Worldwide Travel Adapter Guide

Worldwide Travel Adapter Guide

Are you heading out on a World Travel Tour? Or taking yet another business trip to the neighbouring continent?

Here's a checklist of essential items you should've packed:

• 1. Your Passport with necessary Visa covering entire duration of stay
• 2. A Print Out/Electronic Copy of all your Travel Tickets
• 3. Immunization Shots for Countries with Epidemics
• 4. An international Sim Card or an International Roaming Plan
• 5. A pocket Guide or Translation App for quick translations
• 6. Your Phone & Laptop Chargers
• 7. A Voltage Convertor for your device
• 8. The correct Travel Adapter to fit your destination country's Plug Ports

You may have checked off everything off that list but might still be confused about what Travel Adapter to carry. We have here for you a quick guide to help you get the right Adapter.

What is a travel adapter and why do I need it?

Since electricity has been in most houses across the world since the 19th century - before global travel became so easy and convenient, each country followed its own guidelines while putting up plug ports and electricity lines. It was only after World War II that serious discussions were carried out for Standardization and by then no country was ready to change all of their sockets and lines to follow universal standards.

So, to cut a long story short, every country has different voltages and different shape (square, triangular, round) and number (2 or 3) of socket pins and if you want to use your chargers and other electronic appliances in another country you need to have the correct travel adapter with you.

Which is the correct travel adapter for me?

As per the IEC commission, there are 14 different socket types and this is what the travel adapter plugs for each look like:

Type B

U.S.A, Canada, Mexico, Columbia, Venezuela, Japan, Thailand, Taiwan, Philippines, Peru, Panama, Barbados, Turkmenistan, Bahamas, Jamaica

Type C

All of Asia(ex Japan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Yemen), Europe(ex UK, Cyprus, Ireland), Africa (ex. Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Botswana, Swaziland), Iceland, Greenland, Iceland, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay

Type D

Guyana, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Nepal, Bhutan, UAE, Yemen, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Sudan, Ghana, Burma Nigeria, Chad, Uganda, Libya, Tanzania, Madagascar, Botswana, Namibia

Type E

All of Europe(ex U.K, Ireland, Cyprus), Iran, Afghanistan, Thailand, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Vietnam, Tajikistan, Bhutan, Burma, Mongolia, Jordan, Egypt, Algeria, Libya, Chad, Mozambique, Tunisia, Morocco, Syria, Senegal, Liberia, Ethiopia, Congo, Cameroon, Laos, Indonesia, Greenland, North/South Korea, Uruguay, Greenland, Iceland, Kyrgyzstan, Niger, Mali

Type F

All of Europe(ex U.K, Ireland, Cyprus), Iran, Afghanistan, Thailand, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Vietnam, Tajikistan, Bhutan, Burma, Mongolia, Jordan, Egypt, Algeria, Libya, Chad, Mozambique, Tunisia, Morocco, Syria, Senegal, Liberia, Ethiopia, Congo, Cameroon, Laos, Indonesia, Greenland, North/South Korea, Uruguay, Greenland, Iceland, Kyrgyzstan, Niger, Mali

Type G

UK, Ireland, Belize, Guyana, Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Yemen Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Malawi, Pakistan, Bahrain,Kenya Oman, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Cyprus, Cambodia Burma, Bhutan, UAE, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Brunei, Granada, Gambia

Type H

Israel & Palestine

Type I

Australia, China, New Zealand, Cook Islands, Uruguay, Samoa, Uzbekistan Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Tonga,Tajikistan, Argentina,Nauru, Tuvalu,Kiribati

Type J

Switzerland, Maldives, Jordan, Liechtenstein, Madagascar, Rwanda

Type K

Denmark

Type L

Italy, Maldives, Chile, Ethiopia, Libya, Syria, Uruguay, Eritrea, San Marino

Type M

Israel, Pakistan, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland

Type N

Brazil

Do I need to carry a voltage converter or transformer with me?

There are two types of voltages in the world: 110/125V for North America and 220/240V for the rest of the world.

You can find out the voltage range for your device on the back of it or on its charger in the input section.

Most of your Mobile Phones, Laptops, Music Players, electric shavers and kettles, new hair dryers and irons won't need one but your old dryers and irons might. Visit our Voltage Adapter Guide for detailed information.

I'm in my hotel room & still confused about which adapter to use?

Not an issue. Check out our Plug guide below to match your adapter to the correct plug socket

Bon Voyage and don't forget to pack in your Travel Adapter!