The best garment bags for your travels

We've all been there – we start packing for a trip and realise we've got one particular outfit that we're not prepared to bung in a checked suitcase with our shoes, fake tan and shampoo. Perhaps while travelling to be at the wedding party of a close friend or attending a work event that requires snappy dressing. Maybe it's a destination wedding – travelling with a wedding dress is no walk in the park. Whatever the occasion, the solution is clear: a high-quality garment bag. A good garment bag will protect clothes from all potential disasters – stains, wrinkles, lost luggage and more – and makes holidaying with a special item easy. So here are our top tips for travelling with a garment bag:

Below we list some of the best garment bags right now – from the swish Away garment bag, which is water resistant, has space for two or three full-length items, a hook and a trolley sleeve to secure the bag to your suitcase, to the John Lewis ANYDAY clothes cover, which is a steal at £10.