Campers know this rule, but road trippers should follow it, too: always bring a roll of toilet paper.
It’s good to have if you need to make an “emergency stop” if the next exit is too far away. It saves you problems at poorly stocked rest stops. Finally, it’s great for cleaning up those spills of giant sodas and coffees from a little road turbulence or heavy-duty laughter.
Want to smell great while traveling without risking your expensive — and probably large — bottle of fragrance? There are several options to try.
1.) Many fragrances are available in solid form, a great alternative.
2.) Ask for multiple samples of your favorite fragrance and pack those in a medicine (or similar) bottle with a tight seal.
3.) Spritz cotton balls and place in an airtight container. Rub on, or stick in a pocket, as you travel.
4.) Pour some of your usual fragrance into a plastic “spritz” bottle from the travel-size section of a grocery or drug store. It’s cheaper than a travel atomizer.
Smell ya later!
Sick of hearing about a stranger’s dysfunctional family or odd medical conditions? Avoid conversations all-together by doing a simple thing: wear headphones.
This works best if you also avoid eye contact (and it may be necessary to pretend that you don’t hear you fellow passengers the first time they speak). Pull your headphones off when speaking to them and then put the headphones back on when the chit-chat is over.
In reality, it doesn’t even matter if the headphones are plugged in. The other passengers just need to believe they are.
We beach-lovers usually wind up bringing bits of driftwood, shells and pebbles home. They are all pretty, but used to wind up sitting around in plastic bags which eventually got shifted into storage. Then, about 20 years ago, a better idea dawned on me.
Now, the finds that come home — all of which I sign and annotate with the beach location and year — go into a shadow frame. Artistically arranged and glued in place, they provide a nice reminder of a pleasant vacation and bring a little unique art to the kitchen, or room of choice.
I always shop and buy souvenirs when on vacation. Even on business trips, I tend to bring home more than I brought, due to literature, books, and lunchtime shopping sprees.
For this reason, I have learned to pack my belongings in a small suitcase, and then place that suitcase inside a larger one.
This means I leave home with one suitcase, and return with two. I save the charges for an extra suitcase by making sure the smaller one is carry-on size, so I only need to check the larger one for the return flight home.