Yes, the Dollar Store is a great place to find some of those things that are very useful on a trip. For a buck or two things can be purchased for a fraction of the cost of brand name items (especially items that are inexpensive to produce and what we pay for is the advertising and packaging).
Here are some things that are available.
1. An eight pack of 3ply Kleenex: If you are going to travel in areas where toilet paper is at a premium or non existent, this is what you take. It's more versatile and easier to pack than toilet paper.
2. Anti Nausea Wristband: This is for those who get sea sick and are allergic to gravol related ingredients in the pills that are available for free on board ship or just prefer to use these bands in place of medication. The last cruise I was on they were selling for $10 a pair.
3. Hand sanitizers: Don't leave home without them. A "Simple Pur" brand spray in the form of a pen is available and small enough to fit in your pocket. Handy twenty: five ml of sanitizer is found in a two pack or you can buy the 725 ml refill bottle for two bucks.
4. Travel Wipes and Towel Wipes: come in packs of twenty, ten, and five.
5. Gillette Shave Cream is available in a small aerosol can. A regular can of shaving cream is way more than you need and is heavy.
6. Peroxide: This is a good antiseptic and you can put it in smaller containers. Rubbing Alcohol is also available.
7. Fifty ml liquid dispenser bottles: You can use these for items such as the Peroxide or Alcohol above.
8. All kinds of band aids.
9. Snore Free Nose Clips.
10. Reading Glasses from 1.25 to 3.25 magnifications. It is also a good idea to bring along an extra pair of your regular glasses or at least a prescription in case they get lost. You do want to "see" the sights.
11. Zip Lock bags: All sizes are available. They are indispensable for organizing things and are necessary if you are carrying any medications or liquid (150 ml or less) items in your carry on luggage. Any larger amounts of liquids or creams no matter what it is (sun screen, facial cream, water, mouth wash, what ever, should be in your checked baggage other wise it will be confiscated.
12. Room Deodorizers.
13. Sports Water Bottles.
14. Sudoku and Crossword Puzzles.
15. LED Book Light.
16. Batteries: I wouldn't suggest these for your camera (good rechargeable ones are best), but for alarm clocks, book lights, pen flash lights etc. they are great.
17. Pen Flashlight.
18. Small Travel Spray Bottles: Easy to carry and you can refresh yourself in hot climates with a couple fine mist sprays of water.
19. A soft cover spiral bound memo book, brand name First Class or Spectrum, 4" X 5 ½ " , 160 perforated pages. I always carry one. It usually has my personally compiled foreign language dictionary for the country I am traveling to, some important numbers and addresses and a lot of blank pages to record the chronological order and information about the pictures I have taken.
20. MultiUse Labels: Pack of 500, self adhesive. Use as tabs in your Memo book above.
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