Best Road Trip Gifts for Couples in 2023

Are you in a couple who love taking road trips together and are looking for the perfect present for your significant other? Or are you and your boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife planning to take a big road trip together for the first time? Or do you know a road trip loving couple and need to find them a gift for a wedding, anniversary, or holiday? Whether you’re looking for something perfect for yourself, your other half, or a friend or family member in a relationship, these are some of the best road trip gifts for couples.

Some of them are romantic. Some of them are fun. Some of them are practical. So there is truly a couples road trip gift for everyone.

Want more ideas? Check out our list of 50 best road trip gifts for any road trip lover in your life.

Road Trip Gifts for Couples

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.

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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.

Buy a Travel Fund Box

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.

Buy Road Trip Scratch Off Tickets

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!

Buy Matching Luggage Tags

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.

Buy a Two-Person Sleeping Bag

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.

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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.

Buy a Mirrorless Camera

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, war memorials 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!

Buy 50 States, 5,000 Ideas

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.

Buy a Road Trip Puzzle

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.

Buy an Instant Camera

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.

Buy a Travel Keepsake Box

Travel Scratch Map

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!

Buy a Scratch Map

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.

Buy a Car USB Charger

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 an awkward selfie. A selfie stick that doubles as a tripod gives you better options for getting photos together that look Instagram worthy.

Buy a Selfie Stick/Tripod

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 road tripping couple. Need inspiration? Here are our recommendations for road trip luggage.

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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.

Buy a Picnic Basket

The Road Trip Journal & Activity Book

Everything You Need to Have and Record an Epic Road Trip!

Enjoy fun games and challenges to pass the time on your next road trip and have a keepsake to look back on for years to come with this entertaining must-have for your next vacation.

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