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What do you take from home for Self catering abroad

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Baconking · 16/04/2025 13:31

I'm ready to make a list of must brings from home for a self catering week in Portugal next month.

Not clothes and the like but decanted washing up liquid or handy must haves so we don't have to buy them while there.

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reluctantbrit · 17/04/2025 17:46

User19876536484 · 17/04/2025 15:35

Unless you are somewhere like Australia or Cyprus, even extensive mooching will fail to find decent teabags. Just the apparently undrinkable Liptons rubbish.

The teabags sold in German supermarkets are not great but better than Lipton.
But you will find shops selling great loose tea in most towns

AchillesAndPatroclus · 18/04/2025 10:24

I always take:

-teabags for the duration
-a jar of sauce and portion of pasta for a dependable first meal if we arrive late and we’re all tired (wrapped in bubble wrap and in a large sealed sandwich bag)
-garlic/basil/rosemary/paprika/salt and
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Laundry leaves rather than pods
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This travel steamer that fits in any pan because my kids are fussy about veggies
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I also fold up a few sheets of kitchen roll and foil

I never used to take washing up/dishwasher tabs but I’ve just returned from a place where I had to buy all of that plus hand soap and bloody dishwasher salt!

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