Worst thing you left at home when you went on holiday?

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Years ago, I did a quick clean of the kitchen, just before leaving for a fortnight away. Completely forgot about the dog's bowl which was on the floor with some dog food in it. When we returned, kitchen had a weird smell, and the bowl was a seething mess of wriggling maggots!

Not a holiday, but I forgot to pack any shoes when I drove down for MiLs funeral. Fortunately I realised, and there was a sainsburys open late which had some basic black ballet flats.

recent weekend away in a holiday cottage I packed everything up at the end and DH loaded the car while I had a wee. He forgot the (brand new) cool box which had all our ice packs, a weighing scale, and various other things in it, I didn’t notice it behind the kitchen door as we left the place. Of course we’ve managed to leave other things in hotels over the years but never anything quite that large.

I'd have just worn a t-shirt or vest and knicks! 🤷‍♀️

The most surprising thing to me is that the OP can leave food in her dog's bowl that doesn't get eaten straight away.

My DH forgot his inhaler. We were staying with my parents in a pretty rural part of France. My dad was not overly pleased about having to drive 15 miles to sort out prescription for DH. Think that journey was pretty quiet.

When I was little my parents managed to go away leaving a pheasant carcass in the oven that they’d eaten the day before. Don’t ever remember them cooking pheasant before or since although maybe this story is part of the reason for the latter!

They discovered the carcass on their return, including lots of maggots and flies so threw it all out, wiped the inside of the cooker down and thought nothing more of it… until the next time they turned the oven on -it got hot and suddenly there was this amazing popping noise coming from the cooker - seems that there had obviously been eggs that had been laid on the inside of the oven and eggs that had buried into the baked on residue on the oven walls.
The heat had caused them to explode and whatever they had been doing reacted with the oven liner as mum said once she had wiped the oven down after it had cooled down, it was the cleanest it had ever been, looked brand new! Usually she would have a pretty clean oven, it was just that they had had a dinner party that they cooked the pheasant for and then went away the next day or two later so hadn’t had a chance to give the oven its usual proper clean after doing a big roast that it had been left in the state it was. Not something she ever tried again as a cleaning technique though 😂

My brother, then a keen angler, left a bait box of maggots in the fridge one summer holiday. Again, Mum had switched the leccy off. Returned home, Mum opened the fridge door, wondered what was in the lidded bowl. I can still hear her screams now as the kitchen turned into something out of a horror film. 🪰 😅

God forbid he needed to use a condom for a week instead 😂

My dog doesn't woof down food either. She has kibble and water always available- just sitting there int he bowl. When I bring out the wet food, she might sniff it, but she could leave it for hours! Today I've put the bowl in the fridge because of flies. She seems to self regulate and only eats when hungry.

Having a nibble of what DH and I eat is another thing, and she will sit very, very nicely in the hope of having some tidbit of whatever we have! Carrot, corn, brussel sprout and obviously anything meat/fish based she will gladly eat from her bowl.

For me it would be more the not having a period. Though I’d of ordered a private script online 😅

@UnctuousUnicorns - I know right! I can only think that it was really hot - think hours and hours in an un-airconditioned car and I was extremely reserved/shy. It took me many, many years before I'd wear a bikini even. I don't remember anyone thinking of that as a solution, but it would have been most sensible - you are absolutely right. No vests in summer in Australia - would have been left at home 😂

1. Holiday to Devon and I forgot to pack all of DS’s clothes 😫 Was really popular with DH (who is perfect) but I’m glad it wasn’t DDs! We had to walk to Sports World and buy a few items. Luckily, I packed other footwear.

2. Holiday abroad, I’d made us all sandwiches to eat at the airport as had to leave home in the early hours. Forgot to grab them so we had to fork out £40 on Burger King meals that no one really liked 🤣

Similar to @mumisfull DS left his blood glucose testing kit on the kitchen counter at home.

The Boots inside Gatwick do not sell them. He did thankfully have spare cgms in hand luggage should his one have failed. From the airport after landing we stopped at the first Walgreens and bought one - that we then couldn't change from mg/dL to mmol/L. DS is now very good at his 18 times tables.

I forgot my swimming costume on a Med cruise but it was easy enough to buy a replacement at our first port.

We went to New Zealand for a six week tour with our then just turned 3 and 4 year old children. I had bought a lightweight folding pushchair especially for the 3 year old, but forgot it. It was fine, DS walked perfectly well at all the marvellous places we visited.

On one cruise, DH's suitcase never arrived although his suit carrier did. He got given enough compensation money to buy a pair of swim shorts and flip flops and wore these e3very day with my t shirts (all manly colours ) every day, wearing proper formal clothing each evening. Suitcase turned up, wet and damaged on our return.

Spare shoes other than the trainers I had on. So just wore them with everything .
Dh underwear, we had got all new trunks to take with us too. So had to re buy again. Thankfully he's not fussed about brands and was happy with supermarket trunks. He was well stocked after that.
Arm bands for the dc relasied when got to the pool so paid £11.99 for some you can buy In bm stores for £2.

Went to stay with a friend over Christmas. Packed 3 bottles of Baileys but not a single pair of underpants. Priorities

My purse. I had 0 credit cards and just the money in my exchange bureau envelope.

Not an ideal situation and I triple check before I leave now! All other problems I've had can be solved with a credit card.

My passport.

I remembered when I was on the M1 just north of London, a long bloody way from home in Scotland. A friend collected it and drove madly south, while I drove frantically back north, and I took a ferry the next day.

I turned my freezer plug off by mistake instead of the microwave and came back to a very rotten smelling flat 2 weeks later 🤢😵‍💫

I once had a panicked phone call from DH at work as he realised he didn't have passport or other paperwork and they left in under an hour. I made it just!

The most amusing bit of this was that it was his job to check everyone had their passports and paperwork!

Same holiday in the Scottish highlands I forgot my wallet and my coat.

DH would be socks, pants, swimming costume. It's not a holiday unless we have to spend a day searching the shops for some essentials on his size.

For me the most annoying one that stands out is I had two very similar pairs of shoes and bought just the left one of each.

My toothbrush. I was heading to Manchester Airport to meet family before flying to Munich next day, realised my mistake when I got to the railway station. If all had gone to plan, I could have got one from the Morrisons opposite the station as I should have had time. Except some instinct told me to check on my train first, turned out there was a land slip blocking the Cardiff to Manchester line until who knew when. My best bet was to get the Birmingham train, but that was leaving pretty much straight away so no time to buy a toothbrush after all. Ended up trying to find somewhere to buy one at Birmingham, going completely the wrong way and eventually had to panic buy a Sponge Bob SquarePants kids toothbrush at the last minute.

Glasses. Not a problem on holiday, but needed them to night drive home.

thank you Specsavers Fuengirola for the most amazing service ever!!!!!

Not only was he annoying he was a complete psychopath. He knew about calling the police (because he does) but decided he’d rather torture them first.

My DH is the absolute king for pre holiday disasters.

His top 2 are -

Turning off our fridge/freezer at the plug before going away for a week, whilst there was still bits in them.

Packing the car with his mates in the rain and driving off with our front door wide open... With his phone and wallet on the coffee table.