Top 5 Travel Gifts Under $10

How's this for a deal? Spend under $10 and you could save the gift recipient hundreds. Personally, I have experienced this. One flight to France we had a bag that was just a hair over the weight limit, and the charge was astronomical. Fortunately, we had a zip-out pouch, so we bought an overpriced duffel bag to check (and luckily we weren't at our max for bags). A scale could have avoided the whole hassle and the expense.

This may not be an expensive travel gift, but anyone who's woken up on a plane or train with funk-mouth will certainly consider this gift of Toothettes to be valuable. This is a gift that any traveler would be likely to appreciate and to use. Toothettes are disposable toothbrushes that don't even require water to work, and allow travelers to clean teeth on the go.

For travelers who like wine (and in particular might want to bring some wonderful French wine home after the trip), this is a clever but budget gift. The WineSkin protects the wine bottle while on the move, and also prevent leaking into the bag.

Sure, you can spend a lot of money on a fancy travel alarm as a gift. But let's get real. What most people really need is simply to know what time it is and to get woken up on time. Under $10, this clock actually has some nice features, too. It has luminous hands plus dial light, snooze feature (five minutes between alarms), and an alarm that gets more "insistent" (tempo and sound level). It's also a great alarm to buy someone who tends to sleep through alarms (particularly when jet lagged and in a new time zone).

This gift is budget but quite handy for the avid traveler. Spend a few days in a hotel or camping, and eventually you'll have some clothing item you need to wash. Packing laundry detergent isn't exactly a good idea, but this pack of little sheets slips nicely into a suitcase or even a purse. It contains 50 sheets that can be placed into a little water in a hotel sink to do quick on-the-go laundry.