To ask for your most unhinged packing lists?

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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.

My PIL once packed an entire styrofoam cooler and ice packs with various types of fish inside when they visited a few years ago. It took up the entire suitcase and I’m fairly sure was breaking some kind of rules 😂.

@Shinyhappyapple I bought another one myself this year as could not find one (had 2) and thought I vaguely remember breaking it, but not totally convinced
Tonight DD came round to go through some clothes etc stored in suitcases and my attic since last summer holidays - guess what we found - the missing fan so now have 3! The light is very useful too

I take mosquito plug ins ( one for each room)

I take mosquito, fly and wasp room spray, and spray under all furniture, in wardrobes and in all rooms on arrival and before putting clothes away (you would be surprised how many dead bugs that fall onto the floor after using it)
my logic is that during a room change over housekeeping open all windows and doors letting the little biters in!

Zip locker bags to put dirty knockers and socks in, and decant febreeze into a small spay bottle to keep my suitcase fresh.

Antiviral and antibacterial spray - I go over door handles, remote controls and light switches mini fridge which may be full of germs. (decanted into small travel spray bottle)

Disposable shower caps - I use them on shoes before packing them.

I decant some washing up liquid into a small bottle- I may be all inclusive, but washing up tea / coffee and glasses in the room is useful, but an entire bottle is too much if you buy it when you get there.

Silk pillowcase - reduces frizzy hair from the heat / air conditioning.

reuseable canvas bags in hand luggage for aeroplane duty free

Coffee bags and tea bags (I like particular blends)

Disposable facecloths

face sheet masks (I keep them in the fridge)

3 of those wire triangle hangers - so that you can steam clothes while you have a shower to get the creases out - hotel hangers always have fixed hooks in the wardrobe.

Self catering in my case

Might want to use the pen part of it to write down the number of a good solicitor if it's in your hand luggage, as weapons of any kind are not allowed on flights even if they are disguised as pens.

My greatest concessions to practicality are a mini torch, roll of gaffer tape and five bin bags. And a spare set of socks/underwear/vest and cotton pj bottoms rolled up in ziplock bags underneath a soft/light cardigan in my handbag.

DP, however...his latest purchase was a black suitcase so large, I'm half expecting to wake up one morning to find proto humanoids to be worshipping it as a god.

Door jammer if staying in Premier Inn type hotel

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That’s the epitome of madness..did you take Yorkshire puddings.. what about all those gorgeous French bistros full of French food and wine and crème brûlée?

I’ve also taken insect spray travelling before. The housekeeping theory makes total sense!

I do exactly the same thing. I do often travel solo, just a bit of extra security.

😆 We do boil the first kettle of water and throw it away in case anyone has done anything weird with the kettle.

The one annoyance in our holiday accommodation was no plug in the kitchen sink. A universal plug will be going on next year's packing list!

When flying I always pack a days worth of clothes and nightwear in hand luggage.

Good tip I got from my mum was to pack the swim wear on the top of the bag or somewhere accessible. We were always sent to the pool whilst she sorted out the unpacking when we were children.

Has he not registered that phones have a torch? Depending on the size of your family unit you probably have multiple torches!

We take our coffee pod machine and a few coffee pods on our UK holidays and a milk frother 🤣 ( we have a bean to cup machine at home but we don’t take that one )
Also I pack a new pack of rubber gloves , a new sponge and a cloth for washing up and wiping kitchen surfaces up ( because the ones left behind in the cottage sometimes look dubious whereas some places have everything new left for us )
Other things I pack are quite normal things like different types of teabags in a ziplock bag because I don’t want to buy boxes of tea bags and then bring them home .

Ketchup in my handbag for any beach day on the off chance we get fish and chips

I haven’t read all the replies but apparently the basic co monitors don’t work well enough. Apparently the level that they alert at, can be enough to kill you.

Should get one with a display, according to the article I read any way. Not sure how true it is.

But that means the fire brigade can’t get in if there’s a fire? 😟

On UK sc holiday at the moment and brought our Velvetiser, espresso maker and a cherry stoner. After spending the last two evenings grating garlic, a garlic press will be added next time

We’re leaving on Saturday and I’ve just ordered one based on this post. Fingers crossed 🤞🏻 it arrives before we get the train.

100% true. Unfortunately the way the windows opened and the safety lock made it a bit inefficient. But we stumbled through a botch job and achieved a relatively Baltic 26c.

So next time I would also bring an Allen key set 😂

Could you not leave the funeral clothes at your parents’ house next time you’re up there? Or would that upset them?

Yes, always take my pillow if in the car - never taken it on a plane though!

Staying in the UK self catering I take a pair of scissors and a bottle opener(lots of places don't have them)I also take a small sewing kit incase I need it and a couple of umbrellas just incase we need them.

Used to take a small steamer, a blender and a pyrex storage bowl to prepare food for DS. We also used to take our own kettle for making formula, and a bottle warmer

Friends thought I was completely unhinged

I took wellies, thick coats, jumpers and jeans with us when a group of us went to Cornwall one year in August.

They were packing sun hats and sunscreen and I was packing sweaters and sou’westers.
because everytime I have been to Cornwall on holiday it has rained and been cold

Turned out I wasn’t as unhinged as everyone thought.
It rained from the moment we got there to the moment we left. It was cold and the rest of the group had to buy warmer clothing and more suitable footwear
I spotted the sun in my rear view mirror as we were leaving

I mean I'm Irish too and have a very elderly mother but don't bring funeral clothes everywhere! Isn't that what Dunnes stores is for?