All our bags our packed and we're ready to go on our Caribbean cruise. . . actually, we're almost ready to go. Just have to fill our bags with an assortment of technology. Here are the gadgets each of us will be bringing along, and what we'll be leaving at home.
In my 7 year old son's backpack:
- Nintendo DS lite with charger, bag of games and headset/microphone
- Craig video player loaded with with Cars, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, and Underdog
- iFrogz Ear Pollution Toxix
In my 4 year old daughter's backpack:
- Leapster with games rechargeable batteries, battery charger
- Craig video player loaded with Cinderella, Aladdin & Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (not sure why, but they are both obsessed with this movie, which we received from a publicist)
- iFrogz Ear Pollution Toxix
In my pretty Land's End tote bag (a gift from the 2008 Manic Mommies Escape):
- Apple iPhone with Season 1 of True Blood loaded on it
- mophie Juice Pack Air – (because I need more juice to watch the first season of True Blood on my iPhone)
- Kindle loaded with a ton of new, mostly free, books from Amazon
- Bose QuietComfort® 15 Acoustic Noise Cancelling® headphones
- Kodak EasyShare Z812 IS my favorite camera, it's a little big which is also why I'll have my…
- Canon SD 1000
And for my husband. . .
- Nothing. What can I say? The man travels light.
So what will we be leaving behind?
- My Nintendo DS – As much as I've enjoyed this piece of technology in the past, I'll be leaving it at home in favor of my Kindle, as well as videos and games on my iPhone.
- My laptop – With a goal of disconnecting from the internet, I'll be keeping the wifi on my iPhone and Kindle turned off. And I'll be leaving my laptop at home. (I may need some medication to help me with this separation).
Looking at the the pile of cables and cords, I'm a little amazed by how much technology we "need" when traveling. Which made me wonder, what do you and your family bring when on vacation? And what do you leave at home?
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Is the Craig video player a DVD player or an actual just movie player? ((Gadget lover))
Technology only:
One laptop, 2 DSi’s with headsets and g-a-m-e-s, and a couple MP3 players of choice with a movie or two loaded, and cell phones. All the cables and chargers make me crazy.
We don’t travel with video players unless we have our SUV with us, which has one built in. We use to take videos to watch at our destination and even Redboxed a couple this past vacation but we never take the time to watch them. As our children get older, it seems it takes less to keep them occupied.
Thanks for the tip on the head phones for the kids. I just ordered a couple of pairs for my daughters. It’s amazing, I pretty much pack the same stuff you do! I haven’t heard of the Craig video player, do you like it? Could you do a review on those?
It’s just my husband and I and all we take are cell phones and a camera! We enjoy our alone time together and it’s just us! I am however looking for some type of electronic scrabble game that I can play by myself for entertainment.
I carry my technology most everywhere. Cell phone (we don’t have a wire line) Canon 940 camera, iPod touch & kindle. Only the kindle isn’t in my belt pouch I wear everywhere. I need some better head phones though. I can’t wear the small earbud type at all. I like the ones you have for your kids, may get a pair.
Family of 6 I have downsized this is what we will be taking next month on a road trip:
Garmins GPS
Mom (me) : Ipod Touch loaded with games, books (both audio and kindle downloaded), a movie or 2, a few funny shows,favorite Podcasts(Maniac Mommies) and music
Duracell Battery Extender for Ipod
1 iFrogz DJ headphones (blocks out everyone) and 1 set of earphones
Canon camera
My Cell that will rarely be on
Husband : Zune loaded with ‘guy’ movies and music
Cell
7yr Daughter: Sansa Clip Plus loaded with her fav audiobooks and music
Skullcandy headphones
DSi
6yr old Daughter: Sansa Clip Plus loaded with music and audiobooks
Headphones
Leapster 2
4yr old Son: Ipod Shuffle with preschool songs and a few preschool stories
Leapster 2
2yr old Daughter: Discovery Kids Mp3 player loaded with preschool sing a longs
L-Max (hand me down original Lmax)
All thats missing is a video player for the kids. We also take along activity books and coloring books. We try to limit the kids with the Mp3 players and games it just depends.
I keep the chargers in little zip up bags that I bought at the Dollar Tree and keep them wrapped with cloth ponytail holders.