Travel Tip Tuesday

Packing is the worst. Odds are you’re gonna forget some Very Important article of clothing and spend at least half an hour searching your hotel room for that sweater you swore you packed. So just download PackingPro and make sure that never happens again. Never again.

Instead of packing big, bulky makeup bottles for a quick weekend trip, pour a little bit of the product into a clean contact case for easy travel.

It probably goes without saying, but guesswork isn’t the best way to navigate foreign city streets. Just point WordLens at a sign you don’t understand and it’ll translate it on the fly into the language of your choice, just like that.

Store your cables and other accessories that are easily tangled in an eyeglass case to keep them from tying impossible knots around each other.

String the ends of a dainty necklace through straws to prevent the chain from knotting and tangling.

So maybe you aren’t a walking Rosetta stone just yet. Yeah? So? And? TripLingo lets you learn the important stuff, like oft-used phrases, greetings, and street slang, all from a slick, user-friendly interface.

Use pill case compartments or an old lip balm container to organize and keep track of your smaller jewelry, like rings and earrings.

Set your jewelry between two sheets of plastic wrap to prevent it from moving around and tangling inside your bag.