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I defy you to find someone who doesn’t travel with a smartphone. Go ahead, I’ll wait. This once futuristic, ultra-premium, expensive piece of technology is now just another thing that we toss into our backpacks or pockets on the way to the airport. In fact, you probably don’t even think of “packing” your smartphone, since it’s always with you.

But that wasn’t the case just ten years ago.

A decade ago, traveling with a smartphone wasn’t a thing. The battery life was bad, the camera (singular!) was laughable, and they didn’t really do much (other than replace calculators and flashlights). No booking an Airbnb or calling an Uber because they didn’t exist yet. Mostly, you just had to use them as a phone, and even that was a problem since it cost a small fortune to call or text in other countries.

5G connection is coming in the next year or two, which will mean insanely fast mobile internet speeds, international plans are already incredible (and getting better), and more “regular” people are buying smartwatches every year. Why? Because smartwatches are getting really good..

Here’s an in-depth look at the best travel-friendly smartwatches for men, women, and unisex designs; as well as a few useful smartphone features for travel, and what to look for in a travel-friendly smartwatch. Find out if you should travel with a smartwatch before your next big trip.

Mobile payment alone is a strong argument for picking up a smartwatch for your next big trip. The ability to pay for things with a tap of your wrist is nothing short of futuristic, and it’s got a lot of practical travel applications.

A mobile payment-enabled smartwatch means you can carry less cash and even fewer credit cards while still having access to all your accounts. Heck, if you’re in an urban area you might not even need to regularly carry your wallet. That freedom and security are game-changing.

Once you store your cards in the “wallet” app or payment equivalent, you can pay for things at nearly any store that uses a credit card reader. No, really. Wireless payment is accepted in more places than you think and doesn’t require you to bring your phone along. It’s really great for things like grabbing a coffee after your morning run, but will be more, and more common as smartwatch adoption expands—especially in places like China and Japan where wireless payment platforms are becoming the norm.

If you enable your smartwatch with an LTE plan (available from most major carriers), you can basically treat your watch like a tiny wrist phone—which is pretty much what it is. Answer calls, dictate texts or emails, stream music, most of what you do on your phone can be done on a connected smartwatch like the Samsung Galaxy Watch.

However, even if you don’t want to pay for another cell plan, you can still tether to your phone for all the same functions at arms reach. The major upside of a smartwatch is that you’re always connected, but the interface of a watch (get it? inter-“face”) isn’t designed to suck you into a scroll-fest on your phone. When you get a WhatsApp alert, you probably won’t open up Facebook to scroll through the feed and see what your ex’s college roommate is up to. Because the screen on the watch is designed for that.

Getting lost sucks. Luckily, almost every smartwatch has GPS enabled so you’ve got a compass, GPS, and searchable map strapped to your wrist. This is awesome for navigating on the go, and while you can do all this on your phone it’s really nice not having to pull your phone out every time you want to check where you’re going in a strange city.

Plus, GPS is one of the fastest ways to drain your smartphone battery. Save your phone’s battery for bigger things and navigate with your smartwatch.