In my opinion there is no great way to travel with a toothbrush. It sort of disturbs me just throwing a toothbrush in a suitcase and those travel tubes have to be breeding grounds for everything bad. Up until now my technique was to always pack a brand new, still packaged toothbrush in my suitcase. This worked great until I realized I was buying way too many toothbrushes and what do you do when you are making multiple stops in one trip?

The next best answer to my toothbrush dilemma recent became obvious to me. Those of you who know me, know that I have serious problems making flights on time. I am usually rushing out of the house while I am simultaneously checking my iPhone to what time the next flight will be departing. In this situation, one thing is bound to happen…I forget my toothbrush. So what I always wind up doing is calling housekeeping at my hotel and asking for a toothbrush. This has probably happened to me the last 7 times I have checked into a hotel. So I thought, why bother buying and packing a new toothbrush every time I travel when I can get them for free at most hotels. This also solves the problem of how to pack a toothbrush.

So there is my travel toothbrush tip. Every time I check into a hotel I ask for a toothbrush (they even throw in toothpaste and mouthwash if you ask.) Its not the holy grail of travel tips but it works for me! You may want to have an emergency toothbrush stashed in your suitcase just incase your hotel doesn’t have one. However, 98% of the time any small, big, 3 star, or 5 star hotel will have one.