Charlotte is founder and editor of Quirky Guide. She is a veteran of Lonely Planet, MSN Travel, the World Travel Guide and Oddizzi, and has written for Wanderlust, MQ Publications and many other travel publishers under her maiden name Beech. For more information, visit her website.
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Get hoisted up into the treetops, and wait for ‘flying’ waiters to bring your food.
We travellers can be tricky beggars to buy for. To lend a hand, we’ve handpicked 40 cool, funny or unusual travel gadgets, books, stocking fillers and other presents for all budgets.
Where have these sunglasses been all our travelling life? In Q’s secret gadget store, probably.
We love seeing peoples’ “been-there maps.” Well, now there’s no need to prick yourself or lose pins down the back of the radiator every time you go somewhere new.
From a sorry tale of being locked in a Dutch toilet to getting naked and beaten with branches in Mexico (supposedly for pleasure).
Anyone staying in dorms or prone to missing your stop on the train will appreciate this silent alarm-watch that buzzes you awake without disturbing fellow travellers.
A lovely and unusual way to remember key trips or places close to your heart.
It may be ugly as sin, but this bulky jacket could save you a fortune on short-haul luggage charges.
