Best Men's Slide Sandals for Travel of 2026

Wet tile is where slides earn their keep, and it's where most of them let you down. The Ansa holds on a soaked pool deck instead of skating, and the whole sandal shrugs off a splash rather than sitting damp for the rest of the afternoon.

Comfort is right up with the best of them, too. The footbed is cushiony, the strap is soft across the top of the foot, and they look like a normal slide with shorts rather than a hotel giveaway. For a beach-and-pool trip, this is the one we reach for.

Order up. These run close to a full size small, and because the strap is fixed there's nothing to loosen if they land snug across a wide foot. Wearing them around the room for an afternoon before a beach day saves you from discovering the fit the hard way.

The finish is ordinary — it's a molded slide, not a leather one, so don't count on it for a nice dinner. Everything else about it, from the grip to the way it dries, is built for exactly the trip most people take slides on.

The strap on the Benassi is the thickest, softest piece of foam in this group, and it's the first thing you notice pulling them on. It's our pick when cushioning outranks everything else — just don't order your usual size.

Underfoot is just as forgiving, with a footbed that takes the sting out of tile and concrete. That softness has a cost in bulk: this is the chunkiest shape in the roundup, so it eats more room in a bag than a flat molded slide.

Fit is the catch. They run small and narrow, and the band doesn't adjust, so go up at least half a size — and if your feet are genuinely wide, this isn't the slide for you.

Where it makes the most sense is a trip with a lot of standing: theme parks, stadiums, a convention floor. For a beach trip where the slide mostly sits by the door, the Adilette does the same job in less space.

It looks like a Birkenstock, and that's clearly the idea: a broad cork footbed, a suede-look strap, and a shape that reads a little more grown-up than an athletic slide. On a trip where you'll actually walk, that turns out to matter more than it sounds.

The footbed is contoured, with a raised arch and a heel cup, and it's the only slide in this set that feels like it's doing something for your feet rather than just under them. The cork molds to your foot over the first weeks of wear, so the support gets better with time rather than flattening out.

For walking-heavy trips, this is the one we take. The cost is versatility: cork and faux suede don't belong near water, so it's a dry-ground, dry-weather slide — no pool decks, no beach walks, no leaving them on a rainy balcony. Sizing runs a touch small for some feet, so try them on before you pack.

They're the pair that makes a slide feel like a shoe, which is worth the extra care they ask for. Wear them for the museum morning and the dinner after, and keep a quick-drying pair for everything wet.

There's a bottle opener molded into the sole. It's a gimmick and we won't pretend otherwise, but it's also the only slide here with a party trick, and on the last night of a beach trip it earns its laugh.

Gimmick aside, this is the most shoe-like slide in the set: the strap adjusts to dial in the fit, the footbed is cushioned without going mushy, and it runs true to size, which is rarer in this category than it should be.

The strap lining is the compromise. Over a long walking day it rubs where a soft band doesn't, so this is a resort-and-evening slide rather than a sightseeing one. Wear it to the beach bar, on the flight home, and around the room, and it's a pleasure.

Cheap, firm, and unbothered by water: that's the Adilette Shower, and it doesn't pretend otherwise. It's the least expensive name-brand slide here, and the money goes into a simple, no-nonsense design rather than a padded footbed.

What it's good at is the job it was designed for: showers, pool changing rooms, gym locker rooms, anywhere the floor is wet and questionable. It hoses off, dries fast, and doesn't mind chlorine, which makes it a natural for a hostel trip or a shared bathroom.

As a do-everything slide it's outclassed — the Adilette Comfort above handles cushioned all-day wear better. As a dedicated wet-area shoe that still looks fine at the pool bar, it's the best value in the set.

Sizing runs small, so order up; the band is fixed, as it is on most slides of this shape. Treat it as the pair that lives in the bottom of your bag and comes out when the floor turns questionable.

Holes run straight through the footbed, so water leaves instead of pooling under your arch. That one detail is why these belong in a travel bag: they behave like shower shoes rather than slides you're afraid to get wet.

Traction on wet floors is the other thing they get right. They hold on soaked tile where a smooth EVA slide skates, and they rinse clean in seconds, which is the whole point of a shoe that lives in a bathroom.

Fit is a coin toss — true to size for some feet, big and wide for others — so order your normal size and expect a little room. In a shower stall that's harmless; on a long walk it's not the pair you want.

So we treat them as a second pair, not a main one. They're the cheapest slides in this roundup, and the ones we toss in a bag for a hostel or a camping trip without a second thought about what happens to them.