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To ask for your most unhinged packing lists?

299 replies

badhabitsleadtolate · Yesterday 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.

OP posts:
BitterTits · Yesterday 19:25

I always take my Nutribullet on UK holidays. Can I get away with packing a hand blender in my hold luggage this year? (We're flying to France). Also, can I pack stuff like spices for cooking? I plan to buy new and sealed but would prefer not to chuck the unused stuff.

Partingofthewaves · Yesterday 19:27

Superscientist · Yesterday 19:08

My partner and I wobble along the line of preppers, his parents too and as we holiday with them we end up taking quite a lot but we drive rather than fly as it's only 1h between where the in-laws are and the Euro tunnel

Toilet roll, kitchen roll, washing powder. dishwasher tablets, bin bags, coffee, tea bags, olive oil, tin foil, cling film, tupperware/lunchbox, reusable coffee cups and water bottle.
My daughter has a lot of food allergies so we also bring oat milk, oat yoghurt, vegan mayo, margarine, baking block and stock cubes. We had a birthday whilst a way so we also brought a cake tin this year as well as vanilla essence - flour & sugar etc we bought here

Medical stuff- 3 first aid kits 1 in each car plus one in a rucksack. Paracetamol, ibuprofen and antihistamines, treatment for diarrhoea, glucose and oral dehydration tablets, insect repellents and bite treatments.

Car stuff - spare bulbs, fuses. oil, washer fluid and water, decent jack and socket set, hi Vis jackets.

Portable cupboard light in case of poorly positioned light switches in bedrooms, baby monitors in case we are further from bedrooms than at home.

Bluetooth speaker for my daughter to have audiobooks in the evening.

Edited

Portable cupboard light is genius. So often there is no bedside light or inadequate lighting.

PinkElephants356 · Yesterday 19:27

clothes pegs to keep the curtains closed so light doesn’t get in
white noise machine
dettol wipes to wipe everything in the room
air conditioner filter sheets to place over any vents
tea tree oil to put under my nose on the plane to stop me catching germs
Mattress topper (no joke - takes up a lot of space in the suitcase)
Blanket and pillow in a vacuum sealed bag (I ask to borrow a vacuum cleaner to pack up before the return trip)
pharmaceutical products for any eventuality (this includes a finger splint and wart remover!)
Emergency dental kit

didgeridid · Yesterday 19:31

We just came back from somewhere with a SHARED pillow. It was horrible and actually makes me think maybe I should bring my pillow in future 🤣

BauhausOfEliott · Yesterday 19:33

Pollyanna87 · Yesterday 17:13

She can just get long cables, no? That’s what I have for by the bed!

Yes, exactly - you can buy 2m and 3m cables for next to nothing on Amazon. I always take one one a hotel room.

Namechangewegovyjune26 · Yesterday 19:43

BMW58 · Yesterday 16:07

Even £20 is cheap to save your life.........🙄

But if you can spend 4.99 rather than 20 like the poster mentioned, why not ask?!

🙄🙄 back atcha

Wish4rain · Yesterday 19:44

Comdoms.

Sprinklesandsprinkles · Yesterday 19:48

A nice big mug, I hate having really small cups of tea

merryhouse · Yesterday 19:48

saveforthat · Yesterday 18:21

Why would you change it daily?

more to the point, a question nobody else has asked:

do you think that people don't do laundry?

Shinyandnew1 · Yesterday 19:54

didgeridid · Yesterday 19:31

We just came back from somewhere with a SHARED pillow. It was horrible and actually makes me think maybe I should bring my pillow in future 🤣

Shared pillow? As opposed to every new guest being allocated a newly-purchased one?

dementedpixie · Yesterday 19:55

BitterTits · Yesterday 19:25

I always take my Nutribullet on UK holidays. Can I get away with packing a hand blender in my hold luggage this year? (We're flying to France). Also, can I pack stuff like spices for cooking? I plan to buy new and sealed but would prefer not to chuck the unused stuff.

