The 2025 Holiday Gift Guide: The Globetrotter
Must-haves for the jet-setters, commuters, frequent flyers, nomads, Capital One Lounge devotees, subway navigators and far-flung explorers already planning their next great adventure.
Welcome to the 2025 holiday gift guides, featuring eight meticulously curated and personality-specific collections of gifting ideas for everyone on your list (including you). From gifts small enough to fit into the stockings hung by the chimney with care to those best worn with while roasting chestnuts by the fire, coveted indulgences wrapped in silver and gold, jolly conversation starters and comforts you’ll want to keep for yourself. This year’s holiday gift guides include the extravagant and the understated, the timeless, the unexpected, the essentials and everything in-between for maximum fa-la-la-ling. Every installment features a delightful, handpicked assortment of my most loved and recommended items that I’ve obsessively tested (and gifted!) throughout the year to pinpoint the very best gifts. While each collection has a different theme (we love a theme) based on the lucky recipients on your list, my annual gift guides are intended to be mixed and matched, combed through and delved into, explored and bookmarked for all of your gift-giving needs this holiday season and throughout the year. Subscribe to unwrap all of the 2025 holiday gift guides in the coming days and find them all here. Happy gifting.
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Treat yourself to the collection of travel essentials that make long-haul flights, multi-leg trips, subway rides, airport delays, holiday traffic and middle seats feel like home. Adventure awaits.
Any globetrotter will tell you that layering is the key to surviving long-haul flights and multi-leg trips — and this versatile, lightweight layer will be the perfect addition to their travel wardrobe. Not heavy enough to be a sweater and not light enough to be a shirt, it’s the piece they’ll wear everywhere and with everything. I wear one of these almost daily and never travel without one. Size up if between sizes. — Add two tops to your cart to save 20%
For the reluctant frequent flyer who’s always traveling for work and knows the Charlotte airport like the back of their hand, gift them a set of luxury skincare that comes in TSA friendly sizes so they never have to compromise their skincare routine. — save w/ myskinterest, which gives you the BFCM sale discount
Whether they’re stuck next to a noisy passenger in a packed subway car or a row behind a very unhappy baby on a long-haul flight, these remarkably comfortable headphones with life-changing noise cancellation will eliminate all distractions and disruptions. Go ahead, gift them the ability to finally sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.
For the expert packer who *refuses* to check a bag, gift them a true one-and-done serum that’s formulated with a gentle yet effective blend of AHAs, BHAs and PHAs to gently exfoliate, antioxidants to help brighten and protect and other ingredients proven to hydrate and soothe skin. No matter their skin type or state, they’ll be able to use it daily and it’s one of those rare products that works in the background — you may not hear from it often but it punches above its weight to help your skin look and feel its best. — save w/ natalie10
Gift the perfume lover a wonderfully nuanced, expertly formulated perfume oil (or maybe two) that are opulent yet wearable and will quickly become their signature scent. Perfect for subtle touch ups in the office or between courses, perfume oils are a uniquely intimate way to interact with a fragrance because the scent stays close to the skin (rather than bombarding the entire room) and linger all night long. — save w/ myskinterest
These days, it’s unheard of to find a product that underpromises and overperforms; however, this TSA friendly device is the jack of all trades and is the only device I reach for daily. Not only does it depuff even the most tired, jet-lagged eyes but, in my experience, it also helps soothe jaw pain, eases tension headaches and helps reduce swelling brought on by surprise acne. It’s also oddly effective at relieving some congestion-related pressure (trust me, I would know). This is easily one of my top ten favorite gifts of the year and I have no doubt that the globetrotter on your list will love it, too.
While you can’t gift the jet-lagged traveler ten hours of uninterrupted sleep, this luxurious sleep mask is guaranteed to do the trick. As someone with clinically diagnosed insomnia, I haven’t gone a night without these in years (literally) and truly cannot recommend them enough. They’re easy to wash, last forever (I would know!) and are truly in a league of their own. — save w/ myskinterest
Exchange the questionable airline blanket for this endlessly versatile and indulgent cashmere scarf that doubles as a blanket on a frigid airplane or in a chilly office. Whether they’re trudging through the snowy streets on their way to the office or looking for something to throw over their shoulders for a night out in a new city, this 81 x 36 inch scarf is the ultimate luxury and foolproof gifting at its finest. I already own several (I’ve had them for years!) but I’m always looking to add another stunning hue to my collection.
However, this under $100 oversized cashmere scarf is a pretty perfect alternative if you’re looking to spend (a lot) less. Though it’s slightly smaller (81 x 25) with fewer hues to choose from, it’s certainly the next best thing.
There’s nothing quite as meaningful as a gift that transports them back to the far-flung adventures they wish could last forever. Whether they long to marvel at the Tuscan sunset, wander through the streets of Ubud, take a dip in the crystal clear waters of Marseille or return to their favorite cliffside expanse, bring their adventures home with a stunning, meaningful keepsake they’ll admire all year round.
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