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Gifts for Someone Going Travelling: What to Give Before They Leave

11 October 2026 · send-off picks from the GO PAC shop

By The GO PAC Team · Published 11 October 2026

This page is for the send-off: the leaving do, the gap year, the trip of a lifetime. It is short on purpose, with five picks from our own shop, from £4.99 to £55.99.

The picks at a glance

Personalised name water bottle: £24.99
Travel plug adapter: £14.99
Memory foam travel pillow: £14.99
Destination print or Our Trip print of where they are headed: £19.99 to £55.99
Phone wallpaper: £4.99

Something they use every day

Shown with Alexandriana and ROME. Type their name and a place.

The Personalised Name Water Bottle is a white 500ml stainless steel bottle, double-walled, for hot and cold drinks, with their name in black script. Under it goes a small GO PAC logo, or a place of up to 14 characters under TAKE ME BACK TO..., which works for home as well as for the trip: MANCHESTER, BALI, NEW ZEALAND.

£24.99. Made to order in the UK: 3 to 5 working days to make, then 2 to 5 days in the post, tracked, free UK delivery.

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For the sockets

Black GO PAC travel plug adapter by a European wall socket, charging a phone and a power bank through its two USB ports — The GO PAC travel plug adapter, charging two things at once.

The GO PAC travel plug adapter has four sliding plugs for the UK, Europe, the USA and Japan, and Australia, plus two USB ports, so one hostel socket charges a phone and a power bank. Not sure which plug they will need? Our travel adapter guide for UK travellers lists the plug each country uses.

£14.99. For delivery, see our shipping and returns page.

For the flight

Traveller asleep against a plane window at night wearing a black GO PAC memory foam travel pillow — The GO PAC memory foam travel pillow on a night flight.

The GO PAC memory foam travel pillow is U-shaped, slow-rebound memory foam, for the first long flight of the trip. For the rest of the carry-on, see our long-haul flight essentials.

£14.99. For delivery, see our shipping and returns page.

Where they are headed

Bali Temple Gate print in an oak frame above a sofa with cushions and a knitted throw — Bali Temple Gate, one of our destination prints.

A print of the place goes on the wall at home, or at their new place when they get back. Our destination prints, in a Japanese woodblock style, cover Bali, Bangkok, Thailand, Costa Rica and Rome, among others.

Or make it personal with an Our Trip print: pick the place from 51 and add a line of up to 32 characters, printed in capitals, such as BON VOYAGE LUCY · BALI 2027 or SEE YOU IN MARCH · SAM.

A4 unframed £19.99, A3 unframed £24.99, A4 framed £45.99, A3 framed £55.99. Printed to order by PrintShrimp in the UK on archival matte paper, posted separately.

A wallpaper for their phone

Phone held up by a pool showing the Bali Temple Gate print as a lock screen wallpaper — Bali Temple Gate as a phone lock screen.

The lightest gift on the page: every destination print and every Our Trip city also comes as a phone wallpaper, £4.99. It is a digital download, and the download link is emailed after you buy, so there is nothing to pack.

For the person staying behind

Our Trip Bali print in a white frame in a hallway with a red suitcase, personalised WHERE HE PROPOSED — Our Trip Bali, shown with WHERE HE PROPOSED. Write their trip instead.

If you are the one at home, an Our Trip print of where they have gone, with their name and the year on the line, puts the trip on your own wall. A line such as LUCY · BALI 2027 fits with room to spare.

Not the full list

This page sticks to the send-off. For gifts across every budget, from sleep masks to cabin bags, see our 28 best travel gifts UK, and for what to pack, our packing checklist.

FAQs

What should I give someone going travelling?

One thing they will use and one thing about where they are going: a name water bottle, a plug adapter or a memory foam travel pillow, plus a print or a phone wallpaper of their destination.

What is a good leaving gift for a gap year?

Something light that earns its place in the bag. The plug adapter has four sliding plugs and two USB ports, and the phone wallpaper of where they are headed takes up no space at all. A print of the destination can wait on the wall at home.

What do you give a backpacker?

Kit that works in a shared dorm: a plug adapter with two USB ports for one socket, a memory foam travel pillow for night buses and flights, and a water bottle with their name on it so it does not go missing.

Can I put their name on a gift?

Yes. The water bottle is printed with their name in black script, exactly as you type it. The Our Trip print takes one line of up to 32 characters in capitals, such as BON VOYAGE LUCY · BALI 2027.

How much do these cost?

From £4.99 for a phone wallpaper. The plug adapter and the travel pillow are £14.99 each, the name water bottle is £24.99, and prints run from £19.99 (A4 unframed) to £55.99 (A3 framed).

How long does delivery take?

The water bottle is made to order in the UK: 3 to 5 working days to make, then 2 to 5 days in the post, tracked, free UK delivery. Prints are printed to order by PrintShrimp in the UK on archival matte paper, and posted separately. The wallpaper download link is emailed after you buy. For the pillow and the adapter, see our shipping and returns page.