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What's in Your Carry-on, Sammual James McLoughlin?

December 13, 2011 at 5:15 PM | by | Comments (0)

Travel voyeurs, every last one of us! It's time for a new series wherein you show off what you're working with. That is, what necessities make it into your carry-on bag. Want to be featured? It's crazy simple. Shoot us an email with a nice big photo of your bag contents and a little bit about why they have pride of place in your carry-on. And of course include your Twitter handle if you so desire.

Next up in the series after peeking into the bags of illustrious travelers, we've got yet another: Sammual James McLoughlin, Editor of the mobile technology blog PalmAddict.

As I am lucky to travel on a frequent basis from Manchester, UK to cities such as Rio de Janeiro and New York City, I like to ensure that I travel light and as efficiently as possible so that my travels are free of hassle. I only take carry-on; waiting for luggage stowed away uses time. I take the following with me:

· Marks & Spencer Travel holdall: It's a couple of years old, it's robust and it can be wheeled anywhere and there is enough space to carry clothing that suits the climate of the city I am visiting. Luggage label courtesy of my gold elite status with Continental Airlines.
· Macbook Air: Allows me to update my website and stay up to date with work email.
· iPad: Possibly the greatest gadget I have owned to date. Loaded with my own choice of films in case I am bored of inflight entertainment.

· iPad Wallet: My Macbook Air and iPad are protected by an awesome iPad Wallet by Waterfield case.
· Continental Airlines BusinessFirst case: It holds my toiletries.
· Flight001 see-through toiletries case: It holds liquids and gels. Flight001 is the greatest travel shop; I dread to think how much I've spent there over the years.
· A slunket: A travel accessory necessity because sometimes the air conditioning on an aircraft may be too enthusiastic, so a slunket on top of an airline-issued duvet will be enough to keep me warm. Plus I sleep better with a home comfort.
· White iPhone 4S: My communication device and my essential music player.
· TimeOut guidebook: Despite the fact I have visited my destinations several times, I always carry a Time Out guide. They are, in my opinion the best guidebooks; I learn something new in every update.
· Worldwide travel adapter: Again this was purchased from Flight001. It comes with me everywhere and I can use it worldwide and also use it onboard my flight.
· British Airways Travel Wallet: It has room for e-tickets, passport and any other essential documentation. I also carry a spare pen because someone always forgets the pen and the flight attendants never look to happy to loan them one so I carry spares. Just call me a good samaritan.
· TAM Airlines money wallet: Naturally essential for money and credit cards, plus loyalty cards for Continental/United, TAM and British Airways.
· Neck Rest/Pillow: Can you guess where I got this? Yes, Brazil and it's the best neck pillow—nice and firm and does the trick. Again, this comes with me everywhere.

About the Author: Sammual James McLoughlin is the Editor of PalmAddict, a blog covering mobile technology since 1999. He's a frequent transatlantic flyers, sitting pretty in biz class with Star Alliance Gold elite status

[Photo: Sammual James McLoughlin]

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