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To take the air fryer on holiday?

221 replies

RoxyMoosic · 04/04/2024 08:51

The idea just came to me this morning when I woke up. We’re going on a weekend break tomorrow. We will eat out most of the time, but I thought it could be useful for lunches/ snacks in particular. Maybe also for dinner when we arrive, as we probably won’t be bothered to go out anywhere after the drive.

It might help keep the cost down and make it a bit healthier.

I’m not sure if they’d have rules about this but I could always hide it in a cupboard or something. They don’t produce anY smoke or steam so I can’t see it being a problem with the fire alarm.

Has anyone else done this? Hmm

OP posts:
FoodieToo · 04/04/2024 09:17

EveryoneJapan · 04/04/2024 08:53

I wouldn’t take it on holiday, I’d just give it two weeks off in the summer, then it can decide where it goes itself.

Surely it’s part of the family though? Or does it normally holiday alone ?

C1N1C · 04/04/2024 09:18

MrsMurphyIWish · 04/04/2024 09:14

Not in a hotel - caravan/cottage I would. The B and B I stayed in last weekend stipulated that hot food couldn’t even be taken into the room and we would be fined for doing so I advise to check your T and Cs.

You're not taking it in, you're making it in. Loophole!

BingoMarieHeeler · 04/04/2024 09:19

We’ve done that, didn’t even think twice.

mitogoshi · 04/04/2024 09:20

Not appropriate for a hotel. The power circuits will not be set up for cooking devices plus not fair on others to have cooking smells. In addition hotels have restaurants

DSD9472 · 04/04/2024 09:28

They don’t produce anY smoke or steam so I can’t see it being a problem with the fire alarm.
You clearly have some sort of magical machine then!

Are you talking a UK holiday OP or abroad? Different plug sockets, different voltages, the risk of blowing the hotel rooms fuse, alarms, smells, no fridge, breach of the hotels T&C's etc!

Just book a room with a kitchenette!!!

Mindymomo · 04/04/2024 09:32

There’s so many alarms in hotel rooms, I personally wouldn’t, but self catering is fine, we take our coffee machine.

VickyEadieofThigh · 04/04/2024 09:32

Not to a hotel. We've taken the slow cooker to holiday cottage weeks, however.

CraftyBum · 04/04/2024 09:33

Not to a hotel.

ElaineMBenes · 04/04/2024 09:35

Not to a hotel and not for a weekend break!
I thought you were going to say 2 weeks in a self catering cottage or something 😂

InTheRainOnATrain · 04/04/2024 09:35

You won’t have plates or cutlery unless you take those too? Seems a bit much for a weekend in a hotel when you’re mostly eating out anyway! Also what snacks do you usually eat that require cooking in an air fryer? Can’t you stick to regular basic snacks like fruit, cereal bars, crisps etc? Lunches I’d just get an M&S sandwich or similar if I didn’t fancy a sit down restaurant meal. On arrival I’d also find the hotel restaurant, a takeaway pizza or packing some cold picnic stuff much less faff than cooking in an air fryer but each to their own I guess.

DoYouSmokePaul · 04/04/2024 09:36

The idea of cooking and eating a meal in your hotel room seems awful! I’d imagine it’s against the rules but also it sounds uncomfortable. The room will smell, will you bring your own plates and cutlery? No fridge to keep the food in? How do you wash everything? Just no.

wpuleeeeto · 04/04/2024 09:37

I was genuinely picturing how you'd get this through airport security until it occurred to me you meant a domestic break 😂

Misthios · 04/04/2024 09:38

Mumdiva99 · 04/04/2024 09:11

No. Not to a hotel. You can't cook in a hotel room.
Yes to self catering accommodation.

Exactly! You can't knock up chicken nuggets and chips in a hotel bedroom. Just no.

TimeFlysWhenYoureHavingRum · 04/04/2024 09:38

Yabu on so many levels. Not least hotel fire alarm may well be a heat sensor so lack of steam / smoke may be irrelevant.

Rickrolypoly · 04/04/2024 09:40

People like you ruin it for everyone else. An airfryer in your hotel room for a 2 night stay- Seriously cop on to yourself.

FiveShelties · 04/04/2024 09:41

Brilliant OP - cracking idea😂

Mixedvegetables · 04/04/2024 09:42

Er no.....

saveforthat · 04/04/2024 09:43

EveryoneJapan · 04/04/2024 08:53

I wouldn’t take it on holiday, I’d just give it two weeks off in the summer, then it can decide where it goes itself.

Haha. I wouldn't. Part of the holiday for me me is eating out and not being so vigilant on healthy eating but I'm sure you could if you wanted to. Don't forget to bring it home.

ThePoshUns · 04/04/2024 09:44

I wouldn't take it to a hotel but I would if I was self catering somewhere.
I wouldn't want to use a hotel
room after you'd been frying bacon in it .

JJathome · 04/04/2024 09:45

Not in a hotel. Fine in a caravan or air bnb but you can’t be cooking in a hotel room. How much will yo8 be saving, just get sandwiches if money is tight,

saveforthat · 04/04/2024 09:45

saveforthat · 04/04/2024 09:43

Haha. I wouldn't. Part of the holiday for me me is eating out and not being so vigilant on healthy eating but I'm sure you could if you wanted to. Don't forget to bring it home.

Just seen you are staying in an hotel. Definitely not!

Whatevershallidowithmylife · 04/04/2024 09:46

The detectors are heat, smoke and steam so definitely don’t take it to a hotel. Also it’s very very likely to trip the systems setting off fire alarms. Packet of cheese, cold meat and some rolls will do for snacks?

Bostoncremecolor · 04/04/2024 09:49

Rickrolypoly · 04/04/2024 09:40

People like you ruin it for everyone else. An airfryer in your hotel room for a 2 night stay- Seriously cop on to yourself.

This!

TryingToEat · 04/04/2024 09:52

I assumed self-catering. Of course you can’t take it to a hotel! Where would you prep the food, wash up etc. The mind boggles.

HurryupHenry · 04/04/2024 09:53

I really don’t understand the air fryer obsession.

Where are you going op? Surely one of the best parts of being on holiday is not having to cook?