Kids Travel Accessories

Our pick of the best travel accessories for children

At last it seems that product designers and manufacturers are waking up to the fact that kids travel! And that when they do, they have particular needs different to adult travellers. So these days you can find quite a choice of kids' travel accessories available, all there to help make that trip with children just a little bit easier and more enjoyable. There's a huge choice, from simple things like travel bags and boxes for toys, to kids' neck pillows, or from children's ready beds to pop-up cots! So see our top picks of some for the best kids travel accessories around - you will be surprised at what's out there and how inventive the manufacturers have been!

Our Choice of Kids' Travel Accessories

About our Kids' Travel Accessories Choice

There are plenty of new innovative new products around that an make travelling with kids just a little bit easier and less stressful. We've picked out some of what we think are the best of these kids' travel accessories above. So no matter what age your youngster is, and how long you will be travelling, we're sure you can find something that will make your trip more fun and more relaxing.

Ready Beds

A ready bed is perfect for kids to sleep in when travelling - perhaps camping, or staying with friends, or maybe even when staying in a hotel or B&B and the kids want to sleep in something more familiar than a strange hotel bed. Ready beds are perfect for toddlers or those children who have perhaps outgrown a travel cot, but still need something cosier than a full size bed. The idea of a good ready bed is that, as the name suggests, it is up and ready to be used instantly. OK, well not exactly instantly, but many ready beds come with their own pump and can be inflated and ready to use within a few minutes. And furthermore, ready beds come with their own covers, ready to slip into, so there's no need to carry extra blankets or sheets (unless you are worried about them being cold of course). Ready beds come in all styles and colours, many of which have a favourite kids' TV character on them, such as Peppa Pig, In the Night Garden, Thomas the Tank Engine and Hannah Montana.

Travel Neck Pillows

Neck pillows are a great travel accessory for anyone, but until recently, kids have been overlooked and neck pillows were only really available for grown ups. Not any more! Thanks to those clever people at Trunki, kids now have a great choice of practical, comfortable and colourful neck pillows that will allow them to sleep quite happily on planes, trains, coaches and in cars. Trunki called their head pillows "Yondi" and they come in purple, pink, blue and orange. Like any good head pillow, these Trunki Yondi pillows prevent the child's head from slumping and so allows them to sleep more comfortably, for longer periods. And all parents know the value of a child getting some good sleep!

Toy Bags and Boxes

If you have ever travelled for longer periods with children, you will know how tricky it can sometimes be to deal with them when they are bored. Kids need to be entertained, and waiting around in airport departure lounges isn't their idea of fun. They need to play and to do that, they need toys. But that's easier said than done when you have a dozen other things to carry with you for your journey. But not to fear! Good old Trunki have come up with the solution yet again, with their lovely Trunki Travel Toy Box and their colourful Tote Bags. Both the toy box and bag have been designed so that they can hold all types of toys, without them all falling out, escaping, getting lost and left at the airport and so on. So the toys are easy to thrown in, and easy to get out, keeping them happily all in one place.

Travel Cots and Pop Up Travel Cots

Travel cots make life much easier for making sure baby gets his or her sleep, comfortably and safely. A good travel cot should fold up fairly small, certainly small enough to be carried as hand luggage, but when assembled, it should be strong and safe and provide the right kind of environment for a baby to sleep. Many travel cots however do only have thin mattresses, but often parents pad these out with towels and sheets underneath. A travel cot can certainly help when travelling with a small baby, but you could also consider one of the amazing Pop up travel cots that are so quick to set up, but very small and light to carry.