition air, with all of their units carefully and beautifully designed.
BetterMe Mini Stepper: Walk Off the Vacation
A fall vacation can involve an impressive amount of walking—until you get home and spend three days sitting on the couch recovering from it. The BetterMe Mini Stepper is designed to make movement easy to squeeze into everyday life. Its compact format means it can live beside a desk, couch or other small space, allowing you to get some cardio without committing to a full-sized home gym.
That’s where it becomes a particularly useful post-travel recovery gift. After a long flight or several sedentary travel days, a short, gentle workout can be a much more realistic proposition than announcing that you’re going to run five miles the morning after returning home.
It can also be useful before a trip. If you’re planning a walking-heavy vacation or a fall foliage adventure that might include hiking, the mini stepper offers a convenient way to build lower-body strength and some cardiovascular endurance before departure. We also love the resistance bands, which help build up your shoulders, back, and arms so hauling your luggage won’t feel like such an impossible task. And if you’re planning on driving to that Vrbo rental this season, throw the mini-stepper in the trunk so you never need miss a workout while you’re away. The BetterMe Store has a bunch of cool self-improvement products; check them out here.
With these four fabulous accessories, the Fall vacationer’s travel formula goes something like this: Stay clean, stay hydrated, stay warm and keep moving!
