Items that you will want to take on any road trip this summer. These items can really help in a pinch. What are they?
(According to Delta Connections via MSN.)
Masking or duct tape. This may become your most versatile travel item, one that should have a permanent home in your carry-on. Travel-size rolls are available, but for extra MacGyver points, just roll a little tape around a short pencil to make a “mini roll.” Use it to:
– Create a makeshift suitcase label
– Repair a luggage tear or zipper break
– Temporarily fix a drooping hem
– Solve a variety of wardrobe malfunctions, like a broken belt, shoe strap, or bra
– Stop a drip in your hotel room sink
– Seal over the drain in your room so you can hand-wash delicates
– Quiet a rattling tray table
– Pair with tissue or a cotton ball for a makeshift Band-Aid
– Salvage a torn umbrella
– Outlet plug. Be the hero at a crowded airport charging kiosk and give yourself more flexibility in your hotel room by packing a simple plug that changes a two-item outlet into a four-item one. You’ll be thankful you don’t have to choose between the lamp, your in-room coffee, or your computer.
– Binder clips. Toss a zip-top bag of small binder clips into your carry-on and you may wonder how you ever lived without them. Yes, you may find them endlessly useful for wrangling your travel docs, business papers or foreign currency. But even more important — especially when traveling to new time zones — they can clip hotel curtains together, eliminating that slice of light that’s keeping you awake.
– Dental floss. Besides the obvious use on your pearly whites, dental floss can fix a popped button, slice through cake or soft cheese, act as a makeshift shoelace, tie back hair, or serve as a clothesline in a hotel room that doesn’t have one.
Add these handy MacGyver problem-solvers to a complete travel pack that includes moistened wipes or hand sanitizer, a stain-removal pen or laundry sheet, a few safety pins, adhesive bandages, an all-purpose salve like Vaseline or Aquaphor, and a permanent marker. Keep it stocked and in place in your bag and — just like a certain secret agent — nothing will slow you down.
