The Best Sales During Amazon Prime Day 2020
2020 has been an interesting year for travel and for our family. When we’re not traveling abroad this year as we had planned, but we try and get away every couple of months even if it is a local trip. Our plans changed just like everyone else’s.
Now that Amazon Prime Day is back in 2020, we’re excited to plan with some of the best deals for travelers.
When is Amazon Prime Day?
Amazon Products
Anything that Amazon sells will most likely be for sale on Prime Day. Amazon’s product staples, like the Kindle and other Amazon Basics-branded products are among some of the best things you can pick up for upcoming travel.
3. Amazon Kindle
The Amazon Kindle is a must for anyone who likes to read. We’ve totally been on long plane and bus rides with a dead phone and nothing to do. The airline magazine gets boring pretty fast, and it was a bit of an issue that we didn’t actually have anything to read.
The Kindle Paperwhite is super small (and apparently waterproof now, too!) and lightweight, and you can store some of your favorite books on it. The regular Kindle is more affordable, and it offers everything that the Paper white does, without some of the external hardware features.
4. Amazon Prime
For travelers who have a homebase, Amazon Prime is a must. We’ve really gotten the most out of our Prime membership by ordering some last-minute travel items and ensuring that we get them shipped fast.
We’ve also used Amazon Prime Video to watch and download shows for some long travel days. Well, we’ve watched those videos until our phones died, then we wished we had a Kindle to share!
Included with the Amazon Prime membership is access to Prime Photos. I love talking about Prime Photos because I enjoy photography and photo storage. You can use your membership to store all of your travel photos, completely for free.
With a Prime membership, you may also get additional deals during Prime Day. Leading up to Prime Day, when you shop at Whole Foods, you may get a discount to use. This is one of our favorite perks, because we’re always shopping for groceries!
5. Amazon Fire Stick (40% off)
Who doesn’t like to watch TV or binge a favorite series. We watch at home and and when we travel. Our kids like to watch their favorite shows when they wake up and Jay and We’ll watch something if we have some bad weather, or sometimes if we need some time to relax after going on an adventure all day.
The Amazon Fire TV Stick is a great product to have with you if you want to bring some of your favorite streaming services with you while you travel. You can stream Amazon Video, HBO, Disney+, Netflix and more. Basically, you plug the device into the TV’s HDMI port and then you can control everything with the remote. It’s small and really easy to travel with, making it a great portable tech product. It’s also so easy to use. Our kids access all of their favorites on their own through it.
6. Blink Mini (29% off)
With something like the Blink Mini, you can keep tabs on your home while you’re not there. It isn’t invasive at all, techy yet modern looking and also very cost effective
7. Amazon Basics good find
Amazon has a strategy in which they find useful products, and incorporate their process onto them. The products will have the Amazon logo, but they’ll usually be supported by Amazon’s warranty and return policy. You’ll also almost always be able to guarantee that these items will be covered with free 2-day shipping. I’ve listed some of my favorite AmazonBasics products below:
-Laptop Sleeve
-Travel Pillow
-Packing Cubes
-Travel Umbrella
-Lightning Cable for iPhone
8. Travel Bluetooth Noise Cancelling Headphones
Headphones have been an extremely critical part of my travel since getting my first pair of good noise-cancelling headphones in 2018. Before that, I would use a pair of earbuds that sounded kind of bad and blocked out no noise at all. These are bad for your ears and they also break all the time.
I actually don’t mind the noise of an airplane rumble, or cafe noises. In fact, I quite like the “white noise” sound of cafes! I do have an issue with people talking loudly or listening to voices while I am trying to write, or work, sometimes.
My soundproof headphones have allowed me to focus on work while I travel, and also have helped me block out noises that I’d rather not hear.
They have become life-saving since I’ve been working from home! My kids make plenty of noise and now they’re virtual-learning and their on their own zoom calls, they need it themselves!
Recently, Bose and Sony have come out with newer models of their flagship noise-cancelling headphones. That means that some of their older versions are discounted. Check out my top picks for noise-cancelling soundproof headphones.
–Bose QuietComfort II (43% off)
-Sony WH1000-XM3 (14% off)
-Sony WH1000-XM4 (20% off + $25 Amazon Gift Card)
Apple Deals
I’m committed to the Apple Ecosystem. I have a MacBook Pro, iPad and an iPhone. While I was traveling. Next on my list is the Apple Watch, it’ll provide easy navigation directions on my wrist without needing to take my phone out. It’s also a great motivator for making sure you get enough steps throughout the day. Apple products rarely go on sale, so when they do, it’s a good idea to get something that you’ve been thinking about buying. Here are some of my top Apple picks for Amazon Prime Day.
9. MacBook Air (10% off)
For traveling, the MacBook Air is one of the best laptops that you can have. It’s a great size and one of the lightest laptops that Apple makes. It doesn’t have the full power like a MacBook pro has, but it has enough for most working situations.
10. Apple Watch
Sometimes I want to be able to navigate a city, but I don’t feel comfortable having my phone out in public. The Apple Watch has a great solution for this, by being able to display your navigation on your wrist.
There are plenty more features that make the Apple Watch great, and I won’t get into them here. The Apple Watch 6 came out in September 2020.
What happened to the Apple Watch Series 4 and Series 5? Apple discontinued these watches because they were too similar in features to each other. The Series 3 remains Apple’s budget version, as the company continues to iterate new versions.
11. iPad
Apple makes three different iPads. There is the original iPad, the iPad Air and the iPad Pro. The nuances of each version can be justified by the prices and their features. The original iPad is the most affordable option, but lacks screen quality and Apple Pencil 2 support. The iPad Air has a better screen, but doesn’t have the top-of-the line specs like the iPad Pro does. The iPad Pro is the most expensive model and has the upgrade options for the largest amount of storage, as well as the largest physical size.
Get The iPad (9% off)
Get The iPad Pro (6% off)
12. AirPods and AirPods Pro
What’s the difference between the AirPods original model and the newer AirPods Pro? It mainly comes down to the customizable fit of the AirPods Pro, versus the universal fit into the user’s ear with the original AirPods and the AirPods with the wireless charging case. The other main difference in the AirPods Pro is that they’re sweat and water resistant. That would’ve been helpful when Jay dropped his in some water – oops.
Travel Electronics and Storage
13. Anker Power Bank ($2 off with coupon)
I use my power bank from Anker all the time, even when I’m not traveling! It charges my phone and also my camera.
For travel, a power bank is a no-brainer. You can use it in so many different ways. My favorite way is to not plug your phone (or something else) directly into a foreign outlet. I’ve heard horror stories of people plugging their phones into foreign outlets, and they had bad voltage converters and their phones fried! There are ways to prevent this, like checking your connections, converters and cables, but still – why risk it?
