6 Amazing Ways To Stay In Touch With Home While You're On Vacation

Keeping in touch with the world used to be so hard. When you went on holiday you would have to buy lots of postcards and send them home. If you were lucky the rest of the family might get them before you got back. These days the tables have turned and it's now easier than ever to keep in touch with everyone and everything back home.

That's because of technology and all the amazing gadgets and services you have at your fingertips. To make sure you're keeping up with the times we can look at some great gadgets available today.

Take an iPad with you

These days you only send a postcard for fun, not because you want someone to know how you're getting on. Mail takes a long time to travel from one country to the other. If you have an iPad you can email them in an instant.

You will only be 2 seconds away from communicating with someone back home. It also means if someone is desperately trying to get hold of you because something is wrong, they won't have to spend hours on the telephone calling strange foreign countries and speaking to someone who doesn't speak the same language.

You need to have Skype

Skype must be one of the greatest inventions in the world for keeping in contact with someone. If you call their computer it's completely free, but even if you try calling a landline you will still save lots of money compared to calling from a phone box. The line will also be a lot clearer. But that's not the best part. You can speak to someone using webcams and you will be able to see each others face. It's a lot better than just hearing someone's voice, especially if it's a family member you're missing.

Use Cloud Storage space

Cloud Storage is becoming huge these days because it lets you store everything online. When you were traveling in the past you would have no way of accessing everything on your home computer. If everything is stored in the cloud you can access anything through your iPad or laptop. It's great for people who are leaving businesses behind and want to keep on top of everything. I know a holiday is meant to be a relaxing time, but for some of us that's not possible in case the business collapses.

Are you using a Smartphone yet?

I'm sure most people are, but some refuse to throw away their old phone. There's going to be times when you're out of the hotel and you can't carry your tablet with you. It's during those times you are likely to receive an important email, or you'll want to find something out and you have no way of doing it. If you have a Smartphone you can do anything. It will also get you out of bed in the morning when you set the alarm.

Send your letter from abroad

If you want to send a letter to someone you don't have to handwrite it yourself. There are companies online that will take your word document, print it out and send it to anywhere in the US. You don't have to worry about something taking days to reach the destination, because everything is done in the country. Just hit send and let them do all the work for you.

Look after your home

There's security systems that will send you a message straight to your phone whenever something funny is happening at your house. You can even log into your camera feed and see what the trouble is. If something is fishy you can let the authorities know and you have a much better chance of having a home to come back to. You will feel a lot safer while you're away if you know your home is safe, and you don't even need someone to watch over it for you.

Daniel Acton

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