At the airport

Okay, so you’re gonna sit around for ages. First things first: entertainment. The

Nintendo Switch (£ 279.99, nintendo.co.uk) is a must for game-loving travellers. Nothing passes the time better than full-scale Zelda, Mario Kart, Street Fighter II and more. If you prefer movies and TV shows, grab the latest 9.7- inch iPad (£339, apple.com/uk). You can download stuff from the likes of Netflix to watch offline on its lovely sharp screen. Of course, to enjoy your movies properly, you need great sound. Bose’s QuietComfort 30 wireless in- ear headphones (£ 219, bose.co.uk) offer genuinely amazing noisecancellation tech, even against the drone of jet engines.

You’ll need to make sure you don’t run out of power for your binge watching. ST K’s Fast

Fuel 15K (£49.99, stklife.com) battery pack has a 15,000mAh capacity, which is roughly enough to charge our iPad twice on top of its initial charge, and its Qualcomm Quick Charge port juices up compatible phones four times faster.

You’ve got to carry all this around, of course. For a weekend away, we love Moshi’s

Vacanza travel bag (£ 190, moshi.com), which has a protected pocket for laptops up to 15 inches, while still being spacious for clothes, despite being slim and smart. It even has a hardened pocket on the front for sunglasses.

If you’re travelling with the family and already struggling to fit everything into your carry- on luggage, the SCOT eVEST

Tropiformer jacket (from £ 137, scottevest.com) will be a lifesaver. It’s packed with pockets designed specifically for tablets, phones, cameras, bottles, sunglasses… Basically, get all that stuff out of your bag and smuggle it (er, in a totally legal sense) onto the plane in your jacket, leaving your bag free for other essentials.