If your holiday plans involve trails rather than pools, your footwear bill is about to matter. Condé Nast Traveler has rounded up the current ways to save at Merrell, the outdoor footwear brand behind the much-loved Moab hiking boot, with discounts running as high as 60 percent this season.
The easiest win for new customers: sign up for Merrell's email newsletter via the footer of its homepage and a one-time 15 percent discount code arrives in your inbox. The catch is that it applies to full-priced items only, so it works best on current-season shoes or apparel rather than anything already marked down.
For bigger savings, head straight to the Merrell Outlet, an ongoing sale section with up to 60 percent off clothing, trail runners, active sandals and breathable hiking shoes. The current markdowns include 50 percent off the Fleur Leather Slide and 20 percent off women's Jungle Mocs — the slip-on style the writer recommends for dog walks and hotel lobby strolls, not summits. Worth testing whether a promo code stacks on top of existing sale prices; you can filter the sale by size and colour to find something that actually fits.
Not into coupon hunting? Use the price filter (tucked at the bottom of the filter menu, alongside colour, size, activity and features) to surface hiking shoes, water shoes and fleece layers under $100. Combining those mid-tier prices with a sitewide code can push them lower still.
Shipping rules are generous too. Orders over $75 ship free at standard speed, and over $125 you get free express shipping — an easy threshold to hit when buying boots plus a pair of socks or a hat. All orders come with free exchanges and returns, so ordering online without trying shoes on first is less of a gamble.
If a code refuses to work, the usual suspects apply: check the minimum spend, look for exclusions (many codes skip sale items, new arrivals or specific lines like the Moab series), and confirm the code hasn't expired or been mistyped.
A bit of background for the uninitiated: Merrell was founded in 1981 by two ski industry executives who pivoted into hiking gear, and it has been part of Wolverine World Wide since 1997 — the same group that owns Saucony, Sweaty Betty, Chaco, Sperry and Hush Puppies. Beyond the Moab boot and Jungle Moc, the brand now sells outdoor clothing and accessories like hats, socks and small bags.
Why does a shopping story belong on a travel site? Because a reliable pair of hiking shoes is one of the few purchases that pays for itself across multiple trips — the writer has worn theirs hiking in New York's Hudson Valley, through the mountains of El Salvador and Panama, and along sandy routes in Guatemala. Trimming 15 to 60 percent off that purchase means more budget for the actual trip.
