Enjoy Your Vacation More with Modern Technology

Travel agent fees, airfare hikes, overbooked hotels, no in-flight entertainment and home security breaches. As the saying goes “I need a vacation from this vacation” and if you’ve found yourself in any of these situations, you might have uttered those words yourself!

According to the Gallup Poll six in ten Americans took a vacation in 2017 and 62 percent reported having taken a vacation away from home in past year.

You can take a great vacation and still bring some tech with you. No we are not talking about developing FOMO. There is technology that will actually having you stress less during your well deserved break.

“Everyone has heard of Alexa, the wonderful personal assistant and my message to you is Alexa can also be your travel assistant when you’re planning your trip,” said Stephanie Oswald, Emmy Award-winning journalist, and co-founder of Travelgirl Magazine. “She can help with everything from finding out the weather at your destination, help book your reservation and even give you some travel tips from Lonely Planet.

Not too sure if your outfit looks right? “Now there is something new out there it’s the Echo Look your own personal stylist that use with Alexa,” said Oswald. Using just your voice, easily take full-length photos and 6-second videos of your daily look and build your own personal look. Echo Look is designed with a focus on personal style. It’s the only Echo that has a hands-free camera optimized to capture your outfits, and style assistant.

“It’s really important to have peace of mind when you’re away,” mentions Oswald. “You don’t want to worry about what’s happening at home and that’s where the Amazon Cloud Cam comes in. It’s a security system to set up in your home and us it with an app on your phone.” With Cloud Cam, it’s easy to see all the areas in your home that you want to cover. Place Cloud Cam inside your front door to see who’s arriving or in the living room to keep tabs on your pets while you’re away. You can manage all of your cameras from the Cloud Cam App, making it easier for you to see more at all times. Just swipe to see another camera view.

“One last tip<” said Oswald. “When you’re on vacation if you’re someone who likes to read like me I love the Kindle Oasis because it’s waterproof. Really fun for the whole family is the Fire HD8 and it has 12 hours of battery time. As a mom I really like the kids edition it comes with 15000 age appropriate books, videos and games and more than 55,000 handpicked websites.”

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For more great tips and articles visit Travel Girl Magazine.

Stephanie is known as the “Travelgirl” — a nickname that transferred to the print and digital magazine she co-founded in 2003. Stephanie spent more than a decade as a globetrotting producer and travel correspondent for CNN and CNN International. As the anchor of “CNN Travel Now” she explored dozens of countries: zip-lining in Costa Rica, riding the famous Ghan train across Australia, climbing the Great Wall of China and dancing with the Huli Wigmen of Papua New Guinea — just to name a few highlights.

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