School trip- what to pack and tips for overnight coach trips please

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Looking for some tips on what to pack for a school trip to the battlefields in mid march- I'm teaching staff and have the student packing list but looking for words of wisdom!

Anyone or anyone's dc been on similar and wished the had something? It's 12 hours on a coach each way, overnight.

Leave 11pm and travel overnight to ferry at 7 am (need to sleep)
day One -tour then hotel for
Day two tour- hotel
Day three tour then home

I've done long trips before but 15 years ago!

Will need to leave home 10pm- should I nap before? Il probably go to the gym 6-7 and shower. Also want to wear on coach I won't be able to get changed to the following day? Or should I wear some comfy clothes on coach and a change for the day time?

Based on the recent school trip I've just been a parent chaperone on for 2 nights, bring sick bags and dissolvable calpol. And make sure that the kids who get travel sick on the coach have had travel sickness tablets at least 30 mins before you get on the coach!

The other thing that was really handy was a folding rucksack, and a couple of folding shopping bags, the kind that fold into a pouch. This was useful for packed lunches, as a makeshift bin bag for packed lunch detritus, to carry random stuff the kids couldn't fit in their bags, etc.

Also a power bank as I couldn't charge my phone on the coach, it's not like a plane or train that have plugs for charging. Bring headphones/airpods for the coach.

For our three nights, I wore jeans, a long sleeve t-shirt and a jumper on the coach, and brought 1 additional pair of jeans and 1 additional jumper, with 2 base layer type shirts to go under the jumpers on days 2 and 3 (and 1 pair PJs, 2 pairs clean pants and 2 pairs socks). Wore reliable combat-style boots which were great for walking in all weathers and in mud, and a raincoat so no faffing with umbrellas (the battlefields are windy and rainy in March!!) I had all my clothes and toiletries in a bigger backpack which I left in the hotel or on the coach as I didn't want to bother with a suitcase, and then just used a small foldy rucksack with a bottle of water, wallet, snacks, etc for walking round.

Thanks @Xiaoxiong did you have the long overnight coach travel.

Think I'm fearing it will be worse than reality!

Also as we are euro tunnel not ferry we cant freshen up on ferry as have in the past.

No, our coach trips were in the day, though one was 8 hours. But I wouldn't do anything differently if it was overnight. Just wear trousers that aren't too uncomfortable eg. I wore my "fat jeans" which are stretchy and comfy, and no belt. I def wouldn't have worn high-waisted levis with no stretch in them whatsoever which would dig in.

But - I didn't want to wear yoga pants or tracky bottoms because I knew I was going to be walking around all day in the same thing I wore on the coach and it was going to be cold, wet and windy.

I've done 24 hours door to door - pillows, proper pillows, toilet roll (it will run out on the coach if you can even tolerate
Going in there), extra bags, sick bags, someone who knows what is going on on with meds, when they need to take them. Noise cancelling headphones, power bank, lots of downloads alcohol