Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

There's No Such Thing as Too Many Handles on a Suitcase [Travel]

By Andrew Liszewski Oct 15, 2011 1:00 PM 9,109 14

There's No Such Thing as Too Many Handles on a SuitcaseUnless you travel with just the clothes on your back, you're going to be spending part of your vacation awkwardly wrangling a heavy suitcase through airports and in and out of taxis. Cursing American Tourist for their single handle designs all the while.

You'd think that by now luggage manufacturers would have realized this and provided ample places to grip, pull and tug a heavy suitcase. But they haven't. Instead, it took a Quirky inventor to come up with a third-party solution called the Lift. It's literally nothing more than an adjustable, heavy-duty, nylon t-strap that wraps around a suitcase. But what makes it awesome is the inclusion of extra handles located all over the strap, making the whole kit and caboodle easier to lift. It attaches with plastic seatbelt-like buckles so you can easily pop it off for inevitable luggage inspections, and is currently available for pre-sale on Quirky for just $24. [Lift via Fancy]

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Monday, September 12, 2011

Download Free Travel Guides for Your iPhone, iPad or Android Phone with Triposo [Apps]

Download Free Travel Guides for Your iPhone, iPad or Android Phone with TriposoIn a foreign country where you know nothing and nobody, you have two options: carry around a gigantic Frommer's guide and look like a toolish tourist or download Triposo to your phone and look like a slick local.

Best part about Triposo is that it's free. The devs culled seven sources—WIkipedia, Wikitravel, World66, Openstreetmap etc.—via an algorithm to create guides for 50 different destinations on Android (30 on iOS). You can use the app to see what's worth sightseeing, where to go out, where to eat and more. There's even tidbits of landmarks and major sights (thank you Wikipedia!) and the app, which comes with a map of the city, works offline too. Free. [Android Market, iTunes via TechCrunch]

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