What kitchen essentials should you bring on a week-long trip? It could be tricky if your trip involves a plane ride, since you’d have to check specific airline/country rules on bringing electronics.

However, if you’re just going on a road-trip and would be staying either in your vehicle, camp out, or take a quick stay at the nearest inn, here are 10 of the kitchen essentials you should bring for your next week-long trip:

1. Cooler

It doesn’t matter if your week-long road trip involves an RV or not, you’d likely need a cooler if you want to bring meat, your preferred drinks, and other goods that must be kept cold.

Every cooler is made for a specific purpose. The manufacturers indicate an estimated time, so you know how long a particular cooler model is able to keep your food cold. You can either refill ice to keep your cooler cool every other day, or invest in a higher-priced model that could keep food and drinks cool for up to a week.

1. Compact camp stove

If you’re backpacking and do not have the comforts of an RV kitchen, make it easier to cook with a lightweight, portable stove. There are numerous brands (and designs) to choose from, but all of them keep the flame protected from the elements. This way, you can focus on cooking and not be worried about starting a forest fire.

1. Charcoal and matches, or lighter

If you don’t have a camp stove yet, which I recommend you invest in, your next best choice is to use charcoal for cooking outdoors.

Cooking over coals yields better results than an open flame in most cooking situations, but you can’t readily find charcoal in the middle of a national park. You’d have to bring these along with you.

To light it up more quickly, use a match or lighter. You’ll understand that cooking on charcoal gives you more control over your fire than cooking in an open fire.

1. Can opener

If you’re on a budgeted trip and you came prepared with several canned goods with you, don’t forget to bring your trusty can opener. Imagine hiking for hours, ready to eat lunch once you reach the peak of your climb, only to realize you won’t be able to open the can quickly.

It is extremely hard to open cans with a knife, so make sure you pack a can opener with you.

1. An all-in-one pot

Bring a pot that you can fry food in, boil veggies into, and heat anything you want in it. If you’re camping, be sure that the pot you bring is able to take bonfire heat.

There’s a chance your multipurpose pot would be exposed to charcoal and open fire, so the pot you choose to bring should be built for heavy-duty camping and not your fancy pans and pots that you prefer not to be scratched.

1. Utensils

Don’t forget to bring your utensils. If you’re camping, you can just remind everyone included in the trip to pack their personal spoon/fork. This way, you’d just be packing cooking utensils (such as tongs, big spoons, ladles, knives, and so on).

1. Coffee or tea

If you’re a coffee person, you know that it is virtually impossible to function without a decent cup of your favorite coffee. Don’t expect to find coffee where you’re going. Instead, bring your coffee with you. This should also be the rule for your preferred creamer, tea and sugar (or sugar substitute).

1. Herbs, Spices and Condiments

If you’re someone like me who is particular with flavor, make sure you pack your favorite herbs and spices. Don’t forget salt and pepper, which you’d most likely use whether you’re grilling or baking your dinner.

For some who can’t survive without their homegrown hot sauce, or go-to ketchup, mustard, mayo, barbecue sauce, salad dressing, vinaigrette, relish, and other condiments, I’m sure you can’t find these things in the middle of nowhere, so pack them with you as well.

1. Microwave oven

Ideal for reheating your food anytime you want, this next must-have is exclusively for those traveling in an RV. With a microwave oven, you can defrost pre-packed frozen meals, reheat food, bake simple recipes, and even cook meals indoors from scratch.

1. Food.

Of course, don’t forget the food! You’re lucky if you have an RV and you can bring unlimited amounts of food. But if you’re hiking and camping in the wild, you’d have to be really picky with the type of food you’re going to bring. After all, you’re going to be the ones carrying them to your spot, so it’s best to think and plan ahead.

If you’re traveling with kids, prepare snacks for them as well. Trail mix, granola bars, and beef jerky are lightweight, but can keep you fed, so stock up on them.

I hope this list of essentials will come handy for your week-long trip.

You may have thousands of pictures on your smartphone or camera after traveling. While you can upload some images on your social media, the rest may end up forgotten. This is why we’re sharing the best ways to display your travel photos to your family and friends.

The great thing about travel photos is that there are several ways for you to display them. It could be anything like simple prints, photo books, creative home ornaments, and wall art. Now, it’s time to unleash your craftsy side and immortalize your travel photos.

Transform Photos into Canvas Prints

Turn your most loved travel pictures into stunning wall art for your home. With the Collage.com canvas print, you can pick the right size and type of frame to go along with your current home displays.

Create a Clothespin Display

Do you have stacks of variable-sized prints? Bring out a jute string, loop it around old frames, and use colored pins to hang photos. The fun thing about this style is that you can constantly redesign it, and this can even become one of your new hobbies this 2021.

