Travel and commuting
Baggage rules, weather and the way you move between stations, airports and hotels should drive your choices. Each guide tackles one clear journey problem.
- What's the best backpack for commuting by train? Train commuters need a backpack that works in two very different situations: walking between home and the station, then…
- What's the best compact umbrella for windy commutes? A commuter umbrella has to be small enough to carry every day but strong enough that a gust does not turn it inside out…
- What's the best laptop bag for cycling to work? Cycling with a laptop is not the same as taking it on the train. Rain reaches zips and seams, the bag moves over…
- What's the best lightweight daypack for a city break? A city-break daypack can be too technical. The best one disappears on a crowded train, gives quick access to a water…
- What's the best luggage tracker for checked suitcases? A luggage tracker does not continuously broadcast its own location across the world.
- What's the best packing cubes for travelling with children? Packing cubes are most useful on a family trip when they stop children’s clothes becoming one mixed-up pile.
- What's the best roof box for small cars? A roof box can turn a small hatchback into a much more useful holiday car, but bigger isn't automatically better.
- What's the best Ryanair personal-item backpack? Ryanair’s free personal-item allowance is smaller than many travel-backpack product photos imply.
- What's the best suitcase for cobbled streets? Small suitcase wheels are happiest on airport floors, not Georgian cobbles. On uneven streets, the number and diameter…
- What's the best suitcase for train travel? The best suitcase for a train journey isn't necessarily the biggest one that fits an airline allowance.
- What's the best travel adapter for charging several devices in Europe? A European travel adapter changes the shape of a UK plug; it does not automatically solve the problem of charging…
- What's the best travel pillow for train journeys? A train journey isn't quite like a long-haul flight. You may have a window seat for only an hour, need to carry your bag…
- What's the best underseat cabin bag for easyJet? The best easyJet underseat bag is one you can fill without bulging past the airline’s limits.
- What's the best waterproof backpack for motorcycle commutes? Motorcycle commuting puts a backpack through conditions that an ordinary office bag may never face.
- What's the best waterproof pannier for a daily bike commute? A commuter pannier should stay dry inside even when your bike spends the day in a wet rack.