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6 Brilliant Organizers That Make Traveling So Much Easier

Stephanie NguyenLifestyle Director
Stephanie NguyenLifestyle Director
I oversee all our coverage of lifestyle topics, which include cleaning, organizing, wellness, entertaining, real estate, travel, and more. I’m based in Honolulu, Hawaii.
published Aug 31, 2025
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A person packing a suitcase with neatly folded colorful clothes, including a yellow embroidered top and denim.
Credit: Photo: Alex Lepe: Prop Styling: Maya Borrero & Vicky Wasik

When you’re packing your bags for an upcoming trip, organizers are the real MVP. They help you pack more efficiently, so that you find things easily and never worry about packing too much. Below, we’ve gathered the very best organizers from our 2025 Organization Awards to help your trip-packing plans run smoothly.

Best Travel Organizers

Ries Travel Bottle
$18

Ries’ patented airless pump bottles make it so easy to pack your skincare and haircare products without worrying about spillage. “I’ve never seen a travel bottle like this before — I love it,” gushes Lifestyle Director Stephanie Nguyen.

$18 at Ries
Bagsmart 6-Piece Compression Packing Cube Set
$43

Step up your packing with this 6-Piece Compression Packing Cube Set from Bagsmart. This single set is beloved by our editors and has a variety of sizes, which allows you to store different types of clothes. To use, simply put clothes inside a cube, zip it up, use the zipper to compress, and voila!

$43 at Bagsmart
Mark & Graham Dual Travel Organizer
$100$79

This is more than just a standard Dopp kit. The Mark & Graham Dual Travel Organizer has two sections: a zippered pocket on top for cosmetics and toiletries, and a bottom compartment for jewelry. For a personal touch, you can get a monogram foil debossing.

$79 at Mark & Graham
Calpak Terra Hanging Toiletry Bag
$64

The Calpak Terra Hanging Toiletry Bag is a top-notch portable toiletry bag, as it has a convenient handle, collapsible hanging hook, and a buckle so you can carry it, hang it up, or close it with zero fuss.

$64 at Calpak
Bagsmart Blast Travel Backpack
$70

Meet your new favorite personal travel item: the Bagsmart Blast Travel Backpack. It features a spacious main compartment, 180-degree laptop compartment, and six pockets. It also has a luggage trolley strap and support system buckle so you can feel at ease when traveling.

$70 at Bagsmart
Solgaard Carry-On Closet Lite
$265$215

The Carry-On Closet Lite is the lighter version of Solgaard's Carry-On Closet — and we're equally obsessed with it. “It's super functional,” says Lifestyle Editor Lizzy Francis, as it features the brand's signature built-in closet system and a durable-yet-flexible polycarbonate shell with zippered closure.

$215 at Solgaard

What Is the Organization Awards?

Apartment Therapy’s Organization Awards is our annual guide to the very best home organizers of the year. After a careful selection and testing process by our editorial team, we identified 50 winners across six categories, as well as highlighted the organizers that stole our hearts time and time again and the ones that are so cleverly designed for small spaces. Learn more about our process here.

All prices were accurate at the time of publishing, but may have changed since then.

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