Best Travel Pillow for Long Haul Flights: Reviews If you’ve checked out my blog post about long haul flights, you already know what you need and don’t need. One debatable item about what to bring on a long haul flight is a travel pillow. Necessary or not? I say yes – lugging about a travel pillow isn’t for everyone, in fact, my guess is you have come across a lot of chatter about the travel pillow - but you need one, and here are the best ones.