Backpacks for travelling

Whether you're jetting off for a weekend city break or backpacking through a dozen countries, the right travel backpack makes all the difference between smooth travel days and a shoulder-aching slog through airports. Our travel packs collection is built for exactly that — carry-on-friendly sizing, smart organisation, and a fit that holds up whether you're wearing it for ten minutes or ten hours.

For anyone after a genuinely reliable backpack for travelling, the Osprey Farpoint 40 Men's Travel Pack and Osprey Fairview 40 Women's Travel Pack are two of our most popular picks. Both are built around a 40-litre, carry-on compatible frame with a stowaway harness and hip belt, so you can check it as luggage or wear it comfortably through a full day of exploring. If you're specifically searching for a travel backpack women will find genuinely comfortable, the Fairview's female-specific fit and adjustable harness make it a standout — designed to sit properly on smaller frames without digging in.

Prefer something with a more relaxed, everyday-travel look? The Fjällräven Splitpack Bag, Splitpack Large, and Vardag Splitpack 45 all convert between backpack and duffel carry, giving you flexibility for city trips, weekends away, or longer overland journeys. Their clever split-opening design also makes them some of the easiest travel backpack lightweight options to pack and unpack without pulling everything out to find what's at the bottom.

Travelling with less but still want everything in its place? Pair any of these packs with a set of travel pack cubes to keep clothing compressed, organised, and easy to find — a simple addition that makes even a travel backpack small enough for carry-on feel like it has room to spare.

Whichever size or style you're after, every pack in this range is chosen for how it performs in the real world — on trains, in overhead lockers, and on the streets of wherever you're headed next.