Travel Tips for Adventure Travellers
I spend a lot of my life traveling around the world, and over the years have developed a number of great travel and packing tips that have made traveling much easier. Below are a few of those tips. We welcome you all to include some of your travel tips that have made your lives easier.
1. Sarongs
Sarongs are not only a souvenir from your latest trip, but can also be used in a multitude of ways, as a blanket, beach towel, fancy skirt for dinner, turban, protection from the sun, curtain, tablecloth, pillow at an airport, sail, wall hanging, baby carrier, hobo bag, etc. They are compact, dry fast and are much more practical than a large towel.
2. Layering System
We believe it is better to use the layering system when packing. I remember when I was in Australia during the winter months my friend's Dad sent her over this ridiculous white down jacket. She looked like one giant marshmallow. Of course she never wore it and she was stuck carrying around this useless item that took up lots of luggage space. Why wear something like that when you can layer a t-shirt with a light fleece and then a light jacket? In my opinion, that is more practical and an easier way to pack. For most tropical countries all you need is 1 light layer, nothing more. Remember traveling light, will just make you happy camper.
3. Zip Lock Bags of all sizes
Extremely useful for waterproofing your items, dividing your gear, putting your dirty clothes in, to zip up your smelly shoes and never open the bag again, etc. If you think of any other uses let us know.
4. Plastic bags to sort your clothing
I always divide my clothing in plastic bags, it's so much easier than digging and digging to find the gear you're looking for. Without the bags what you need is usually and the very bottom. I have bags for socks and underwear, t-shirts and shirts, pants and shorts.
5. Worldwide Electrical Outlets
A great site to keep handy for your travels is kropla.com It is a comprehensive listings of worldwide electrical and telephone information and nowadays with so many electrical devices to plug in when you travel, best to know what electrical voltage and the type(s) of plugs and outlets used there.
Post your travel tips on our blog.
Happy Trails,
Meghan Burton
posted by BikeHike Adventures Inc. @ 12:41 PM
1 Comments:
I love the tip about the sarong! They are one of the handiest items that's also one of the easiest to pack and bring everywhere. I am also a fan of using coloured stuff sacks for everything that's in my backpack. From clothes to food, all my belongings are easy to find with their individual stuff sacks. Another thing I learned from traveling in South America is to always bring a roll of toilet paper and hand sanitizer with you! They are underestimated yet vital travel companions you'll be happy you've brought.
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