While traveling long distances, all of us would definitely think of our comfort during the journey. Therefore, thinking of comfort leads us to packing with us a comfortable pillow. A good travel pillow is like a best friend on a long trip, it provides us with great comfort as most of us love to nap a little. Some of the best travel pillows are memory foam travel pillows. these are comfortable and unique.

What is so unique about memory foam travel pillows?
memory foam travel pillows have like a space-age-material which was developed in 1966 by scientists Chiharu Kubokawa and Charles A. Yost under a contract by NASA to improve safety of airplane-cushions. The memory foam was referred to as “slow spring back foam” and “temper foam” back then but later it changed.

In 1980′s memory foam was sold to public and in 1991 the first mattress (The Tempur-Pedic) was released. Memory foam gives best support to neck, shoulders and head an is the greatest comfort provider because of its unique feature.

Following are some examples of best memory foam pillows:
1. Cocoon Contour Travel Pillow – this fantastic compact, light weight (1.6 pounds) and extremely comfortable memory foam pillow can fit in the average carry on and has a travel bag of its own.

2. Driver’s Memory Foam Neck Pillow – the person who drives a car deserves the most comfort and so this memory foam travel pillow can provide the driver a great support to neck, shoulders as it can be attach to the head rest easily. Most divers would prefer keeping this in the car all the time.

3. DogBones NeckBones Neck Pillow – shaped like a dog bone, this memory foam travel pillow supports your neck and shoulders fully and is small enough to fit inside a travel purse. It comes with 6 bright and lovely colors/patterns.