AIBU we leave on holiday tomorrow morning and …

@Fitasafiddle1

Spring clean house ready to return
Clean fridge and cupboards
Pet delivery
book shopping
salon visit for hair
Salon visit for wax, pedicure and manicure
Wash and iron everything
Security lights etc
house checks
water plants
buy new clothes if needed
match with jewellery
cosmetics bought
trips, activities and restaurants booked
last calls to family
book food shopping for return
Double check schedule and hotels
passsport check and paperwork
car refuelled, washed and cleaned and ready
Meals planned for travelling days
snacks and water for journey
washing completed

Half that list is the regular running of the house, I don't just suddenly gut the cupboards for the house to stand empty. I doubt many people are living in filthy houses, only to clean them for the time they won't be there.

Last calls to family? Are you not planning on coming back 😂

@Griff1963

does being male and having a penis prohibit them from using a washing machine?

This is horrendous- are you still married to this useless article?

Well they'd soon learn not to be so silly.

As it is, it sounds like it's all fine and I hope they made the ferry and have a lovely time.

Good grief! Where do you find time to work and cook normal meals and have a rest??

I use a packing app for me, and when the DCs were younger I used a printable picture packing list.

Some of this is done over the weeks and months beforehand (this year, we are going to France on the train and we couldn't book UK trains or Disneyland passes when the rest was booked so we've done the trains now and are waiting for 4? 2? weeks in advance to get the Disney passes.

Why on earth would you wash the car, iron stuff that's going into the suitcase, spring clean the house, surely refuelling the car is a 5 minute job before you get on the motorway???

You definitely have too much time on your hands.

No washing for them either? That's just being nasty!!

Oh god the footwear required for hiking/walking/active holidays!

It’s awesome! Just the best feeling.

I’m with you two! A week before a holiday I check my toiletry bag and replace/replenish. I only use concealer, kohl eyeshadow and mascara so makeup is easy. I also decide on three colours of clothing to take so everything coordinates. This doesn’t include black! On our last long haul trip I took exclusively cream/white, orange and teal. I had about two kilos to spare and my luggage included four pairs of sandals

You mentioned a ferry, are you coming over to the Isle of Wight?
If so, have a fab time. The sea breezes help keep a nice warm temperature here.😎

I’d tell them now that it’s down to them, and you won’t be paying for anything they’re missing.

A colleague’s dh used to expect her to pack for him - a man in the forces who had to travel for work! - and when she once left it to him for a holiday, he sulked like mad after forgetting to pack underpants and having to buy some!

YANBU to leave them to it, but YABU when they have the rest of the day

Spring clean house ready to return - Dont need to do this house is clean
Clean fridge and cupboards - same
Pet delivery - no clue what this means? To kennels? Dont use
book shopping - Kindle
salon visit for hair - done usually as part of life
Salon visit for wax, pedicure and manicure - done usually as part of life
Wash and iron everything - done as per usual - take what i need from the wardrobe and summer drawers
Security lights etc - Work automatically
house checks - What?
water plants - Done as part of having plants and the person that feeds my cats does this
buy new clothes if needed - Done online as i spot something i fancy
match with jewellery - Cldnt be arsed
cosmetics bought - cldnt be arsed
trips, activities and restaurants booked - asolutely not- torturous to be that scheduled
last calls to family - eh Whatsapp?
book food shopping for return - done as part of my life its on rotate so no biggy
Double check schedule and hotels - ah come one everyone does that
passsport check and paperwork - Life admin anyway
car refuelled, washed and cleaned and ready - life admin
Meals planned for travelling days - no clue what this means
snacks and water for journey - no need
washing completed - no need
How can this be done in a few hours?!

Thats my take on that.
No need for all of that and we still manage to bring all we need and have fabulous holidays.
I dont get the sprink clean house, I just change my sheets before I go cos i like to come home to fresh bedding, the rest I just dont get.

You're brilliant OP.

Enjoy your holiday :-)

When children were small I decided to be disciplined and travel light for one bank holiday weekend. One outfit for each day per child.
They had a water fight the first day.
second day 2 year old was paddling and fell flat in the stream.
Last morning we were all packed, finishing breakfast, dressed in 3rd outfit and just had to change nappy and go. 2 year old toddled upstairs miraculously shedding a small dollop of poo down her trouser leg on every step. It was all up her back. Half an hour later she was swathed in a T shirt of DH’s tucked all around her in her car seat and we were still scrubbing the stairs.

Happy days.

Hope you make the ferry and have a lovely holiday OP.

I drive OH mad by packing less than hour before we leave... BUT it is all on a pile ready to go... It doesn't take that long... I can't stand unpacking case to ensure I've packed the right shoes etc..

But this assumes you've got clothes, and that they're wearable... If they're covered in grimness and at the bottom of laundry...

It’s true. I dream of travelling light. Cornwall 2 weeks ago weather forecast wasn’t great. Plus we had booked for Minack open air theatre.
So all the warm stuff plus blankets. Wet weather stuff. We take kayaks as cottage has own quay.
All the life vests etc. Then didn’t use them once which was disappointing but tides and weather didn’t align with safety.
I’ve lost weight over the last 6 months and bought some new clothes, first pair of shorts for ten years. Didn’t wear any of it. 🙄
Ridiculous number of shoes, hiking boots, lightweight trainer walking shoes for dry days, espadrilles, smart sandals and walking sandals, every day trainers. Rucksacks and picnic stuff.
Something tidy for smart meal out.
All that and more for just me.
DH isn’t much better. Just keep piling it in the car.

I normally cook something like Chilli the week before and freeze it, so it thaws on the journey and that’s first night supper sorted. Plus bake a cake.

All on the list so I don’t forget.

My holiday prep is much more akin to @Fitasafiddle1 than those that throw everything in a bag thirty mins before departure.

equally I can (and frequently do) pack for work trips in a few minutes.

OMG yes! And on every day trip/walk/outing as well.

"Have we got any tissues"?

"Have we got any water"?

Yes I've got enough water for me!! It has taken literally years for my partner to take water for himself. Years of him saying "why is your bag so heavy"?

Because if I just take enough water for me, you drink most of it and then I don't have any water, so I have to take (more than) twice as much!

I tend to pack my clothes about 5 mins before bed the night before, then throw toiletries and chargers in in the morning, if someone was nagging me to pack several hours before that I'd be rolling my eyes tbh.

Tell them that you are leaving at 8 tomorrow, and if they want to come, they need to be in the car with their things by then.

I pack for our whole family about 2 hours before we leave. I literally can't motivate myself to do it any earlier. It still gets done.

I hope everything went well this morning and you are on your way to a lovely holiday.

It's a joke.
Genuinely, unure if you got that or not so I'll refrain from responding directly to your comment.
I'm a feminist with a very capable partner regarding domestics. He needs to me living with me tbh.
Using humour to highlight issues can be a good tactic.

@Fitasafiddle1

do you have a job?