What is it like in your house a week before a holiday?

74jax

Totally chilled.

Print paper work of the night before. Passports are always in same place.

Suitcase comes out a few days before in spare room and we just add a few things as we find them.

Normally a take away the night before.

Ticket, passport, money is my mantra. Anything else we forget so what, we can manage.

74jax

balletshoes wrote: »

a whole week before my holiday, I've usually printed off any emailed confirmations (ie flight details, accommodation vouchers, insurance etc etc).

and thats it.

my packing and organising gets done a couple of days before we go, and the actual packing will still be getting done up to the day we travel . As long as I've got my flight tickets, passports/visas, money and know where i'm staying, its not the end of the world if i've forgotten to pack something.

I've just read the replies and seen this.... Are we twins??

Slinky

We have a holiday checklist with stuff being added almost every holiday! I try to get the washing up to date before we go.


It's not the before we go that's the problem, it's the when we return. We've been back two weeks and I still haven't got on top of the ironing. Usually takes a month before it's entirely back to normal.

balletshoes

Slinky wrote: »

We have a holiday checklist with stuff being added almost every holiday! I try to get the washing up to date before we go.


It's not the before we go that's the problem, it's the when we return.

We've been back two weeks and I still haven't got on top of the ironing.
Usually takes a month before it's entirely back to normal.

ironing? what is this ironing you speak of?

Jagraf

Slinky wrote: »

We have a holiday checklist with stuff being added almost every holiday! I try to get the washing up to date before we go.


It's not the before we go that's the problem, it's the when we return. We've been back two weeks and I still haven't got on top of the ironing. Usually takes a month before it's entirely back to normal.

Sometimes my summer clothes stay in my suitcase til the following year �� if its the big holiday one.

lady1964

With us it depends what time of year we go.

If it's a winter holiday to a hot destination, the suitcases go in the spare room & I'll start packing a few days before we go as who needs their shorts & bikini in January here?

If it's summer & going somewhere hot, generally the night before we go/afternoon if we're heading off for an overnight airport stay.

My DH throws his things in last minute �� I will have printed off all the paperwork a week before and will have it all in a plastic wallet in my hand luggage ready to go. I keep toiletry bags packed all year round and have a couple of bags with spare essentials like a hairdryer/straighteners/sun creams etc ready to go.

I'm pretty organised but have got more relaxed about packing since we stopped having to take our kids with us ��

jackieblack

balletshoes wrote: »

a whole week before my holiday, I've usually printed off any emailed confirmations (ie flight details, accommodation vouchers, insurance etc etc).

and thats it.

my packing and organising gets done a couple of days before we go, and the actual packing will still be getting done up to the day we travel . As long as I've got my flight tickets, passports/visas, money and know where i'm staying, its not the end of the world if i've forgotten to pack something.

This is me too

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

I'm always ready to go anywhere at a couple of hours' notice.

Passport is always up to date and easily to hand. I believe in travelling light, so mentally know just how much to take, have a set of travel toiletries (only showergel &toothpaste/brush plus sunblock) and makeup (eyeliner, mascara &gloss) and don't over think things too much - all I need is access to a journeyplanner website and I'm good to go.

It's amazing how much the OH packs for a day trip - cool boxes, things to sit on, and a ton of other crap - he would turn up armed with IKEA bags full of stuff and still forget things we actually need. I'd meet him struggling down the road with that lot, muttering about everything he'd had to do - all I'd done was chuck the clothes and toiletries in a light backpack, make sure the litter tray was clean and crunchies/water were down for the cat, sling the guitar over my shoulder and carry the binbag out as I locked the front door. I dread to think what he's like with proper holidays - but we won't find that out for quite some time.

I always figure that if it isn't a field in the middle of nowhere, there will be shops. And you usually pass a few of those on the way to the middle of nowhere.


I suppose it's a bit like disaster preparation - if we had to leave the house suddenly, the slowest thing would be putting the cats into their carriers (I know exactly where the carriers are - and there's one for the new hamster in with them now); one guitar each, one cat each, one change of clothing plus two changes of undies, one shower gel, my meds, two passports and two bank cards, two phone chargers and we'd be out.


It's not hard. And certainly shouldn't be stressful.
[shrug]

robotrobo

Jagraf wrote: »

Are you someone who is organised and has planned everything. All paperwork, housework, packing up to date?

Or do you rush at the last minute?

I'm pretty last minute, although I do have a friend who takes her washing with her and has to do it when she's there.

its just took my wife & din law 3hours to do the shopping on line at tescos for the 10 of us.:)

splishsplash

Jagraf wrote: »

My biggest stress is having the house tidy enough or the neighbour to check.

I always blitzed the house clean before leaving 'in case the house gets broken into while we're away' i.e. that would mean neighbours checking through, bringing the police in etc.

My kids just thought burglars had really high housekeeping standards:rotfl:.