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To ask for your most unhinged packing lists?

353 replies

badhabitsleadtolate · 05/08/2026 15:17

Trying to cover all bases.

I’m not talking the “oh yeah I whack a teabag in my baggage”, i’m talking the type of stuff most people would never dream of taking.

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Radishcinnamon · Yesterday 12:54

Well I once spent half my holiday hunting diy stores for one of those sponges to take marks off painted walls after cabin pressure made my foundation explode all over the walls and ceiling upon opening in the apartment 😅. I might take one of those as it saved my Airbnb deposit but wasn’t easy to find!
Otherwise I take a little dental filling after a memorable trip was ruined by a broken tooth and a distinct lack of emergency dentists.

TheVelvetCell · Yesterday 13:29

I don't think it's unhinged exactly, but I take a little rechargeable light which can be set to motion sensor mode or used like a torch. It gets used as a reading light if the bedside lamp is broken or insufficient, and then it goes in the bathroom on motion sensor overnight, so if someone gets up for a wee there is no need to turn on the bathroom light (plus noisy fan) and wake up the other person.

Travsmam · Yesterday 13:43

StarlightLady · Yesterday 12:26

If it was raw beef, you are lucky not to have been stopped by customs. Raw foods and dairy cannot lawfully be imported into the EU from UK.

Edited

Not raw. It was an M and S already to heat beef in gravy.

MrsShawnHatosy · Yesterday 14:07

didgeridid · Yesterday 12:53

No, as in one long pillow that we had to share 🤣

Do you mean a bolster? We had those growing up. They served as an under pillow and had two separate pillows on top.

ParsleySageToiletDuckAndBinBags · Yesterday 14:12

StarlightLady · Yesterday 09:55

An ultra long phone charging lead is far more compact than an extension lead.

Don't you need an actual full-on plug for a CPAP machine, though? Maybe you can recharge them - I'm fortunate enough never to have needed one - but would you want to risk it running out of charge overnight?

CombatBarbie · Yesterday 14:22

Couldn't figure out why dds case was so heavy..... she had managed to hide/stuff in her beach rock collection. She was 6. 🙄🤔🤣

jeaux90 · Yesterday 14:26

Guilty of extension leads but also take my own pillow case as am allergic to washing liquids with MI in and loads do have it in.

guestusername · Yesterday 14:52

I don’t get why people WOULDNT taken an extension lead. With so many things needing charging these days, it makes perfect sense.

Ginmonkeyagain · Yesterday 14:52

I am now beginning to understand all those people dragging along suitcases the size of a small adult in to hotel receptions. You are all unhinged.

StarlightLady · Yesterday 15:33

ParsleySageToiletDuckAndBinBags · Yesterday 14:12

Don't you need an actual full-on plug for a CPAP machine, though? Maybe you can recharge them - I'm fortunate enough never to have needed one - but would you want to risk it running out of charge overnight?

Apologies ❤️. I misread the post, l was referring to ultra long USB leads for phone charging.

Shinyhappyapple · Yesterday 15:44

StarlightLady · Yesterday 12:26

If it was raw beef, you are lucky not to have been stopped by customs. Raw foods and dairy cannot lawfully be imported into the EU from UK.

Edited

Does that include the cheese sandwich I bought in the airport on the way out and didn’t eat? And the little milk sachets Ive saved from the plane for my first cuppa when I get there? Surely all they do is take it off you?

TheOctopus · Yesterday 16:02

elfendom1 · Yesterday 00:44

I bring an entire medical assortment for every eventuality. I bring toilet rolls, tea, mugs (because they are never big enough anywhere else) a penknife etc. but where it gets bad is that within 4 suitcases everybody has to have some stuff, in case one person's case goes missing. The logistics and organisation are horrific. I can't stop myself. Yet every single time, nothing is used.

Same. It's rare for anyone to admit this kind of thing on MN because everyone else takes a tiny rucksack for a month with one pair of spare pants.

