What extras do you take when self-catering?

nickyhutch

PasturesNew wrote: »

With all the stuff you're taking from your own house, it'd be cheaper to buy new curtains and swap bedrooms for a week.

It really wouldn't It's been free, paid with Tesco vouchers, and I'm keeping the extra cost down as much as possible because we're not well off. Stop being so bl00dy critical. What are you doing for your holiday this year?

financequest

Here are some ideas that we use for holidays abroad that include flights. We do not always take all of this stuff as weight restrictions apply. One box of cereal 500gm, couple of Vesta curries (dried powdered variety), a little bisto powder, oxos, tube of saccarin sweeteners, powdered milk. Powdered soups. Salt and pepper containers with cellotape over holes during journey. Small mesh metal strainer for straining the vesta rice. Proper serrated carver knife. Decent mini all-in-one (can+bottle-opener/corkscrew), the ones found in some SC venues are often a joke, or missing. Plastic ice cubes which can be reused for ever. All outer cardboard cartons are discarded before journey, and items then put into a light plastic bag for extra protection, this makes them far less likely to spill inside your luggage. Powders such as bisto and milk are also metered into small plastic bags and sealed. Small sponge scourer. The lightweight plastic containers used for some frozen meals make excellent soup bowls. The bowls in many SC venues are often small, shallow, or both. Pot noodles too . I also save magazines that come with the Sunday papers, I tear out only those unread articles/puzzles/crosswords etc. of interest, then with a single staple in top corner, make several condensed new magazines, devoid of ads, covers and other unwanted material. This way you can make a new magazine full of interesting stuff that weighs a tenth of the mags they came from.

ixia

I always take my own frying pans as the standard usually isn't very good. I hate it when eggs stick to the pan.

Torry_Quine

mummyslittleboy wrote: »

I always take at least one Loo roll when self catering in the uk just to keep the kids going untill we have found a supermarket and also take some washing up liquid as I wouldn't get through a whole bottle in a week so no point buying it there.

Never take these as they are supplied and very angry if they weren't. Sometimes have to ask for more if they haven't left a spare toilet roll though. Accomodation always says if towels are provided or not

kunekune

We've never gone somewhere with no loo roll or basic cleaning stuff. However, we stayed somewhere and didn't realise that no towels were provided. We were off to a wedding ... We couldn't find any to buy and ended up drying everyone with paper towels we found at Lidl! That particular cottage did have olive oil, good vinegar and various other gourmet leftovers in the kitchen though.

Vaila

usually the homes ive been too have been very good at supplkying those little extras like fruit, condiments, cereal, toiletries etc , but i always take my own set of towels, toiletries and some basic food items...as you just dont know if the nearest shop will be sufficient, never thought of lugging my own pots and pans though !!

nickyhutch

Cottages are usually good for cleaning stuff and basics, but caravans - never!

Linda32

Wine

Loo Roll
Washing up liquid
Bread
Crackers
Tea
Coffee
Sugar

When we are there, we buy salad things, so you have something to eat at night, but its really easy just throw on a plate, no cooking involved.

HowlinWolf

We pre-book a supermarket delivery and make sure that it's timed for about two hours after we arrive, that way we don't have to worry about finding a supermarket or wasting holiday time doing the shopping. Always take a corkskrew and in future will probably pack at least one decent knife.

Emm-in-a-pickle

We`re going self-catering, a week in a well-equipped caravan (been before) Will do as I did last time, and was glad I did then -
Frying pan- HEAVY, doesn`t burn the breakfast, , Steamer, Slow cooker. I hate washing pans, especially other folks` flimsy stuff.
Silicon brush and silicon spatula, my own very good sharp knife.
Our preferred coffee, curry ingredients, and wine-in a-box - well, enough to do till we get to a supermarket!
Personal necessities, my own pillow and fleece blanket, and scissors.