Jun 18, 17, 4:17 pm
Last edit by: EmailKid
Best items to have for Budget Traveler:
Unlocked SmartPhone with local Sim card with data (not all countries have addresses posted)
Extension cord with multiple outlets (some budget hotels have exactly ONE electrical outlet)
Free local maps that you might pick up at tourist information places (the more the better - different versions seem to list different streets depending on what printer considers important)
USB battery pack for when you are lost and mobile is running low on juice and you need Google maps
Unlocked SmartPhone with local Sim card with data (not all countries have addresses posted)
Extension cord with multiple outlets (some budget hotels have exactly ONE electrical outlet)
Free local maps that you might pick up at tourist information places (the more the better - different versions seem to list different streets depending on what printer considers important)
USB battery pack for when you are lost and mobile is running low on juice and you need Google maps
Favorite budget travel items?
Dec 1, 11, 8:54 am
#196
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Singapore
Programs: BAEC Gold, Hh Gold, NH*G, SPGP, SQ-CC
Posts: 1,381
This versatile, spacious and handy travel organiser from Muji:
http://www.muji.eu/pages/online.asp?...ub=73&PID=4101
Ł9.95; has plenty of card-sized pockets for travelcards, Oysters, frequent flyer cards, a zip up compartment where I keep my small change of Euros and space for the inevitable reams of self printed boarding passes. All my travel documents in one place.
http://www.muji.eu/pages/online.asp?...ub=73&PID=4101
Ł9.95; has plenty of card-sized pockets for travelcards, Oysters, frequent flyer cards, a zip up compartment where I keep my small change of Euros and space for the inevitable reams of self printed boarding passes. All my travel documents in one place.
Apr 10, 12, 6:21 am
#198
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: 127.0.0.1
Posts: 945
This is more of a tip than an item (although it requires a camera).
A tip a travelling companion pointed out to me and that I now use extensively is to take pictures of train/bus schedules posted at train/bus stations as you arrive, so you have the schedule stored on your phone/camera. Saves a few minutes planning out when you want to leave by writing down the schedule, or calling the station, or finding internet access to check the schedule.
Might be obvious to some, but I hadn't thought of it before.
The Amazon kindle or similar reader is a GREAT budget travelling companion as others have mentioned. Great battery life (over a week), you can fit hundreds of books in something that weighs less than a hardback, and there are travel guides as well.
To fill up a kindle or e-reader on the cheap check out the project gutenberg magic catalog, which has thousands of out-of-copyright ebooks you can download for free. If you save the magic guide to your kindle, you can download new books whenever you have an internet connection. See here:
http://www.freekindlebooks.org/Magic...iccatalog.html
A tip a travelling companion pointed out to me and that I now use extensively is to take pictures of train/bus schedules posted at train/bus stations as you arrive, so you have the schedule stored on your phone/camera. Saves a few minutes planning out when you want to leave by writing down the schedule, or calling the station, or finding internet access to check the schedule.
Might be obvious to some, but I hadn't thought of it before.
The Amazon kindle or similar reader is a GREAT budget travelling companion as others have mentioned. Great battery life (over a week), you can fit hundreds of books in something that weighs less than a hardback, and there are travel guides as well.
To fill up a kindle or e-reader on the cheap check out the project gutenberg magic catalog, which has thousands of out-of-copyright ebooks you can download for free. If you save the magic guide to your kindle, you can download new books whenever you have an internet connection. See here:
http://www.freekindlebooks.org/Magic...iccatalog.html
Jun 16, 12, 8:24 pm
#200
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Northern Italian Lakes
Programs: BA, *A, Hertz Goldstar, Mucci wannabee, Waitrose, safari Oleg
Posts: 1,545
Jul 1, 12, 9:46 pm
#201
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Singapore
Posts: 324
Patterned scarves. I tend to travel with cheap basic tops and these scarves help to add a bit of colour. Plus er, I can wash my clothes less even in summer, because if they are stained with food of some sort, the scaves would be able to cover that spot.
And a cheap nail file. I know it's available everywhere but whenever my nail gets all snaggy (biting them does not help), I only find the most expensive sort which does not help.
And a cheap nail file. I know it's available everywhere but whenever my nail gets all snaggy (biting them does not help), I only find the most expensive sort which does not help.
Sep 8, 12, 11:48 pm
#203
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Singapore
Posts: 324
They are definitely useful in warmer climates where stepping into the sun causes your face to melt off though.
Oct 4, 12, 8:23 am
#204
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 33
Does this mean that when you left home you took along the weight/volume equivalent of 30 dress shirts that you then threw away?
Oct 4, 12, 9:51 pm
#205
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Bali, Indonesia
Programs: AA, DL, AK, UN, CN
Posts: 901
My favorite money saving item is actually an app, HappyHours. It takes your location and tells you all the happy hours in your area for certain cities. New Orleans was the best - we got half-price wine, $3 drafts and $1 oysters at a 4-* resto. 
My carabiner keychain bottle opener ($4) would be second.
My carabiner keychain bottle opener ($4) would be second.
Dec 2, 12, 5:15 pm
#206
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: New Zealand
Programs: Asiana Silver (2012), AirNZ Jade
Posts: 316
My favs.
Goretex paclite.
A good daypack with expandable sides. Saves me using luggage.
Photocopied pages from a guidebook.
Other books/tapes from the library - to lean the language.
Small 50ml bottles from the $1 store for my soap and shampoo etc.
Plastic compass - yeah so you don't walk the wrong way even referring to the map.
Nokia phone - free offline GPS (doesn't need 3G Google Maps). Games and email. Music etc. Wifi for internet and Skype at the accom.
At home prior - Google Earth.
Goretex paclite.
A good daypack with expandable sides. Saves me using luggage.
Photocopied pages from a guidebook.
Other books/tapes from the library - to lean the language.
Small 50ml bottles from the $1 store for my soap and shampoo etc.
Plastic compass - yeah so you don't walk the wrong way even referring to the map.
Nokia phone - free offline GPS (doesn't need 3G Google Maps). Games and email. Music etc. Wifi for internet and Skype at the accom.
At home prior - Google Earth.
Dec 2, 12, 5:20 pm
#207
Suspended
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Atherton, CA
Programs: UA 1K, AA EXP; Owner, Green Bay Packers
Posts: 21,691
Dec 12, 12, 7:26 am
#209
formerly known as Tad's Broiled Steaks
Join Date: Jun 2004
Programs: Tri-State Turducken, Keisei Skinflint, KCR Headphones, Kopaja Platinum
Posts: 6,369
Indeed, though I'll add, if you're in a hotel room, who the heck knows what else has been going on there. Let alone in the seat pocket of an airplane, a restaurant table, or...
Dec 12, 12, 8:13 pm
#210
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: MSP
Programs: DL Gold, DL MM 8/22/16!
Posts: 2,563
As it turns out, I was never sick. My theory - I got exposed to so much I built up immunities to everything.
Those dirty socks must have been just the ticket....
Romelle
