What would you like in your holiday arrival goodie bag?

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I live abroad and my sister and her dcs are coming to visit, they will stay in an apartment, around 1km from all the shops/attractions/beach. I will pick them up early evening, by the time I’ve dropped them it will be 9ish, they likely won’t want to go out to try and find food or a supermarket for dinner and breakfast the following morning. I thought of getting a treat bag of supplies for them for when they get in.
One adult, two teenagers

What would you like yours to include if you were surprised with one 🤔

Wine
Bread
Coffee, tea
Milk, sugar
Marmite or marmalade
Eggs
Butter
Bacon
HP sauce or ketchup
Crisps
Biscuits

And I'd love shower gel and shampoo and loo roll assuming that's not provided. And a phone charger.

I know that sounds like a lot! I'm thinking they could have boiled eggs or scrambled egg and toast or bacon sandwiches or bacon and eggs.

I think you need to ask them what they'll need, rather than trying to guess. 9pm is hardly late so they might well be planning to go out for dinner/wander to the shops.

Add chocolate and cereal. Or warm up croissants.

I would want to be asked what we want for dinner/breakfast. There is almost nothing on PPs list that I or my DC would eat/drink.

Menus for local, decent, takeaways. Even better if they deliver!

Bread, butter, meat, cheese, fruit, tomatoes, tea, coffee, milk, sugar, stuff for breakfast, maybe just more bread and something to put on it? And some fruit juice. Bottled water if that is necessary where you are. (Nobody drinks tap water in Malta, for instance!) A bottle of wine if you want it to be celebratory.

After travelling I wouldn't be wanting to cook but I would be hungry and a picnic style meal would be perfect for me. Breakfast would probably something to stop me being hungry before going out to buy local delicacies 😁. However one of the things we love to do when abroad is to go to the local supermarket to see what different things they sell!

To add : I live abroad. Whenever family come here or I go to visit them in the UK we ask each other what we want.

My DCs take great pleasure in making a list of the things they love eating at their GPs.

Assuming I would get to the shops in the morning:-

Some teabags and some coffee sachets
Milk
Sugar sachets
Biscuits
Bread
Butter/spread

I wouldn't want to be surprised and then feel obliged to use a load of stuff I don't want.

Just ask them if they'd like you to get them a few bits so they can eat dinner and breakfast without having to go out to the shops straight away.

Slightly depends where you are. I’d like milk, tea and coffee, bread, butter, cheese, eggs, maybe ham (if you’re somewhere like Spain or Italy), tomatoes and a bit of fruit. Oh yes and a bottle of wine would be nice

Tea bags
Coffee
Biscuits
Bread
Butter
Cheese
Jam (European jam is so much nicer)
Cold meats
Chocolate
Crisps
Wine
Fruit juice

How lovely of you.

I would include some easy snacks for them and breakfast things. Teens no doubt will be hungry on arrival.

Teabags/coffee
Milk
Bottled water, juice
Crisps, biscuits
Fruit
Bread, croissants, pastries
Cereal
Perhaps some cheese and ham for a quick sandwich.

I'd make something that can be bunged in the oven for dinner (e.g lasagne), a salad, bread and a shop bought desert.
Then tea bags/coffee, milk, fruit juice, a packet of croissants, loaf of bread, butter and jam/chocolate spread. Some fruit, maybe some local treats e.g. a packet of biscuits. I'd just aim for things that you'll use if they don't get used/used up as you can pop them home with you once your family leave.

Bread. Eggs ketchup coffee. Tampons. Bottle of wine

OP, this is a lovely thought and I'd like chocolate and crisps, and wine/soda to chill out with on that first night and maybe pastries or cereal for breakfast...

Can you take them back via a pizza place that night? They could cook pasta or make sandwiches but pizza would be nicer!

I’d want a bottle of Champagne to start the holiday and whatever your local breakfast foods are.

At 9pm after a day of travelling, I’d go on the hunt for a quick local restaurant or even a take away rather than cook. At a push, everyone would be eating picnic bits like cheese and biscuits with fruit for dinner 😂

Squash and juice
Diet Coke
Water (if tap water is not drinkable)
Food for breakfast the next morning - bread, butter and jam or croissants.
Snacks - crisps, packet of biscuits
Easy meal for arrival evening - pasta and jar of sauce

I'm a fussy eater and do not drink tea or coffee so I'd prefer if someone asked me if I knew them.

However on your situation as you have an adult and teenagers they may want to go out for food somewhere when they arrive to save the hassle.

It really dies depends on where you live. Where i live Bacon is very expensive! I'd go down the toast/biscuit route.

I'm going to be arriving at 9ish on my holiday and I'd love the following to be waiting for me :

Bottle of fizz ( chilled and ready to drink)
Bottle of Diet Coke
Crisps
Nuts
Olives
Bread
Nice local cheese and ham/ tapas style cold meat

Biscuits and chocolates for the teenagers

Croissants/pastries for the first morning

Tea/ coffee/milk/ orange juice

Sadly we don't have a kind person to arrange it so we'll prob have to mop out to a shop when we arrive.

I agree that you should ask what shopping she'd like you to buy. Then get some decent snacks that they might like. We wouldn't drink tea and the teens might want fizzy drinks etc. If there's bacon etc in you've put her under pressure to do a cooked breakfast.

Lovely idea!

When we have visitors we put a bottle of wine, soft drinks, tea, coffee, milk, biscuits, crisps in the fridge for them. (There is a fridge and coffee machine in the guest room.)

After a long day of travel we usually offer a choice for tea of (i) oven pizzas; or (2) picky bits (bread, cheese, cold meats, salad if they are healthy types).

If you include "picky bits" that should cover them for breakfast, and no risk of going to waste as they can snack on it over a few days if they don't have immediately.

As you are doing it as a welcome pack you could include a couple of fridge magnets or local products to make it a bit festive!

Coffee/tea/hot chocolate
Local deli food for dinner (pizza slice if Italy) paella if Spain, ham and cheese anywhere etc) for the fridge.
Juice
Fruit
Yogurt
Local breakfast food (pastries) or decent bread if not for breakfast with butter, jam bacon eggs for options. Most European countries aren't good at the bacon we are used to but depends where we are.

I don’t drink wine or tea and wouldn’t want half the things people have suggested. Why not ask 🤷🏻‍♀️

Something for dinner, tea or coffee, milk, cereal, bread, butter and jam