Road Warriors! Your must-have travel item(s) for business trips?

[Quercus]

@scr4

Often the hotel room is too quiet and/or there are distracting noises around. You can’t always count on a ventilator fan or AC fan to drown out the noise. So I always travel with a Lectrofan Micro white noise machine.

I sleep much much better in hotels now that I have a (free) white noise app on my phone. There are a ton to choose from, on Android at least.

I realize that doesn’t help with a gift idea (and in fact kind of eliminates one), but it is my best business trip advice.

[Mama_Zappa]

@peccavi

Actually, I recommend everyone carry a small but powerful flashlight in their toiletries (it is amazing how bright a light you can get in something the size of your little finger). In an emergency, while in theory there is supposed to be emergency lighting, quite often you end up in pitch black situations. While a smartphone is a reasonable make-do, nothing beats an actual flashlight.

No argument from me (I have one in my purse… which I would probably have to locate using my phone, LOL).

We actually got to try out the nightlight trick this past weekend - our first travel since I bought the thing.

And the hotel had the vanity / sink in the room, with the toilet / shower in a room by itself, with no plugs :p.

[Lare]

For an alternative to the excellent but pricey Bose and Sony noise cancellers, I would like to recommend the TaoTronics line. I picked up a pair of in-ear buds on sale and was pleasantly surprised at how well they worked and how good they sounded. They may not be as good as Bose, but worked well enough, and at a significant price delta, to be in my travel kit.
No link because the ones I have are no longer made, but search the company name on Amazon.