Okay, okay, Eddie Bauer. I’ll pack a blazer now and look like a responsible male member of society.
The Eddie Bauer Voyager II Travel Blazer is aimed at travelers who need a jacket that looks polished enough for dinners, conferences, and business-casual meetings but still packs like practical gear. Instead of acting like a traditional sport coat, it works more like a lightweight men’s travel blazer built for stretch, wrinkle resistance, and shifting weather.
In this review, I focus on what matters on the road: comfort in transit, pocket utility, packability, and whether the fabric holds up when your blazer spends more time in a suitcase than on a hanger.
They’re for decoration more than function (though not quite as useless as a tie) and tend to come out not looking so hot after spending 20 hours in a suitcase. Yeah I know, you can carry a garment bag, but apart from traveling salesmen, who does?
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This Voyager II Blazer from Eddie Bauer is cut from a different cloth, however. Literally. It’s made from what your typical travel pants are: nylon and spandex. It’s coated with a DWR finish that kept me dry in a surprise rainstorm.
And it’s loaded with pockets to carry far more than a phone or your wallet in a single inside breast pocket. In other words, this is a travel jacket that looks like a blazer, not a blazer you hope will hold up to your travels. 
There are lots of features built in besides the obvious ones of being lightweight, wrinkle resistant, and water/stain resistant.
There’s a little strip of cloth that can button the two neck flaps together if you’re getting chilly. The pockets come in all shapes and sizes and include two front flap pockets on the side, a chest pocket, an outside zip pocket, plus a series of them on the inside that are enough for a phone, passport, and a pen.
And here’s something I appreciate a lot: you can just throw this baby in the washing machine when you come home from two weeks on the road. No trip to the dry cleaner.
Understand that this isn’t going to look like a tailored blazer from Milan: picture a Silicon Valley start-up worker in flip-flops maybe, not a Swiss banker. It’s also not going to fit everyone perfectly out of the box either.
I had to get the sleeves shortened on mine. But hey, it’s $149 in the regular size and $169 for tall versions, in four muted colors. Yeah, that’s more than my disposable thrift store blazers I left behind, but I’ll be bringing this one home to take on the next trip.
Get the Voyager II Travel Blazer direct from Eddie Bauer. It’s also available at Amazon.
Travel Blazer Vs. Standard Sport Coat
The Voyager II stands out because it behaves more like travel outerwear than a formal blazer. It is a better fit for travelers who want stretch, easier packing, and practical weather use, while a traditional sport coat still wins if your main goal is a sharper structured silhouette.
Where This Fits In PTG’s Clothing Coverage
If you are building a more useful road-ready wardrobe, pair this review with the men’s travel clothing archive, the broader clothing archive, and the rest of PTG’s apparel coverage for layers that work on longer trips.