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au for a chance to be featured in an upcoming story. I didn't even buy this item for travelling , but to try and drown out our rather noisy upstairs neighbours, back home in Australia . But the $30 device ended up being worth every dollar on a recent trip to the UK .



 It's a headband which connects to your phone via Bluetooth so you can play music in bed. The one I bought is called a Musicozy, but there are plenty of other varieties of earphone headbands out there. READ MORE: Catriona Rowntree shares the $2 item she keeps in her carry-on While the Airbnb I recently stayed in was affordable and very close to central London, it was also very noisy at night The flat's walls were so dreadfully thin I could hear the pings of the neighbour's text messages.

And their entire phone conversations. On speakerphone. Meanwhile, the people upstairs started doing DIY at midnight (or so it seemed).

 The racket consisted of hefty thumps, punctuated by the din of furniture being hauled across the floor. And the fact it was in a bit of a dodgy area meant there were all kinds of people hanging about outside at night, too. READ MORE: Surprising holiday destinations that are actually great to visit with your kids One evening, in the early hours I think it was, somebody was even letting off fireworks.

But once I popped on my Musicozy - which you can buy from.

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