- What do you do when your phone dies and all your travel documents are on it?
- A TikTok flight attendant showed viewers how to plug their charging cables into a hotel’s TV in an emergency
What should you do if your phone’s battery is dead with all your essential travel documents on it and you’ve just arrived at your hotel room abroad?
As it turns out, there is a way out of this dilemma, as demonstrated by a Dutch flight attendant who has revealed that she is able to stay connected while abroad.
The TikToker reveals that she is using her hotel room television to her advantage.
Esther, flight attendant at the Dutch airline KLM, instructs travelers: ‘Use your USB cable and charge it in the TV!’
If you find yourself with a charging cable handy, find the TV in your room and locate the input ports which should be next to the HDMI cable
Esther, flight attendant at the Dutch airline KLM, instructs travelers: ‘Use your USB cable and charge it in the TV!’
She showed viewers the hack as part of a video series on ‘6 hotel hacks from a flight attendant’.
If you find yourself with a charging cable handy, find the TV in your room and find the input ports that should be next to the HDMI cable.
Most TVs have ports that can hold a few USBs.
But it’s important to remember that when you connect your phone to this, the TV turns on, providing continuous power to charge your device.
Some TikTok users enjoyed themselves, one laughed: ‘Charger TV’, but others were grateful: ‘The KLM employees are so nice’.
Other influencers have found similar hacks to save you time and money if you find yourself in a predicament abroad.
British TikToker Liv Brooke impressed fans with her easy hack – Taking an extension cable abroad seems self-evident to some, but many do not do this while travelling.
British TikToker Liv Brooke impressed fans with her easy hack – taking an extension cord abroad may seem obvious to some, but many don’t do this while traveling
In her viral TikTok, she reveals that she has multiple plugs in her travel adapter, giving her the best possible value for money
It’s simple but effective: you can charge multiple devices with one travel adapter, instead of finding individual devices for your laptop among others.
In her viral TikTok, she reveals that she has multiple plugs in her travel adapter, giving her the best possible value for money.
However, some TikTok users were concerned that Brooke’s hack could start a fire, with several commenting, “How to start a fire hack!!” in the comments.
But Brooke responded to a user who told him, “Please don’t do this. It’ll start a fire’ with ‘It didn’t work… they wouldn’t make it with so many plugs if it wasn’t safe. I’ve been doing it for over 10 years.”
The response has been overwhelmingly positive, with one user saying ‘I swear by this hack, there are never enough outlets’.
Another TikTok user added, “The year we did this was life changing, no crazy money spent on plugin extensions.”