WHAT ARE YOUR TRAVEL ESSENTIALS?

Do you have items that you always take on your travels? Are they little luxuries, or things that make the travelling easier, or are they items that you might need in a travel emergency? I'd really love to know what others consider their "don't travel without it" items. I too have a list of critical things to pack. Some of them are duct tape, sewing repair kit, zip ties, travel plate and cutlery, luggage scale, ziplock bags, small flashlight, small lidded insulated mug, and a few other items. Each of these has been put to use on at least one of my trips and some of them have multiple uses. Over the next weeks I will be randomly posting about my "critical things to pack", and explaining why each of them is so important that I am willing to add each to my baggage.