We've integrated an ergonomic, no fuss inflation valve into this U-shape pillow which inflates the cushion with little to no effort.

It’s one of those items I’d suggest if you were only flying from A to B only makes perfect sense; but is not very useful for onward travel making it a big draw back for the travelling family, especially as we have three children to consider.

Over 24 hours of travel time each way meant we were always on the lookout for products that helped our kids sleep. The Stokke bed box cases are on wheels, allowing you to pull them around the airport and the ride on ones act like a Trunki where your kids can ride on them. On a recent flight to Italy, I chose the dreaded middle seat on purpose to see how well the Travelrest really works. You’re not always going to be blessed with an aisle or window seat, but that doesn’t mean you have to suffer in the middle. The Travel Pal is a different type of travel pillow — it’s designed for lumbar (rather than neck) support.

The inflatable device seemed straightforward to use and came with a quick deflation valve that I thought was important for safety. Why not ship some of your bags with Send My Bag before you travel and make your transit through the airport a breeze.To make this post about the best travel pillow as fair as possible, I decided to ask my friends in the travel blogging community for their thoughts on the best foot hammock or best toddler travel bed for airplane travel out of the wide range of kids’ travel pillows on the market.

They are a bit higher than most neck pillows and have a special toggle you can connect and tighten so the pillow doesn’t fall off,” says Jennifer Lachs of Digital Nomad Girls. The HOMCA travel footrest is an inflatable travel pillow that can be used as a travel bed for kids, or for adults to put their feet up in transit. We never slept well on planes until we came across the Vango Shangri-La memory foam pillow, which provides the kind of cushioning we associate with the full-sized versions we use at home. Although the best travel pillows below all have features which make them more or less suitable for different types of sleepers, they’ve all got one thing in common – comfort, quality and value for money.This stunning neck cushion can be folded down to the size of a passport and will fit inside your pocket without any issue. If it is too thick in the back, the pillow will push your neck forward from the chair too much and will potentially dump your head back, which is not ideal for your neck. I rotated them on flights to Venice and Edinburgh and on my hour-long train commutes to and from work. While useful for the flight, and great fun for the kids zooming around the airport, we then tend to struggle for what to do with it while travelling beyond the flight. It's rare that a trip to Paris sounds like a bad idea—but when you have a two-year-old squirming and screaming on a seven-hour flight, there's no eden worth the hassle.