Make Moments Come to Life Using a Photo Book

Using photo books is another great way to display photos because you can flip through pages and recall moments. You can dedicate a whole photo book just for a single trip or collage all of your travel pictures from a year of traveling. You can even add texts or graphics.

Create a Pentapych Gallery Wall

If you prefer something asymmetrical, why not try using pentapych wall decors? This allows you to use individual frames that split an image to make them appear larger. Dividing your travel photos into segments adds movement and interest to your displays.

Design a Travel-the-World Wall Art

Perhaps you’re a jet setter, and you miss hopping from one country to another. You can reminisce those moments by having a wall map! Hang your travel photos using strings linked to the closest part of the world where you took the images.

Tile the Walls

About 60% of people share photos on social media while traveling. So instead of keeping your pictures in square-sized photo uploads, you can literally print them in square tiles. Wall prints are beautiful yet inexpensive, and you get to highlight your eye-catching shots.

Put a Quirky Cork Board

Now, if you’re feeling extra sentimental, you can collage your photo prints on a massive corkboard. You can also use colorful tapes or push pins to add plane boarding passes, museum tickets, theme park brochures, or any souvenir you got from your trips.

Stick Photos to Surfaces

There’s something sentimental about peeling stickers and sticking them to random things. The good thing about stickers is that they usually come in small sizes and thinner materials. This is the perfect way to scatter little reminders of your trip, whether it’s on a window, mirror, car dashboard, or journal.

Upload a Digital Screensaver

Displaying your photos doesn’t mean you always have to print them. You can still choose to go digital by uploading travel pictures on smart TVs and use them as a screensaver.

Collect Home Ornaments

Instead of using massively produced designs for your home decors, you can also turn your travel photos into personalized home decors. Sprinkle bits of memories across your home by printing pictures onto calendars, pillows, coasters, mugs, and even puzzles for the little ones.

Conclusion

You can spend time with your family or friends in creating displays or hire an artist to edit your images. You can even learn how to remove flyaway hair from picture by yourself! Whether it’s a weekend getaway or a week-long family vacation, displaying your travel photos gives you a tangible and easily accessible way of looking back into those moments.

Many of us are only familiar with Taiwan because plenty of our electronics and other goods say, “Made in Taiwan,” but Taiwan is so much more than a manufacturer of goods. It is a beautiful island country with lots of culture, activity and smiling faces. Sanetraveller wants you to know that it deserves a spot on your travel list. Here’s the complete cost breakdown just in case you need a little nudge.

Airfare

Getting to and from Taiwan may be your largest expense when it comes to planning a visit. Your departure point will have a lot to do with the cost. Do some research and comparison shopping to find the best deal. Pro tip: Book at least 27 days in advance and plan to depart in the middle of the week. There are five major airports that you can fly into.

Accommodations

It’s pretty easy to save on accommodations in Taiwan. Dorm rooms in hostels are a great option for solo travelers and backpackers. They’re usually very inexpensive, clean and modern. Private rooms aren’t as cheap as dorm rooms, but they’re still a pretty good deal. Whether you choose a hostel or budget hotel, you won’t have any problem finding accommodations for less than $50 a night. In fact, you’ll even find Airbnb’s for around $50 a night. Taipei is a tourist destination, so you’ll find prices on the higher end here, but there are plenty of cities to check out. Consider Kaohsiung, Kenting or Hualien.

Transportation

There are plenty of ways to get around Taiwan. There is the public metro system, high speed rail, scooter rentals and hired cars like Uber. Using a multifaceted approach to getting around your city of choice or the country may be your best option for getting to see and do what you want and save. Scooter rental and multi-day metro passes are going to be the cheapest ways to get around.

Food

One of the best parts about traveling is getting to try new food. Between night markets, cafes and street food, you’ll have a wide range of great things to try. Food is fairly cheap in Taiwan and the street food is surprisingly safer to eat than one may think. Depending on the length of your stay, you won’t have to worry so much about food eating a hole in your travel budget.

Activities

There’s never a dull moment in Taiwan, unless you want there to be. You’ll find lots of things to do, whether you’re a nature lover, a foodie or a culture explorer. Many of the temples and natural attractions, like Taroko National Park, night markets and Lotus Pond, are free. Some museums come with ticket sales, but in Taipei there’s the Taipei Unlimited Fun Pass which allows you to check out multiple attractions for the one price.

This lovely little island off of the southeast coast of China is an affordable place to visit with plenty to do. Of course, the costs will be less if you’re traveling alone, but going as a couple or a family doesn’t have to break the bank either. Just keep your mind open to the possibilities and see what happens.