The ONLY Travel Good you need on your Holiday

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At inkntoneruk we hope that you have had a fantastic Easter Break or even a long Weekend away. Whether you stayed at Home, or went away in the UK or even swimming in the Bahamas, we hope you really enjoyed a decent Break from your work life or taking the stress out from other issues in your life.

I am writing this post today because I realised when going away to travel on your holiday, the question that popped in my head a few times was; what is the best type of travel good should you take with you. While I was packing away for my long weekend to go abroad I was struggling to decide if I should take all my devices with me such as a camera, iPad, Smart Phone and also my Mac book. Having considering the advantages and disadvantages of each device, I realised that you have to consider loads of factors and issues in arising of what or how much stuff you can take with you abroad. For example you should avoid taking expensive equipments with you on a holiday and also consider how much you take with you as you will need to consider the luggage requirement sizes. The golden rule is to not to take something with you if you don’t use it at all.

From my conclusion I only decided to take my iPhone with me abroad. And to be honest that is the only gadget you need (and don’t forget to take your charger and even better a spare battery pack for your iPhone). Leave behind those unnecessary things or expensive items that you think you will need on your travel but in fact when you’re enjoying the sunshine in the holiday resort, you would wish that you didn’t bring that expensive item e.g. a DSLR Camera with you on your holiday. Because one, you didn’t really make use of it and two, you are always having to keep an eye on it because you don’t want to lose it or damage it.

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Here is a list of a few technological items that you should avoid taking with you on your next holiday that you travel to:

• A Tablet. Samsung Galaxy Tablet, iPad, Microsoft Surface Tablet or Blackberry Playbook – you may use it to take photos, browse the internet, social media, and gather your photos so that it is ready for print. Tablets are expensive and it’s your own personal device that the thought of losing it or being stolen sends shivers down your spine.

• A Camera. Digital Camera, Camcorder, Instant Camera, DSLR Camera – To take pictures. Instant cameras don’t require any ink cartridges however they do require film packs. Cameras can get damaged and it’s just an excess item that you always have to carry around with you.

• A Laptop – to manage your holiday photos. It’s too risky to take a Netbook or laptop as it is bulky and expensive therefore there is a high risk of it being stolen.

• A Portable Printer – this device will require ink or toner cartridges in order for it to print out documents or photos. Again taking a printer with you (well a portable one), you have to decide if it is necessary to take one. Can you not wait till you’re at home to print your files or if needs must find a local shop on your holiday that accommodates for in-house printing and you can simply print from your mobile device rather than carrying a printer with you.

At inkntoneruk, our advice would be that the only technological item that you should take with you is your Smart Phone. A Smart Phone such as a Samsung Galaxy S5, iPhone 5s or Sony Xperia Z1. This mobile device can meet the requirements of the above technologies (well apart from the portable printer that lets you print out physical hard copies of documents). The Smart Phone will be able to let you take photos, stay in touch with social media, manage your photography into albums so that it is ready for print when you come back home.

With useful features such as Apple AirPrint on your Apple iPhone 5s that lets you automatically connect to your printer and NFC functionalities that lets you print just by tapping your Samsung Galaxy S5 to your printer, printing your holiday photos has never been easier before. But don’t forget for those ‘special capabilities’ you will require a printer that includes these features. Samsung has launched the Samsung Xpress C460 and 410 Series of printers that are NFC enabled. The HP Photosmart 6520 e-All-in-One Printer features Apple AirPrint as well as other mobile printing capabilities such as HP ePrint and HP wireless direct printing.

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So it’s been finalised that the only travel good you need on a holiday is your Smart Phone e.g. an iPhone 5s (or you can wait till the iPhone 6 releases as there might be advanced technologies on the iPhone 6 to make taking photos even better or adding other printing capabilities).

We hope this article has been useful to you and we would appreciate anything else you would like to add by commenting below or on a twitter, facebook pages.

Yours sincerely;

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Toni B

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