Best airport shoes?

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The right shoes make a huge difference when you’re traveling – starting at the airport. A lot of times, though, departure day shoes are kind of an afterthought.

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A discussion about shoes at the airport on a designlovefest post got me rethinking this. (See comments #7-12.)

To me, the Holy Grail of airport footwear would be something you could rush to catch a flight in, remove easily for airport security, wear with socks (if you don’t want to be barefoot while your shoes get x-rayed), as well as, of course, looking great with your travel outfits.

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While it’s a lot for one pair of shoes to aspire to, I’m thinking my new go-tos for hopping a plane will either be in the canvas slip-on genre (like TOMS or these Hellyer Slippers) or comfy flats (like ballet slippers or updated Mary Janes) with no-show socks.

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What is your airport shoe strategy?

(PS In case you missed it, check out my tips for packing shoes.)

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8 Replies to “Best airport shoes?”

  1. I am stupid about shoes. The only thing I don’t wear are my steel-toed shoes because those are a pain with security. But I always end up sitting on the floor, relacing sneakers.

    1. I don’t think that’s stupid! There are some pros to sneakers. Plus, you have a lot on your mind before a trip, and it’s easy to overlook the airport portion. What stupid is that there aren’t more benches just past the X-ray machines, so you don’t have to sit on the floor!

    1. Thank you! I actually wore those purple ones when we flew to Indiana. Now that I think about it, shoes that cover feet a bit more are worth a few extra minutes of lacing/unlacing if you’re headed somewhere cold or mosquitoey.

  2. Great timing! Hubby and our eldest will be traveling to New York by plane in the very near future (she got invited to Gen Beauty), so I’ll share this post (and the shoe packing post) with her. Thanks!

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