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My Five Favourite Travel Necessities

Paula — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 07:18:45 +0000

I have been giving travel a lot of thought this year and trying to up my game. That got me thinking about my five travel necessities. You know, those things that you have grown to love as a frequent traveler or a travel blogger? We each have some products we love and rarely leave home without. These are my favourite travel products that keep me sane on the road. I have been consistently traveling once a month and that has made me more conscientious about what I need to travel, and what I can live without when I am away from home. Recently I took stock of my five travel necessities I can’t live without. Strangely most of these are related to teeth. Clean teeth are important when you travel, but so is a good phone, a decent camera and a reliable travel bag. This post is mostly about those cosmetic items you could throw into your Beside-U travel bag with RFID blocking and run out the door with on a whim if you needed to jet. Beside-U Travel bag I wrote about my gorgeous new travel bag a few months ago and I am now using this as I negotiate airports and border crossings. I just love the size of the Beside-U travel bag and the security of it. I can pop an iPad OR a laptop in this one and go. It has an emergency whistle on it and Beside-U bags also feature a secure RFID ( Radio Frequency Identification) guarded pocket to protect your sensitive credit card information. That detail makes them one of my new favourite travel products. 2. Intellident Toothbrush shields. Like a little disposable cotton cover for your toothbrush. These arrived and my husband scoffed. Then we went to the cottage and he used them, and I used them, and so did the children. Shortly after that we took a cruise and he reached for them first, and I did too. Then we went on a family ski trip to Smugglers’ Notch and well, you get the idea. These toothbrush shields are made by women, and it is part of a woman-owned business, that also makes mouthguard covers. I love these and they have become our Must Have item every time we take a trip, whether that is overnight, or for a week long cruise. You can buy these from Walmart, Amazon and Walgreens too. Here’s an Amazon link to the Toothbrush shields product in case you are as interested as I was. They are super useful and sanitary. They keep hair and hairspray and makeup off my toothbrush. When I put one on my toothbrush and jammed it into my cosmetic case the outside of it was covered in blush and the inside was protected. That would have been all over my toothbrush without Intellident toothbrush shields. 3. Doctor’s Brush Picks Interdental tooth picks are soft, flexible and inconspicuous. I tuck them in my purse and my laptop bag and hate running out of them. They have changed my life. That sounds nuts, but they are easier than flossing and are super portable too. Also in my 40s there’s not much I hate more than food stuck in my teeth so these are crucial. 4. Dentek Tooth Flosser Pick carry case. These are what I opt for when I need flosser picks with me too. I like to have a lot of options for cleaning my teeth and I like to have ones that are handy. Also I stock them full of picks for my girls when they travel with us, or when they go to camp. They are perfect for kids as well. I got these at a a conference in New York city but I know Dentek is available in Canada too. 5. A tiny reusable container filled with cotton swabs. My entire family needs these. It sounds like a small thing, but we swim a lot both at home and when we travel and the kids can’t stand having water caught in their ears afterwards. Cotton swabs are always in my bag. In fact, I bought two tiny containers that are reusable at the CAA travel store in London and these are both ready to go at any time. And a Bonus FAVE travel item: I know I said five things I can’t live without when I travel, but here’s my newest travel necessity. My New Kobo H20 Aura is waterproof and has a unique screen that cuts down on the glare from the sun. You can read it in bed and the light will not bother your partner. And you can take it to the beach or the pool and you don’t need to worry. That makes this one to watch this year as a great little addition to my travel bag. This post contains affiliate links as a service to readers. If you make a purchase via a qualifying link I receive a small commission.

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Summer Reading Adventures with KOBO Aura H20

Paula — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 12:59:46 +0000

Summer is my favourite time for reading. I love to take my reader to the beach or just sit next to the pool and read a good book. I enjoy a good story year round, but there’s nothing nicer than a beautiful sunny day with a favourite book. Much of my summer revolves around the beach and the pool. This year I don’t need to worry about getting splashed poolside, or dropping a book in the water because I have my waterproof Kobo Aura H20 to do all my summer reading. Summer Reading Means Fun in the Sun – and Even in the Water I love the summer. Love it. I enjoy skiing and other related snowy activities, but after a few months of gray winter skies, I’m all about the summer sun when the season finally rolls around. One of my favorite things to do during the summer is read outside. But, I’ve never really been able to do that near a pool or on the beach, without some trepidation. Traditional books and water don’t mix. Neither do readers. Electronics and water are not a match made in Heaven. At least until now. Meet the Aura H20 Say hello to the Kobo Aura H20. It’s waterproof, which means I can take it anywhere to read. The beach, the pool – heck, I can read in the jacuzzi tub if I feel like it! I can’t wait to really put my Kobo through its paces. I have a few trips and travel writing gigs lined up this summer, and my Kobo will make those trips so much better. In fact, as I am writing this I am packing for Florida soon to be writing about Martin County and Indian River County. Up for the Adventure With travel comes a lot of waiting time, waiting at the airport, waiting on the airplane and waiting to get to the resort. I have loaded my new Kobo with a few great reads and have started JoJo Moyes You Before Me, because I like to read the books before I see the movie adaptations. So this summer, I can get in all my work, and then I can get in plenty of summer reading on the beach when I go to Florida, or when I’m at Georgian Bay, northern Ontario because its durable waterproof design makes it perfect for traveling. We will also be in Muskoka and Quebec for a bit too. There are a few flights and a few road trips lined up. With a library of over 5 million titles, there’s always a new book for me to read on the journey. Kobo Aura H20 Specs The Kobo Aura H20 is powerful, expandable, fully able to withstand water, sand, and dust. Take a look at the specs on this beauty. I also like that you can change the size of the text. My eyes sometimes have trouble with tiny print anymore, so this is an option that adds value for me. Waterproof for up to 30 minutes in 1 meter of water (30 minutes!!) Anti-glare Dustproof 6.8″ 265 dpi touchscreen Beautiful high resolution images and crisp text 4 GB on board storage Expandable storage to 32 GB with microSD card (that’s a total bonus) Battery life of up to 2 months (I can’t even begin to thank Kobo enough for this. That’s amazing! That means I can take it on a trip for a week and not even worry about taking the charging cord at all.) 10 fonts and 24 font sizes all custom made for the Kobo Aura H20 Why Am I Excited? I’m even more excited about summer reading with the Kobo Aura H20, because I had an older model Kobo, and I loved it. Now I can enjoy everything I loved about my old Kobo reader, but now it’s more powerful, durable, and it’s water proof. I’m currently trying to convince my daughter to trade in her super heavy stack of hard covers in favor of this new reader from Kobo before she breaks her poor back! The people at Kobo are offering a great summer prize pack that includes a Kobo Aura H20 as well. Enter for a chance to win below. Summer Reading is Easy and Worry Free And that’s amazing. I can’t wait to take my Kobo Aura H20 with me for some great summer reading everywhere I go. Hopefully, by the end of the summer, I’ll have converted my daughter to Kobo and she can have my original version for reading, instead of lugging 20 pounds of books in her backpack everywhere. If you’re interested in some worry-free summer reading, check out the Kobo Aura H20. You can also head over to the Kobo App site to check out their ginormous selection of ebooks and receive a $5 credit when you register for a free account! Happy Reading!! Kobo Aura H2O Influencer Campaign Giveaway

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