40 Great Travel Tips That Will Change Your Life

1. Use a private or unknown window when you are booking flights online

The pages of travel agencies will track your visits and can raise the price, simply because you are visiting your page.

2. Store your chargers and cables neatly in a lens case

3. Use light bulbs to carry small amounts of makeup and skin products.

4. Put disposable handkerchiefs on the bottom of your suitcase to keep your clothes dry and smelling fresh.

5. Use a pencil spring to protect your cables from bending and cracking.

6. Avoid long lines to use the airport bathroom.

This may sound very logical, but the first bathroom in the terminal is the busiest. Use the next to skip the long waits and save you precious time.

7. Use a clip to protect the heads of the shavers.

8. If you forgot the adapter to charge your phone, charge it on the back of a TV with a USB slot.

9. Roll up your clothes instead of folding it; it will save you a lot of luggage space.

10. If you have clothes that should be folded, use thin paper to prevent wrinkling.

11. Use a pill box to carry your jewelry well organized and unraveled.

12. Scan your important documents before you travel.

In case you are robbed or lost your documents, it is good to have copies of your passport, identity card and the itineraries of your flights in an accessible place like your Tablet or Smartphone.

13. Passes quickly for safety

When you go through security, leave your little things like wallet, keys and telephones in your backpack before putting it on the conveyor belt. This eliminates the need for separate containers, which saves time.

14. Put your soap and detergent in this easy-fold bag

15. Wear a bathing cap to cover underneath shoes.

16. Put your cell phone in “Airplane Mode” to save battery power and charge it faster.

17. Keep your hearing instruments by wrapping them in a folder clip to prevent them from getting entangled.

18. Keep your hair pricks in an empty Tic Tacs box.

19. When making your bags, put the rolled up belts in the necks of the shirts to keep them stretched.

20. Sit in the line near the wing of the plane. You will feel the turbulence less.

The seats that are close to the wing of the airplane usually have less rebound since they have more structural support.

21. Save your travel containers and fill them in instead of buying new ones each trip.

22. To use Google Maps offline, you have to type “OK MAPS”, and that will keep the area visible for future access.

23. Keep what you can in your hand luggage

Vacuum bag vacuum cleaners can save a ridiculous amount of space in your suitcase. It makes the need to check the bags obsolete.

24. Instead of buying water at the airport, carry an empty bottle and fill it out after you pass through security.

25. When you book seats for 2 people, try to be a hall and window.

If no one takes the middle seat, you can get a full row, and if someone takes it, you can ask the person if you can change places to sit next to your fellow traveler.

26. Fold your jackets from the inside to keep them clean and prevent wrinkles.

27. Wait Tuesdays until 3 PM to buy your tickets.

Typically, big airlines want to cut their fares to compete with other discount airlines like Southwest and JetBlue. If you look to save, that is the time to buy.

28. Avoid those nasty spills in your suitcase.

For this you have to unscrew the lid and put a piece of film paper on the top and screw the lid again. This will prevent liquids from ruining your trip.

29. There are ideal times to go to the bathroom in an airplane.

Since most airlines will not let you stand in rows for the bathroom, it is best to go to the bathroom 15 to 20 minutes after takeoff or before landing.

30. Get the WiFi keys from many establishments through the comments in Foursquare.

31. Use your GPS when traveling abroad.

If you travel abroad without an international plan, activate the “airplane mode” and turn off GPS data without connecting to the internet. Simply download the Google map of the area where you will be before leaving the hotel and there you have a fully functional map to tour the area.

32. Get a free phone charger if yours stays home.

Did you forget your charger? Normally at hotel receptions they have a box full of porters that have been left behind by previous guests.

33. Avoid waiting to pick up your luggage.

Even if it is not, check your luggage with fragile label; help airport personnel handle your suitcase more carefully. They are also loaded onto the top of the luggage cart, which means they will be the first to leave to remove it.

34. Save on-the-fly packing time.

Hanging organizers can be packed ahead of time, making it easier to put it in the suitcase and get out as fast as possible.

35. Remove other tourists from your holiday photos.

Put your camera on a tripod
Take a photo at least every 10 seconds until you have 15 photos.
Open your photos in Photoshop: File -> Command Sequence -> Statistics. Choose “medium” and select the photos you took.
Photoshop finds those that is different from one photo and another and simply eliminates it.

36. To save a little money, use ATMs instead of the airport’s changing places.

Many ATMs offer lower rates than you can get at an airport exchange house.

37. Get free WiFi at the airport.

When you are at the airport, add “? .jpg” at the end of any URL to avoid the expensive WiFi. Another alternative is to sit right in front of an airport lounge: WiFi signs can often go through walls.

38. To get more points, travel with a multiple plug and you will be the hero of the airport.

39. Make a deal with yourself, and send postcards from each place you traveled.

It would be a nice trip home and would facilitate the return to reality.

40. On the last day in a foreign country, collect all the loose money and hand it over to a beggar.

Most important, keep traveling!