Best Road Trip Gifts for Couples Who Love to Travel

The Road Trip Journal & Activity Book

Enjoy fun games and challenges to pass the time on a next road trip and have a keepsake to look back on for years to come with this entertaining must-have for your next vacation. The Road Trip Journal & Activity Book features fun and engaging journal prompts, plus 100 activities and games for couples to play in the car, at their hotel, or at stops along their route.

Hotel Kitsch: A Pretty Cool Tour of America’s Fantasy Getaways

Take a tour of the best fantasy suites and honeymoon hotels across America and beyond, with photos and stories from the creators of A Pretty Cool Hotel Tour. If you love quirky destinations, heart-shaped tubs, and themed hotels, this is the perfect book to gift! You might even find your own honeymoon destination.

Travel Fund Box

If you’re saving up for a big road trip, like driving all of Route 66 or the Pacific Coast Highway, a travel fund box is a fun way to visually keep your eye on the prize. Keep it in a visible place and tuck your extra dollars or change inside to save for the trip of a lifetime.

Road Trip Scratch Off Tickets

Surprise your significant other with a road trip destination using a cute scratch off ticket. This one from PetalPaperCo on Etsy allows you to customize the message for a fun surprise.

Matching Luggage Tags

Matching luggage tags can set your luggage apart from everyone else’s, and each other’s! These luggage tags come printed with Mr. and Mrs., Mrs. and Mrs., or Mr. and Mr. Or pick out any pair that fits your personalities! It’s a fun stocking stuffer gift for the treveling newlyweds or newlyweds at heart!

Two-Person Sleeping Bag

Cozy up while camping with a sleeping bag made for two. A fun gift for a romantic camping trip that will keep any couple warm and cozy, whether they get much sleep or not.

TableTopics to GO Road Trip

Start car conversations flowing by gifting this TableTopics to GO Road Trip game. With travel-specific questions you’ll have fun while learning a lot about your significant other in the car.

Mirrorless Camera

iPhone photos are fine, but if you really want to up your travel photography game, consider investing in a good camera. DSLRs or mirrorless cameras come in a wide array of brands and price points. So if you’re looking to splurge on a really great road trip gift for your wife, husband, boyfriend, or girlfriend, a DSLR or mirrorless camera is an excellent choice. Need help deciding on which camera is best for your road trip? Check out our guide to the best road trip cameras.

50 States, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do

Find the best things to do and see in every state in America with this illustrated book from National Geographic. From national parks to beaches to museums, this guidebook has it all and will ignite your imagination and kick start planning the perfect trip with your partner. It should top any wish list of road trip gifts for couples!

American Road Trip Puzzle

Celebrate your love for road trips from the comfort of your home with a road trip themed puzzle. Look for one that features a favorite locale you’ve visited or has a roadside attraction or road trip theme. It’s the perfect gift for travel lovers looking for a quiet date night.

Fujifilm Instax Mini 11 Instant Camera

Commemorate your next couples road trip with some retro souvenirs. The Fujifilm Instax Mini is an instant camera that is compact enough to fit in the glove box to make memories on the go.

Engraved Travel Keepsake Box

Toll booth tickets, instant photos, brochures, and hotel keycards. Have a place to store all those road trip mementos you’ve collected together with an engraved travel keepsake box.

Travel Scratch Map

Calebrate your love and your travels. Keep track of everywhere you’ve road tripped to together with a scratch-off map of the United States. Or keep track of a common goal, like visiting every National Park together with a specialty map designed for just that!

Multi-Port Car USB Charger

If you’re traveling together make sure you both have space to charge your phone throughout the day by picking up a multi-port USB charger. It might not seem like the most romantic road trip gift for couples now, but when you both need full battery power before a day’s hike, you’ll be thankful you have it.

Tripod/Selfie Stick

Traveling together often means passing off who is taking a photo and who is in the photo, relying on strangers with various skill levels to take your photo, or taking awkward selfies. A selfie stick that doubles as a tripod gives you way better options for getting Instagram-worthy photos together.

Matching Luggage

The ultimate luxury for any road tripper is a nice new set of luggage. Splurge on a nice new set of luggage for the couple to enjoy on their road trip honeymoon or vacation. Need more inspiration? Here are our recommendations for road trip luggage.

Picnic Basket

If you’re going to plan a romantic roadside picnic, you need a picnic basket. Get a basket with a set of silverware, plates, and wine glasses for two so you can enjoy a snack and some (non alcoholic, you’re driving) bubbly somewhere along your route.

Rumpl The Original Puffy Outdoor Camping Blanket (National Parks Collection)

On a chilly night under the stars, there’s nothing more romantic than cuddling up under a warm blanket. And that is why puffy but lightweight blanket like the Rumpl Camping Blanket is the perfect travel gift for couples. This camping blanket comes in a variety of fun national park themed prints so you can choose one that celebrates your favorite place to travel together.

Book a Hotel

Every road tripper has stayed at their fair share of budget motels. So a stay at a particularly nice hotel makes the perfect travel couples gift! Whether you’re surprising your partner with a bucket-list worthy hotel stay on your next road trip, a luxury resort you’d usually drive right by, or a much-needed staycation destination, a nice hotel room

Go City Pass

A prepaid Go City Pass will save the recipient time and money at great road trip destinations across the US. If a big city excursion is on the list for the new year, this will help take their trip from ordinary to extraordinary. The passes will allow the holders to visit bucket list attractions, enjoy top tours, and discover handpicked hidden gems with the convenience of having one price and one pass on their phone.

A Viator Day Trip or Tour

Has your wife always wanted to go ziplining? Does your husband take local cooking classes everywhere he goes? Do your parents love sailing? Whatever they love, you can probably find a tour or day trip perfect for that road tripping couple. And a once-in-a-lifetime experience like that makes the perfect surprise.