Honeymoon Travel Organizers for Your Registry

Attention brides, grooms, and the people who love them: wedding registries – and what people register for – have changed dramatically from years past. Gone are the days of picking out china, crystal, and silver for guests to purchase. Today’s newly married want adventure, excitement, and shots for the ‘gram more than fragile, old-fashioned items that cost too much and take up way too much space to be practical.

To satisfy this trend, a number of websites where the newly engaged can register for anything from special cocktails to plane tickets to organizers for packing have popped up – and for good reason. The benefits of traveling together are hard to deny. According to research conducted by registry website Honeyfund, 84% of married Americans who rate their marital satisfaction as “excellent” also travel together regularly. 

As the popularity of registering for travel and travel-related items increases, however, so too have baggage restrictions and costs. Luckily, today’s best travel organizers help couples young and young at heart compress and compartmentalize all of their honeymoon must-haves to save space and stay organized on the go.

No matter which international or U.S. honeymoon destination you choose, you’ll want to scroll down to read our recommendations for travel organizers to add to your registry – or simply buy yourself if the mood strikes. These pieces will work for honeymoons, babymoons, anniversary voyages – you name it. Plus, they can easily pull double duty to make more mundane travel a bit more orderly and enjoyable, meaning you’ll get use out of them long after the last wedding bell has chimed.

Travel Organizers for Clothes

Clothes are the biggest and bulkiest things you’re likely to pack on a honeymoon – or really any journey. If you are going somewhere without access to laundry services – or even a laundry bag – you’ll also have to think through how to separate dirty clothes from clean within the confines of your bag.     

The number one solution? Packing cubes. Packing cube sets can be easily found at most big box and online retailers (Amazon Basics even makes their own version), and are incredibly helpful to organize clean clothes, dirty laundry, bras and underwear, socks, bathing suits, and anything else you might need on a honeymoon. Generally made of fabric with mesh tops for visibility, the convenience and usefulness of these lightweight travel organizers will make you wonder how you ever lived without them.

Another great – and oftentimes overlooked – organizer for packing is the humble shoe bag. Dirty shoes are teeming with bacteria and filth, and should be kept far away from your clean clothes, toiletries, and even the inside of your suitcase if it’s not easily washable. While it may be tempting to just use plastic grocery bags, features like mesh tops, grab handles, and waterproof fabrics will have you grateful and relieved you added shoe bags to your registry when you had the chance.

The final honeymoon travel organizer for clothes we recommend is a little off the beaten path: dry bags. While these are normally something you’ll find for sale in a camping store or department, they are incredibly helpful to bring if you’re planning on doing anything particularly outdoorsy or involving water on your trip. You’ll breathe a sigh of relief when you realize you don’t have to frantically try to dry the bathing suit you used on your final morning before hopping on the plane. Instead, you can throw it in one of these polyurethane sacks and hit the road. Your clothes and electronics will stay dry – and your travel day will stay stress-free.

Travel Organizers for Electronics

Speaking of electronics, they also need special care and organization when packing. While you likely won’t be bringing a laptop on a honeymoon, items like phones, headphones, power banks, charging cables, cameras, and e-readers will probably be making the trip. If you’re traveling somewhere with a different electrical current than your homebase, you’ll also need converters.

So, how best to organize these small, fragile, and expensive items when packing? First, always pack them in your carry-on (along with jewelry, documents and IDs, and any other exceptionally valuable items you’re bringing). Second, register for an electronics organizer to help keep your items together when you’re on the go – and make it easier to remove them at TSA checkpoints throughout your journey.

There are a surprising number of factors to consider when choosing the best electronics organizer for your trip. At a minimum, you’ll want to make sure the case is waterproof, portable, and sturdy enough that it won’t be crushed. You’ll also want to consider the number of slots, loops, pockets, and other features it comes equipped with – and make sure that they line up, to some degree, with the electronics and accessories you’re planning on packing. One last feature to note is the color of the interior of the organizer. Bright colors make spotting items easier than dark colors, which can come in handy when struggling to find the right gadget in a tight space (we’re looking at you, economy seats!).  

Some organizers come with cool and useful features, like a flip-open charging stand or multiple layers to keep items well-protected and separate from one another. Depending on the ruggedness of your anticipated travel, you might want to look for one considered “shockproof,” like this choice from UGreen. That case also comes with a belt clip and grab handle to make it even more accessible and user-friendly.

Travel Organizers for Toiletries

The last honeymoon travel organizer type we’ll cover is maybe the most important: the toiletries bag. Because toiletries are oftentimes liquid, with various caps, lids, and containers that only sometimes work as intended, it’s especially important that you choose a bag (or multi-piece set, depending on how many items you want to bring) that is easy to secure, easy to clean, and waterproof. You’ll also want to look for one that can carry large and small items alike, as an eyeliner pencil is a much different size (and much more easily destroyed) than a tube of sunscreen.

If you’re planning on bringing your toiletries in a carry-on, you might be best off registering for a TSA-approved, clear, zippered case that will let you fly through security checkpoints with ease. While most foreign countries don’t have the same restrictions we do in the U.S., it’s still important to keep the items at the top of your bag for easy access. There’s nothing quite like needing to brush your teeth after an overnight flight – and not having anything to help. Ask us how we know!

If you’re intent on checking larger toiletry items, you’ll want to find a travel organizer that can handle spills without letting leaks seep through the zipper. Depending on the type of traveler you are – and the accommodations where you’re going – you may also want one that you can easily hang, rinse out on the go, and/or multiple pockets for various items rather than the traditional one-compartment Dopp kit. If you’re feeling especially fancy, there is even a toiletries bag with a magnetically sealed toothbrush pocket that allows water to evaporate when shut. What will they think of next?

When packing your toiletries travel organizer in checked luggage, it is wise to bring another, smaller one on board with you. Fill it with hair ties, a hairbrush, lip ointment, pain reliever, ear plugs, face wipes, hand cream, and our personal favorite: disposable toothbrushes to stay comfortable throughout the trip.

Now that you know the best travel organizers to register for, packing for your honeymoon will be a cinch. If you still have room on the list, you might think of registering for travel wallets or passport holders to make the journey even more footloose and fancy free. It may be worth the upgrade just for the new RFID blocking technology that protects your credit cards’ electromagnetic signals.

Chek out the articles below for some more advice and ideas:

The 22 Best Travel Accessories of 2023 – Brides
Honeymoon Gift Guide – Bag All