The Essential Survival Kit For Any Summer Vacation

Summer vacations are the perfect chance to get away from your regular life, either through relaxation or adventure. Whichever type of holiday you head off on, you’ll need to make sure you have the following crucial items in your suitcase.

The extrovert’s summer blowout

All great summer vacations have their own soundtracks. We all have that one song that takes us back to the beach, the bars, the restaurants, or the mountain trails. If you’re going away with friends or family, then there’s no better way to create a shared musical experience than blasting out the anthem of your summer on some portable speakers.

Gone are the days of carrying gigantic speaker systems, that run out of power after one song. Now speakers are more mobile than ever, and some of them produce the best sound quality you can imagine.

The Sony XB40 Portable Speaker is an excellent choice for this kind of music mobility. The wireless, bluetooth speaker comes in multiple colors, so it looks good on the side of a pool or at the beach. It also features strobe lighting that syncs to the beat of your music, and extra bass, making it the perfect party starter. What makes this model even more perfect for a summer holiday is its water resistance, meaning you don’t have to worry about splashes from the pool or the sea.

Several speakers can be connected together if you’re having a bigger party, and all of them can be controlled from an app on your phone.

Now all you need is good friends, delicious foods, refreshing drinks, and great music, and your summer vacation cannot fail.

The introvert’s escape

Sometimes summer vacations are all about calm, relaxation, and quiet. For others that can mean isolation. Getting away from it all could mean spending a week or two next to the pool or at the beach, with nothing but a good book and some relaxing music. If you really want to shut out the world, you’re going to need some effective noise-canceling headphones.

The Sony MDR1000x headphones let you immerse yourself completely in your music while still being compact and ready for travel. The bluetooth headphones are comfortable to wear and feature a gesture panel on the earpads to easily switch to the next track.

These headphones can even make the journey a breeze, as you focus on relaxing rather than the stresses of airports, planes, trains, and automobiles.

Round off the relaxing holiday with a great selection of books to read and a massage, and you’ll return to normal life with your batteries charged and your life in perspective.

About the author

Peter Ward

Tech Editor

Peter was born in Birmingham, England and was raised in North Wales. He studied journalism at the University of Sheffield before moving to Dubai, where he worked for several business magazines. After three years in the Middle East, Peter moved to New York to earn his master's degree in business journalism from Columbia University Journalism School. He has since written for international publications such as Bloomberg, The Economist and Newsweek. In his spare time Peter loves to play and watch soccer, go to the movies, read, and play video games.