Don’t Leave Home Without…

We’ve gone internationalé for this issue of War Cry, so we’ve come up with some top travel hacks. Don’t leave home without checking these out.

When booking online:

Booking flights and hotels online is super handy, but don’t you hate all those related pop-up ads? You’ve already bought your ‘anti-deep-vein-thrombosis-compression-Pokémon-onesie’ for the plane, how many more do you need? In addition, some travel sites will put prices up if they know you have visited the site before—sneaky!

To avoid these hassles, enable private browsing by setting your account to ‘incognito’. When you go incognito, your computer will still track your searches, but the website won’t know who has visited. For example, to go incognito in Chrome, simply press CTL+SHIFT+N.

The travel drawer:

If you’re a frequent traveller, this is priceless. Create a ‘travel drawer’ where you keep all your travel needs in one place —documents, passport, money belts, small size toiletries, travel adaptors, neck pillow, airpoints card, and so on. It makes it so much easier to remember everything. And it’s especially handy if you’re Jason Bourne and often need to pack in a hurry.

Stop the static:

It’s so simple, but put a piece of anti-static drying paper in your suitcase, to keep your clothes smelling fresh and prevent pesky static.

Clever storage for chargers:

Old glasses cases make great storage for chargers—it will keep your phone, device or toothbrush charger safe, tidy, and stop the wires getting all tangled up in your luggage. I know, first world problems …

Carry on essentials:

When we’re flying, we usually take way too much. You won’t really read The Luminaires. And why work when you could be watching movies? What you really need is: an empty water bottle that you can ask to be filled up (as many times as you want), moisturiser, cosy sock/ slippers, and a warm layer.

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by Ingrid Barratt(c) 'War Cry' magazine, 23 July 2016, pp 9.
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