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Top 10 Useful Travel Gadgets

For any traveler, seasoned or first-timer, you're not going to want to leave home without a few essentials that will make a lot of things easier. Whatever the issue there's a gadget for it that can help; safety, convenience and fun are all covered in this top ten list of nifty travel gizmos:

1. Collapsible Cups
Packing for a trip can be the most frustrating aspect of the entire experience. How will you make everything fit? With the genius idea of collapsible cups, you can save space in your luggage bag by slotting them into the smallest of gaps. On the road they're useful too, or around a camp fire; simply un-scrunch and re-scrunch your cup and you're good to go.

2. Book Light
At the end of a hard day's traveling, the only thing you might feel like doing is chilling out with your favorite book. Either that, or you might be lost in the middle of nowhere in total darkness and you need to read a map. If there's no readily available light source, you could be stumped. Not with a portable book light, however. Simply clip it to the corner of the page, position the neck so the light points to where you want it, and suddenly your night-blindness is cured.Read more

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Last Chance to Enter to Win the Balanzza Mini Luggage Scale

by jessica on Sat, 2011-02-12 05:00

The time is almost up to enter to win the Balanzza Mini Luggage Scale! Avoid unexpected overweight luggage fees the next time you travel with this handy little device. Simply attach it to your luggage, lift your luggage using the scale, wait for the beep, then put your luggage down and read the weight on the digital display! This is one little gadget that will save you money time and time again.

Get more information on the Balanzza Mini Luggage Scale at the company's website (www.Balanzza.com), but before it's too late, head on over to our contest page, fill out the simple form, and enter to win! You may enter the giveaway as many times as you like, but you must reside in the United States to win. The giveaway ends at midnight on Monday, February 14, 2011. One winner will be selected at random and contacted via email.

Go to www.beststuff.com/contest/win-balanzzas-mini-luggage-scale.html to enter now!

The Ultimate Travel Set

by jessica on Mon, 2010-10-11 05:00

There are some of us that always travel in coach, pinching every penny; and there are others that demand the best of everything and only fly first class. For the latter bunch comes the Kearsley Travel Set.

This luxury travel set includes a throw, eye mask, custom pillow case (down or synthetic pillow insert included), and comes inside a gorgeous case that is adorned with stag horn buttons from Italy. The case can either be rolled and toggled or lay flat inside your carry on.

Kearsley Travel Set includes:

Fine Cashmere/Silk Throw
600tc Travel Case
600tc Pillow Case - 12" x 16"
600tc Eye Covers

The Travel Set is rather pricey at $1,500, but for those that have to have the best, it just may be worth every penny spent. The Kearsley Travel Set can be purchased at www.kearsleycouture.com.

New Travel Battery Pack/Charger for iPhone

by jessica on Tue, 2009-09-22 15:36

The holiday season will be here before you know it, and along with the season, comes travel. Great for long flights, the new Kensington Travel Battery Pack and Charger for iPhone and iPod touch, gives you a big boost of power with no charging cables to pack. Everything you need to charge and power your iPhone or touch is built in to the device. It even doubles as a kickstand for hands-free landscape viewing of movies and videos when you're stuck on the road.

Features include:

Built-in dock connector to charge your iPhone and flip-out USB tip to recharge without the mess of extra cables
Extends play time up to 23 hours music, up to 7 hours of video and up to 5 hours of talk time. (Extended play time listed based on iPhone 3G)
LED battery gauge displays remaining battery pack power level
Rechargeable lithium-ion battery for iPhone and iPod touch

The Kensington Travel Battery Pack and Charger for iPhone and iPod touch is available for pre-order now with an MSRP of $69.99.

Ten Must-Pack Home Office RV Tools and Accessories

By Jeff Zbar
www.homeofficehighway.com

To paraphrase the once-almost-ubiquitous line from a popular credit-card commercial, 'What's in your backpack'?'

Whether a family cruise or a two-week road trip, I make sure to pack my backpack with all the essentials needed to create a home office from the road. And with every trip, I find something new to stash in my travel case. I'm sure road warriors and teleworkers go through the same exercise.Read more