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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

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ConsistentlyElectrifiedElves · 04/04/2024 11:03

Self catering? Yes, I considered taking mine last year, but a look at the cottage photos showed a decent electric oven so I left it at home. Wish I'd had one when we stayed in a cottage with a really crappy gas oven that took an hour to cook a pizza!

Hotel? Nope - not in a million years would I take a cooking appliance into a hotel room!

My parents have a travel fridge that they use for UK holidays. They often do a mix of hotels and self catering as they travel around. It plugs in in the back of the car and has wheels on it, so they take it in to hotels with them.

It also worked very helpfully as an extra fridge when they came to stay with us at Christmas!

Auburngal · 04/04/2024 11:06

Fluffyc1ouds · 04/04/2024 10:59

I really don't understand the air fryer obsession as it is (what's wrong with an oven?), but this is madness.

I have a Ninja Speedi 10 in 1 and does more than an AF. Had a Higgidy pie which had AF instructions which was 5 mins shorter to cook in there on the bake/roast function than the oven. Used less leccy to cook a single pie in the oven. Can cook 3 pies in the Speedi. Pie itself was crisp and done to perfection.

Multi function cookers are more expensive overall to buy than AFs but worth every penny

40weeksmummy · 04/04/2024 11:10

Fluffyc1ouds · 04/04/2024 10:59

I really don't understand the air fryer obsession as it is (what's wrong with an oven?), but this is madness.

"dry" cooking without oils, etc
faster than oven
easier to clean

It takes 30 mins to make roasted dinner. No way I could do it with my oven in 30 mins.

CranfordScones · 04/04/2024 11:15

It's beyond inconsiderate to the owner, cleaners and other guests.

Would you set up your air fryer on your dressing table and cook on it every night at home?

Misthios · 04/04/2024 11:16

Fluffyc1ouds · 04/04/2024 10:59

I really don't understand the air fryer obsession as it is (what's wrong with an oven?), but this is madness.

Nothing's wrong with an oven. But an air fryer is just a turbo charged, mini oven. So if all you're cooking is a single chicken breast and a baked potato, or heating up a steak bake, or doing a few oven chips, it's quicker and cheaper to run.

TimeandMotion · 04/04/2024 11:17

PMSL that OP didn’t even think it was relevant to mention until asked that she was staying in a hotel!

CasperGutman · 04/04/2024 11:20

I'd consider taking a small air fryer with me on a self catering break to somewhere like a Center Parcs, Landal, Green Parks or an aparthotel-type setup if the accommodation had a 'kitchenette' with no oven. We've done this before, and it massively increased the number of potential meal options compared to just having a hob and microwave.

I wouldn't take an air fryer to a hotel though, that would just be odd.

KimberleyClark · 04/04/2024 11:22

We holiday in the uk all the time but we’ve never taken a kitchen appliance with us!

LynetteScavo · 04/04/2024 11:27

Take it. Cook some salmon in garlic with onion rings and fries. Then have a cigarette while hanging out of the window. No one will notice. You could probably also take your pet hamster/cat/dog, as long as you smuggle them past reception in a bag, and keep the hamster in the cupboard covered with a blanket.

KreedKafer · 04/04/2024 11:29

If you are a) self-catering and b) going away for at least a week, then fine. I'd never bother in a million years, personally, but I very rarely cook on holiday at all even when self-catering.

Would be weird and depressing to take one to a hotel. Bleak.

KreedKafer · 04/04/2024 11:31

RoxyMoosic · 04/04/2024 09:07

@Bjorkdidit

yes, we’re staying in a hotel.

Jesus Christ. No, don't take your air-fryer to a hotel. Nobody should be cooking anything in a bloody hotel room.

Rainbowshit · 04/04/2024 11:31

My SIL takes her air fryer when she travels with work.

RedToothBrush · 04/04/2024 11:32

Loving the idea of the OP walking into a hotel reception carrying her air fryer and then setting off the smoke alarm so everyone in the pool has to come out in their swimmers. Then having to do the walk of shame the next morning carrying said air fryer.

Or worse. Burning the hotel down with a faulty air fryer and then having to explain why you had an air fryer to your insurance company.

BeeDavis · 04/04/2024 11:32

We went away for the week last year in the UK.. took my air fryer and my slow cooker 🤣🤣

walkerscrispsarethenuts · 04/04/2024 11:36

B1anche · 04/04/2024 08:57

Definitely, if you've got space in the car, take it! That is the joy of taking holidays in the UK.

Ah the joy of holidays in the UK ... you can take your air fryer on holiday with you!

GreenSmithing · 04/04/2024 11:36

I have been known to take my coffee machine on holiday... It's only a small one, and I don't want less nice coffee on holiday than I can have in my own house.

Elphame · 04/04/2024 11:37

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.

Edited

It's a legal requirement for self catering premises to have heat detectors in the kitchen now. We had one fitted a few years ago. Nothing has set it off yet so I doubt an air fryer would.

Fookintired · 04/04/2024 11:38

RedToothBrush · 04/04/2024 11:32

Loving the idea of the OP walking into a hotel reception carrying her air fryer and then setting off the smoke alarm so everyone in the pool has to come out in their swimmers. Then having to do the walk of shame the next morning carrying said air fryer.

Or worse. Burning the hotel down with a faulty air fryer and then having to explain why you had an air fryer to your insurance company.

This made me laugh....
Walk of shame with an air fryer 🤣

We have taken a bread maker to centreparcs, husband said he is bringing the air fryer to the caravan and I was seriously considering bringing my beloved coffee machine. We will have to fight it out I think.

I know we are weirdos but I still wouldn't bring these appliances to a hotel.

wpuleeeeto · 04/04/2024 11:39

This made me laugh....Walk of shame with an air fryer

We've all been there.

VickyEadieofThigh · 04/04/2024 11:50

GreenSmithing · 04/04/2024 11:36

I have been known to take my coffee machine on holiday... It's only a small one, and I don't want less nice coffee on holiday than I can have in my own house.

When we do s/c cottages I just take a cafetiere and ground coffee (though most cottages do provide a cafetiere).

TryingToEat · 04/04/2024 11:57

Auburngal · 04/04/2024 11:00

Tea bags are very expensive abroad. Plus its usually the awful Liptons.

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Exactly. I sometimes get paranoid they serve shit tea on purpose to shame me for not drinking the coffee on offer!

TryingToEat · 04/04/2024 12:00

The most I have done is buy bread and cheese from a supermarket and eat them in the hotel room. Even that felt a bit ‘grubby’ and unsatisfying. Trying to cut the bread with my fingers, crumbs everywhere. Not great.

JosieJones1987 · 04/04/2024 12:03

YABU.

Your air fryer doesn't make the food any healthier. If you're staying in a hotel you won't have the facilities to store food properly. This is disgusting.

BlazesBoylansHat · 04/04/2024 12:05

I actually can't believe anyone thinks it would be ok to bring an air fryer to a hotel for a weekend break!

Make a picnic for the journey on the way if you must

For the sake of a weekend in a hotel I'd have a big hotel breakfast, coffee & cake midafternoon & eat out for the 2 dinners. Pub fare / buffet / pizza / burger if on that much of a budget.

BlazesBoylansHat · 04/04/2024 12:08

HOW is the voting so close on this? I suspect most of the people voting that OP is not unreasonable have not read the full thread & think OP is self catering