In Star Trek episodes, humans and other various aliens could all speak to each other in their own language and be understood. (You knew that, right? That all those alien races weren’t speaking English?) It was because of their high-tech Star-Trek-Ish translators. And now, you can feel like you’re on Star Trek too.
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If you’re going to be traveling by car, you may already know how annoying it is to keep your must-haves in one spot without having your cell phone rattling around in between your front seats and your BlackBerry falling off the dash.
Using 3M adhesive pads, this magnetic dashboard mount will keep most of your gadgets stuck securely to your dashboard. As scary as a magnet sounds, the company insists that it’s perfectly safe with PDAs, Smartphones, and most devices like iPods and the like due to their flash memory. Do take caution with computer hard disks, 5G iPods, …read more
Melissa over at Europe String has a very handy post up about bedbugs and how to avoid the icky insects that like to bite people who are sleeping. They live in mattresses or in the seams and they come out at night. Because they’re due to poor cleaning more than anything else, if you’re traveling and saving money by staying in cheaper hostels or Bed & Breakfasts, bedbugs could very well be an unpleasant side effect.
Melissa says you can check for signs of an infestation once you arrive at your destination but by then it may be …read more
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Picture this situation – you love the great outdoors but you don’t love it enough to erect a tent in it. You love to commune with nature but you don’t want nature to commune with you by having it crawl into your sleeping bag with you.
Travelodge came up with a compromise. The mobile hotel room, called the “Travelpod”. No, seriously.
The pod is sealed in a polycarbonate glass box and comes with everything you expect from a basic hotel room – television, air conditioning, bed, lights, carpeting, dressing table, and blinds.
It’s an interesting concept but it also reminds …read more
I never remember what time it is outside of Canada. I can keep track of my own country’s time zones, and I can remember most of the U.S., though I do sometimes forget where the zone changes. Beyond that, I always have to go look it up.
If you do a lot of business travel then having a grasp on time differences can be extremely important. The World Time Clock can help you keep track of what time it is in Japan before you call to confirm your arrival time for a business venture. The clock displays …read more
Lifehacker had an interesting article up about things you can do online. They’re not all exciting, but they’re all useful and/or important, and the best part is you can do them at home in your pajamas, saving yourself time later.
It included two online tips that can come in handy if you’re traveling to see one of the National Parks or if you’d like to find and reserve the perfect camping spot.
To get yourself a pass to any National Park – including access to the holder and accompanying passengers in a vehicle as well as paid access for the …read more
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Over at Fly Away Cafe I learned about a neat website called Flight Memory. You register and log in and enter in any travel data that you have on hand. All it requires is the city’s airport codes – if you don’t know them, they’re printed on your tickets but you can also look them up easily online (I still remember a startling number of them from my Travel and Tourism courses over six years ago).
You can keep track of other details like dates, times, flight info such as your seating and what class you flew, …read more
When you’re traveling, it can’t always be to get away from it all; sometimes you have to bring it all with you, especially if you’re traveling for business, but even pleasure travelers might want their iPod to listen to or need their cell phone to keep in touch with folks back home.
The Solio Portable Hybrid Solar Charger gives you alternate means of keeping your gadgetry powered up. If you’re staying at a hotel on the strip in Cancun, you can use solar power to charge up your phone while you lie on the sand sipping fruity beverages. If …read more
Mustek is offering a new portable DVD player that can make your road trips more enjoyable if you have kids in the backseat. Like many portable players it features a nice 7-inch tablet style LCD screen and it can be mounted directly into the back of a headrest. However, the novelty is that aside from playing standard DVDs and CDs, it can also read DIVX and MPEG 4 files which comes in handy.
The player comes with a car adapter, rechargeable battery pack, power adapter, remote control, A/V cable, two sets of earphones (perfect for when Mom …read more
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I confess that when it all comes down to it, I am a true Google Girl. Almost everything I use revolves around Google when I need information, but still, even I have to admit that Yahoo has come up with a great search tool. They’ve added a travel shortcut feature to their search engine. Pick any destination that you want to visit in the Yahoo search bar. The results will give you hotels, flights, restaurants, attractions, Flickr slideshows, everything you can think of that could make planning out your itinerary easier for you.
You’ll find links to …read more
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