Whenever I travel I do everything that I can personally do, to make sure that my journey is as comfortable as possible. For me one of the most uncomfortable and annoying forms of travel is flying, the seats are never comfortable and without fail I would come off a flight with a sore and stiff neck.

In the past I would just accept it, as the downside of travelling and anyway it would usually sort itself out after a few hours or days if it was a long haul flight. But as I got older and wiser I started to think about things more and the desire for making my travel journeys more comfortable become a priority.

Why should I suffer when travelling, if there is something that can be done to make my journey more comfortable? I had in the past noticed fellow travellers on flights with travel neck pillows, I must admit I use to be a sceptic and wasn’t willing to waste my hard earned money on such a devise.

But 3 years ago I was facing a 7-hour flight to Barbados, when I thought, I better give a travel neck pillow a go. I had a look at an inflatable one, it had some advantages, it wasn’t going to take up much space, and it only cost about £5, but I absolutely hated the feel of the material on my skin, in fact it made my skin crawl it felt so bad.

With a little bit of help from the master of the universe Google, I found a huge choice of different travel neck pillows. I eventually settled on one filled with micro beads, which has a nice soft removable cover and it even comes with its own travel case. It may take up more room that an inflatable one, but I would rather sacrifice other things. Since I don’t want to come across as if I’m doing a paid advertisement, I will not name the name of the company I purchased it from.

My travel neck pillow is now my perfect travel companion, it is shaped to perfectly support the neck when travelling. I have used it to my benefit on planes, trains and even ferries. I quite frankly won’t travel without it. It’s awesome.

All I can say is that, I paid under £10 for my neck travel pillow and I’m not exaggerating when say it has made a massive difference to the way my neck feels when I come off a flight, whether it’s a 2 hour flight or a 22 hour fight.

A travel neck pillow may be a humble and cheap piece of travel equipment, but for me it is a must have item.