They really do make the best travel companions. I am not talking about the small ones that go on keychains, travel with one that you would be happy to take to the mountains. I started to do it when I saw a colleague playing with one in a meeting and casually asked why he had it. He then proceeded to rattle of about half a dozen uses he has for it in any given week. Since then given that I instantly recognized many of the use cases I got one and through many \”ah you travel with a carabiner too\” moment I have collected a lot more.
- Keeping the drapes closed in hotel rooms so you can sleep at odd hours
Attaching things to other things. For me this is usually my shoulder bag to my roller bag when in airports or on public transport. - As a security device in hotel rooms, jam the thin side under the door and use it like a wedge (that is if you do not Travel with a wedge).
- Impromptu knuckle duster. Two people I have met say they have used one this way.
Open the doors on an elevator that got stuck in a Lisbon hotel. - Leveling the legs on an antique desk that you are frantically trying to complete a report on while staying in a French chateau.
- You and a colleague each lending one to the office junior who has just been sent to get lunch for 16 people that you know will come in 16 plastic bags so that they can use them as handles.
- Cord organizer, not one I use as I have other ways of doing it but I have seen this done in various ways
- Hang wet stuff up to drip dry in a shower. In fact there are many times when you might need to make a hook where there is no hook. Hang a toiletry bag from a towel rail etc.