Business Travel Essentials

It is best to travel light when going on a short business trip. But travelling light should not mean unprepared! Here are a few compact and multi-purpose business travel essentials, gadgets, and products to take the weight off your shoulders…. in every sense!

 Battery Power & Connectivity

Battery power is at the top of the priority list when it comes to business travel essentials, but multiple cables and battery chargers can quickly fill up your hand luggage and a power outlet is not always available when on the move. The Birksun charging backpack solves this problem in a nutshell. All your devices can be charged in your bag as you travel, and the bag itself continues to charge via solar panels on the top of the bag. For the less sunny days, you can charge your backpack before your trip using the wall plug. Genius!

A universal adapter plug is a basic necessity for any business or leisure travel. Choose a light design that is light and easy to use, with multiple options to suit all destinations. We recommend keeping one in the side pocket of your carry bag to save you having to think about it every time you travel.

Going somewhere with limited internet access? Save yourself the frustration of the vintage dial up connection, and bring your own wireless / mifi router to solve your connectivity problems. The Huawei E5331 Modem offers pre-paid wifi when on the go, saving you the high cost of slow airport wifi.

Backpack charges multiple devices while you travel

Location Based Apps

The Google Translation app (available for both iOS and Android) is free and extremely easy to use. Keep is on your home screen for quick and easy access when you need it most. You can even save the phrases you use the most, until you learn them off of course!

Make sure to keep your google map app IOS, google map Android, and city guide apps handy, since you now have so much battery power to keep you going!

Then of course there is the social Connect App on IOS which allows you to see who in your contacts are in your area. This is a great way to reconnect with old friends, arrange meetings with previous clients, and just add a social element to your last minute trip to a new city. The Connect app came in very handy at the AIPCO Conference 2015, making it a lot easier to find acquaintances at the AIPCO Conference 2015. 

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Expense Management

Save yourself hours of work by investing in a sleek receipt organiser wallet that allows you to neatly arrange your expenses by category and date. Or better yet, use an expense management app on your phone such as the Shoeboxed app for IOS / Shoeboxed app for Android, which allows you to take photos of your receipts while on the go, and export the report into an excel document after your trip.

Toiletries to Go

Airline restrictions on liquids in hand luggage can be a pain. Tubism have come up with a clever design for reusable, resealable, eco-friendly travel tubes that allow you to bring your favourite product anywhere you go. We particularly appreciate the resealable end, allowing easy cleaning and refilling before your next trip! Another must for your next business trip is a waterproof, hanging toiletry bag, ideal for bathrooms with limited storage space.

Clothes Solutions

No matter the efforts made to neatly fold your shirts into the suitcase, it is inevitable that your favourite shirt is covered in creases when you need it the most. Save yourself the stress by keeping a crease removal spray in your travel bag at all times to help reduce the damage. There are more preventative measures too, such as the Shirt Shuttle which offers a hard shell protection for your clothes.

Keep your luggage organised, and keep your unworn clothes fresh by using sealable laundry bags such as the Go Clean laundry bag set by Flight 001.

You can also invest in a high quality garment bag such as the Samsonite Lift2 UltraValet Garment Bag which offers a clever compartment system to allow your suits or dresses a flat crease free hanging storage space, as well as innovative pockets and zippers to secure smaller accessories and toiletries.

Inspector Gadgets for Business Travel

Invest in a multi-time-zone, or auto changing time-zone watch to save yourself any confusion when jet setting to multiple locations.

The Eviate luggage tag allows you to use GPS to know exactly where your bag is at all times!

Up your digital security while on the move with the Fido U2F Security key, which is virtually un-hackable. This device saves your passwords under another password, meaning you don’t have to re-type your logins each time, or save your passwords to your computer directly. So even if your bag is lost or stolen, you can see exactly where it is thanks to the Eviate tag, and now you can prevent any of your information being stolen from your laptop too.

We also recommend the Brunton Power Knife which is not actually a real knife, so it’s hand luggage friendly. In fact this device is shaped like a pocket knife, but instead of blades you have the most commonly used cable heads to suit your phone, USB, and tablet. A survival tool for the modern age!

If your next business trip is for an event you are organising, here is a helpful guide to running a successful conference event!

On behalf of VenuesWorld and the entire team, I’d like to thank you for joining us, and we are looking forward to seeing you again in the near future. Enjoy your trip!

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