Self catering from your hotel room?

BitterAndTwisted

Sounds like he'd be better of finding Monday to Thursday night lodgings rather than trying to sneak a battery of kitchen appliances into a hotel room.

cyclingyorkie

Or a youth hostel? They have decent catering facilities...

Ladywhisper

GwylimT wrote: »

If the room has a kettle there are a lot of meals you can make with just boiling water, he could buy cereal and use UHT milk, or make porridge with boiled water for his breakfast.

Sorry but other than noodles my mind pulls a blank! And knowing his appetite porridge and cereal would not satisfy him. He gets breakfast atleast.

MrsAtobe wrote: »

Does he have any say in where he stays? If he does, then see if he can rent a small apartment, my old boss used to do this as he was away so much. I can't remember the website he used, but it frequently worked out cheaper than a hotel, especially in central London. As he used to say, you can't get beans on toast in a hotel when you want them.

He looked into it but it didn't seem to work out cheaper for the places he could get in the time he had to book.

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Sounds like he'd be better of finding Monday to Thursday night lodgings rather than trying to sneak a battery of kitchen appliances into a hotel room.

He's there wkends as well, can't afford to travel too and from in between.


Trying to think up a list of simple sandwiches/noodles/bought cooked meat meals/salads. Can imagine him getting bored quickly. Hopefully he'll make a few friends and be able to go to some meals lol

He's basically settled on this hotel so changes in that are out of the question though I did try point out other places like hostels but he's very safety conscious with his things around strangers wouldn't want to risk it

Honey_Bear

If he's in a city with a theatre, try ringing the theatre and asking for the digs list, or g00gling "theatre digs" and the city name - they're often posted on line, but always out of date. The listings for Rooms in a House usually allow people to use the kitchen, have a bit of cupboard space and a bit of the fridge. It's much, much cheaper than B&B or a hotel and theatre digs specialize in lets of at least a week up to (in our case) several months.

good_advice

Hiya, I think you would be better with a short term holiday let with a kitchen.
You do not say what area?
I am thinking a caravan park as September the prices will really drop with the kids back in school.

You say, just reading he has booked a hotel room. Sounds like he might have to eat cold food from the supermarket bought each day.
Cold meat, salad, breads. cup a soup. Chip shop? Fruit and cold tinned rice pudding. Pastie, hot chocolate, biscuits.Apples.

Have done this on holiday = coach trips for a week but not 7 weeks.

GwylimT

Things you can cook with a kettle of boiling water, fresh pasta, hot dog sausages, powdered soup, dried pasta pots, vegetables (leave them in a bowl of boiling water for a short time), diced chicken, gravy (so we have a sunday dinner), an egg, anything in a tin (open tin, put tin in bowl, fill bowl with boiling water, wait), if he cleans the kettle properly he can just boil liquid soup in it.

RAS

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1580091
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4448381

Can he take a saucepan and a small butane camping stove?

comeandgo

Does he have a car as he will have to store the items out of site, he will also need some plates and forks etc. The supermarkets sometimes sell hot pies, smash potatoes (just add water) and some tinned peas - they can be eaten hot or cold. Again supermarkets can sell slices of cooked pizza, cold meats by the slices and pick up some veg's.
I have a dehydrator and I make food for us when we go long distance walking as we need things for a few weeks that wont go off and dont weigh a lot. They do cost about £50 to buy. What I was thinking was you could do some dehydrated food and it would keep for a while but I would not trust it for 6 weeks.

siaoeh

I think the rice cooker might work, with an extension lead and cook in the bathroom so the steam is taken care of. or he could get one of these hotplates
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=hotplate
the induction ones are a little dearer but I think safer as the surface will not be hot to the touch at all, might need to get a new saucepan that is compatible. Otherwise the standard hotplate will do fine. there's lots of meals you can cook up in 1 saucepan :-)

FairyPrincessk

The second link RAS posted has some really brilliant ideas.

I would suggest he take a sharp knife, a chopping board, one set of dishes and two mugs, washing up liquid, and a heat safe larger bowl (for cooking things like dried ravioli that need to soak)

A few things I can think of-

Tinned tuna
Wraps/pitas
Dried ravioli/tortellini/gnocci
Pesto
Packet soups
Porridge CAN be made with boiling water but its best to have lots of toppings and it tends to be more crunchy than creamy
Peanut butter
Jam
Hummous (he could probably eat a pot in one day)
A few salad things--cucumber/cherry toms/ lettuce/spinach
CousCous
Tinned meats