Nailing your travel kit doesn’t end with an investment into a decent suitcase and a set of packing cubes – sometimes, it's the little things that can make the biggest difference. Our seasoned jet-setting staff have been hopping on and off multiple flights in 2024, giving us all plenty of opportunity to test a slew of products designed to make life easier on the road. Not all were hits, but the buys below are the ones we'll be packing in our in-flight bags going forward.

From self-filtering bottles that help in the battle against single-use plastic to the comfiest shoes to long-haul boredom busters, here’s everything we bought in 2024 that we now can’t imagine boarding a plane without..