Top 10 Best Travel Essentials for Toddlers in the UK (2026 Guide)
Travelling with children is both a joy and a challenging, and sometimes you need travel essentials to help make the trip a little easier! You could be going on an all inclusive holiday or a staycation in the UK countryside, we've put together our favourite travel essentials for you and your little ones.
Whether you are travelling by plane, train or car, the journey should be fun, calm and comfortable for you and the children. You deserve a break and taking these essential travel buys should help. We've put together our favourite travel essentials for toddlers to make family journeys easier.
1. Kids Ride-on Suitcase
- Trunki Kids Ride-on Suitcase
Price: £39.99–£55 depending on design
Age range: 3-6 years
Capacity: 18 Litres
Colour Options: Multiple Available
The original ride on suitcase by Trunki is designed to make travelling fun for kids but also easier for parents too! There is 18lt capacity inside the case, meaning there is plenty of room to fit their holiday items. The fun ride-on feature helps keep them entertained during the journey. Trunki recommend up to 50kg in weight for the ride on cases.
2. Lightweight Wellies with Removable Liner
- Lightweight Wellies with Removable Thermal Liner - Bubble Boots
Price: Was £25 – Now from £19.99
Size range: 3 Infant to size 1 Junior
Colour Options: Blue, Red & Pink
Wellies are often sweaty and heavy for little feet; however, the Bubble Boots have been designed to be feather-light & extremely durable. They also have a thermal liner to keep their feet warm in the winter. The clever design has an inner removable liner, meaning they fit for 2 shoe sizes, as your child moves up a size, simply remove the inner liner to accommodate their growing feet. These super light wellies are also resistant to splitting, cracking or perishing, making them the perfect toddler Wellington boot.
Perfect for travel, they are super light to pop in your case, backpack or under the buggy. Great for all seasons with the removable liner feature.
This is the second pair of Bubble boots that I have purchased for my Grandson. These boots are amazing! I wouldn't consider buying anything else. Very quick delivery and reasonably priced. Highly recommended.
- Anonymous via Review.io
3. Foldable Travel Toilet Seat
- Foldable toilet training seat by Babymoov
Price: £12.99
Age range: Babies & Toddlers up to age 4 years.
Colour Options: Green
This folding child toilet training seat by Babymoov is lightweight, folds down compact with its own little carry bag included. This is handy for travel as you can pop it in your handbag, changing bag or backpack. It has 2 grooves and 4 non-slip rubber zones, so it fixes securely onto every toilet. It helps toilet training by reducing the size of the toilet bowl to prevent your child from slipping, making it comfortable as well as safe!
4. Baby & Toddler Ear Defenders
- Muffy Baby & Muffy Kids by Alpine Hearing Protection
Price: £21.20 - £25.95
Age range: Muffy Baby - 0–36 months. Muffy Kids - 5–16 years
Colour Options: 6 Available
Available for babies, toddlers and kids, these Alpine ear protectors are the perfect travel companion for noisy environments. Muffy Baby is designed to protect your baby against damaging noise and loud music, for instance at festivals, sports games, fairs, fireworks shows, and races. Alpine recommend Muffy Baby for babies and little children up to 36 months of age.
Muffy Kids is designed to protect the hearing of kids aged 5 to 16, against damaging noise. These earmuffs can be folded, so they are easy to take along. The outer is made from plastic making them easy to clean for on the go.
5. Kids Safe Tablet
- Fire HD 8 Kids Tablet by Amazon
Price: Can Vary From £59.99 - £149.99
Age range: 3 to 7 years
Colour Options: Grape + Various designs such as Peppa Pig
The Fire HD 8 Kids tablet comes with a durable Kid-Proof Case with built-in stand, 1 year of Amazon Kids+, and a 2-year worry-free guarantee. The tablet features an 8-inch HD screen, a faster processor than previous generations, 32GB internal storage, and up to 13 hours of battery life for enjoying games, apps, videos and books.
This tablet is ideal for travel as it is designed specifically for children. That means kids can safely enjoy content without accidentally purchasing apps or accessing social media without permission. Parents can easily manage everything through the Amazon Parent Dashboard, allowing you to control screen time, set educational goals and approve content.
“Great tablet, well thought out. Great content, no adverts and parental controls. Love it...”
-Campbell
6. Child Friendly Sunscreen Applicator
- Sunscreen Applicator by Solar Buddies
Price: From £7.98
Age range: Suitable for Babies, Toddlers and Children.
Colour Options: Blue, Pink and Green
This invention by Solar Buddies is the world’s first child-friendly, refillable sunscreen applicator. Perfect for travel they are easy to use, mess free and have an anti-bacterial coating. The best part about them is that they are refillable, so you will get plenty of use out of the applicator and it will make staying safe in the sun, that little bit easier.
You have to buy the sunscreen separately however we love that they are BPA and Latex free and made from 94 % Recycled Plastic.
7. Reusable Swim Nappy
- The Happy Nappy™ from Splash About
Price: From £12.99
Age range: 0-3 months up to 2-3 years
Colour Options: Multiple colours & patterns available
This Reusable Swim Nappy (The Happy Nappy) from Splash About is a must have if you plan on going swimming with your little one. Ergonomically designed, the shape reliably protects against faecal leaks and is made from a super soft neoprene. Great for travel as it is reusable, chlorine resistant and no tight elastic.
This makes it fantastic value for money, whilst also going a long way to help the environment, by lowering the number of disposable nappies in landfill.
8. Family First Aid Kit
- Travel First Aid Kit from MINI FIRST AID KIT
Price: From £13.99
Age range: All Ages
Colour Options: Green
A first aid kit is essential for travel as a family, to keep you covered for any mishaps they may happen. This function family first aid kit is Multi award winning and is specific for the needs of a family.
This Mini First Aid kit comes in a range of sizes, 74 items ( £13.99 ) or 115 items ( £26.99 ) and some of the First Aid Essentials include the paramedic's recommended shears, bravery stickers, safety pins, childrens plasters and more. The full kit details can be found on their site.
9. All Weather Puddle Suit
- Unlined All in One from Wet Wednesdays
Price: £35
Age range: 1-2 years, 2-3 years, 3-4 years.
Colour Options: Navy Stripe, Red Stripe & Pink Stripe
Machine Washable: Yes (Do not use fabric softener)
This is a multi-award-winning puddle suit, which comes in a range of different stripe colours. The all-in-one suit is 100% waterproof with welded seams & a rating of 10,000mm. It has plenty of room underneath for layers and a bulky nappy, so this makes it ideal for all-year-round use. It is not bulky and can be folded up to fit underneath a buggy or in a backpack. Making it ideal for travel with a toddler who loves the outdoors.
If you are looking for age 4 and up, they are available in the fleece lined versions here
This is a firm favourite voted by Parents,
“Brilliant puddle suit keeps my daughter completely dry from head to toe. She can splash to her heart’s content without me worrying. A must have!”
-Anonymous, Reviews.io
10. Pull Along Wagon
- Pull Along Wagon for Kids from Micro-Scooters
Price: From £99.95
Size range: Maximum Weight it can hold is 50kg
Colour Options: Blue & Black
A wagon is a travel friendly companion for family camping trips, festivals and any family trip that involve items that need to be carried from one place to another. The Micro Wagon is the perfect for making travel with the family a breeze with large wheels for all-terrain action and is able to carry up to 50kg in weight. It also folds into a compact easy to store box with a pull handle and weatherproof cover.