December is just around the corner: the festive season is approaching and with it the chance to set off on a trip.

So it is a good time to talk about suitcases and travel accessories. The days before departure are usually packed with commitments and things to do; preparing well in advance therefore lets you arrive at the start of the tour in a more relaxed frame of mind.

Naturally, suitcases and travel accessories vary a great deal depending on your destination, but there are a few useful tips that always apply when you are about to set off.

The ultra-light trolley case

Whether it is a small trolley for a trip of a few days or a larger suitcase for flying to the other side of the world, an ultra-light trolley case in technical fabric is essential.

A light suitcase certainly helps you stay within the weight allowance when checking in and makes it less tiring to move around. The shops offer plenty of shapes, models and colours to choose from.

The “coolest” travellers can take inspiration from web personalities by buying an ultra-light hard-shell trolley and covering it with stickers of the places they have visited or, alternatively, by ordering a luggage set personalised with their name or initials.

Tracking your suitcase

There was a time when losing your suitcase was a real problem, and a hard one to solve if the luggage had been left behind in some remote storage depot.

Today this inconvenience is far easier to deal with: there are devices you place inside your suitcase that let you know exactly where your luggage is in real time. With an app downloaded to your smartphone you can follow every move of your faithful travelling companion.

It is still a good habit to attach a label with your details and a contact number… you never know when technology might stop working!

The travel pillow

This is a great classic that never goes out of fashion. Whether you travel by plane, coach, car or train, an ergonomic pillow can really make a difference.

Here too there has been technological progress in fabrics and shapes, so as to achieve a high level of postural comfort.

Our advice is not to buy it at the last minute at the airport, but to purchase it before departure and, if possible, to try it before buying.

Like the other accessories, it comes in countless models, fabrics and colours; here too it can be personalised with your initials.

Document holder

This is the classic gift for seasoned travellers. Every brand that makes leather bags and accessories has at least one in its collection. A document holder can hold your passport and/or boarding passes and is genuinely useful for keeping your most important documents to hand.

In fact, the document holder is useful during the trip as well, because it lets you keep cash, credit cards and documents separate. This is a good habit that always applies, wherever you go. In the unfortunate event that a wallet or bag is lost, it helps to have cash, cards and/or documents kept somewhere else.

Backpack, shoulder bag, shopping bag, bum bag

And which team are you on when you travel?

Everyone has their own habits and preferences, but in any case when travelling it is useful to have an accessory that lets you carry at least the essentials.

The options really are many and everyone has their own style, but when travelling the watchword must be comfort. If you expect to walk around a capital city all day, it is better to have a comfortable bag or backpack so as not to tire yourself out further during the day.

The universal adapter

When travelling around the world, bear in mind that power sockets can differ from country to country. And rather than roaming all over New York in search of a power adapter, it is far better to have one with you. This is another classic purchase we recommend making before you leave and not at the airport at the last minute.

While we are on the subject, we also recommend bringing a portable battery charger; on long journeys it can be hard to find a socket and it is unpleasant to find yourself with a flat phone.

Choose a Guiness Travel Tour

With a tour bearing the Guiness Travel name you can book your trip and then relax, because Guiness Travel really does think of every last organisational detail, so that all you have to do is enjoy the cultural atmosphere of the places you will visit.

For Guiness, travelling is an enriching experience to be savoured in every pleasant moment, and it means feeling pampered by every kind of comfort; the only way to guarantee the well-being of participants and respect for the places visited is to open the tours only to a limited number of selected participants.

Every itinerary in the catalogue is 100% independently planned and carefully designed and tested, allowing the product to evolve constantly and reach a high, wide-ranging cultural level.

This is why we created the Guiness Exclusive Tour, a unique travel experience, mindful of sustainability, which offers you considerable advantages:

  • organisation;
  • attention to detail;
  • a search for excellent services on the ground (designed to give you maximum comfort, leaving you free to think of nothing but enjoying the moment).

Thanks to the Guiness Exclusive Tour you will return home with a bag full of wonderful new memories, immersed in the beauty of the world, thanks also to the many UNESCO World Heritage sites included in all our programmes.

In fact, in every one of our itineraries you can see at a glance how many and which UNESCO sites you will be able to visit, thanks to an intuitive, user-friendly icon in the catalogue. This way, travellers know which UNESCO sites are included in their travel programme.

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