Always take paracetamol... I had to wait in a huge pharmacy queue to be charged £7 for a packet in Croatia last year.
Last year I went on holiday during a rheumatoid arthritis flare and I was taking Max dose paracetamol. I badly miscalculated how many I needed and had to buy gold plated Spanish ones.

@IwanttoWFH clip on sunshade sounds great, where did you get it?

physicshappy · Yesterday 16:04

I have a good friend who takes her fully blown coffee machine in her suitcase whenever she goes away on holiday or business even flying!

Timeforachange26 · Yesterday 16:08

UnbeatenMum · 05/08/2026 15:53

I take all the medicine in my house. Just because it's already in a locked box and so it's easier to pack the box than sort out what we might and might not need. Otherwise I think I'm fairly normal.

Well that could cause issues depending on where you are going

Timeforachange26 · Yesterday 16:25

BauhausOfEliott · 05/08/2026 20:02

I think if I required this level of paraphernalia to go on holiday, I would simply not go on holiday.

Is go to the doctor instead about the OCD

Timeforachange26 · Yesterday 16:33

NotAnotherScarf · 05/08/2026 23:03

You struggle but get it out... would you rather have some prick get into your room (cue BBC web story about 2 days ago) or be safe

Or killed by smoke while struggling to escape...

UnbeatenMum · Yesterday 16:42

Timeforachange26 · Yesterday 16:08

Well that could cause issues depending on where you are going

Just UK this year

Hoppymclimpy · Yesterday 16:54

Currently on our last day of a UK break with DD 15 & her best mate- they mocked my first aid kit when we arrived but have availed themselves of the paracetamol, ibrofen gel, sports tape for random injuries and the spray-on plaster....I feel vindicated!
I always pack a USB extension cord, teabags and marmite. DD is Audhd and marmite is one of her 100% safe foods so comes everywhere with me!
When going abroad we always pack a day's worth of clothes inc swimwear in hand luggage after an unfortunate incident involving our cases arriving 4 days after we did on a break in the Greek islands!
Have just ordered a carbon monoxide detector so thats added for our next break x

StarlightLady · Yesterday 16:58

Shinyhappyapple · Yesterday 15:44

Does that include the cheese sandwich I bought in the airport on the way out and didn’t eat? And the little milk sachets Ive saved from the plane for my first cuppa when I get there? Surely all they do is take it off you?

Yes, they can take it off you and give you a ticking off. A fine would only be likely if you had large amounts l would think.

It’s what the people voted for without considering the implications, most of far more significance.

Sahara123 · Yesterday 17:20

StarlightLady · Yesterday 09:55

An ultra long phone charging lead is far more compact than an extension lead.

But you can’t plug a cpap machine in with one !

Shinyandnew1 · Yesterday 17:37

Shinyhappyapple · Yesterday 11:43

I have the fan that you recommended in a previous thread a year or so back. Going to a UK hotel by coach next week and it’s the first thing I’ll be packing.

Which fan was this, can you possibly add a link?

eggandonion · Yesterday 17:40

@Mooselooseinmyhoose thanks...

TheOctopus · Yesterday 17:41

Shinyandnew1 · Yesterday 17:37

Which fan was this, can you possibly add a link?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0G7K6M69F/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_30?smid=&psc=1
I have one like this.
Completely silent, folds up small, lasts all night on a charge.

Amazon

Amazon

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0G7K6M69F/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_30?psc=1&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-am-i-being-unreasonable-5563077-to-ask-for-your-most-unhinged-packing-lists

MMUmum · Yesterday 17:51

Stompythedinosaur · 05/08/2026 15:20

I feel like the size of first aid kit I take on holiday with me might be verging on the unhinged, but I like to be prepared! If one of my family has a serious accident whilst suffering from terrible diarrhea and back pain, I'll be ready for it!

Me too, and I insist my daughter takes one too, her friends laugh but better be prepared than without

Iwillcomeouttheotherend · Yesterday 18:09

Wish4rain · 05/08/2026 19:44

Comdoms.

😂😂😂😂
Brilliant 😂🥳❤️

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