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I used to carry an empty spray bottle around in my suitcase. It is the necessity for those quick iron moments that come so often with travel. Just mist on a little water, shake, and you have instant ironing. I would also carry a small spray bottle of Febreeze. It is another perfect necessity for the hotel room. To many times I have checked into a hotel to be greeted by the unpleasant odor of too much cleaner, smoke, or just a musty smell. I was very excited when Downy Wrinkle Release came out. It was two in one for me. It does an even better job with the quick ironing, makes my clothes smell wonderful, and the room to boot. So don't leave without your bottle of Downy Wrinkle Release. I have even been known to spray some on the sheets and pillowcase.
Don't Let Them Know Who Isn't Home and Where
Don't put your home address on your luggage. Use your business address or even your business card. Also, don't use your home number. Your cell phone number can't be searched for a home address but your home phone and it's address may be listed here www.whitepages.com/reverse-lookup
Does your laptop know to call home if it's stolen? Why not? When your laptop finds an internet connection, it should report in it's location and also allow you to download or erase any sensitive material without the thief knowing what's going on. Check out this service http://www.mylaptopgps.com . This is a monthly fee based service that upon your online report that your laptop was stolen, will monitor for it. When it comes online, it will download your sensitive data and allow you to retrieve or delete it without the thief knowing. It can also be tracked for location and local authorities notified of its location.
Hang On To Your Favorites
Favorite Taxis Drivers (chosen by our readers) - a clever trick is that when you find a good cab driver get their card. You can usually call their cell phone to get around calling the cab company and get better service. They will know that you had a choice and called them personally. It's safer because you know them and there is a record that you called them. They are more likely to wait or run errands for you knowing that you are their regular customer. Also if they aren't working at the moment you know they will have a friend who isn't.
Many people ask if they need a power adapter to use thier laptop or cell phone overseas. The answer is, probably not. You will most likely only need a pin adapter or two that costs less than $1.00. See www.220giftcenter.com/plugs.htm . The reason is that most, if not all, laptops and cell phone chargers use 100-240V 50/60hz. Look at the very fine print on the charger. If it shows 100-240V, just use the pin adapter and plug it in wherever, because that covers every standard wall socket on the planet. Now your hairdryer is probably not that smart, although you can get one that will. You will need an adapter for that as well as travel irons or steamers.
Phone Home Internationally
Traveling internationally and need to phone home with your cell? Call your cell phone company's customer service, normally 611 on any US cell phone, and ask if will work in your destination and at what price. If you find that it's too expensive here are some alternatives.
Skype - to use your laptop at American rates no-matter what country you're in. You can even get an American phone number that will ring your laptop anywhere you can get to the internet. http://www.skype.com
WiFi - these phones don't need any computer and work most anywhere you can get a public wireless internet signal to do basically the same thing
Get a local phone number in Paris, London, Mexico City and many more that rings back to your home or office phone, without any long distance. http://www.vonage.com/
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