When you travel, you are either going for a business trip or a vacation. Irregardless of what your purpose for travel is, travel accessories are very much essential for a hassle-free trip.

The very obvious travel accessories would have to be luggage, travel clothing, travel appliances and toiletries. These are the basic travel essentials but aside from these, there are other useful items and gadgets that you should take along with you.

A universal plug is very much useful if you have plans of using a hair dryer, a mobile phone charger, a travel iron or any other electrical gadget in your hotel room. You should bring along with you a portable travel iron should some of your clothes need a quick iron unless you don't mind projecting a crumpled look at a party or a night out.

A portable media or music player can keep you entertained when going on very long trips. Also, a good book or magazines can keep you entertained if music or movies are not your thing.

Your mobile phone and charger will enable you to be in contact and to stay in touch with family, friends or colleagues unless you don't have any desire to be contacted, to take or make any calls at all. If you will be traveling out of the country, ensure that your service provider has enabled international roaming on your mobile phone unit.

A hairdryer is essential especially for the females. For sure, they want to look their best and that goes for their crowning glory. Most hotels though have their very own hairdryer installed in each room but just in case there is none, at least you have one that you could use for an instant coiffure.

Unless you plan to pay for expensive laundry fees at the hotel, you can wash your clothes by yourself on your very own hotel sink if you bring along with you laundry powder. Also a small sewing kit will prove to be useful should an accident tear happen on any of your clothes. With a sewing kit on hand, you can easily patch it up and not have to worry about buying extra clothes.

A small first aid kit containing medication even just for headaches or for gastric relief can provide comfort in case you feel sick.

Basically, you ultimately make your very own list of travel essentials. These are just suggestions and you can add more or take out those that you think you don't practically need.