Do you have an essential travel gadget?

Mr M is a limoncello fan, outside Italy he says Carluccio's is the best (v expensive) but Sainsbury's is quite good too. Aldi is not on his list tried it once too sweet which is a shame because it is so much cheaper. We take a bottle opener and corkscrew with us still.

Hate limoncello

I always take a large old soft pashmina to combat air/con on the plane and as cover up in the evenings. Also plug adapters. And I'm off to get some limoncello - first had it as a complimentary drink after a huge meal in an Italian restaurant and I couldn't believe how much better and less over-full I felt after it. Thanks for reminding me about it! And the hand-held scale too, great idea. Does the mattress topper thing mean you dont feel the buttons on a mattress?

I expect lots of you have googled limoncello and found a great recipe on Tesco website. Must give it a try.

I also love Limoncello. Try it with Prosecco - lovely! ? I also take luggage scales and multi plug. As previously said never enough plugs!!

annodomini thanks for that, I will have to try it. I use the yellow builders ones which work fine, but is blue-tack more insulating?

I do the rest of most of these, especially the mattress topper. If going to the US, I buy a cheap memory foam one. My hips and back need the protection! We also take our strong black Brit teabags, although I am finding Tetley English tea now at normal prices in US grocery stores.

Cheers all for these great ideas... already am a limoncello fan. Great stuff... great in sponge-cakes/cup-cakes

If travelling with my snoring sister, I take a pack of Blutack to use as earplugs. Also necessary if I go swimming. This was a tip from my GP. Unlike wax it leaves no residue and is infinitely malleable.

does DH count as a gadget, he unpacks & repacks what ever I've done so now leave him
to it

Apparently out can make your own limoncello - vodka, lemons, sugar. Haven't tried yet but sounds like a plan. Mind you my plum brandy last year wasn't an overwhelming success

Gadgets for holidays abroad always include an app where you can download road maps in advance and so use phone as Sat nav. Not got lost yet! Also one of those plastic gizmos that hold said phone in place on dashboard.
In the past my DH would have always had his trusty Swiss Army knife which has been used to fix/open many things, but these days we tend to travel with handluggage only (skinflints!) and it wouldn't make it through security.

Ear plugs, eye mask, and the most important of all and inflatable pillow.

its v light, made of plastic and folds into nothing. If you get a hole in it a wee dab of plastic glue does the trick.

Where to purchase? i'm afraid in India.

Builders' tea teabags and a packet of Digestives. Used to take a small teapot until the bagge allowances shrank.

Have just found set of little plastic bags like toilet bags not kitchen ones and they were so good for packing. Think I read about them on here,

The first time I bought limoncello it was for a cake that my daughter wanted me to make.

I always take wire coat hangers, and for Greece I take a shower holder, as they often are hand held showers. We also have luggage scales ( £1 from Poundland!)

Yoga mat.

Gilly Bob ,,Aldi sell Limoncello,

A plug for the sink. The amount of appartments I've been to that don't have a bowl or a plug and the plug is easier to pack than a bowl.

hihi not the mattress but just the topper ;) it's a Fine Bedding Spundown mattress enhancer (what it says on label) very light and takes very little space- but makes a massive difference. I also take my bamboo fibre neck pillow if I can. In fact, may well pay for an extra piece of luggage next time I travel- worth every penny or centime ;)

J-cloths in my holiday box too. Wipes, tinfoil, clingfilm as well.
Fridge lightbulb hmm. Was it a French and Saunders sketch? "You'll only regret it if you don't...

Same as Galen, we take a multi-socket extension and what a difference it's made! I don't know why we didn't think of it before.

My OH would take a fridge light bulb if I let him - honestly. We always go self-catering and he gets very frustrated when the light in the fridge does not work - we spent half a day at one place traipsing around trying to buy one! I am a very patient woman!!

He also insists we take J-cloths - it is on his Master List.

Lidl only have it here in Italian week Gillybob. It is Greek week here, but you might be lucky.
I love that GJ. I take my pillow, but taking your mattress must be the ultimate home comfort!

An ipod on a flight. We put loads of different music on it and play it on shuffle and you never know what you are going to get! Helps pass the time.

If we travel by car, I always take my mattress topper with me- it rolls up to a small sleeping bag size and its so comfy.

I wonder what time Lidl closes tonight ? Not sure I can wait until the weekend now.