TRUPTI BIRADAR – Travel editor

1. Blunt Metro – bluntumbrellas.co.nz, $119

Don’t underestimate the chance of rain interrupting your holiday. I tend to favour raincoats, mostly becaus eI find umbrellas way too challenging in wind and have had to wrestle with them turning inside out on many a busy street. But this compact umbrella is so sturdy it’s unlikely to fail you. And it’s the perfect size for your carry-on. I like the yellow one.

2.Cadence Capsules – keepyourcadence.com, from $26

If you’re high maintenance like me you need to travel with specific hair and skincare (thanks adult acne and stress-induced hair fall!). These TSA-compliant capsule scanb e packed into a carry-on and hold 16.5ml of product each. The yar e leakproof, refillable, magnetic and can be stacked together into any shape for ease of packing. Goodbye single-use plastics! You do have to ship from the US but whe nyous ee the cute colours clustered together, it’ll make packing that much more fun.

3. AirTags – Apple.com/nz from $59

It’s not the sexiest gift but these little tags have saved many a traveller during the gre at “Airmageddon” of 2022. It’s almost become the norm to arrive at your destination and find your bag didn’t make the journey with you. Reuniting with it is all the mor ee asie r wh en you know where it is. You d on eed an iPhone to use this one but there are also other trackers available for Android.