Jaunted

Travel Gear / Safety Travel / Travel Products / → All Tags

Is It a Hotel Safe or Tank Top? Only You Will Know

Not all of our friends have the best luck with passports, which they carry in their pockets because they don't want to leave them in cheap hotel rooms. Ditto for laptops, extra currency, and so on. Travelers always have to make a decision between what's safer: carrying something around in a strange city or abandoning it behind a locked door. Enter the Travelon Garment Hideaway, a piece of travel gear that we're trying to hate but kind of finding interesting.

The idea here is that there's a middle ground between leaving something out in the open or putting it in your pocket. Things can actually be hidden. So from the outside the Travelon Garment Hideaway looks like a woman's tank top. On the inside, though, there are 5 distinct plastic pockets in which you can stash all manner of personal belongings. You put your valuables in the pockets and then either hang the bag up or fold it in the bottom of a drawer, making it look like just another item of clothing. This adds an extra layer of obfuscation for when you're wandering about town that's slightly more clever than the old "put your passport in a pillowcase" trick—which, lets be honest, was never particularly clever.

more ›

Travel Gear / Toiletries / Travel Products / TSA / → All Tags

Get Your Beauty Essentials Through Airport Security with 3floz.com

It's hard enough to remember to pack everything for a trip. But putting those darn toiletries into travel containers always seems to fall by the wayside until you're going through airport security and have to throw away your prized $50 bottle of conditioner and risk a vacation of bad hair days. You can avoid the problem with the help of a new website, 3floz.com. The online boutique specializes in TSA-friendly beauty products that are all regulation size.

You won't find Bath & Bodyworks shower gels here; 3floz.com hawks luxe goodies from brands like Pangea Organics, Ole Henriksen, Go Smile and Philip B. And as far as products go, the site sells everything from shampoo to eye cream to nail strengtheners. There are also anti-aging and teeth-whitening kits available in mini-sized bottles, of course.

more ›

Travel Gear / Green Travel / Travel Products / Lists / → All Tags

Five Travel Gear Companies That Give Back To The World

We talk about Travel Gear a lot here at Jaunted, and issues like Green Travel just as much. Merging the two are some innovative companies, who specialize not only in producing eco-friendly travel products, but also giving back to their communities and promoting a positive image of a global citizen. Perhaps when you're looking for your next piece of luggage, a new swim coverup, or even a full-size tent for that camping trip, you'll remember that there are options out there doing good for the world while they help you enjoy your trip.

Without further ado, here are a few of those companies: Five Travel Gear Companies That Give Back To The World:

Matt & Nat
In case you didn’t know, this uber-hip Vegan handbag line out of Montreal makes fashionable bags and wallets and totes from recycled water bottles. In addition to being environmentally smart, designer Inder Bedi gives back to various charities throughout Europe, Canada and the United States. From battered women’s shelters to animal rights, Bedi cares. He also sees that hundreds of homeless people eat a vegetarian meal twice annually in their home base of Montreal.

Additionally, a dollar for every bag sold goes to the charity of your choice. Within the first quarter, the line has accumulated charitable contribution dollars exceeding $16,000. Our favorite item? A little perfect-for-your-passport Men’s Murse.

more ›