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Travel Gear Review: The Collapsible Travel Tray 

5/5/2012

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Is the Magellan's Travel Tray a good buy?

After about a week of squabbling over who had the passkey and where the wedding rings were – I knew we needed a better system.

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I've been a huge fan of Magellan’s travel supplies for more than a decade – although it’s only in the past two years that I began ordering from them. I would look through their catalog again and again, in love with the nifty products that not only appealed to my love of travel, but also my affection for organization and mini versions of everyday items.

And for years, I would look at one particular item – the collapsible canvas travel tray – and scoff. Who on earth would spend perfectly good money on little more than some fabric and snaps? It doesn't take a genius to unpack in a hotel room.

And then I went on a bit of a road trip to the east coast of Canada.

A different hotel, campsite, B&B every night  And our stuff was a mess! We could never find hotel keys, keep track of spare change and tips for housekeeping, and maintain any semblance of organization with important papers.

After about a week of squabbling over who had the passkey and where the wedding rings were – I knew we needed a better system.

So I ordered the travel tray and haven’t looked back. And it was an amazing asset to last summer’s two week road trip through the American southwest, where the longest we stayed in any spot was 3 nights, and we changed accommodations an average of every day and a half. The tray lays flat on the outside of my suitcase; it’s the first thing pulled out upon check in, and all critical papers, keys, jewels, money, and passports are kept together. Checkouts become much speedier, as not only are things better organized, but I now only need to check the room 2-3 times instead of my usual 10!

Disorganization causes stress and costs valuable time – and even money. This stresses me out enough in everyday life, let along when I’m on the road – that’s why I go on vacation in the first place! I’m happy to be a devotee of the (admittedly a bit lame) travel tray!

You can go online and order the tray from Magellan's here.



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6 Comments
Freya Renders link
12/8/2013 08:51:18 am

First time I've seen this tray, but I can imagine its uses. I agree that it would certainly take a lot of stress away during our travels!

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Vanessa
2/2/2014 03:07:47 am

It really does! I forgot it on a recent trip and I was cursing my forgetfulness!

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Mary Calculated Traveller link
10/2/2014 11:24:30 pm

OMG. We are so much alike! I've wanted one for years. Even thought about making one myself (I'm crafty that way). I keep thinking that it would be useful in case of emergency in a hotel. Normally, hubby has his stuff strewn all over the nightstand - if it were corralled in one place you could just grab and go... Another idea is for inside the hotel safe (but there are ziplock bags for that).

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Vanessa
26/3/2014 03:00:26 am

Passionate organizer unite!

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shari
29/1/2017 07:14:21 am

How much does it weight?

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Vanessa
29/1/2017 11:40:09 am

I think just a few ounces, judging by how it feels in my hands. Unfortunately the product information online has size but not weight.

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