I'm travelling to the US for three weeks in September, and ALL my itineraries etc are stored on my IPAD. I will of course take some hard copies for emergencies. I have been told that I can plug the cord I have straight in to the US plug. No adaptor needed. Has this been the experience of other travellers? It will be just soo inconvenient if this information is not correct!

Where are you from? Electrical outlets in US accomodate 2 flat prongs, aligned in the same direction - up/down.

Even if not - what would be so inconvenient? You just bring a simple adaptor - travelers do that all the time.

From your post on another thread (by an Aussie) I got the impression you are from Oz?. If so - aren't your plug blades set on the diagonal?

Then you'd need plug adapters.

It's actually plugging the cord straight into the US Apple plug that I am querying. Yes I admit i am a dinosaur with this technology. Ps I'm from Australia.

Is the standard voltage in Australia 120 or 220 volts?

iPad will charge on either 120 or 220. The only issue is the plug. It needs to fit the outlets here which look like this:

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...9QEwBA&dur=217

Voltage in OZ is 220

The voltage doesn't matter - the iPad charger is dual voltage.

But now I need clarification - don't you have the charger/plug that came w/ your iPad? If so you'd use that and just need an inexpensive adapter plug.

I don't know for sure but maybe the iPad came with a US plug and the OP has to use an adapter to fit into Australian outlet?? If that's the cas, she won't need an adapter.

Thanks. I can now see I only need to buy a cheap adaptor to fit the Us socket and I can plug my ipad into that if its dual voltage.
Thank you again. I appreciate your help very much.

They are cheap and don't take up much space - I might bring a couple since they are easy to forget in hotel rooms, airports, etc.

Look into getting a cord to use in a 12V power port in a vehicle.

You're right, they're pretty cheap. We bought ours security side at the airport -- they had adapters for every conceivable destination. Less than $10 US.

Also you may find some hotels have charging stations for iProducts in the room. This is becoming increasingly common.

You can purchase a set of "international plug adaptors" at your local Apple store that will convert the plug on any Apple device to one that will work in any country.

You need not pay Apple prices for international adapters.

Just be sure to use the Apple white 'brick' charger, or you can fry your iPad without it. Do not plug it in to another transformer, either. Just use the original cable and brick, with a plug adaptor. That's all you need.