10 nightmares traveling with tech -- and how to prevent them

As a business traveler, you typically can't do your job without functional smartphones, laptops, power adapters and charging accessories. Add to this the stress of getting materials ready for meetings and deadlines and you can find yourself disconnected, offline, and frustrated. If you have to travel for work this holiday season, you can relate to these following issues with tech and travel.

1. Potential loss of your laptop or mobile device

2. Not having the right bag for the checkpoint

3. Expensive or nonexistent airport Wi-Fi

4. Expensive in-flight Wi-Fi

5. Having to turn off your laptop or notebook for takeoff and landing

6. Lack of decent charging options

7. Overpriced tech essentials at airport stores

8. Not having the right power source for your device

9. Late and backed up public transit

10. Charging from your airplane seat