Other than being unable to find your passport, few things are more frustrating than discovering you’ve left your mobile phone’s charging adapter behind when on holiday.
While a brief digital detox can do wonders for the soul, most of us depend on our phones to snap pictures, locate restaurants, book activities, and keep in contact with loved ones. If you’ve checked into your hotel feeling a little worse for wear, only to find you haven’t packed a charger compatible with the local sockets – fear not.
A flight attendant has revealed a clever workaround that lets you charge your phone without traipsing down to the hotel lobby and splashing out on an overpriced European adapter. Esther Sturrus has worked as a flight attendant since 2019, having flown with both TUI and KLM.
She has since amassed an impressive 221,000 TikTok followers, thanks to her practical travel tips and candid vlogs. In one of her most widely viewed videos, the 24-year old shared six hotel hacks she swears by.
“World travel plug broken?” she said. “Use your USB cable and charge it in the TV.” The flight attendant added: “This is extremely helpful if you forgot or lost your wall plug from your charger.”
Further tips shared by Esther include using a coat hanger to block any gaps in your curtains, wrapping the TV remote in a shower cap to keep germs at bay, and placing a shoe in a locker to ensure you never leave your valuables behind.
She also disclosed that any card can be used in a hotel room to activate the lights and air conditioning.
Previously, meanwhile, an Emirates flight attendant lifted the lid on the alarming reason why cabin crew are required to wear special pyjamas on long-haul flights. Stewardess, Dani showcased her pyjamas in a TikTok video, featuring a red top with the word ‘CREW’ emblazoned on the back, paired with a stripey pair of cotton trousers.
“During long haul flights, cabin crew will change into the pyjamas and take their break,” she said. “If an emergency should occur while the crew are on their break, and they don’t have time to get changed into their normal uniform they can still be easily identified to customers.”
Hundreds of viewers took to the comments section to share their thoughts, with many branding the policy as “clever”.
“That’s actually very smart,” one user wrote. “Cute, practical and necessary,” another commented, while a third added: “I actually love them. [I] used to be a British Airways crew and wish we had crew PJs.”