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Travel Week: Packing the Travel Desk

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What's in my bag.

For long trips, one of them most important but often last-packed items is the travel desk. Since I am going to be on the move, going from meeting-to-meeting, event-to-event and hotel-to-hotel, I need to come prepared with a good assortment of writing tools and paper, all tucked into an easy-to-use carrying case or bag. So, in an effort to help me choose the right supplies for 16-hour flights, road trips and hotels with Chinese-only TV, I present you with a challenge.

Tell me your must-have travel office supplies (maybe something from the Jet Pens catalog?) and you could win a $25 gift certificate from Jet Pens to use to purchase your perfect travel kit.

(The rules: you must leave a comment here on Wellappointeddesk.com, not on Tumblr, Twitter or Facebook. You must leave a comment by Saturday at midnight CST. You must leave an email address in order for me to contact you if you win. Winner will be contacted on Sunday, April 8, 2012. Winner will be selected using Random Number Generator. Thanks for entering!)

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Link Love

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With all the furious packing and trip-planning, its been a bit of a “slow news week” here at The Well-Appointed Desk. Here’s this week’s link love. Enjoy!

  • When pencil sharpening becomes a how-to book (via Woodclinched)

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Travel Week: Packing Tips

Author AnaPosted on 2 Comments
Adolf Konrad's graphic packing list, December 16, 1973. Adolf Ferdinand Konrad papers, 1962-2002.

With just a few days left before I leave on my 3-week adventure, I needed all the packing advice I could find.

So, here’s a series of links filled with packing advice:

Do you have any packing tips?

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Pack This!

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When it comes to travel, I do better with a list I can use to check off  each item when its packed into my bag. Especially things that I tend to double- and triple-check like flight itinerary, passport and gadgets. The Pack This! checklist notepad is a great way to keep track of what’s been packed and what you might have forgotten. $6.99 for 60 sheets from Container Store.

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Travel Week: Luggage Tags

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No travel bag is complete without the right luggage tag. A good luggage tag will help you identify your bag in the mass of black roller bags and also provide a sturdy place to put your contact information in case your bag goes to Tokyo while you go to Taipei.

(Luggage tags featured above are: Samsonite Aluminum luggage tags, set of two $10, I Pack Heavy ID tag $14.95, Flight 001 3-pack plastic tag set $12, This Bag Is Mine leather bag tag $22,  Leather Initial Tag, set of two $15.99, Keep Calm and Carry Your Own Baggage tag $7.95, Penguin Book On The Road tag approx. $20, Anne Taintor Bombshell luggage tag $8.99.)

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Travel Week: Passports

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As I am preparing for my business trip to Asia next week, I have decided to spend this week sharing some business travel tips and mobile office ideas with you, my fine readers. Like this little doozy:

Did you know that new US passports contain RFID chips in them that can be easily read, snooped, or scanned by anyone with a device purchased at Radio Shack? Not just passports but several credit cards now have RFID chips embedded in them as well.

To protect your information, you can purchase an RFID blocking wallet or passport case or rig your own with tin foil and duct tape (though the jury is still out on just how effective this technique is). A more vigorous, though not wholly legal option is available for completely disabling the chip as well.

(via Engadget)