When you travel, bring a power strip. This is something that I practice. I often have a laptop, a camera (or two), and a cell phone (or two) with me when I travel (iPod can be USB charged, so can phones…but that’s extra nerdy ?). On average that is four devices that need to be charged just for me. Four outlets in a hotel room are hard to come by. At the very best you will be running around the room collecting (and forgetting) chargers when you pack up. Save yourself the hassle and pack a 5-6 outlet power strip in the front pocket of your suitcase. You will save yourself the headache (I’m big on “headache savers”) and drastically reduce the number of plug adapters you need to carry (to 1). Yay!

Be reasonable with luggage:

• Don’t buy cheap crap that will not last.
• Don’t buy designer luggage unless you fly private, it makes you look like an idiot when you pick that (likely fake) LV suitcase off the carousel next to the duct taped box of belongings of an immigrating family.

I like Delsey luggage for suitcases that have to be checked. The price is reasonable and the durability is most definitely there. Alternatively you can buy Tumi. The Tumi ass sits firmly on both the best in business travel quality and chic design chairs. A really fantastic catchall brand… probably the only luggage brand I know off that is actually worth the price. My Tumi messenger bag lasted 3 years of college abuse (books, laptops, booze, drugs, dead hookers, etc), countless trips abroad (booze, drugs, dead hookers), and is surviving well as an everyday work bag (ninja outfit, sword, shruken, climbing gear, nunchucks, dead hookers).