Slippers on holiday

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Im going on holiday and am not sure whether to pack slippers. I am taking flip flops, so I could use them as slippers so it's one less item to pack.

Definitely pack slippers, OP. You can get really light weight foam ones.

You don’t want to walk around your room and bathrooms in flip flops that have been worn outside.

Sorry - didn’t mean to imply that you would be totally barefoot. Over the years I have scrunched cockroaches (Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Cairo) and scorpions (Dubai) underfoot on the way to the loo at night, and kicked a small snake (Bahrain) across the floor - all in quite respectable hotels.

I would never wear foam ones. I only wear mocasan slippers

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How can walking on a tiled floor give you a uti??????

No worries and I haven't been to any of those places unfortunately - although I did come across a Black Mamba when walking back to my tent on safari in the Masai Mara (can also confirm I was definitely wearing shoes - boots actually!). My sister screamed as it slithered across the path and then a mongoose popped up from nowhere and swiftly took care of it! Felt very surreal at the time!

Same. My UGG slippers would take up too much room in the case.
I take slippers everywhere I go though. And they’re the first thing I reach for when I get home after work! I hate being barefoot.

How does that work?

Are you okay with tiled floors at home?🤔

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I don’t think it matters what you wear, wear what you like.

Correlation does not equal causation.
You have more sex, drink more alcohol and this is the most common reasons for UTI.

UTI’s from walking around on a hard floor? Unless you’re dragging yourself around like a dog with worms it’s not possible.

We have Birkenstock sandals which we use at home as indoor shoes so we normally throw these on the suitcase to use around the pool area because we all hate flip-flops.

In the hotel room I wouldn't use them but in apartments especially in countries where are you most likely will find tiled floors I find them very useful also in apartments where we are going over winter and I don't know what kind of flooring is used and I just don't like running around just in socks.

Just… do what you want?

I’m really struggling to see why you’d need advice on this. Only you know how attached you are to wearing slippers.

I always take slippers, I don’t wear my outdoor footwear indoors at home so I wouldn’t do it when I’m away!
Also I don’t like walking around with nothing on my feet

We always take slippers. We’ve got some P&O ones that we got when we went up a grade on our last cruise. They’re lightweight and are in a cotton bag so easy to throw in the case. I just rinse them through when we get home and stick them back in the case ready for next time.

Do you and your DH agree on everything?

I always pack my slippers , just back from NY and it was so nice to put them on after walking miles

Slipper socks for cooler places and flip flops for hot ones .

How about folding travel slippers like these - more substantial than hotel slippers but just as portable.

I get UTIs if I walk around on tiled floors abroad in the summer.

Possibly the maddest thing I've ever read on MN which is saying something.

It rather depends on how hot or cold it’s going to be! If hot, flip flops are fine. If chilly, esp. with anything like cold marble floors, I’d def. take something warm.

I don't wear slippers often, and currently feel like I have a uti starting.
Omg. Suddenly it makes sense

I bought soft leopard print thong slippers in France when I was staying at parents holiday home there.

Surely it depends on where you are going and at what time of year. So if you're in the UK in March then I'd say yes pack them, if you're going to southern India then take your flip flops. More info needed 😀

Cheap slippers are not a waste to me though, if I'm going to chuck them every time after I go on holiday.

After walking around a hotel room I wouldn't want to bring slippers home, unless maybe they're okay to be washed

I take slippers on holiday. Almost always hard floors and I get foot pain really quickly with bare feet. Can’t wear flip flops as they exacerbate another foot issue.