The ONE travel item you don't travel without?

[kyshel]

Not stuff like toothbrush or netbook or phone (things you use at home)

Jumbo Hefty Zip Bags [to pack clothing]

[thepiranha]

Extra batteries.

[shygirl724]

Duct tape........repairs all things, cures most emergencies & doubles as a lint bush.

Shy ~

[bonniejoy03]

Eye masks!! I just started this with our longer flights and it is quite helpful! Also, a picture of MacKenzie Guinevere, our Scottie....nice to see her photo!!

[shygirl724]

Luggage weight scale. Never have to worry about overweight fees just because you packed too much in one bag and not enough in another.

Shy ~

[travel2fun]

Cannot imagine ever packing for a foreign trip without Imodium.

[ngallag]

My Kindle.

[ShiningLight]

In addition to Imodium, we found a new necessity on a recent trip to western Europe. A wash cloth/face cloth.

Of 4 properties, ranging from 3* business oriented hotel (near town in Germany where DH's ancestors hailed from), to a B&B, to 4* hotel in Delft, to LL's The College Hotel in Amsterdam, not one furnished or had upon request, a wash cloth. Being a heavy user of sunscreen during the day, I needed to wash my face of it & accumulated grime at the end of the day and use a medication. And then there's between the toes and other nether body parts.

In Delft we found a small variety store and purchased 2 for the remainder of the trip. On the Celebrity Cruise across the pond, we had our towels changed 2X a day so we might have been a wee bit spoiled.

We used some of those extra zip lock type plastic baggies that Kyshel mentions when we couldn't air dry them after hand washing and they had to be packed.

[jmbklj]

2 things - clear packing tape you can tear by hand and ear plugs - never know when you may need either one!

[omegaet]

Cannot imagine ever packing for a foreign trip without Imodium.

t-2-f.....Ha, ha.....practical addition to any trip!