Do You Travel With a Teddy Bear?

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  08.26.10 | 9:18 AM ET

According to a recent Travelodge survey, at least some of you do. The survey found that 25% of adult men bring stuffed animals with them when they travel for business. “I travel enough that it’s a nice reminder of home,” said one respondent.

I’d like to offer some snark here, but I’d be a hypocrite if I did. My bear doesn’t come on short-haul trips, but she has been on longer visits to Malaysia, the U.K., Barbados and New York City. So there.


Eva Holland is the senior editor of World Hum. Her writing has also appeared in Reader's Digest Canada, NationalGeographic.com, the National Post, the Montreal Gazette, the Ottawa Citizen and WestJet's Up! Magazine, among other publications. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.


1 Comment for Do You Travel With a Teddy Bear?

GypsyGirl 08.26.10 | 7:46 PM ET

My little wolf stuffy backpacked Sweden for 3 months, with me!

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