15 Best Travel Gifts Under £30

This post is all about Best Travel Gifts.

For the travel-lover in your life, find them (or yourself) the ultimate travel gift for their birthday, Christmas or any another special occasion.

From helping them to display their sentimental tokens from previous travel adventures to incentivising them to save for future ones, or even, buying them an activity for an upcoming trip.

This list contains my top picks under £30, allowing you to get something super practical or sentimental, which doesn't break the bank.

This post covers the Best Travel Gift Ideas.

15 Best Travel Gifts Under £30

Adventure Scrapbook

We've all heard the phrase, "a picture is worth a thousand word", and never has this statement been more true than pictures from someone's travels.

This beautiful personalised scrapbook is made from the highest quality materials and allows the travel-lover in your life to showcase all their favourite travel photos and memories, which they can keep looking back on for years to come.

Book An Experience

If you are looking to get a gift for someone who has already booked their holiday or are moving away to live abroad. Why not gift them an experience in the destination they are going to be visiting, like a walking tour or food tasting experience, or if they are a bit of an adrenaline junkie, then scuba-diving or a hot air balloon ride.

Get your guide or Viator are two companies I would personally recommend to buy experiences through. You can find some really unique, one-of-a-kind experiences on their websites.

Explorer Bracelet

This explorer bracelet is way under the £30 budget, but it's so cute that I couldn't not include it! The bracelet is fully adjustable to fit any wrist and features a little heart-shaped globe.

Combine it with other items on this list to make a lovely gift package any travel-lover would be delighted to receive.

Gift Cards

This might seem like a really uninspiring gift but hear me out, a travel holiday can cost a small fortune, even when you are doing it on a budget.

So, if your recipient always books their hotels or flights with a certain company like AirBnB, Trailfinders, G Adventures or booking.com, then you could buy them a gift card for these websites and help them in the long run to afford that adventure of a lifetime. Honestly, they will thank you for such a useful present!

Memory Box

Perfect for those that collect and save all the sentimental items from their travels. This lovely travel memory box allows them plenty of room to showcase all their tickets, receipts, currency and even, passport, instead of keeping them hidden away in the cupboard.

Then, once they've filled it with their keepsakes, they can hang in on the wall or stand it on a shelf to always remind them of their wonderful adventures!

Passport Holder Set

This passport holder and luggage tag set is a really useful and practical gift. Passports hold a special place in the heart of a traveller, as they carry all the stamps and visa's for every country they've stepped foot in. So, a passport holder helps keep it safe and protected from the elements.

There's also nothing worse than waiting to collect your bag at the airport and they all look the same. A luggage tag will help your recipient to distinguish their bags for everyone else's and make travel life a little easier.

Places To Go Scratch Off Poster

Set the travel-lover in your life a challenge of visiting the 100 most beautiful places around the world. Once they've visited the location, they'll simply scratch it off the poster to reveal a vibrant picture. It makes for nice artwork, which they can proudly display when they've visited all the destinations.

This is just one of a couple of travel-themed posters to choose from. You can also get the top 100 things to do in the UK poster, if you wanted to get them something a bit closer to home, or 100 places bucket list poster.

Road Trip Route Map

Have you and your travel buddy ever gone on an adventure that you still talk about regularly and have reminisced about for years. Then, this sentimental gift might be the perfect present!

Map out the exact route you took, from the starting point to the end and any stops in between. Your travel buddy can then hang in with pride in their home and always think about all the amazing memories you shared together from the trip!

Scratch Map

A must-have in any travel addicts home is a scratch map. This allows them to scratch off exactly where they've travelled in the world. It's a very sentimental gift and one that they'll definitely appreciate!

If you're looking for a slightly more sturdy map, then a pin board is the way forward but it's also likely over the £30 budget. However, you can personalise it with names and you can add photos along with your pins.

Scratch Surprise Boarding Pass (+ Spontaneous Flights)

Depending on where you live, you might be in close proximity to an international airport which has hundreds of airlines and destinations to choose from. If you are this lucky and also, an adventure seeker, why not book super cheap flights under £30 to a random destination for you and your travel buddy.

I've linked a blog post at the end of this article, which will help you to find cheap flights anywhere! Once you've booked the flights, buy them this personalised scratch off boarding pass to surprise them!

Travel Fund Jar

Incentivise yourself or someone into saving for a future adventure by gifting them this super cute travel fund jar. It can be made a little bit more special by personalising it and selecting a colour of choice.

Put £1 in the jar to start the recipient off on a 52-week saving challenge. In the second week, they'll need to save £2 and £3 in the third week, and so on until they're putting in £52 in the final week. By the end of the year, they'll have saved £1378 - definitely a tidy sum to get a holiday booked. A little does go a long way!

Travel Journal

A journal is a great gift to document travels and experiences. Whoever you gift this too, will be able to look back in a couple of years time to reflect and reminisce about their trip of a lifetime.

Inside the journal, there is a travel destination bucket list section and mood board. For each place, there is a planning section, detailed itinerary, packing list and memory section, where they can log all the important details of their trips. Plus, there's enough space for up to 30 destinations so it'll last a while!

Travel Challenges Set

A must-have gift for any travel-lovers who love a challenge! This travel set will make any traveller embark upon the adventure of a lifetime and push themselves out your comfort zone. It's a great conversation starter, plus it's a small enough pack to fit in any sized luggage.

There are 50 cards in the pack, each features a challenge that they will need to do on that day. The challenges will have them exploring the new destination they are in, have them getting to know the locals, and help them spark a lot of new friendships along the way.

The Travel Book By Lonely Planet

Lonely Planet is one of the best travel companies in the world and they give amazing insights into the most incredible travel destinations worldwide.

I always think a Lonely Planet round-up book is a great gift idea for a travel-lover as it gives them a lot of inspiration for a future trip. Or if they've booked a specific destination, gift them a Lonely Planet travel guide for that country!

World Map Necklace

Gift this dainty world map necklace to the travel-lover in your life, so they can wear it with pride as they navigate around the world. It doesn't matter whether they prefer gold or silver jewellery, the necklace comes in both.

I got gifted one of these necklaces for my birthday and I wear it everyday as it goes with absolutely everything. Plus, a lot of people notice it, so it's always a good conversation starter too!

This article is about Best Travel Gifts.

Hopefully, this gift guide gives you some inspiration for the travel-lover in your life.

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