Let's face it: these days we all have electrical devices that need charging! Many hotels and motels, especially older ones, don't have electrical outlets conveniently placed for this purpose. Often times you have to pull the bed or couch away from the wall, or plug into an outlet that's 10 feet away… when you only have a 6 foot cord. Which sucks when you want to chill in bed and scroll on your phone… which, let's be honest, most of us do, especially on vaycay! Bringing along a cheap, lightweight extension cord (not a power strip) solves this. It instantly doubles the length of your phone cord, plus has extra outlets if you need to plug-in other gadgets. It costs less than $10 and barely takes up any room or weight in your bag. I just keep it in my luggage so it's always there when I'm ready to travel. Can't tell you how many times this has really saved the day. It's make more of a difference than you'd think.