• Why would you want to wear your heaviest clothes on a plane?
How can you save a Google Map to use when you’re offline?
From organizing to charging, here’s 10 great travel hacks to remember any time you’re
heading away from home.
10 – Suitcase Freshness • Hopefully, when you pack a suitcase to
go somewhere, your clothes are already clean.
But if they’re going to be there for a while, they might get musty.
• Throw a dryer sheet in there, and they’ll stay fresh.
Put one in when you’ve got a suitcase full of dirty clothes, and it’ll keep them from
smelling up your suitcase too much.
• Don’t have a dryer sheet?
Throw a bar of soap in with your dirty clothes, and it’ll have about the same result.
9 – Roll Your Clothes • Forget space saver bags, and forget folding.
Start rolling your clothes, and you’ll get WAY more of them in your suitcase.
• In fact, you may end up with so much additional space, you run into a completely different
problem – Your suitcase has TOO much stuff and is now too heavy.
• If you’re flying, make sure to check what your airline’s maximum luggage weight
is.
8 – Keeping your Cables in Place • One of the first things you’re going
to need to get into your suitcase for is a charger for something.
• But if you put it in a pocket of your suitcase somewhere, there’s a good chance
you’ll lose it or it’ll get damaged in the process.
• But if you have a spare glasses case, you can wrap your cords and put them in there.
That way they’re protected from damage, and they’re much easier to find.
• Honestly, this is something you can use whether you’re travelling or not.
7 – Bring an Empty Water Bottle • If you’re flying, you should know you
can’t bring liquids through a security checkpoint.
• That means you can’t carry your bottle of water through security.
Which means you’re at the mercy of five dollar bottles of water in the terminal.
• That, or you can bring your own empty bottle.
Whether it’s a disposable water bottle you’re saving, or your own plastic or metal water
bottle, just empty it out beforehand, and you can fill it up at a water fountain once
you’re through security.
6 – Use Google Maps Offline • When you’re in a new place, you’re
going to want to figure out how to get around, and also how to connect to an internet network.
• Unfortunately, these problems tend to compound themselves.
If you can’t connect to an internet network, it’s going to be hard to pull up a map.
• But if you know where you’re going to be, you can pull up a map in Google Maps beforehand,
and save it for offline use later.
• Just type in “ok maps” and the name of your location, and you’ll be prompted
to save the map offline.
That way you can look at all the nearby points of interest and even get driving directions,
whether you have signal or not.
5 – Pill Container for Jewelry • If you’re the type the wears a lot of
jewelry, there’s an easy way to keep most of it together.
• Grab a pill case at the dollar store, and use each of the compartments for a different
set of jewelry.
• It probably won’t fit some of your bigger pieces, but the tiny ones are the ones that
get lost.
This will keep those nice and tidy. 4 – Overdress for Flights
• Whatever you’re bringing with has to either go on your body or in your luggage.
And it’s going to be a lot more important for you to save space in your luggage.
• So if you’re bringing a heavy coat, wear it.
Heavy boots or shoes?
Put those on.
It might be a little more of a pain going through security, but you’ll save tons of
space in your baggage.
• Besides, if you get hot wearing your winter coat in the terminal or on the plane, nobody
says you have to keep it on.
• That way you’re still comfortable, and you’ve made room for another outfit or two.
If you want to go all the way and avoid baggage fees altogether, go for the “wearable luggage”
look.
3 – TV USB Charging • One of the worst feelings in the world
is the realization that you’re missing a key component necessary to charge your phone.
• Whoops, you brought your charger cable, but forgot the power block that lets you actually
plug it into the wall?
It happens.
No problem.
• Increasingly, hotels are introducing USB charger stations, so this might not be a problem
for you.
But if it is, check the back of the nearest TV.
• Most televisions these days have USB ports in the back of them, and they will charge
your phone about as well as plugging it into a laptop.
2 – Bring a Power Strip • This might be a little out there for some
of you… but if it comes in handy, you’ll be a hero.
• When you’re in public spaces, you notice how people tend to crowd around where the
power outlets are?
Everybody’s looking for a place to charge their phone, plug in their laptop, or whatever
else.
• But even if you find a good spot, there’s generally only two outlets available.
So why not bring a power strip to turn that into way more outlets?
• That way, you make room for yourself even at an occupied power stations, and as well
as anyone else that might need one.
1 – Shoes in a Shower Cap • You need to pack more shoes than just
the ones you’re wearing, right?
But you don’t want to just put your dirty shoes in your suitcase with your clean clothes.
• That’s why you put them in a shower cap, which keeps them together, but also keeps
the soles of them away from anything they could get dirty.
• For smaller shoes, you can put both of them together.
If you have bigger shoes, you can just use a cap for each.
Either way, the result is the same.
What are your best tips and tricks for travelling?
Let us know in the comments below, and as always we’ll pin out favorite to the top.