Travel can be a life-enhancing experience.
Whether you find yourself jetting off most often for work or pleasure, you’ll meet fascinating new people, immerse yourself in interesting cultures, absorb awesome knowledge and emerge from this cathartic process a better person for it.
But the practicalities of travel often curb your enthusiasm. You’re hassled by things like getting to the airport on time, finding a parking space, struggling through security and, once you arrive, avoiding getting lost if you don’t know the lingo.
Enter technology in all its problem-solving glory – there’s now almost certainly an app, website or gadget that can make your business trip or vacay smooth, calm and cool.
With that in mind, here are 8 travel tech tips for frequent fliers.
- Power pack
Once your gadgets run out of juice, the fun’s over – but buy an Anker PowerCore 20100 and you can charge your iPhone, iPad Mini or Android multiple times, super-fast.
- Cable control
Digital devices come with many unwieldy cables, but the JanSport Digital Burrito wraps up all of your cords, headphones and charging accessories neatly so they can be stashed safely in your backpack.
- Mobile Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi’s more widespread than ever, but there are still a few frustrating blackspots where you’ll be incommunicado – unless you’ve got a mobile hotspot like the Verizon Jetpack MiFi 8800L. It connects you to the powerful Verizon network for an impressive 24 hours between charges.
- Teensy-weensy steam iron
If you’re traveling state to state or abroad on business, you’ll want that power outfit to be properly pressed prior to important meetings. So pack the Steamfast SF-717 travel steam iron – it’s barely bigger than your hand, has dual voltage and a non-stick plate and ensures you look razor-sharp.
- Wheely good luggage
Pack proficiently and you can avoid the trouble of check-in luggage for a flying business trip – this can be facilitated by investing in Micro Luggage from micro-mobility.com. This 26 liter capacity hand luggage with kickstand that lets you zoom to your gate is just as handy as it sounds.
- Find flights fast
When you want to find the best choice of flights fast, look no further than the famous Skyscanner app. It’s been around for eons in digital terms, but still outperforms its competitors and serves you up the perfect choices for your budget and desired dates.
- AI Translator
Learning a few key phrases of the local language at your destination prior to traveling is always wise, but an AI translator tool like the Naver Papago can fill in the gaps should you struggle with the fine points on arrival. It enables easy conversations with locals and translates text in photos.
- Parking locator
Getting to your departure airport in your own ride is often more convenient than public transport and you’ll arrive feeling less antsy after cruising in the comfort of your own environment. You’ll need to stow your car somewhere safe though – find airport parking at Looking4.com for Orlando, Ontario and practically every other US air hub.
That’s our list! Share your travel tech tips in the comments section.
