Travel clocks may not be the glamorous part of vacations and adventures that everyone thinks of, but they can come in very handy depending on your journey. If you are travelling on business, you should never leave without one of these lifesavers! Relying on the hotel wake up call or an alarm clock in the hotel that you are unfamiliar with can cause you to be late to an important meeting. Don’t risk it!
Lots of folks mistakenly think that their cell phone can do anything a travel clock can do… but often travelling outside the country can cause cell phones to quit receiving service and/or the electrical outlets in other countries may not allow charging the cell phone without special attachments. This hassle can be solved by simply bringing a travel clock that can run for much longer on batteries than the typical cell phone.
Most travel clocks also come with a variety of helpful features. They are programmed with all of the time zones and also take into account Daylight Savings Time. So as you travel around the globe – or to the next state, province, or parish – your clock will keep up with you. Atomic clocks will even set themselves, thus taking the stress out of worrying whether you remembered to set the time to the local time zone.
Additional features can include dual time zone settings, world time zones, city selections, local temperatures (in celsius or farenheit), a calendar, large display, a ‘home-zone’ setting to keep up with what time it is where your loved ones are, FM radio, built-in flashlight, compass, and much more.
Travel clocks are generally made to be compact enough to fit into your luggage without requiring too much space. They also just weigh a few ounces. You’ll probably never even notice the weight in your bags… especially if you pack like my wife!
They’re also pretty darn cool. They come in multiple colors, multiple finishes (wood, brushed stainless steel that you can get engraved if it is meant as a gift), and various digital displays.