Travel Products
Luggage Handle Wraps
Spot your bag easily with the Smart Women Travelers luggage identifier handle wraps. Durable fabric adds comfort to your luggage handles and with a bright green color you can easily see your bag from a distance. No more worrying about spotting your luggage amidst all the bags coming out on the luggage carousel, and no more fuzzy yarn tied around your handle. Don’t check a bag? The Smart Women Travelers luggage handle wraps also make your bag easy to spot in the overhead bin.
These luggage handle wraps also have a name and address identification form on the inside so you can keep this information away from prying eyes. They wrap around your bag’s handle held in place by a secure Velcro closure.
Each package contains two luggage handle wraps – great for having one handle wrap on the extension handle and another on the side handle.
Size: 5 ½” by 5 ½”
Shoefly Bags
Carol takes a look at packing shoes in your suitcase and finds the Shoefly bag.
PortaPocket
When you’re running or walking along the beach, who wants to carry a purse with them? Not me! But where can you keep a hotel or car key, some money, your lip balm? Here’s theanswer I found: PortaPocket Essentials
Not only are PortaPockets great for lightweight summer gear, there are also sizes that will hold a passport or glasses, along with lots of other shapes and sizes to safely and securely carry a little something. Perfect when hitting your hotel workout room or going out for a jog and have nowhere to safely put your hotel key and id (you do always carry id with you, right?).
For pictures on the various sizes and uses of PortaPockets, head on over to PortaPocket.com.
Cruising Caddy
My first thought on the Cruising Caddy
This is a great mini-tote not only for shore excursions, but also for land vacations, heading to the gym or going on a long walk. Anytime you want to carry a bottle of water and a few extras, the Cruising Caddy is your solution.
I tested out the Cruising Caddy on a recent cruise. It was ideal for holding a bottle of water, my cruise ship key card, my id and a credit card, iPhone, camera and FlipCam. With all of these gadgets it easily held, I could have called it my ‘techy caddy’! It really held a lot and allowed me to keep my hands free so I could do some quality port shopping.
The Cruising Caddy has several compartments to keep everything organized and handy. It holds up to a 1.5 liter bottle of water and all your essentials. The pleated outside pocket with Velcro closure has a hidden pocket for added security. A second pocket with elastic is large enough for a small digital camera. As a bonus, there’s a bottle “sleeve” to keep your water chilled and absorb condensation. The 54″ strap is adjustable and a D-ring is handy for hanging it on your belt loop.
My Cruise Caddy is black, and it is also available in khaki and red. It is available from Amazon
Pillow Speaker
One of the complaints I often hear about hotels (other than poor quality shampoos and conditioners) is the noises heard when trying to fall asleep at night. I have found a great solution that has a triple-benefit. I get to listen to relaxing music as I
unwind at the end of a long day without having headphones in my ears; the hotel noises of elevators, people talking in the hallways and doors slamming are drowned out; and best of all…hardly any weight or bulk is added to my suitcase.
So what is this trifecta solution? It’s a PillowSonic Pillow Speaker. Attach it to your mp3 player, lay it under your pillow, and you’ll be lulled to sleep. The Pillow Speaker is very flat, so easy to put at the bottom of my luggage. The specs say it weighs one pound, though I think it’s actually lighter than that. The quality of the speakers make no claim to be in the Bose class of sound, but for the purpose of listening to music as I’m trying to get to sleep, it works great. I have now had my Pillow Speaker for over a year and bring it on the majority of my trips.
The Pillow Speaker is available from Amazon for only $18.57.
Sweet dreams!
Vemayca
Carol takes a look at what does and doesn’t work with makeup travel bags. Featured is Vemayca’s Red Cosmetic Bag.
