Hotel room breakfast/snacks... no fridge.

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We're away visiting various family members over half term, family are all older/elderly and not in a position to have us stay with them. So we've got 5 nights in 2 different locations and I'm trying to save money where I can by not buying breakfast out where possible. We'll grab cheap lunches and have a proper dinner each night.

Kids are 8 & 4, DH and I don't really eat breakfast. But what can I take with us to have for breakfast in the hotel? I've got a cool box that plugs in, but it's not fridge cold, so even milk isn't going to stay fresh for long.

The DC's usually have bagels/crumpets/toast so none of those will be possible. I thought of those individually packed brioche swirls, not the healthiest and certainly won't fill them up!

I just looked it up, breakfast at The Village is £12.50 per adult and £10 per child, so £45 per day. I can't justify £135 on breakfast. At least the premier inn is more reasonably priced.

The golden syrup ones are delicious.

You need a festival breakfast: nothing needs refrigerating and that is half the fun:
Pepperoni sausages or mattesons smoked pork sausage (not thel low fat versions of either as they need to be kept cold).
Primula cheese with crackers
Cereal bars: oaty ones for fibre or rice crispie/Frosties ones for fun.
Fruit juices in individual boxes.
Pitch (other brands exist) individually wrapped brioche or pain au chocolate.
Yazzoo milk drinks: don't need to be kept cold until opened.
Fresh fruit

Pepperamis not all pepperoni!!

Last time I stayed in a 5* hotel there was a pint of milk on the ledge outside the window where the previous guests were presumably keeping it cool!

A few years ago I bought an mini electric pan which all the bits fitted inside itself - think it was just over 1 ltr - there are lots on Amazon.
We took it on a 3 month travel and saved a fortune cooking porridge, eggs, noodles and lots of other foods and I still use it for over night stays now.
If you want to take milk some supermarkets do small boxes of milk which will serve 1 or 2 so you only open what you need that day, more expensive than buying large bottles but no wastage.
This kind of thing on Amazon - Electric Hot Pot 1.5L, Mini Portable Electric Frying Pan with Lid, Cermic Glaze Non-Stick Electric Skillet, Multi Cooker for Steak, Egg, Ramen, Soup, Oatmeal, Silicone Spatula Included (Green) - just put this in their search.

Have a look on Google or similar and see how far away the closest petrol station or similar is. A couple of the Premier Inns that we often end up have a service station within a few minutes walk so one of us does a dash there for a thing of milk and a couple of Costa coffees

If they like Ready Brek it makes okay with boiling water and you can use milk powder.

We also have an electric lunchbox. Just a little thing that warms things up but it will do beans and sausages from a tin. Does take about 45 minutes though so best to plug in straight away.

They are £15-20 but brilliant if you stay in hotels a lot

I always freeze water bottles and they keep things cold as well as we have ice cold water for several days.

I have a didgeridoona bag for this as there is no competition whatsoever (bought it 20 years ago, investment for life!), but or course it will work with other cooler bags.

Yogurt/Greek yogurt will easily keep outside the fridge overnight as long as it's unopened. Add fruit or some of those mini-packs of jam.

That's a shame re: PI as they usually have a kids eat free (either 2 or 3 per paying adult)

Is there a corner shop near any of the hotels? Might be worth just bring cereal and buying a quarter pint of milk in the morning rather than packing a cool box.

Ehrm there might be a reason her username is @Fire9636 !? 😂

@unloquacious that is also genius👏why did I not think of that 😂

Ambrosia have porridge pots that are ready to eat - no need to add water. They're at room temp rather than hot, but they're tasty (coming from someone who doesn't actually like porridge normally!).

Hard boiled eggs

Chopped up cheese cubes.

Those will last a couple of days in a cool box.

Freeze yogurts before you set off.

Make a banana bread and serve sliced with peanut butter and banana.

Tinned fruit.

Tinned rice pudding, or tinned custard - eat cold and say it's continental 😉

just looked it up, breakfast at The Village is £12.50 per adult and £10 per child, so £45 per day. I can't justify £135 on breakfast. At least the premier inn is more reasonably priced.

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Ridiculous. Can you get to a greggs for a Bacon barm and a coffee? Or a weatherspoons?

Muffins, croissants, bananas? I wouldn't bother with milk.