No matter where we find ourselves in the world, when I'm traveling with my mom, we tend to run into a blow dryer crisis. You'd think any decent hotel room would come fully stocked with the classic hot tool , but we've found the amenity lacking more often than you'd think. That is to say, I have plenty of experience zipping to a drugstore and grabbing an affordable blow dryer to tackle a last-minute styling issue. Sometimes I even bring an extra from home, just in case! Not my Dyson , of course; I'd be devastated if she were left behind under a rogue sink and never seen again. But there are plenty of great blow dryers out there—with price tags that fall well below some of the more luxurious hair tools on the market—that will absolutely get the job done. Ahead, I'm sharing my favorite affordable blow dryers for all hair types.…