You don’t have to weigh your luggage with different shoes for every occasion when a good pair of men’s travel shoes will do.
Style icons like George Clooney, Eddie Redmayne, Justin Timberlake, and Jamie Dornan can travel with an entire shoe wardrobe. After all, someone else dumps your luggage and pays for the excess luggage.
For your trip to the UK, be realistic and leave your GQ style icon ambitions at home. Minimize wasted space in your luggage with comfortable, multipurpose shoes that are stylish for the city and casual at the same time, as well as being super comfortable for leisure walking. Being able to easily put them on and take them off for airport security is also a bonus. These men’s travel shoes are among the best travel shoes I’ve seen recently. Most come in black and brown.
And here’s a tip: don’t pack space-consuming hiking boots. Buy serious hiking boots for a serious hill and fall walking after your arrival, from a local supplier who understands local conditions.
Clarks Senner Lane Slip-On Shoes
Available in chocolate nubuck or the bulkier black finish shown here, this is a shoe made for comfort with all kinds of cushioning built in. a generously padded collar and a comfortable EVA footbed. The outsole is more EVA that absorbs shock and helps reduce foot fatigue as you hit the pavement. Okay, you probably don’t want to take them to the ambassador’s ball. But they are respectable enough for most other travel situations.
Vionic Orthaheel Branxton Lace-Ups
I like to think behind these casually comfortable shoes. They have the same type of structure and support as sneakers (or trainers as they are called in the UK), but except for the white band at the bottom, they will go through normal laces when you’re on the trail. . The comfort of the sneakers is your little secret. And so are the hidden features, designed by a leading Australian podiatrist to improve posture, balance, alignment and provide much more heel support than a typical sneaker. It comes with a deep, removable orthotic footbed in the heel and plenty of lightweight EVA in the footbed and midsole to keep feet cool and pampered on the go.
Hush Puppies – Slip-ons ajustables Gil
There’s nothing high-style about Hush Puppies, but who cares? When it comes to good, comfortable, all-purpose walking shoes for men, they almost have you covered. They’re lightweight, soft, and easy to wear with a rubber outsole and a removable, contoured cushioned footbed to absorb shock. Hook and loop closure allows you to adjust for a custom fit. And, let’s face it, unless you’re planning to go to a dance at Buckingham Palace, you can really take them anywhere.
Men’s Orthofeet Oxfords Avery Island
Designed to relieve pressure on sensitive areas of the foot, these resemble classic Oxfords, but come with two additional full-length orthotic inserts (2mm and 3mm thick) to customize the fit. They can be worn together, with or without the removable, self-molding polyurethane footbed. To accommodate all this support and cushioning, the shoes have extra width in the midfoot and toe box, as well as greater depth.
With all its details and structure to pamper the feet, these are a multipurpose, elegant and casual travel shoe.
Zapatilla ECCO Chander
Ecco, the Danish shoe company, lives up to the best when it comes to the comfort, support, and teasing of an all-purpose shoe from what is essentially a sneaker or trainer. What I like about these is that they cross the line between casual and urban wear. Smooth polished leather, in cognac, gives them a sophisticated touch, but at their heart they are clearly sneakers or athletic shoes, a great crossover look from a manufacturer that pampers active feet very well.
Unstructured Oxford Clarks “Un-Bend”
Updated and sporty, these were designed for casual workplaces or anywhere a man can spend a lot of time on his feet. The sturdy oiled leather lace provides great support, with a padded tongue and ankle collar for comfort and a textured leather upper for a touring shoe. The rubber outsole is a good slip-resistant solution in wet English weather. Clarks promises these unstructured, flexible yet heavily cushioned shoes are comfortable without a break-in period. Perhaps. But if you’re going to be on your feet and on tour, I think a little wear and tear on the period never hurts.
Hush Puppies Emit
Hush Puppies has created a brand based on the idea of comfort. So it stands to reason that they know how to add their proprietary comfort elements to a slightly fancier walking shoe. Stylish loafers, easy to get started in airport security, have a soft leather upper and a round, moc toe. The design hides a stretch gore panel on the vamp for a secure fit, as well as interior cushioning and cushioning features. The traction soles make them comfortable walking shoes and stylish loafers at the same time.
Orthofeet Melbourne Fisherman
Go completely European with a classic fisherman sandal for men, very soft. It offers a hidden ‘recipe’ of flexible features that make it fully customizable for personal comfort: it comes with three removable, interchangeable, and self-molded insoles to make the shoe truly fit your foot. The insole can also be removed for more depth or for users to add their own orthotic inserts. And the added mid shoe width and toe box depth means there’s no pressure on your “how far did we walk today?” swollen feet.
Crafted from premium, soft leather and lined with a moisture wicking polyester fabric, they are stylish, comfortable and great for hitting the cobbled streets of rural villages or UK urban pavements for hours on end.
Aertrex Dale Oxford
Possibly the classiest shoe in this bunch, its sleek styling hides plenty of built-in ergonomic and customizable features for added comfort. It has a shock-absorbing footbed and a full-grain waterproof leather upper, plus a rubber outsole for traction. Aetrex promises a “perfect” fit that combines a removable orthotic insole, for balance, alignment and pressure redistribution, with memory foam cushioning for total comfort. And if you’re looking for the shoe that you can actually wear to the ambassador’s reception, this is probably the one.
