Business trips can be enjoyable on the first few tries. But when you are traveling a lot, such trips can become too unnerving. Aside from sudden change in elevation and weather wrecking havoc to one’s hormones, sleep deprivation and frequent eating outside can disrupt your health and fitness routine leaving you weak and stressed. Yes, it’s a jungle but there are some tech-savvy gadgets which can help alleviate the impact of such stressors.
Here’s a list of must-have travel gadgets to bring with you this 2017 as you do more business trips:
1. World’s Smallest and Most Powerful Backup Battery Pack
If there’s one thing that can raise one’s ire above the roof, it’s to find out you’re your laptop is drained prior to flying out—while you are due to present in a boardroom meeting when you touch down. Luckily, ChargeTech came up with an award-winning 27000mAh Portable AC Outlet Battery Pack that’s small enough it can fit along your laptop in its bag.
2. Luggage Tracker
Lost luggage anyone? Both LugLoc and Smart Unit has a solution for you—the Luggage Locator and the Waldo GPS Luggage Tracker. Simply place this device inside your bag, download an app on your smartphone and track your belongings wherever you may be. Both come with an anti-theft system as these send out alert when someone tries to open your suitcase. It has also Bluetooth integration capabilities allowing you to find your bag easily. Of course, both are flight compliant, too.
3. Internet Unlimited
While most airports and hotels offer free Wi-Fi, you may easily get frustrated with slow or intermittent connection. In some cases, data privacy may be breached when using public servers. So why not tag along SkyRoam, a mobile hotspot device. This fit-in-your-palm device allows you unlimited data in 90 countries and even has a 5-day global prepaid pass to boot.
4. Portable Data Storage
If you are through cloud software security scare, the idea of going the usual hard-disk route or portable drive may solve this dilemma. There are quite a number of portable drives nowadays that can store as much as 4TB. From Samsung T3 to the Transcend ESD400K 500GB portable SSD drives, you can easily backup files and protect confidential information.
5. Smartphone Signal Booster
Another constant headache when on a business trip is dropped calls. This is even more so in areas where coverage is weak or when weather conditions turn from bad to worst in a blink of an eye. You can prepare yourself from such a situation by bringing with you a portable phone signal booster like the zBoost ZB545 SOHO cellphone signal booster. When choosing, always go for one that is compatible to all carriers and networks as well as both iOS and Android devices.
BONUS: The Pacifier
Let your weary heart rest by listening to music. Make sure to wake up on time by setting up an alarm clock. Listen to news updates, weather reports, news scores, the stock market, and so on. The Alexa-enabled hands-free wireless 2nd-Gen Echo Dot from Amazon is definitely a great travel companion. Connect to your smartphone and make Alexa your personal slave as you rest your weary body and mind after a long flight.
There will be more portable gadgets coming into the tech market this 2017. Business trips or not, these portable thingamajigs are meant to make your entrepreneurial life more manageable and, yes, more fun.
