Useful travel tips

Some of the items that usually get lost are small earrings, rings or necklaces. To avoid this, you can use pill boxes to keep your jewelry inside these containers. Pill boxes are perfect for packing because they don’t take up too much space.

Everyone knows that going through airport security can take a long time, and whenever we’re running late for a flight, getting stuck in a security line can be our worst nightmare.  To avoid this, you can keep items such as your keys, wallet or cell phone inside your carry-on bag and pack your electronics in your checked baggage.

Packing your dirty shoes inside your luggage can be quite annoying. In order to keep the soles of your shoes from staining your clothes, use a shower cap to cover the bottom of your shoes.

In order to save battery on your phone, you can dim the screen brightness, turn off Bluetooth or set it on airplane mode.

Whenever you’re packing shampoo, conditioner, sunscreen or body wash, make sure to pack them in a Ziploc bag in order to prevent leakage.

Girls always need to have bobby pins in their luggage, but they get lost so easily.  A simple way to keep them all together is inside an empty Tic-Tac box.

Packing your razor safely is extremely important. If your razor doesn’t have a protective cap, you can use a binder clip to cover the blades.

A safe and convenient way to pack cotton swabs for your next trip is inside an empty pill bottle. Most people throw away these pill bottles, but they can be reused for many things.

If you're going on a short trip, a very simple way to store lip gloss is inside a contact lens case. You can also use this container to store small portions of face cream or shampoo.

You can fit a lot more clothes inside a suitcase if you just roll your clothes instead of folding them, this will maximize the space and you’ll be able to pack all the things you need.

Don’t you just hate when you run out of battery on your phone and don’t have a charger? Well, you can use the television in your hotel room as a substitute because you can use their open ports to charge USB gadgets.

Cellphone chargers are often left behind in hotel rooms, but what most people don’t know is the fact that hotels can lend out spare chargers.

If you’re traveling to a foreign country and don’t have an international data plan, there are many helpful apps that will allow you to download maps onto your device and use the Wi-Fi and GPS capability on the device for turn-by-turn navigation.

Foursquare is a location-based social networking website for mobile devices, it can be very useful if you are at a café or restaurant and don’t know the Wi-Fi password. Other users have probably checked-in there so the password is probably available in the comments.

A very useful tip is to carry a toiletry kit inside your carry-on luggage, remember to pack baby wipes to remove makeup or remove all the greasiness of your face.

If you don’t want to keep your clothes from wrinkling, all you have to do it fold it over tissue paper

Mark your luggage as fragile; this ensures that the airport staff will handle your suitcase more carefully. It will also stay on the top of the luggage pile and it will be one of the first bags or suitcases to be released.

During your trip, you should make sure you always have something to eat, just in case you don’t get any free meals on your flight. You can carry any snack you want, just make sure that they are TSA friendly.