I’ve got all these holiday toiletries but still somehow have nothing!

[everylittlethingis]

I go away in three weeks. I like to take everything away with me because the last thing I want to be doing is running to a pharmacy to grab paracetamol or something.

I have somehow accumulated all of this during the last couple of months but also somehow have nothing. No meds or anything like that.

Both airports have the 2L rule as opposed to the 100ml.

AIBU to still feel entirely lost?!

Bollocks.

It all lasts, but I use most of it twice a day!

It will take the temp down and make you feel better. That's the whole point. I don't know why you have an issue with people bringing completely normal medication away.

I got a nasty cold when I was on holiday in Greece recently. It came on late on the Saturday and the pharmacies were closed on Sunday. Supermarkets didn't sell medication. I was glad I had some basic stuff I could take to feel better. There's really no virtue in suffering.

The main issue here is OP's toiletries. Basic medication doesn't take up much space at all unless she's bringing large quantities. A sleeve of each item is fine.

yes, a lot cheaper and easier to buy in the UK and don’t take up a lot of room. Also sometimes things such as ibuprofen are a different strength - ours are normally 200mg per tablet and we take 2. DH bought some in Spain and they were 600mg per tablet.

The thing is I can genuinely justify most of the toiletries I’m bringing.

I have ordered some squeezy bottles, I need just one (tried to find them on Vinted but I couldn’t!), for my aveeno body wash. It’s infuriating that it comes in such a big bottle, and they don’t do a travel sized one!

@everylittlethingis you don’t have to justify anything. It’s your holiday and your packing. People are just pointing out that you are stressing when you ckearly have loads. A simplified version of your normal routine (if it’s complicated enough to need simplifying) and a rew basic medications (painkillers, antihistamine, Imodium if you are going somewhere likely to cause digestive issues or if you have a delicate stomach). It doesn’t need hundreds of bottles as in your picture, which you say is still ‘nothing’.

That makes sense then. Fitting everything into the little bags is such a pain, but I prefer to travel light if I can so manage.