A heavy-duty luggage investment.

Pretend you’re rich and fancy. And that the possibility of hotel-pillow nastiness simply doesn’t exist.

(via littlesplurge)

A $110 flashlight, you say? Well, this would be a heavy-dutytactical flashlight made from aircraft-grade aluminum. It’s what police use. It helps you light things or defend yourself camping, backpacking, on road trips, whatever. You can even take classes that teach you how to use it in self defense. This one’s just 3.5 inches long.

Reminds me of something off the Bat Utility Belt. I like that its designed “to encourage people to reinterpret street settings and claim them as their territory, instead of just using them as a means of passage from A to B.”

NOTE: At the site’s shop, look for “urban cup holder” (three words) under the category “Personal Accessories.”

Why do I keep lusting after tennis bags even though I’ve never played the sport? Is it the closet preppie in me? Is “tennis bag” even a phrase that tennis people use?

Just this week I returned from a margarita- and shrimp-fueled blip in Mexico, for a wedding, where heads turned over this spray-on sunscreen. It isn’t oily, doesn’t require a rub-in, and comes in pump (rather than aerosol) form. Do the people not yet know about this advance in sunscreen? The people must know.

Big hit with our tester, 5-year-old Sammy H., who complacently kicked it medieval-style in the back seat. His one complaint: You can’t close the box with the castle assembled to bring it inside and, you know, keep the game alive.

You know how traveling sometimes throws your body out of whack? You can’t sleep well or you’re headachey or have what I’ll discreetly refer to as “bathroom problems”? My acupuncturist Susan recommended this herbal kit to help with the usual on-the-road ailments. I trust Susan.

A comfy sandal that looks like a shoe and goes from beach to restaurant. Comes in men’s and women’s styles.

The closest most of us will ever come to having a celebrity stylist permanently in tow. I like them for smoothing my mane during a long travel day, in an attempt to look Fresh as a Daisy, rather than Fresh Off a Delayed Flight Including Two Layovers. Carry-on friendly.