If you travel often for work the following are suggestions to make your trip a little more fun.

Bose noise cancelling headphones: the reason I

 choose Bose headphones is simple. They are lightweight and simply the best on the market. You can do your own research on this, you will find Bose is at the top every poll.  Some come close, but for me it was a no brainier.  Buy the best. I fly for a living and commute to work so having some peace and quiet while riding to work is key. If your a business traveler I highly recommend these for both listening to some tunes or watching a movie on your iPad.

iPad, iPhone or tablet: most of you will be reading this article on your phone, tablet or laptop. So this almost goes without saying. When traveling its key to have one of these. Trade in that flip phone!

 Personal network, travel router: when its time to unwind at the hotel I use my hootoo personal travel router to connect all my devices to the hotel network. With just a few clicks I’m able to connect my wireless network to the hotels wireless network. Then my iPhone, iPad, laptop and chromecast all connect instantly. Speaking of chromecast.

 Chromecast: allows me to watch Netflix, Hulu, and any other online streaming services directly on the hotel TV. Note without the travel router you probably won’t be able to connect the chromecast to the hotel network. Without having internet the chromecast is basically useless. I switched to the amazon firetv and really like it better than chromecast…
  Bluetooth speaker: I have found the perfect app that blocks almost all noise at the hotels. It’s called “white noise” and you can find in the App Store or google play store. This app when attached to your Bluetooth speaker will eliminate the noise from the party across the hall. I’ve heard kids running up and down the hallways while in my room watching a movie but as soon as the white noise app turns on its nighty nighty time. I use the mini jambox its small and packs plenty of sound into the small package.

 Travel power strip: I travel with the belkin mini travel strip. It allows me to quickly setup my chargers for phone and Bluetooth speakers and allow me extra outlets if needed.

 Laptop with Plex media server installed: if you have a large library of movies and TV shows. Look at installing Plex media server on your laptop. Once installed you will need to install the Plex app on your phone. With all these gadgets connected you have a full library of media on your hotel TV. It’s very easy.

 If your like me and have dry sinuses get yourself a small travel humidifier. I like to think of mine as a gadget because of its small size and cool blue lights that glow in the night.

Finally, while not a gadget dont forget those anti backterial wipes, neck pillows and if you get cold a nice fleece.  Did you know the tray table has more germs on it than the bathrooms do? All according to LA times, USA today and some other news outlets.

Note: some hotels block the HDMI port on the back of the tv which will not allow you to use Chromecast. Other hotel chains will not allow you to connect the travel router to their network. Although most of the hotels I’ve been to will allow you to connect both. Good luck with these gadgets and safe travels to you all.