We took a travel smoothie maker this year. We wrapped it in bubble wrap and packed it in the middle of beach towels. Spices, marinades are fine to take too

dementedpixie · Yesterday 19:56

Shinyandnew1 · Yesterday 19:54

Shared pillow? As opposed to every new guest being allocated a newly-purchased one?

I think they mean it was a big long pillow shared between 2 people

kateandsam · Yesterday 19:57

Always take my pillow & will sacrifice clothes to get it in the case

EllaAtLarge · Yesterday 19:58

I take a big pack of dried apricots because for some reason ds and I often get constipated on holiday, and it’s our favourite form of fibre.

I’m don’t think that’s unhinged but it’s probably not totally normal

BauhausOfEliott · Yesterday 20:02

PinkElephants356 · Yesterday 19:27

clothes pegs to keep the curtains closed so light doesn’t get in
white noise machine
dettol wipes to wipe everything in the room
air conditioner filter sheets to place over any vents
tea tree oil to put under my nose on the plane to stop me catching germs
Mattress topper (no joke - takes up a lot of space in the suitcase)
Blanket and pillow in a vacuum sealed bag (I ask to borrow a vacuum cleaner to pack up before the return trip)
pharmaceutical products for any eventuality (this includes a finger splint and wart remover!)
Emergency dental kit

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

WinWhenTheyreSinging · Yesterday 20:02

dementedpixie · Yesterday 19:56

I think they mean it was a big long pillow shared between 2 people

This would not go well for my husband …

Q2C4 · Yesterday 20:08

ZippyPeer · Yesterday 17:06

I know someone who takes an extension lead. They hate not being able to charge their phone by the bed

That is such a good idea!

GoldMoon · Yesterday 20:14

saveforthat · Yesterday 18:21

Why would you change it daily?

If in a hotel so that the room staff that come in daily don't see it or if they change the bed linen don't lose them or take away .

WinWhenTheyreSinging · Yesterday 20:16

GoldMoon · Yesterday 20:14

If in a hotel so that the room staff that come in daily don't see it or if they change the bed linen don't lose them or take away .

I just make sure I have a bright coloured, very obviously not hotel, one on mine for this reason. Never had a problem.

GoldMoon · Yesterday 20:17

merryhouse · Yesterday 19:48

more to the point, a question nobody else has asked:

do you think that people don't do laundry?

Yes of course they do but obviously not pillows , hate the thought of someone dribbling all over something I put near my face clean or not .

Lemonapplepear · Yesterday 20:20

Mooselooseinmyhoose · Yesterday 15:28

I dont consider mine unhinged but...

I always take a carbon monoxide detector! 4.99 on amazon. One of the biggest causes of deaths abroad.

Everyone I tell laughs and then quietly buys their own. Im saving the world one detector at a time!

I have done this!

saveforthat · Yesterday 20:21

WinWhenTheyreSinging · Yesterday 20:16

I just make sure I have a bright coloured, very obviously not hotel, one on mine for this reason. Never had a problem.

Same, also take my whole pillow and case into hospital with very bright case.

OliveHenry · Yesterday 20:25

We have been known to take a satellite dish on holiday with us (self drive and self catering in France). It's designed for camping so packs away neatly into a case, but still seemed bonkers to me. Kept DP happy though, faffing with it every day.

We also take extension leads, but rewired with a continental plug on the end. Some computer peripherals come with two cables - UK and continental plugs. So DP just rewired a UK extension with the continental cable and it works a treat - don't even need an adapter!

havingoneofthosedays · Yesterday 20:25

BauhausOfEliott · Yesterday 20:02

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

Couldn’t agree any more

cocoromo · Yesterday 20:31

GoldMoon · Yesterday 17:13

We take cotton tea towels , not for their usual use but to lay on the pillows .
Cant abide the thought of laying our heads on pillows / cases used by hundreds of people . Also take face cloths to dry our faces with as don't want their towels around our faces .

What about just taking a pillowcase? 🤣

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