Self catering isn't a holiday. It's the same rubbish in a different location.

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We are currently 3 days into a 10 day self catering holiday and I'm sick of it already. My DH loves self catering holidays as they are a break from work and a different location and he can spend the whole time winding down from work and enjoying the break from the commuting routine.

But for me it's just the same shit in a different place, DD6 and DS4 still wake up early no matter how late we let them stay up. We either head off somewhere for the day which seems to always cost a fortune or involve lots of driving or stay in the house but without all their normal toys and entertainment options. We aren't near a beach this time which would normally give the children hours of entertainment, as we are staying in a relations house whilst they are away to save money. We don't have the budget to eat out each night and so the same cleaning, cooking, washing crap happens as it would at home.

I know we needed a cheap holiday this year as we've just had to replace the car and we did the kitchen at the start of the year but this is the 4th year in a row of self catering and I'm over them.

I can't be the only one who gets dragged down by self catering? Can I?

I hope the OP is home again by now after 9 months.

We always used to go SC in Greece when the kids were younger, I don't think I ever cooked a meal. It's not a holiday if you do the same crap as you Dr o at home

We always did SC when the dc were small. It’s still the best option for us...

Kids have their space. You’re not stuck in a hotel room. You can get a Tesco order. Cook easy meals - go out for lunch then have snacky tea, pizza, etc.

Things are different because you’re away fr9m home.

I’d hate to be in a hotel with young dc for a week...

It is what you make it.

To me it's not a holiday if I have to cook.

i havent read the whole thread but ybu to complain about something you decided with your dh to do personally i enjoy it but then we eat out a lot anyway from your op it sounds as if you had no other option based on finances

🙈 just noticed the date. This has just come up on my page as a topic!

We do self catering but only cook breakfast, dinner is always eating somewhere out. We hated having to stick by certain times for full board.

Always lived sc with kids as don't want to be stuck to someone else's timetable.

However (and apologies but I haven't read the full thread) I think you have a DH problem not a SC one.

My husband shares the cooking responsibility as should yours!

Oh, fuckit, ZOMBIE 🧟‍♀️ THREAD

When the kids are young I think they're great as you can buy what you know they will eat and they don't have to go to bed late if they're tired or not wanting the noise of entertainment (mine hate all that). As they get older I think they might want to stay up later and enjoy the nightlife so we can eat out more.

I like self-catering - no rush to get to the hotel breakfast on time.

Always make a good breakfast / brunch with whatever's available locally & in the evenings sometimes eat out, sometimes in with local stuff - bread, meat, cheese, salad - lovely

It only works for me if I can walk to restaurants & shops for food - very remote is crap IMO.

I prefer self catering. You're not tied into hotel mealtimes, you don't have to worry about keeping out of the way of the maids, and you can slob around within reason. We do it on the basis that I am going to do minimal cooking, so we eat out a bit, have takeaways, and have snacky meals of things like soup, bread, cheese and pate.

SO you're in someone else's house with nothing interesting nearby - that's not a self catering holiday. That's just someone else's house.

A self catering holiday should be easy distance to a beach, plenty of icecream options and have decent telly and a dishwasher. Or it's not a HOLIDAY, it's just "being somewhere else"

I agree with you OP, and don't you find, that it's (i.e. the accommodation) actually seldom as good as home? So it's the same shit in a different, but worse place?

Sorry , Newbie and first post. Wont' bother again due to the bitches.

ooh, the bitches. That's told us.

buh bye.

Absolutely same shit different day. We've just got back and I did most thing I do at home, I'm a sahm while my husband had a lovely time. Not forgetting all the packing to go then the unpacking. Two kids ones only one so I could have done with a transit van to get all there crap in ☹️

What you're doing isn't what I'd call a SC holiday, last time we did one we often had breakfast in the villa, then went out for the day, sometimes taking a picnic (no prep, just bread, olives, cheeses, charcuterie etc I did take a cool bag and ice pack) , sometimes we'd get lunch out, then we ate out every night, but had the option of privacy swimming in our own pool etc. It was lovely. DH is selling you on the idea this is a SC holiday it's not it's house sitting with kids for no pay.

Zombie thread! Hope you have a better holiday this year OP

Zombie thread! Hope you have a better holiday this year OP

Doubt it. Presumably she's still married to a selfish cunt.

Yes - totally agree.

You could sit with a miserable outlook or try to have some fun and make the best of it.

Or just go home.

Your dh should be pulling his weight. No excuse! I prefer s/c but dh always does a lot more than he does at home, we eat out etc.

We go SC every year. But we stay in a (small) house in Spain with a (shared) pool a few feet from the garden and beach just 10 min walk away. We have lunch there which rarely involves cooking, just assembling really and we eat out almost every night. It is so cheap to buy food in the supermarkets too, we barbecue a few times too. It is the most relaxing enjoyable 2 weeks of the year! We've stayed in hotels abroad and found it very restrictive with having to be up (and dressed!) for breakfast by a certain time and eating in the same couple of restaurants the whole time. SC suits us much better. I agree with another poster who says your problem isn't that you're SC it's that you're doing it on the cheap.