MUST-HAVE GEAR
Several new products are making it easier for travelers to keep track of their phone, pack light to the beach, maintain their vitamin regimen and keep cool - no matter where their travels take them.
PHONE JEWELRY
Keebos’ Beaded Phone Charm Straps ($16.90) not only bling out your smartphone, but they also ensure you’ll never drop or misplace your phone again. Inspired by California’s easy-breezy summers, the charm straps come in two fun themes - Peace and Love - that add color and kicky style to your phone. The charms fit all phones, and let users easily hold their phone in one hand.
This accessory doesn’t come with a phone case, but Keebos offers a Clear Wallet Phone Case ($22.95) that stores up to seven cards and has fourcorner bumper protection. (It’s an accessory that lets you feel good too, as a tree is planted for each wallet purchased through the company’s partnership with One Tree Planted.) To add the beaded charm, simply attach the strap anywhere to your phone case through the designated holes on the case or through the camera, volume or speaker openings of the case. www.keebos.com
POCKET-SIZED BEACH TOWEL
Heading to a beach vacation? Tuck a Lightload beach towel ($12) into your purse or pocket. These full-size beach towels are the smallest, lightest, most energy-efficient towels made with travelers in mind. The winner of a Product Innovation Award from the Travel Goods
Association in the category of Most Eco-Friendly Product, these extrastrength towels are perfect for beachgoers, campers, hikers, fishers and other travelers and adventurers as well as for everyday use.
Add water and watch the magic happen: The pocket-size towels unfold
to a supersize reusable towel. Additionally, they absorb like a sponge and wick water from your body like it’s their job. They are available in three sizes: 30 by 60-inch beach; 12 by 24-inch hand-size threepack; that pack easily on the road to deliver high quality nutrient blends over 24 hours.
Each box contains 15 Here is everything a patches that release 100 traveler needs in a patch: percent of your vitamins energy, immunity, focus, via a small, discrete patch. stress relief and sleep. Meet For instance, the Stress the Vitamin Patch from Relief Patch is infused with Patch Brand ($12/box), valerian root, passion flower vitamin-infused patches and hops to promote with powerful ingredients calm and relaxation. Patches and 12 by 12-inch hand-size two-pack. www.liload.com
PEEL. STICK. ENJOY.
are vegan and responsibly sourced as well as glutenand cruelty-free. www.thepatchbrand.com
BE COOL
Traveling to the tropics or other locale guaranteed to heat you up? Travelers can get immediate relief from heat intolerance with the Cooling Cuff ($34.95), a reusable personal cooling device worn snugly on the wrist to rapidly lower core body temperature and quickly restore temperature homeostasis.
Created by a veteranowned business and made in the USA, the Cooling Cuff is designed to be worn for 10 to 15 minutes and then removed. Its simple three-step process remove from freezer, attach to wrist, cool down returns the body to homeostasis and allows you to stop sweating. The customized cooling compartment, worn on the underside of your wrist, is optimized for maximum cooling while allowing a full range of motion; in other words, to bring sweet cooling relief now. www.coolingcuff.com