Best for: Understated carry-on and carry-all style

No travel wardrobe is complete without a chic weekender bag. Investing in a timeless tote will add the finishing touch to any holiday look, and The Row’s enviable item will hold up as a stylish aeroplane carry-on and statement carry-all.

Its generous width is ideal for storing light layers for your flight, while the understated snap-fast opening makes it easy to store or pull out anything that’s needed during airport security screening. It also has internal slip and zipped pockets, so you can keep small essentials secure.

Colours: Black, green.

Key features:

• Black cotton-twill and leather
• Lightweight
• Snap fastening at top with zipped pockets

Best for: Inflight entertainment without distraction

This slick headphone set is soft padded and primed for cancelling out all those tedious flight noises. From listening to podcasts to inflight cinema that sets the holiday tone (White Lotus dream scene, maybe?) Sonos’ design blends ambient sound with a comfortable fit for the perfect carry-on accessory.

Colours: White, black.

Key features:

• Noise cancelling
• Connects to your other devices via Bluetooth
• 30 hours of battery life

Best for: Cosmetics and bag organisation

This light, foldaway bag has become a favourite for both cosmetics and bag organisation in general. It has a stylish zip keep your items secure, as well as a handle that’s ideal for a quick refresh when you’re at the airport or on a long-haul flight. Made with polyamide canvas and leather, it’s durable enough to keep all your essentials close to hand, folds away to the size of a paperback, and is stylish enough to take just about anywhere.

Colours: Tan, beige

Key features:

• Compact and lightweight design
• Handle and zip
• Leather and polyamide canvas materials

Best for: Ultimate organisation

Packing cubes can be a game-changer for keeping your clothes and other belongings organised in a suitcase or bag. This set from Australian luggage brand July makes it easy to find exactly what you want at a glance, with four different sizes made from premium nylon and heavy thread mesh. Each cell also has a handle, making it easy to pull out the one you need in an instant, and they’re 100% stain-proof and machine washable.

Colours: Dark Brown (featured), Snow, Charcoal, Forest, Light Taupe, Lilac (limited edition), Blush Pink (limited edition)

Key features:

• Contains two small, two medium, two large and two extra large packing cells
• Premium soft-touch nylon and a heavy thread mesh top
• 100% washable and stain-proof
• Handle on each cell

Best for: Tracking your luggage

If you tense up at the thought of lost luggage (and let’s face it, many of us do), a high-quality luggage tracker can help give you peace of mind. Apple AirTags are a market-leader, with their sleek design and seamless integration with iPhones and iPads. With a pack of four, you can assign one to your checked luggage, carry-on and even a day pack or weekender. Then, if anything happens, just use the Find My app to locate it. You can also play a sound to locate a nearby AirTag, or put it in Lost Mode to be notified when it’s detected with Find My Network.

Key features:

• Simple one-tap setup instantly connects AirTag with your iPhone or iPad
• Built-in speaker to help find your things
• Find items further away with the help of hundreds of millions of Apple devices in the Find My network

Also available at:

• $165 from Apple

Best for: Smooth check-in

Gen Z’s vintage charm redux means bag accoutrements are back in style, so this leather luggage tag is both fashionable and practical. The gorgeous document wallet also has a functional layout that makes it easy to get your passport, printed tickets and other essentials when you need them.

Colours: Chocolate/Olive (pictured), Black, Tan, Ocean

Key features:

• Genuine soft nappa leather
• RFID protection
• Wallet has 13 credit card slots, a designated passport pocket, compartments for airline tickets, bills, and other essential documents
• Convenient space for your mobile phone
• Luggage tag is easily identifiable

Best for: Long-haul flight beauty sleep

Slip is bringing its own brand of luxury to the jet set with these silk eye masks. Blocking out light for uninterrupted (beauty) slumbering, 100-percent silk moonlights as a sensitive skin soother, preventing fine lines from forming while protecting lash integrity.

Colours: Black, charcoal, silver, pink, poolside, navy, caramel

Materials: Silk

Key features:

• Blocks out light
• Reduces tugging on delicate facial skin
• Absorbs less face cream than cotton masks

Best for: Long-haul skin soothing

Brighter skin starts with this do-it-all cleanser. Grape seed oil soothes and protects, while glycerin sustains hydration. Add this as the first step in your travel routine.

Key features:

• Strengthens natural moisture barrier
• Can be applied to wet or dry skin
• Combats free radical damage

Best for: Pre-destination touch-ups

Five minutes is all you’ll need for holiday-ready skin before you arrive at your destination. How? Merit’s new Five Minute Morning routine. This travel beauty collection includes seven swipe-and-glow saviours that sink in like a second skin and leave a polished finish. Lightweight and buildable, this no-fuss makeup edit is the perfect travel accessory for beauty buffs. 

Key features:

• Lightweight and hydrating on post-flight skin
• Balmy finish with in-built glow
• Everything you need to get ready — in five minutes

Best for: Holiday hair blow-outs

Infused with sea buckthorn and Argan oils, this hair oil is dry hair’s ultimate rehab. Massage a few drops into lengths before take-off and land with glossy strands that are nourished and repaired.

Key features:

• Adds shine
• Weightless and without residue
• Leave-in treatment for fuss-free flying

Best for: Travelling in style

Bond Street is adding resort wear to its off-duty oeuvre with this collaboration with Halcyon House. Soft tailoring blends comfort with a slinky silhouette for a bed-to-bar pyjama set steeped in a holiday vibe.

Key features:

• Crafted from 100% fine silk twill
• Flattering lounge silhouette
• Timeless tailoring

Best for: Beach holidays

Serving high gloss with a sun protection bonus, this dreamy sunscreen is dosed with hyaluronic acid and vitamin C for skin that’s intensely hydrated and radiant. It’s summer skin’s saving grace.

Key features:

• Can be used alone or as the final step in a skincare routine
• Waterproof
• Weightless and clear with a subtle sheen

Best for: Honeymooning

We’re calling it — this is the balm of the season. Pucker up for a punch of hydration that keeps lips comfortable with a glossy sheen that stays all day.

Key features:

• Shea and murumuru seed butters soothe and condition lips
• Cream-oil lip mask
• Melts into dry, cracked lips for instant hydration

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Rationale Anti-Ageing trio

$535.50, David Jones

Best for: Holiday radiance

This trio contains all the ingredients for a holiday glow-up. The collection works to support skin’s barrier defence, while the Night Crème restores radiance.

Key features:

• #1 The Serum brightens and hydrates
• #5 The Serum increases radiance and refines texture
• The Night Crème plumps and repairs the skin’s barrier

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Wendy slipper

$110, Hey Dude

Best for: Airport lounging

Slip into holiday mode with Hey Dude’s luxurious (faux) shearling slippers. From warm winter travel accessory to resort-ready lounging, these slip on and off with ease and are chic airport must-haves.

Key features:

• Slip-on
• Faux-shearling upper and lining
• Raised back heel for the ultimate comfort

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