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I love this idea : modern travel stickers

www.rimowa.com/

“Only available at the RIMOWA store in their respective city and online, the RIMOWA City Sticker Sets feature some of our favourite cities around the world. Designed by artists Vincent Mahé, James Joyce, Craig & Karl, and Cologne-based studio Meiré und Meiré, this set of 5 kiss-cut vinyl stickers includes a city slicker sticker, cityscape sticker, boarding pass sticker, culinary sticker, and coordinate sticker. 
Each comes individually adhered to a 10.5 x 14.7 cm sheet. Just peel and place on your case. 
The RIMOWA Sticker Collection – trace your journey.”

(Pssst…Marie Kondo uses their luggage…)

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Icelandic airline Wow Air collapses and cancels all flights

“Iceland’s low cost carrier Wow Air has canceled all flights and told passengers to book with other airlines.

Its website has a travel alert that begins: “Wow Air has ceased operation. All Wow Air flights have been canceled.”

The alert said people who wanted to travel should now look for “so-called rescue fares” which may now be offered by rival airlines.”

Icelandic airline Wow Air collapses and cancels all flights
— Read on www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/03/28/icelandic-airline-wow-air-collapses-and-cancels-all-flights.html

Synapse 25, Tom Bihn, Travel: Packing List, Travel: The Americas, travelbunny, USA, Wisconsin

Packing List: Green Bay, Wi

Final packing list for Green Bay ended up having 2 things I didn’t really need, but when it comes to light layers in the cold, it’s better to have them than not, and since they are light they weigh almost nothing.

It was quite warm when I got there, in the 40’s F, so my uniqlo hoodie was just fine with my merino shirt, my jeans, and my blundstones. I did bring a long packable down coat to wear most the time because the length is really a luxury to have if you insist upon wearing leggings, like I do. 😉 (Yeah I would’ve wore my jeans if it was that cold but frankly my jeans make me cranky. )

Full list:

Plane wear:

Other items:

  • Long sleeve stripey layering shirt
  • Long sleeve tunic
  • Sleep tank and shorts (which can double as layers if we got into the polar vortex situation or had to be outside for any length of time.)
  • Leggings
  • General Leia T-shirt (for theme party)
  • Bombas socks and Ex Officio undies
  • FitKicks for hanging about the hotel
  • Merino scarf
  • Gloves
  • Hat
  • Camp pillow cover (to stuff down coat in for the plane if I wanted a nap)
  • IPad and Apple Pencil

I packed all the clothes in the Tom Bihn packing cube shoulder bag and my toiletries in a #2 sized stuff sack.

Electronics baubles in a 3D clear organizer cube hanging from the rails loops on top (thanks TB forum hacks! Best. Idea. Evar!)

Organizer pouch for headphones and anything I want to carry around for the day (like my Gotcha charger or a spare iPhone cable).

My sleep system extension cord with built in USB chargers and power supply get stowed in a travel cubelet. (I like that I can make either my travel cubelet or my packing cube shoulder bag my purse while I’m there.)

I keep receipts and other flat things in a medium double organizer pouch.

Lip balm and other plane necessities went in the top small zip pocket, straw and water bottle in the deep zip pocket.

Side pocket 1: toiletries (all dry so no need to remove for TSA)

Side pocket 2: shopping bag, USB plug, pens, laundry stain stick (I’m clumsy ;). )

Bottom pocket: snacks and gifties for friends

Main pocket: clothes, down coat (with gloves and hat in the pockets), iPad and sleep system.

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New favorite travel trick!

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This is not a new trick, though I just learned it myself. But I love it! Putting a bar of soap (I generally use the soap where you can’t get travel sized unless you use it down to travel size then put it in your bag 😉 . Also travel sized stuff is overpriced and wasteful.) in the microwave for about 20 seconds on a paper towel then cutting a slice off of it that is small enough for your travel soap container.

See it in action here (it gets to the interesting part about 1:09):

I like the smaller containers that I used to get from Daiso, sorry there’s no link I haven’t seen them for a while, but they fit the sample sized bars of JR Liggett soap perfectly. I mostly hoarded them in my Ready-To-Go bags. But primarily I just used the worn down soaps that I had been using in the shower in this little zip pouch.

I also used to carry the smaller square soap Radius-style containers or others of the same size for the large Liggett bars (albeit after a few washes so that it would fit in the container – do you see a trend here? It’s almost like the hot dog and hot dog bun industries are in control of the travel soap industries. NOTHING MATCHES.)

So now I can take custom sized slabs of my various soaps, such as JR Liggett shampoo bar, Dove white bar (for my face and/or body), some Dr Bronners, the citrus scent and the lavender scent, for all sorts of things including washing clothes or making sure that I’m not sending chemicals into a sensitive environment.

(Also I like that all the soaps I can bring easily now come wrapped in compostable paper or cardboard… or even better, no packaging! I’m trying to eliminate the plastic packaging on my product choices.)

So what do you think? Will this help you? Or am I just a little obsessive about soap? LOL.

Let us know in the comments!

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Goodbye GateGuru :(

Hi GateGuru fans –

We are writing to inform you that we will be shutting down the GateGuru apps and service, effective January 18, 2019. On that date, opening the GateGuru app will just show an error message and no content will be available.

GateGuru was a great app for its time but we have decided to close the app. Over the past few years, as part of the TripAdvisor family, the talented team at GateGuru has been prioritizing their time and efforts to help consumers find the best flights for their money. The team can now continue their work to help travelers better compare itineraries, seats and amenities on TripAdvisor and SeatGuru to help them get the best flight for their trip-at the best value.

We couldn’t leave without expressing our heartfelt appreciation for all of the GateGuru users who used the product and submitted content for all their fellow travelers. Thank you to the entire GateGuru community for going on this journey with us.

Best,

The GateGuru Team
— Read on gateguru.com/

NightFlightTravelDuffle, Tom Bihn, Travel: The Americas, travelbunny, Wisconsin

New iPad and Night Flight Travel Duffle

I was happy to have gotten a new iPad for my birthday (and I can use the Apple Pencil now! Great for my design work!) but was bemoaning the fact that my old iPad mini fit so perfectly in my NFTD.

Lo and behold, the new larger iPad tucks in just fine on top! I can live with that 🙂

EDIT: looks like my search fu in the Tom Bihn forums let me down. This (and much more good info) was discussed.  🙂