Top 10 Adventure Travel Gifts Under $75

1. Magellan's One-Stop Travel Shop

Magellan's is famous for offering innovative as as well as the expected travel supplies, gear and clothing. You'll find talking travel alarm clocks and mini-speakers to kids adventure logs all under $75.

2. Pacsafe Anti-Theft Travel Gear

Looking through my closet, while packing for a trip yesterday I realized how many pieces of theft proof Pacsafe gear I own. I've collected them because they are so useful and help keep my gear from being ripped off when I travel. You can get anti-theft Pacsafe hip packs, hand bags, travel safes and more for under $75. My Pacsafe Metrosafe 200 shoulder bag is, quite simply, the best travel purse I've used during my years of exploring the world. Click on the link for more info and reviews of several Pacsafe products.

3. Inexpensive Waterproof Cases for Expensive Digital Cameras

My husband, a gadget geek, tested the DiCAPac Alpha waterproof camera case using his Casio Exlim underwater in the Pacific Ocean, on the beach around sea lions kicking up sand, and river rafting near Telluride, Colorado. He got some excellent pictures underwater and on land that he would otherwise have missed. Read his review of the DiCAPac waterproof camera case.

4. Stashsafe Hip Pack

PacSafe's Stashsafe 100 doubles as a security pouch and a hip pack with roomy compartments. The pack's design ensures no one can slash the belt or the pack itself then steal it, or slide a hand inside and grab your valuables.

5. Inflatable Back Pillow

Lots of people take neck pillows on planes and long car trips but an inflatable back pillow will give you lumbar support in an uncomfortable seat. These pillows really make the difference in your comfort level on planes, tour-bus rides and train rides.

6. Inka Pen

This tiny pen writes just about anywhere, including hanging from the side of a cliff, underwater or in a snowstorm. It can be attached to a backpack, a scuba vest or any other piece of clothing.
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7. "Gifts That Give More" at Global Girlfriends

If your spouse/significant other or friends are already loaded with high-tech toys, clothes and other consumer goods, why not give a "gift that gives more' from Global Girlfriends. For example, $20 will buy a high-efficiency stove for a Darfu refugee. $50 or more may help liberate a girl from indentured servitude in Nepal. $15 can supply clean water in a school in Tanzania.
The site also has trend-setting clothing, jewelry and other products on the Global Girlfriend website, which sells women-made, fair trade items created by women around the world. a portion sale goes to various charities.

8. Adventure Travel Cartoons Printed on Gifts

If you like to watch someone laugh when they open your gift, check out some of the adventure travel cartoon at www.cartoonstock.com. You can have these cartoons printed on t-shirts, chopping boards, mugs and other gift items.

9. Wicking and Wicked Cool Sets Nightwear for Women

You can wear this wicking and sometimes wicked looking Cool Sets nightwear at home, stuff it into a zip-lock bag and toss it in your backpack, or cram it into the corner of your suitcase because these nightgowns and robes are wrinkle-resistant, breathable and most dry quickly, so they're a good choice for hot-weather climates.

10. Turn Your iPhone Into a Translator

The Fotozio PicTranslator turns your iPhone into a translator. Can't read a street sign in a foreign country? Just point and shoot a picture on your iPhone to translate menus, road signs, maps, warnings and newspapers. This cheap app will even read the text in the pictures out loud, so you’ll know how to pronounce it. Translates more than 15 languages, from Spanish and French to Swedish and Russian. You'll find it at the iPhone AppStore but take a look at the link above for tips on how to use it.