Abstract: A backpack lap pillow apparatus for providing a comfortable sleep solution while traveling includes a backpack body having a pair of shoulder straps. The pair of shoulder straps has a carry position and an alternate rest position inverting the pair of shoulder straps such that they extend around a top side and a front side of the backpack body. A U-shaped pillow is coupled to an inner side of each of the pair of shoulder straps proximal the top side. The pillow is positioned such that it wraps around the user's neck when the pair of shoulder straps is worn in the carry position and rests above the top side of the backpack body when the pair of shoulder straps is in the rest position, allowing the user to rest her head on the pillow with the backpack body in her lap.