My name is Niki Jean (the travel queen) and I, with the help of my childhood bestie Robin, invented The Original Dream Strap - Here's how it went down. After going through the WORST breakup ever, my girlfriends and I took off to Thailand for some much needed, self care and reflection. It was my first time going on a long-haul flight and we set off with backpacks and travel pillows in hand. Naturally, I lost my travel pillow before we even arrived in Thailand and I cannot tell you how many times my girlfriend's pillow fell off her suitcase onto the gross floor. I tried really hard to find a compact travel pillow that worked but what I wanted didn't exist.

That trip was a game-changer for me. I quit my job in exchange for the freedom of travel and spent the next few years Country hopping and day dreaming about how I could do this for a living. While travelling the world I also purchased and tried almost every travel pillow in existence and nothing worked. Admittedly I did NOT try the Face Cradle, although I understand the concept, and I did NOT try the Ostrich.. google it! 

A few months later my childhood bestie Robin and I took off to Cabo to escape the winter. Robin is a professional plane sleeper and she's pretty skeptical so I knew that if she wanted in on it, I had something good! Without hesitation, she was in! Right then and there we cut up some spandex tights, tied a bunch of knots and stapled this makeshift dream strap that actually worked! The only problem was that it was too big for me so I had to tie a few more knots in it to make it comfortable. The exact prototype was too small for Robin's head - and that's when we realized our baby had to be adjustable.