<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Travel Products</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/travel/archive/subject/travelproducts?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</link><description>Travel Products</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Pillow Talk at 35,000 Feet]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37379-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37379-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</guid><pubDate>Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:17:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  <em>American and Delta airlines announced that they're eliminating pillows on most flights. While that may reduce the transmission of germs embedded in the purse-size puffs, many fliers still want a place to rest their head. One solution: Bring your own. Here's how six travel pillows measure up. </em>    --  Elissa Leibowitz Poma ]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ladies, These Packs Were Made for You]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54532-2004Oct22.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54532-2004Oct22.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</guid><pubDate>Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:17:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<em>It's a fundamental fact of nature: Female backpackers have different needs than their Y-chromosome counterparts. They need a pack with specially-fitted straps that accommodate narrow shoulders. Hip belts that rest comfortably on curves. And maybe even a slightly smaller bag to account for their somewhat delicate -- but still rugged -- statures.</em>]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let's Get Digital: What SLR Users Need to Know]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63174-2004Aug13.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63174-2004Aug13.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</guid><pubDate>Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:17:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It used to be that a serious photographer could be spotted by his Single Lens Reflex (SLR) camera. An adaptable marvel, the camera -- with the change of a lens -- could be modified for any photographic task, from taking near microscopic close-ups of flowers to capturing telescopic shots of the moon.]]></description><author> Roy Furchgott</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Road Gear]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51260-2004Mar11.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51260-2004Mar11.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</guid><pubDate>Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:17:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<em>Last month, the Travel Goods Show came to Washington with the latest trends in luggage, airport security gadgetry and other products that allegedly help make traveling easier, safer and more comfortable and colorful. Amid the pyramids of black bags, we uncovered some hip and helpful items that will make you want to leave home more often -- if only to show off your new animal-print roll-aboard. </em>]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treats for Frequent Travelers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23220-2003Dec22.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23220-2003Dec22.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</guid><pubDate>Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:17:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With the holidays hard upon us, there isn't much time to find a last-minute gift for the frequent flier on your list.]]></description><author> Keith L. Alexander</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knee Defender Keeps Passengers Upright, Uptight]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26984-2003Oct27.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26984-2003Oct27.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</guid><pubDate>Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:17:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It's a recipe for air rage. <br> You're settling in for the long flight when you get the urge to recline your seat. You push the armrest button, give a little shove backward -- and nothing happens. You try again. Nothing. The seat won't budge.]]></description><author> Keith L. Alexander</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[IT CAME IN THE MAIL]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35246-2003May9.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35246-2003May9.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</guid><pubDate>Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:17:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<em>An occasional look at products the travel industry insists we need.</em>]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[IT CAME IN THE MAIL]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5695-2003May2.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5695-2003May2.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</guid><pubDate>Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:17:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<em>  An occasional look at products the travel industry insists we need.</em>]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FACE-OFF: NEW YORK SHOPPING GUIDES]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38043-2003Apr25.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38043-2003Apr25.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</guid><pubDate>Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:17:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<em>You've finished your spring cleaning, so now you can junk up your closets again. What better time for Zagat Survey and Langenscheidt Publishers to each release a shopping guide to New York City? Travel staffer and native New Yorker </em>   Anne McDonough  <em>looks at the two guides to see how they compare. </em>]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have  Cell Phone, Will Travel   To Europe]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28860-2003Apr4.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28860-2003Apr4.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</guid><pubDate>Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:17:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When Barbara Klausner of Arlington was planning a trip to Italy, keeping in touch with relatives back in the United States was a priority. "My father was elderly and not in good health," she said. "We needed to be able to be reached." She scouted the Internet for international cell phone rentals and went with a company called WorldCell in Silver Spring. "It made me feel really secure," she said. "It was so much easier for my father, knowing he could call me directly rather than going through European hotel staff who may not speak English well."]]></description><author> Carol Sottili</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FACE-OFF: COMPACT GUIDEBOOKS]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38898-2003Jan10.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38898-2003Jan10.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</guid><pubDate>Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:17:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<em>Avalon Travel Publishing and Lonely Planet Publications released compact guides to Los Angeles a couple of months ago, each claiming to offer the best of what to do, see and eat  in the City of Angels -- all in an easy-to-tote package. So which book is best for your next jaunt to the West Coast? </em>   Anne McDonough  <em>looked at the two trim city guides to see how they compare</em>.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Road Test]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28459-2001Jul20.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28459-2001Jul20.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</guid><pubDate>Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:17:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Here's a plain plane: MMMMMMMMM. Now here's a plane when you're wearing noise-canceling headphones: mmmmmmm. Forget the high-fidelity joys that audophiles buy these techie headphones for: Travelers can slip them on in a plane and experience an ecstatic break from that teeth-chattering drone. (The headphones use a microphone to measure ambient sound, then generate a frequency to neutralize up to 70 percent of it.) We tested three brands to see how they measure up.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let's Go to the Video]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40474-2002May31.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40474-2002May31.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</guid><pubDate>Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:17:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Making a home movie of your vacation? Here's how to keep it from becoming a summer sleeper.]]></description><author> Roy Furchgott</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Best and the Lightest]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24805-2002May2.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24805-2002May2.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</guid><pubDate>Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:17:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Last year, shopping for a new wheeled carry-on, I splurged on the best suitcase I could find -- a gorgeous little black number with a rugged reinforced exterior, heavy-duty steel handle, industrial-strength wheels and ergonomic everything. It cost a lot, but I figured it would last forever.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Luggage We Like]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16505-2002Feb15.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16505-2002Feb15.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</guid><pubDate>Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:17:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Among our favorites of the new crop of post-Sept. 11 luggage:]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Reality Luggage]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15224-2002Feb15.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15224-2002Feb15.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</guid><pubDate>Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:17:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Luggage makers launch redesigned products to help travelers handle latest security measures.]]></description><author> Cindy Loose and Daniele Seiss</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Road Test]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42982-2002Feb8.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42982-2002Feb8.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</guid><pubDate>Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:17:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Only a select few have mastered the art of sleeping in an airline coach seat. And the rest of us? We just fidget and fake it and get off the plane grumpy. We asked special correspondent Elissa Leibowitz to review some of the more helpful or unusual travel products that can help you catch some in-flight zzz's.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vacation Shots: Time to Go Digital?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12160-2001Dec21.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12160-2001Dec21.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/travelproducts</guid><pubDate>Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:17:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With their many travel-friendly features, now may be the time to switch to a digital camera.]]></description><author> Michael Shapiro</author></item></channel></rss>