What you should bring while travelling.

Widelats

I will start, heres what i wish i had been told before i went to Denmark, and wish that i had brought with me

1. A UK to Euro adapter plug. I remember sitting in the hotel room, with a dead laptop and a dead phone, with 4 plugs on the wall that i could not use

2. A Plug, not a electric one a universal bath plug, i would have killed for a bath there but there was no plug!! I tried to block up the plug hole with stuff like toilet roll but it did not work, a cheap rubber cover style bath plug would have been worth 1000 times its weight in gold.

3. A portable battery pack for phones/laptops, with a micro USB jack on 1 end and normal USB on the other, i do have a MVP vape battery which works but i did not bring it to Denmark, i wish i had done, i was looking for directions and my phone was dead, i badly needed google maps.

I hope that helped any new travellers, feel free to add your own tips

glentoran99

in addition to number 1 a 4 gang adapter is very handy

Voyager2002

What about a big bag of condoms? The ones they sell in foreign countries are usually too small.

ellay864

Many TVs have a USB port on them so you can use that to charge things

bylromarha

Widelats wrote: »

2. A Plug, not a electric one a universal bath plug, i would have killed for a bath there but there was no plug!! I tried to block up the plug hole with stuff like toilet roll but it did not work, a cheap rubber cover style bath plug would have been worth 1000 times its weight in gold.

Did the hotel reception not have a bath plug? I've stayed in a few places with no plug, and reception handed them over when asked.

globalds

something called Seirogan.

It is a japanese stomach medicine ..When travelling this is the stuff to guarantee a holiday free of upset stomach.

It is not well known over here ..stinks as it contains wood creosote, but works a treat ..They sell it on amazon

sazaccount

Plugs (electrical) - You can normally buy quite cheap/freely in most countries or just ask at reception, they may not have an adapter but they may have a phone charger to either lend or leave with them to charge...

Bath plug - Socks work just as well, to anyone back packing type travelling, don't worry about one I took one last time I was travelling and NEVER used it in a year, or again ask at reception

My one main thing properly would be either a microfibre towel or sarong to have in hand luggage, no blankets available on some flights or others are too small. Also useful for the beach etc.

pendragon_arther

I travel to hot countries. I'm currently in the Philippines. I have a bottle of Kaoline and Morphine in case of stomach probs; portable phone charger in case of power cuts; a small medical kit in case of out of hours accidents; a small set of rice flails (nunchucks) and a lock knife for defence; a laptop and external hd full of films, a set of recovery cds for lappy, earphones; pens, paper, books, cheap local phone and sim; adapter plugs; calculator (faster than phone one); string, sellotape, small compass, plus earplugs as some cultures like here are noisy. These are my essentials.

torbrex

Anti itch cream for insect bites
Battery charger that fits car lighter sockets
Rubber bands, handy for keeping things together (mse way is get them from your postie)

Gloomendoom

I'll second the bath plug. I must admit that electrical plugs have never been a problem. I've always checked to see if the place I'm going to uses the same plugs as the UK.

I'm not that keen on adapters so I have bought power leads for laptops that have the correct foreign plug on them. Same with phone chargers and I always take a car cigarette lighter USB power adapter. Another thing I have done it to take a fused four or six way extension cable and fit a local plug on it. It makes life a lot easier if you have multiple devices to charge.

stormbreaker

Small torch, olbas oil, travel wash, bug killer & tabs, pack of cards, camomile cream, indigestion tablets, antiseptic wipes, bacterial hand gel stuff, binoculars

I have a drawstring bag with most of the essentials in it. Gets kept in the case