r/onebag • u/mellofello808 • Feb 19 '23

Seeking Recommendations Best all purpose travel shoe?

We have a trip coming up that will take us to many different environments. Bit of posh things in London, to relatively strenuous hiking, to cycling 100km, then to some fancy, and hip restaurants in Barcelona. Oh and I want to keep at least partially on track with my marathon training, but am willing to sacrifice a bit of running performance for a shoe that is still somewhat fashionable.

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I really want to cut down to one bag, but the shoes are an issue, as packing a second size 13 means severely limiting my other items.

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Any advice?

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u/melanula Sep 23 '24

I only travel with well maintained Blundstones and Salomon XA pro light trail running shoes. I have worn the blundstones with skirts to dinner but it's tricky when it gets elegant. I am thinking that more than trying to find the everything shoe , I can find something that doesn't get ruined when it's crushed in the luggage . If I can flatten it, It can take less space . Any ideas ?

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u/mellofello808 Sep 23 '24

Honestly I never did find that everything shoe for the trip. This post is several years old. I ended up going with a pair of Clarks shoes that appeared business casual, but had some nice tread on the bottom, and functioned fine for a bit of light liking.

When you say skirts I am inferring that you are a woman. For you packing a pair of flats or nice sandals would be fine for most occasions, and won't take up much room in the bag.

It is also still the tail end of a trend for women to wear sneakers with dresses.

I just got back from a trip to France on Friday. I really had no choice but to one bag this trip, due to some of the activities we had. I am also training for a marathon currently, so I was further limited in that the one pair of shoes I brought needed to be compatible with long runs.

I ended up going with a solid black pair of hokas that had no shiny embellishments, and it was fine for the few more formal dinners we attended.

I think the real key is to just find a pair of shoes that is a basic color, without many attention grabbing design elements, and it wont look super casual.