Whether you’re jet setting from London to Paris to even just vising your best friend at college, you may always forget a few things when traveling anywhere.Even if you’re the one who always overpacks, you may forget to pack a few simple necessities that can make your trip a breeze.These items may seem random but you never know how those things can help you in the long run.So pack up your Louis Vuitton luggage with these simple travel must-haves:
1)Bobby Pins and Safety Pins
These pins can secure broken bag zippers or fix a ripped blouse.Bobby pins (besides holding your updo up), can be used to keep money and papers all in one place. The possibilities are infinite with these pins.
2)Dry Shampoo
This shampoo requires no water and can transform oily, just-got-off-the airplane-but-I-still-need-to-look-fresh hair in minutes.Messy early flight hair and sweaty sightseeing all day hair are a thing of the past with dry shampoo.
3)Cotton Swabs
Aside from cleaning your ears after the shower, cotton swabs can be best used as substitutes for the millions of makeup brushes you have to pack in your toiletry bag.Use swabs to apply eye makeup and blush.They can save up space in your bag for more important things like face cream, sunscreen and lip balm.
4)Viber App
This app is the Tech God’s gift to anyone with friends and family in foreign countries. The app allows users to make free phone calls and send texts to anyone in the world, free of charge.There are no international fees and is reachable to anyone in the globe as long as he or she has the app.Who knows when calling a friend or family member in a different country could come in handy? The app is available on iPhone, Blackberry, Android and Windows phones.
5)Plastic Bags
It’s a place to keep dirty clothes from clean ones to extra protection for leaky makeup and shampoo bottles. Plastic bags can sure be your savior.Save the bags you get along the way and use them to keep clean.Always pack a few extra in the pocket of your Prada tote bag or in your carry-on suitcase.
6)Flash Drive
These tech gadgets are an easy way to keep your papers, documents and itineraries safe and mess free.Forget printing out plans and stuffing them in your bag (and eventually losing them at some point), add them all to a flash drive and when necessary, pop it in your tablet or laptop and there will appear all your need-to-know for your trip.
7)Tape
Tape can be used in a billion ways but on trips it can be a quick life saver. Use tape to peel off extra lint hanging around on your clothes or use the tape to glue together your guidebook pages and tickets together.It can also be used to keep phone chargers and headphone wires untangled and keep them organized.
8)Plastic Utensils
This may seem like an unusual thing to pack, but it is definitely an important necessity. Keep some in your bag and some in your hotel room.When packing lunch for a big day of sightseeing, you won’t want to forget the utensils to eat your salad or cut your sandwich.What if you bring back to your hotel, leftovers from a hot new restaurant your concierge suggested you check out? You don’t want to be eating with your fingers!
9)Ear Plugs
Is the couple in the next room being loud and obnoxious for the second night in a row?Is the family of five above your room making a ruckus? Ear plugs are your friend and can give you much needed beauty sleep to power you up for the next day of museums and shopping.Pop them on plane rides and bus rides to drown out the whines of rowdy travelers.
10)Travel Adapters
Travelers can sometimes be caught off guard when traveling to foreign countries and find out that their phone chargers don’t use the same plug that international countries have.Before you jet off, make sure to pick up an international adapter that works in every country. Also the adapter should be a converter so that you can avoid blowing a fuse when charger your devices.Buy a portable one so it’s easy to carry with you to all your destinations and can be for any device that you may possess.
