Tell me about your Travel Gadgets
By Darren Cronian on Thursday, December 14th, 2006

I love my gadgets, and especially gadgets I can take away with me on my travels. My trusty Apple iPod has been on holiday with me all over the world and comes in handy when I’m laying on the beach relaxing, or sat on a bus taking in the sights and scenery.

Tell me about your Travel Gadgets

For the past five years my Sony Cybershot digital camera has spent a lot of time travelling with me, but I have recently upgrade this for a Fujifilm S9500 SLR style digital camera. I’m always on the lookout for travel gadgets so what items do you take with you on your travels?


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13 responses to “Tell me about your Travel Gadgets”

Debbie | 14 December, 2006 at 12:54 am

My gadget is my handbag, it has everything in it that I need to travel :)

garri | 14 December, 2006 at 8:50 am

Gadgets? More stuff to weigh you down and get lost/stolen. A pen and notepad works for me along with a camera - disposble one of course ;-)

Some loose change to feed my internet habit and a credit card (nice and thin they are) to get me into (or out of) trouble.

Darren Cronian | 14 December, 2006 at 9:02 am

Hi nice blog Garri!

Your right of course, obviously, there’s some places I wouldn’t take any expensive item with me, and it’s worth pointing out that getting your iPod out in public is not a good idea if you don’t want to be mugged.

I read a story recently where two New Yorkers mugged a tourist for his iPod, so keep it well hidden, if you do need to take it with you on your travels.

Rohan | 14 December, 2006 at 9:04 am

I take my wife, but she doesn’t sound as fun as an iPod. :)

Paul | 14 December, 2006 at 9:20 am

Hi Darren, great blog man. I take my accustic guitar wherever I travel, that way I can earn some money to move on to the next city or country. This year alone, Ive been to seven countries in Europe, all funded by my guitar.

garri | 14 December, 2006 at 10:24 am

Cheers Darren!

There’s some places I wouldn’t even take a disposable camera ;-)

Darren Cronian | 14 December, 2006 at 11:13 am

Paul, wow that sounds a great way of getting around. Which countries have you visited? I have an accustic, I’d love to learn how to play it sometime, but I dn’t think I will be ever any good to earn enough to pay for my travels.

Pam | 14 December, 2006 at 3:33 pm

I take my iPod too, but I shelled out and bought Shure e2c isolation earphones this year. They make a HUGE difference on those long haul flights.

Darren Cronian | 14 December, 2006 at 4:11 pm

Pam, I’ve just read your article on writing the perfect travel blog that was posted on Brave New Traveller and found it very useful!

So, what do the earphones add to the listening experience on flights?

Darren Cronian | 15 December, 2006 at 1:38 am

OMG, this will give you a laugh. I’ve recorded my 1st (and probably last haha) travel podcast on the subject of audio travel guides on the iPod. This is a test podcast, so there’s no music, no jingles, actually it’s just me talking.

Without laughing (I was!) tell me what you think - I don’t want to have a script because it sounds like I am reading off a peice of paper, so whatever is recorded is what comes out of my mouth via the brain, so bear that in mind ;)

Download #1 test of the Travel Rants Podcast - in MP3 format.

Erm, I say Erm alot. :D If your a podcaster, all advice welcome please :)

Chris Osborne | 15 December, 2006 at 3:41 am

My MP3 player comes with me just about everywhere. Not out in public or anything, but because of the noise outside my room at school I’ve gotten used to music at night.

Other than that, not really anything. A water bottle maybe, so I can drink when I want.

Pam | 22 December, 2006 at 3:31 pm

I wouldn’t say it’s what the headphones add on flights, it’s what they take away! Airplanes aren’t the quietest of places and that grinding engine noise for so many hours is wearing. You can hear the movie(s) - there’s a definite increase in quality over what the flight attendants hand you. And you don’t hear all kinds of things - the guy across the aisle who Won’t Shut Up, the crying little one four rows back - seriously, these things block external noise. You got your mp3 player, your own music, and isolation earphones, things are much more tolerable.

Craig | 10 August, 2007 at 5:41 am

My Atari Lynx! (And fifty million batterys to power this early 90s tech!)

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