Here are a couple of handy tools that I stumbled upon today:
- The Universal Packing List: Select your dates and answer some basic questions and the Universal Packing List will generate a packing list for you. It’s a good idea but it could be more customised – I put in the details for my upcoming trip to Krakow and it told me to bring beach gear. It would be great if it could generate a specific packing list for different types of holiday – city breaks, beach holidays etc. Or even better, if you could just tell it where exactly you are going and it figured it out for you. Obviously it’s just a tool and you will need to customise the list further but it’s handy for reminding you to pack things you might otherwise forget, such as camera chargers.
- Daylight Map: This map of the world visualises day and night in different countries. It’s handy for travellers but probably even more handy for expats wanting to call home at an appropriate hour. Of course, if a country is in darkness it doesn’t tell you if it’s 7pm or 3am. You’ll just have to figure it for yourself. I like the way it looks though.
- Travel Guide Map: Darren at Travel Rants has created a cool map with visual links to destination guides around the web. My guide to Bruges is there, though it’s a little hard to click on because it’s so close to another guide to nearby Ghent.
Thanks for the mention Caitlin.
Ps I didn’t know you were Australian. My favourite beer is Australian, no not Fosters (ha) Cascade and Tooheys, I miss that beer!
Cascade’s a great beer. My favourite is James Squire Amber Ale. – Caitlin
PS I added your URL so my readers can know who you are. Hope that’s okay.
I think the Daylight map is pretty neat.