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Title: Sun, sea, sand and gadgets
Post by: Clive on July 21, 2008, 16:29

While toothbrushes and sunscreen might be the most obvious things to pack for summer holidays, a new survey shows that gadgets are the essential items for the British traveller.

The top five gadgets, as voted by travellers in a survey by social networking site WAYN.com, are the mobile phone, MP3 player, laptop, camera and SatNav.

Only two per cent of respondents thought it necessary to pack a toothbrush while just under 10 per cent included sunscreen in their list of essential items.

Overall, 35 per cent of travellers chose a gadget as a top travel item.

WAYN's poll of 7,400 members across 193 countries, found that the Scots think makeup is more essential than a book, and that the French choose a lover as the second most important thing to take on a holiday.

"You only have to spend an hour waiting for a delayed flight or train to watch travellers from all countries grab for the gadgets," said WAYN.com co-founder Peter Ward.

www.wayn.com

Title: Re: Sun, sea, sand and gadgets
Post by: Simon on July 21, 2008, 16:46

I certainly wouldn't leave the house without my mobile! 

Title: Re: Sun, sea, sand and gadgets
Post by: GillE on July 21, 2008, 17:57

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...the French choose a lover as the second most important thing to take on a holiday...

I wonder what the most important thing is to the French.  A condom?

Title: Re: Sun, sea, sand and gadgets
Post by: Clive on July 21, 2008, 22:26

 :lol:

Title: Re: Sun, sea, sand and gadgets
Post by: Sandra on July 22, 2008, 01:05

What, no corkscrew  :o

Title: Re: Sun, sea, sand and gadgets
Post by: Rik on July 22, 2008, 09:52

So that would be a copy of the Karma Sutra then?  :o