2 pairs of shoes for a 2 week holiday. WTF?

[Justmuddlingalong]

DP and I are off to the Caribbean for a fortnight soon. I'm already thinking about what I'll be packing. Looking up tips online, many say they only pack 2 pairs of shoes. Really? Do you manage with so few? Does anyone have any good packing tips they would like to share? TIA.

When I say heels they had a tiny heel but were still impractical

The bliss of a beach holiday is no faffing about with heels.

Gazelles for travelling
Birkenstocks for walking down to the beach
Sandals for evening

• 1 pair of flip flops

I cannot bear flip flops. Whenever I decide I should take them on a beach holiday (I mean as this thread shows they seem essential) I usually bring them back unworn or just worn once but abandoned.

For beach holidays I will usually take crocs or a pair of beach/walking sandal for the beach ,less packable than flip flops and deeply deeply unfashionable and usually quite ugly I know but I wear them loads on holiday including for sightseeing and waking around. No way would I be able to walk around sightseeing in flip flops.

I wear a light pair of trainers or converse type shoe (often never worn again in the holiday until the trip home if it is very hot). Then I dither for ages about which other sandals/summer shoes I should take for the "evenings" and usually end up with 2-4 of these, most of which I never wear as..

Flip flops for the beach, flat sandals for sightseeing, wedge sandals for evening. I have far too many clothes, but a laid-back beach holiday isn't the time for them.

I did a 2 month tour of American with just trainers and flip flops for the beach and when using communal showers!

I'm off for the weekend with friends. It's a city break so a bit different but I'm travelling in converse and taking flat sandals, heel sandals, flat shoes and flip flops.

I love shoes

@WhooooAmI24601

"I travel in navy havainas"

I am in awe. I don't understand how anyone can travel in flip flops. They just seem so insubstantial. I can't even go on a train in mules for fear of losing one down the gap!

I know, I can't wear flipflops or mules in cities either.

Went to Babrbados in January
Travelled in winter clothes 😀
Needless to say , I didn't wear the black ankle boots once we got off the plane !
Flip flops and flat evening sandals were all that was needed

I'm going for 2 weeks in Mexico and a week in the Dominican. I'll be taking 9 pairs of flat sandals for evening, 3 pairs of flip flops for day wear, trainers for excursions and travelling in and 2 pairs of heels.

That's nearly twice what we take as a family of 4! :o

Rattle I'm with you on that, I'd be a nervous reck in flip flops. I broke my little toe last year at home....in my own house....that's made me even more fearful of too much toe exposure. I've got to be honest, I hate flip flops.

Flipflops are 90p in Primark so hardly an indulgence. Personally I like a black, navy, silver and gold to cover all bases. At £3.60 for the lot I'm happy it's not too extravagant

I always take two pairs.
Flip flops and trainers. Dont need any thing else but im not into fashion.

Trainer-type shoes to travel and for walking/sightseeing.
Flat fancy-ass sandals for the evening.
Heeled fancy-ass sandals for the evening.

I don't bother packing flip flops as I wear this to travel in:

My name is Pinot, and I am a flipflop hoarder.

Currently have got 7 pairs, including 2 pairs of the Ipenema ones that Eats linked. Loving the Ella blingy ones as well (sorry can't do link, but if you look up Ella sandals you'll see what I mean - apart from the ones with the fake flower on...). I likes a bit of bling round the pool me.

Don't get me started on the rest of my shoe collection.

One each of:
Flip flops - comfy ones with the wide material not those cheap plastic ones. Mine are Rocket dog.
Sandals. Flat silver ones that do day or night.
Travel in trainers.

shoes are my holiday nemesis!!

Dh and I once went to London, the stay was two days, one night, I had two pairs of shoes packed, one on and STILL bought a pair while i was there.
And wore them all.

I love the way that a PP has been accused of being materialistic for having more than one pair of flip flops yet they didn't bat an eyelid at 2 week Caribbean holidays

Have a wonderful time OP. Take as many shoes as you bloody well want to I say!

Oh God, I struggle so much with holidays and shoes. I love shoes.

Absolute minimum I can bear for a weeks holiday is:
Travel in trainers so you've got them for sightseeing
Flipflops for pool
Flat sandals
Heeled sandals

I try desperately to stick to a colour scheme when I pack so I don't end up with a pair of shoes that don't go with anything, but black seems too heavy for a sun holiday, so I normally go with tan or gold.

I will happily take less clothes and a tube of travel wash so I can maximise space for shoes in my case.

I always wear heels on holiday at night. Jeezo I don't see the issue in wearing heels in a hot country, I've always done it. I wear heels every day to work though so I'm used to walking -and occasionally running in them. . I absolutely love sandals and flip flops and have a pair to match each of my outfits--

Kate I can run in heels, but your post reminded me of a very entertaining evening DS and I had in Rhodes Old Town sitting at a cafe in an old piazza.

There were various women trying to walk in very high heeled sandals across the broken up medieval cobbles, all very wobbly and a couple fell but were held up by friends or partners.

You had to admire their determination!

Deck shoes and flip flops?

Im reality having anxiety means I would pack 3x pairs of flip flops in case of breakage, hiking boots, wellies, fancy evening shoes, deck shoes, casual trainers, running trainers and probably a pair of boots. Just for good measure..!

Yes! If 1 pair of flip flops breaks, it would be great to have a spare pair or 2. Skechers or trainers for travelling and excursions, a couple of pairs of sandals or sparkly flip flops for evening wear. Oh and water shoes, just in case. I've got delicate wee feet, I need to mix my shoes or I end up with blisters. Every year I have this stress over shoes. I know, it's pathetic .

I only have one pair of shoes.

Enjoy your holiday OP. Take as many shoes as will fit