Travel Shops in Brisbane CBD

Recently I was in the market for some lightweight travel towels for our upcoming trip to South-East Asia and decided to do some shopping in the CBD. There are 3 main stores with similar product lines: Globe Trekker, Kathmandu, and Mountain Designs.

After checking out each of their websites, I decided to give Kathmandu a visit as they seem to have the most expansive range of travel accessories of the three.

You’ll find Kathmandu at 165 Elizabeth St, right next to Mitre 10. They also have other shops at Chermside and Fortitude Valley.

I quickly found my travel towels, but it was the next part that will make me keep going back...

At Kathmandu they have their own loyalty program, the ‘Summit Club’, which allows members the benefits of 25% off Kathmandu equipment & accessories, 20% off clothing & clothing accessories, 10% off all footwear, socks & footwear accessories, and 5% off non-Kathmandu branded products. Usually it costs $10 to join (which is well worth it!) but because I’m a student, they gave me free membership!

In the purchase of the travel towels alone, I saved about $20 just by filling out a membership form!

The travel towels are nice; I bought the ‘large’ size which is still small for a towel, but the ‘medium’ size was just a bit larger than your average hand towel. They fold up and fit into a tiny little carry case; very cute. Will see how well they last on our travels.