GadgetsIf you want to pack light in backpack or luggage, you will need some gadgets to safe your precious space. Travel smart and pack few gadgets!
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Services, Websites & AppsThe best resources, websites and apps for better, easier, stress free, cheaper travelling! Check out these websites to travel on low budget or totally free!
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Charge Your Phone Anywhere
This must-have tool chargers on sun and then powers your camera/phone via USB port for as fast as 90 minutes. If you travel all day long, you want to keep it in your bag and charge your phone anytime and anywhere. This gadget saved me so many times! You can buy it here.
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Get Free Flight Tickets
Collect miles on your frequent-flyer programs without actually travelling! Travel Hacking Cartel sends you all the promotions and for just few minutes per month spent on contests etc you get one free ticket every 3 months or so. You will also find lot of video tutorials on how the airlines' membership programs work and how to hack them to travel for free or get upgrades. Visit here.
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15 countries. 6 weeks. 1 pair of underwear.
Okay, maybe two:-) This panties are up for the challenge. Engineered with Aegis Microbe Shield and unbelievably quick-drying, ExOfficio Give-N-Go is ready for odor-free, active adventuring. Seriously if you want to pack light, pack these! Shop for the panties here.
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The best for bus/train booking!!!For some reason I didn't find information about train online booking in Lonely Planet for India, and they didn't mention anything in official tourists' information center in Mumbai either and thus I wasted lot of precious hours trying to understand Indian reservation system for trains and freaking out until some American guys all the way down in Kerala told me about this website where you can easily book trains in India (and other countries) without any hassle! Check ClearTrip.com
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Super fast drying with this towel
This towel solves several problems - you don't have to pack a hair dryer, you don' have to stay at fancy hotels providing hair dryers, you save space in your luggage and you dry your hair or yourself pretty quickly. It's made of Aquitex microfiber and dries quickly between uses. Get it here.
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Meet New People Anywhere in The World
Travelling alone doesn't mean travelling lonely! If you want to meet new people easily, anywhere in the world and especially those who share the same interests, search for open meetups. I love their goal - "Meetup Everywhere about Most Everything", and we're on our way. We help people "use the internet to get off the internet" because Meetups change lives and can change the world." Visit MeetUp.com.
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Safe laptop or tablet no matter what
If you love adventure, you will love this sleeve for laptop/tablet that can go underwater, it's amazingly tough but light-weighted. It utilizes RPT - Reactive Protection Technology. You can get it from here.
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Your Travel Diary app/blog
This is great tool for creating journey diary - post photos, videos and notes, draw a map of places visiting - it all creates a nice diary that you can share with friends&family if you don't have a blog and you memories will last. They have iOS as well as Android app. Read more here.
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Keep your laptop safe
If you have all your life (pics, video, blogs etc) in your laptop with you all the time as I am and you worry someone will steal it from your hotel room, worry no more. Just get this locker for your laptop and keep it secured wherever you go. Buy it from here.
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Hundreds of Maps in Your Pocket - FREE
Need offline maps of all the countries in your pocket? Get this app (either free lite version or for $4.99) and you can download map of every country for free and offline search for locations. Get it for your iPhone or iPad here. And for Android phone here.
Pareto Principle for Learning Languages?
Want to quickly learn new language so you are not lost in new country? This app will help you with the most used phrases and teach you new language using all your senses. In 80% of time you use only 20% of vocabulary and this app uses this advantage for language learning. Currently 20 languages available and works offline for iPhone and Android. Read more here.
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Portable scanner
Do you ever need to scan tickets, passport or visa when travelling? Or do you work while on the road? This gadget lets you scan books, texts, documents in few seconds and stores it on its SD card. Battery powered. Get one for yourself here.
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Stay at cool places with the locals
Want to sleep in castle or enjoy your private island (for as little as $64 per night)? Airbnb has some really cool places to offer. Forget hotels, here you can find everything from rooms, villas, treehouses to castles for good price and what's more important you get to know locals. You can also rent your place while you are away travelling. Check it out here.
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Easy taking photo of yourself
Traveling solo has it's issues, one of them is taking picture of yourself. If you don't want to risk asking stranger for taking picture of you, get this camera holder that helps you take beautiful pictures of yourself and scenery behind. Don't risk stranger stealing your camera, the holder fits easily in your pocket.
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Travel, volunteer, go organic!WWOOF stands for World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms. This network can save you money when travelling (farmers provide accommodation and food in exchange of your help on farms), but also teach you about growing plants and organic lifestyle. There are official WWOOF organisations in around 50 countries including Japan, China or Mexico and lots of independent farms in other countries. Look for farms around the world here.
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Learn anything in short time in games
How to learn minor African language in just 22 hours? Start playing games at Memrise and learn anything from Mandarin to geography in very little time. Play 4-5 minutes every day and train your brain in withdrawing memories and thus learning quickly anything you planted in your head.
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Search Fun Activities around the World!
Do you spend hours looking for stuff to do and tours to take in your destination? There is a new website called Peek that has all the offers at one place. You can also add new stuff or design your perfect day! Visit their website and choose from many sport, history or hobby activities around the world!
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