Good travel gear eases your trip, and one small essential can save your life and that of your family. Other items turn your toddler’s “Carry me” plea from a backache-inducing problem to a sweet ride, aid snoozing in an airline seat, prevent toiletry leaks, enable you to request dietary modifications in any language, plan your perfect national park trip, and rescue you from your in-laws’ icy stares when your toddler vomits in their newly redecorated guest room. Read on to discover the must-have and handy travel items that eliminate such disasters.
Don’t leave home without a carbon monoxide detector. The modestly priced, easy-to-pack plug-in device detects the colorless and odorless gas that stealthily kills. Unnecessary deaths caused by carbon monoxide in lodgings in Costa Rica, Belize, the Dominican Republic, and other locales have been in the news recently.
