To ask you what your most forgotten items on holiday are?

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We are going away all inclusive for a week.

What have I forgotten?

As long as you have passports and money you'll be grand!

But if you want a list...

Sun cream
Mossie repellant
Games
Toothbrush
Toothpaste
Earplugs
Eye mask

toothpaste

Imodium. Only once but never again.

Sunglasses. But then you get to buy nice new ones.

Toothbrush, always.

I leave nightshirts behind in hotels.

Travel plugs and chargers
Data roaming sorted

Gaviscon 😀

Bras / underwear
pjs (at least three times)
phone charger (so many times!)

Hairbrush. So many times I forget it.

I always forget to pack wipes (maybe it’s just my children who seem to end up covered in Nutella from the breakfast buffet?!).

I always wish I'd brought my nail clippers by day 3.

Adapter plug

Travel plug! So many times I have been away without one.

I know take a uk multi plug with three or four sockets and just one travel plug. I used to take tons of travel plugs but this works better

Scales for your luggage.
An extension lead so you can charge everything at once.

Knickers. So many times even my brothers wedding I was in Sainsburys trying to buy a pack

If it’s an early flight and you’re lifting your children from their beds to the car - their shoes!!

Sunglasses - dh has prescription sunglasses, but we have bought clip ons in Chamonix, Las Vegas, Looe....

DC coats and shoes when they were small. We'd go away for a few days a few times a year to see the PiL - about 4 hrs drive away. After 2 hours we'd stop in the Midlands. At least three times we'd realise that one or both dc didn't have their coat and/or shoes.

Having said that I once forget my whole bag.., but only once.

@Cheapasscrewtoprose omg you’re so right! Early flight for us next week!

Some things I would struggle without:
meds
contact lenses
glasses
swimsuit that fits (tricky to buy in my shape/size)
Travel plugs
phone charging cables would be a pain to buy abroad

oooh nail clippers yes. Also eyebrow tweezers

I keep a toiletry bag stuffed with small items I've rued not having over the years.

Anything from nail scissors to Immodium to dental floss.

My latest addition to the just-in-case case is a woolly hat purchased in the Algarve to defend against the cold winds of Satan.

I have a holiday list so I tend not to forget stuff now. However, over the years we have forgotten:

The spending money (US$, left at home)
Tickets for a show (left in villa, had to return for them)
Teabags (we had 1 box but not the second)
DH's boxers (he hand washed the pair he'd been wearing daily, tried to buy more but apparently Cretan blokes go commando)
My dresses (once)

I amend my list every year with notes on what didn't work and important stuff like one of our cases is damaged, get another; took too many undies and not enough swimwear; bring more than one pair of sandals...

It also has additional notes (on page 2 ) of the dates our passports run out and the maximum dimensions of Ryanair cabin bags and where I stashed the sunglasses or how many bottles of sunscreen to take. I do need this level of organisation or I would flounder without a doubt!

Omg, these are useful things to remember. Kids coats and shoes seem obvious, but really are not on your mind when you try to transfer a sleeping child. This is why my DC have ended up with far too many shoes! We leave at 6am and I just move kids in PJ's and slippers, change on the ferry into tracksuits and sliders. Last year was the worst so far for it. 3 trips over home we brought no footwear other than wellies and sliders for my son. He had 6 pairs of trainers at one point. Fucking ridiculous!

I always forget my medication. Every time.

Mini binoculars.