Four Simple Travel Tips...

Everyone loves to travel. Visiting new places, experiencing new cultures, and embracing the differences in the world is amazing. It does not matter how far you go, it can be just the next town, city or fly halfway around the world to a different country altogether. No matter where you travel to, packing to me is always a hassle. To me I always over pack, as I never know what I need and when I need it. In order to have everything with me, I learn several packing tips that have made my traveling game on point. Not only packing tips, but also tricks that will make your travel much more smoothly. 

First, for me is packing organization is the most important part of my travel preparation. I don't know how many times, I cannot fit everything in one suitcase but even when I have strategically fit everything in, you find myself digging through everything to find that one t-shirt I want to wear. 

But, not anymore, with the help of packing cubes or bags. They are cheap packing bags that comes in various sizes, so you can use whatever size bag for any type of clothing or items you are bring on your trip. Trust me, once you separate your clothing items in there individual bags, you will find it so much easier when you want that pair of jeans, now you don't need to mess up everything else. ​

Next, is take a photo of your suitcases, and bags. It is a nightmare when your bags have been misplaced during your travel. As most travel options such a flying or by train or bus, you might get a small ticket/number assigned to each bag you have. However, if they were misplaced, having a photo of your bags would come in handy. When the airport attending or whoever is in charge of locating the bags they do not have to check every single bags but just the ones that look similar to your photo to speed of the time in finding yours. 

Speaking of losing your bags, one thing that have giving me much relief is "Tile Mate Tracker". I know it is a bit more on the expensive side, but it has allow me to travel with more confidence as this thin little tracking device, can not only track what ever you place it with on your phone, but it also sound an alarm when you report it missing. It also have a community that if anyone in the world is using tile, they will get an alert that a missing item is around them and they can let you know. 

As you travel to a new area, you might not be very familiar to where to go. For me, I only uses digital maps on my phone to show my where things are and how to get there. However, sometime using data abroad might cost a lot. Also there have been areas that signals are not very strong, and you don't have a physical map around. So what would you do? Do worry, I have your back. Did you know that the app  "google maps" on your phone have the function of downloading an offline map of any area? You can draw out the area you want, and download all the information of that area in the app. Now you are all set to go out without any worry of not data, or wifi. 

Here are just a few tips and tricks that I find very helpful during my travel. As of course, traveling is amazing but always stay safe and be aware of your surroundings, not only for safety but also you might not realized the area if you are too concentrated on your phone. Hope you all enjoy your travels.

​Please leave me a comment of any tips and hacks that you find helpful during your travels. 
Have a Dapper Day Everyone!