To ask for your most unhinged packing lists?

Sure, that'ssensible in those circumstances. I was responding to OP whose partner has used his torch once in 22 years!

My full non-clothing packing list, it gets edited depending on destination and type of holiday but most of it will be packed for travel by plane self catering in France:

Mac/laptop
Cat 5 cable and router
Measure
Knife for lime
Tupperware etc
Cool bag for night market
Tablecloth for night market
Hats
Uno
Cards
Monopoly Deal
Pass the pigs
Taco, cat, goat, cheese, pizza
Masks
Hi vis
sports watch
Salt and Pepper
Travel speaker
Tongs
BBQ gloves
BBQ Thermometer
Chimney starter
Wire wool/brillo
Sponge
Cloth
BBQ mats
Dishwasher cleaner
Knives
Corkscrew
Bag clips
First aid kit
Oven gloves
Antibac
Antibac gel
Handsoap
Shower gel
Washing up liquid
Handwashing liquid (non-bio)
Hand towels
4 way adaptor
Goggles
Pool hats
Beach bag
Towel pegs
Sunglasses
Contact lenses
Power converters
Ipad, chargers etc
Scrabble
Kindle - charge and download anything
Plasters
Tea bags
Sharpie
Multi tool
Shopping bags
Tea towel
Pac-a-macs
Phrase book
Sun cream
Insect repellent
Books
Headphones
Earbuds
Pipettes
Ear drops
Cotton buds
Cotton wool pads
Dishwasher tablets
Washing pods
Dressing gowns
Water bottles
Reusuable cups

Exactly! Things like my parents’ decaf coffee and tea - as expensive.

But things because you don’t like the local food of the place you are staying.

I know! She was very specific with the brand too!!

Why would you have one when you are camping?

Lol my partner always took ( and never used) that. Ended up being taken from him at security in a station in luang prabang because of the blade in it. Never missed it since

I travel pretty light and prefer to shop locally but the one thing I always take when SC anywhere in the world is my Sea salt with garlic

Here's mine when I go to the US -

• I pack a small lunch box with drinks and snacks just in case. This after I was stuck in traffic for six hours after landing. The journey should have taken two hours and it was the kind of traffic that if I had left the freeway it would take 30+ minutes to get back on.
• A US hot pot and long life milk packets when traveling with in laws. Much faster than a travel kettle.
• not weird, but a spare outfit and PJs. Lesson learned after a long delay and no spares in hand luggage.

For any journey, enough pain killers and Imodium (IBS) for the duration. I've had too many random dental issues while traveling and I won't risk not being prepared.

Took a wedding cake to Bali

I was on a group walking holiday

Our bags were transported to each B&B every day

We carried our own small day rucksack

One person brought
2 boxes of hard boiled eggs still in shell (enough to feed everyone)
Blocks of marzipan
(enough to feed everyone)
Stove top coffee perculator

It was a legendary holiday !

People who take a whole suitcase full of English food, because they don't like what's on offer there - a specific flavour of Monster Munch is one I remember, but tins of Heinz Baked Beans, sealed packets of bacon to Turkey. I recognise this is sometimes related to mental health issues, but it still amuses me greatly - you wonder why some people actually leave the UK.

I do this, but it's too make sure my husband's CPAP machine is close to him instead of some random chair a meter away.

Other countries don't have vegetables - or curry?!

Many years ago I travelled abroad frequently for work. Another woman would have a case full of Asda tinned new potatoes, peas, carrots and beef curry! Apparently you couldn't get anything like it abroad!!

Yes 🙌 one place I had to go and buy tea towels !
it had none ..and I decided I wasn’t going to use the oven because I searched for an oven mitt and no oven mitt

I remember as a child playing at a friend's house, we were maybe 8 or 9, and it was the day before they went on holiday so her mum had lists and was packing. They were going to France by ferry so packing the car to self cater at maybe a Eurocamp or similar. I remember seeing 'lettuce spinner' on the list and even at 9 I thought that was a bit batshit. I barely knew what a lettuce spinner was, let alone how anybody could find one do vital they couldn't do without it on a camping holiday! It was the era of catalogues and petrol station tokens and game shows so kitchen gadgets were big, but still!

As an adult, I still think that was batshit.

In the 70s for package trips to Benidorm etc my mother always took various sauces, cereal and jam/marmalade. I remember being mortified even then.

Same!!! Also always have one camping

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I always take a 4 gang extension lead with a one metre lead.
Plug it into the travel plug and put all the devices into the extension sockets.
Some travel plugs (US) won’t stay in the socket with the weight of the multi device chargers.
When the kids were small, and we used to go away to resorts, I brought a small bicycle lock and, while we were out, all the devices we weren’t taking with us, were put in a locked suitcase & it was attached to a fixture (often the room safe wouldn’t hold a laptop, multiple iPad’s etc)

When I went on my first ever holiday I packed a bikini, shorts, two boob tubes, mascara and 5 packs of ciggies. No sunscreen, no hairbrush, just me, hardly any clothes and 100 benson and hedges ciggies… oh to be so carefree. Didn’t even bring pants I just went commando 🤦‍♀️

Isn’t it stilettos that they show people removing on the safety video/booklet? Flat shoes are fine

I have a swiss army knife type thingy which I pack in my wash bag, flipping amazing how many times we've needed the different attachments!

Instant Pot and Dyson - tbf, I usually travel in my van and take the dogs.

I always take one of the 4 socket extensions as some places have limited sockets. I've also got an extendable usb cable with different ends (I know most things are usb-c these days, but my toothbrush isn't!).
I always pack a reusable shopping bag, a plastic camping spoon/fork/knife and a silicone pint glass (because I CBA with tiny glasses or plastic cups in hotels!).
I always over pack. I'm on my last day in Crete and I will be taking back 6 unworn bikinis (just wore and washed two favourites - I always pack travel wash!), 2 pairs of unworn shorts, several tops and a load of underwear! I like to have options 🙈😂