Holiday tips please?

That's unnecessarily restrictive

Use large ziplok bags instead of packing cubes. Squeeze the air out and voila. You can see what you have in there, and fill each with your own method of sorting stuff out. I tried the packing cubes but I found I could fit far more in without them, by just folding.

However, trying to be a bit more organised I now use the ziplok bags and find them fab.

Wear your bulkiest clothing on the plane. Shoes coats etc. lenor crease spray. Buy the small travel bottles and decant stuff into them, label with permanent marker. Make sure all electrical items are fully charged the night before. The compression packing cubes, organises clothes and save space. Buy a different colour set for each traveller. Use one for dirty laundry. Use a luggage strap on suitcases (easier to see on belt and safeguards against bursting open). Propranolol is great if you panic on a plane. Kindle over books. Pack of cards. If you need towels buy the quick dry sports ones. Don’t pack too much.

@Whatdoidotoday I’ve stayed in many villas that don’t provide pool towels so you have to take your own.

Exactly and when we get there we just place the cubes in the cupboards as is . This is so so helpful for kids stuff too

Buy a scrubba, washes things properly.

who takes towels on holiday?? That’s a bit stupid. Especially if it’s a beach holiday.

I always research for the local place that does pick up and drop off laundry. Last trip we used this and packed almost half the amount. Washed cleaned and ironed in 24 hours at a fraction of hotel prices.

I’ve occasionally used small clothes storage bags for certain things, like underwear or swimwear, and just taken them out the case and put them straight in the wardrobe or wherever, rather than having to unpack everything separately. I don’t get putting daily outfits in though, I like the spontaneity of deciding what to wear that day, not oh, it’s day two, I have to wear this because it’s packed in the day two cube 😆

Just pack the way Venessa Kensington does ...

Another one who doesn’t see any point in packing cubes for my needs - I’m always going to one place on holiday so just unpack everything when I get there. I don’t need multiple bags stuffed full of tops and then bottoms and then dresses and then underwear etc etc, seems like such a massive faff to compartmentalise clothes!
I think they would also encourage me to overpack 😂

I’m all in with packing cubes. I was a sceptic but OMFG they are brilliant. One for underwear, one for swimwear, one for bottoms, one for tops and dresses. Makes storing and finding things so easy.

don’t knock it till you’ve tried it 😀

actually you can roll the clothes within the packing cubes so they are tightly packed and the cube sort of squeezes it all together which helps with room. They are also very thin material

This, and a can of crease relaxant for clothes.

1 roll of duct tape

Has so many uses! Stick up towels for shade, close curtains that let in the light, suitcases that get broken en route, etc

Has saved us lots of hassle over the years

@AvidJadeShakerI do that too with face cleanser, shower gel, shampoo etc. Just take enough for the week and chuck it when I’m done. Leaves room for the tourist tat I’m bringing home then!

You can wash things in the sink but it always smells of wet dog 🤣

Do not over pack, it’s easy to wash things in the sink.

It is so easy to take too many shoes you never wear.

I often buy things like rubber rings cheaply on eBay and take those.

Once I’ve used 2/3 of my face cream etc I put them by and take them on my holiday to save some weight.

No book seats as far from teen dc as possible 😂

I live next door to a holiday rental property and occasionally help the owner out by letting people in when he can't do a changeover day himself.

Many people drive here and some bring so much stuff that they can barely get themselves and the kids into the car. As well as the usual bags and cases, some people bring enough food to feed an army for a week (even though there's a large supermarket 200m away), and others bring pots and pans, or half of the kids' bedrooms (toys, games, books etc). I laughed the first time I saw someone lugging a large flat-screen TV into the house, but I've seen this twice since. Folding clothes drying racks also seem to be a regular item.

God this is so wasteful. Waste of money and awful for the environment, just more in landfill.

Three quid buys you a UK-EU adapter and opens up a whole new realm of possibilities. A coffee at the airport costs more than that. 😎

What on earth is a folding peg? I've never heard of them.
Another vote for packing cubes.

Unecessary 🤣 you have your phone for that OR the bedsight light /lamp.

Don't book destinations where you would be concerned about tiny creases and not looking immaculate.

Holiday happy children are Grubby looking bisto kids whose parents take time to play with them, hunt for seashells, fish for crabs, examine cracks in the pavement, let them order food they might not like and swap a safe choice if necessary.

Read to your children on the plane and get some magnetic drafts. Count all the people in a pink top or wearing trainers. We must have listened to all of Ravens Gate, much of Jackie Wilson and Roald Dahl on various long journeys.

The DC still recall one long drive when DH retold, in his own words, the Winnie the Poo stories with emphasis on Poo, and each creature's various efforts. It was very silly but very funny.

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