Peggy and I are back from California. Summer travel is pretty much finished for me.

After living in hotel rooms for three of the last four weeks, I would like to share with you my top three hotel room must-haves:

1. Free WiFi. In the room. Not someplace “in the lobby.”

2. A well-lit bathroom, preferably furnished with a lighted magnifying make-up mirror.

3. A minimum of two pillows per person, preferably with an extra one or two.

Obviously, I’m not counting clean and comfortable rooms and courteous and helpful staff as must-haves, those are “you better have that, or I’m not staying here.”

As for my travel tip, it involves your bottles of liquids. I’m sure we all put our liquids in zip-lock bags to prevent them from leaking on our clothes, luggage, and other valuables. Mine still often oozed a bit and leaked in the zip-lock bag.

No more!

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