Shop gets travellers plugged in around the world

How to make sure your electronics will work wherever you plan to go

Gillian Shaw, Canwest News Service
Published: Thursday, December 11, 2008

I searched round the world on the Internet, but ended up in a small place in Vancouver where I found a travel electronics expert whose shop is a largely undiscovered gem for travellers.

Customers include Canucks and former Canucks players who divide their time between Vancouver and homes in Europe. Recently the shop delivered a multi-region DVD player to Swedish hockey player and former Canuck captain Markus Naslund who wanted his family to be able to watch DVDs that were purchased back home.

"We're trying to be a one-stop shop to set up all your electronics when you're travelling or relocating to another part of the world," said Gurjeet Jaswal, who runs Foreign Electronics.

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