From Teresa Plowright,
Your Guide to Family Vacations.
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Gift Ideas for Traveling Dads

When it's time to buy a present for Dad, pick something for his inner, or outer traveler: like the world's best travel hat, or a classy wallet, or maybe a wi-fi locator gizmo.

Gift Ideas for Traveling Dads

• The Tilley Hat:
  Tilley is a company with devoted fans: started by Alex Tilley, who poses handsomely in his gear; determined to make products that never wear out. Tilley also makes a wide range of clothes, that dry overnight, never wrinkle, and have secret pockets all over the place.

• Sunglasses:
  Whether you're going to Maui or Mexico or the Magic Kingdom, most vacations shine a lot of sun in your eyes.

• Wallet:
  Vacations mean spending moolah, so Dad might as well have a nice billfold for cash and credit cards.

• GPS PDA:
  We all know that guys don't like to ask for directions, especially when they're behind the wheel. Global Positioning System to the rescue! This one is integrated into a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant handy hand-held device.)

• PDA:
  Remember: vacations are the time to tune into your kids, not handheld devices. But still, these items do make a nice gift for Father's Day. (And About.com has advice about buying PDA's.)

Last and littlest but definitely not least:

• Mobile Edge WiFi Signal Locator
  Okay, Dads, you know you're supposed to turn off the laptop while on vacation. But for those moments when you simply have to find WiFi: this inexpensive little key-chain gadget does the trick.