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  • missbiggles1
    missbiggles1 Posts: 17,481 Forumite
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    Pollycat wrote: »
    For me a holiday is not doing things that I do at home.

    So - and I'm not embarrassed about it - washing clothes is a 'no-no'.
    So is cooking.
    2 weeks self-catering and I do not (nor does the OH) turn the hob or kettle on.

    Not even for a morning cuppa?:rotfl:

    My holidays nowadays are like living at home but somewhere different and running the washine machine is hardly work anyway.
  • Pollycat
    Pollycat Posts: 35,759 Forumite
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    Not even for a morning cuppa?:rotfl:
    Absolutely not!
    If we want a cuppa in the morning, we buy it.
    Actually, we usually have a couple of glasses of water in the morning along with some fruit.
    TBH, tea/coffee is not something we miss, we only have a couple of cups per day anyway.
    My holidays nowadays are like living at home but somewhere different and running the washine machine is hardly work anyway.
    But you shop for washpowder (or take your own = weight in a suitcase), load the machine, take it out, hang it to dry, iron it.

    Why would I (and I'm just speaking personally) bother with all that when I have enough clothes and enough weight allowance to be able to take sufficiant clothes on holiday without needing to spend my precious holiday time washing stuff through?
  • Fair, each to their own :) it does mean I never have to tackle a post-holiday wash mountain though.

    After last night, I now have 3/4 of a wardrobe and a spare drawer. Got rid of 2 bin bags of stuff to the charity shop!

    HBS x
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  • LilElvis
    LilElvis Posts: 5,835 Forumite
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    Fair, each to their own :) it does mean I never have to tackle a post-holiday wash mountain though.

    After last night, I now have 3/4 of a wardrobe and a spare drawer. Got rid of 2 bin bags of stuff to the charity shop!

    HBS x

    I would much rather tackle a laundry mountain when I return from holiday than do it whilst there. The majority of the time there is no rush to do the washing on my return as the clothes won't be needed again until the next holiday. I can live with overflowing laundry baskets until I can face dealing with it :D
  • kerri_gt
    kerri_gt Posts: 11,202 Forumite
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    Not even for a morning cuppa?:rotfl:

    My holidays nowadays are like living at home but somewhere different and running the washine machine is hardly work anyway.

    That's deff not me - last year I made sure I bought a travel kettle when I found out our hotel rooms didn't have any tea making facilities :rotfl:

    I must admit the purple sandals aren't my cup of tea but I also understand the practicality for walking about in them. Although I can walk around in a pair of flip flops for a day with no issue (wouldn't climb a mountain in them though)

    Talking of clothes that bring you joy - wish i'd kept my DMs from my teenage years.
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  • Gloomendoom
    Gloomendoom Posts: 16,551 Forumite
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    Pollycat wrote: »
    If we want a cuppa in the morning, we buy it.

    You wouldn't get me out of bed in the morning without a cup of tea first. It doesn't matter where I am.
  • The diversion into holiday shoes has made me laugh!

    I've just returned from 2 weeks overseas. I took 7 pairs of shoes which is more than usual but covered water sports, tennis, walking sandals, pool flip flops and evening sandals. My medium sized bag weighed 15 kgs.

    They are light and don't take up much space. I wore them all. In theory I could have taken just 4 pairs: trainers, evening sandals, flip flops and beach shoes, but in 43 degree heat, I wanted a cooler option for daytime walking than trainers needed for tennis and a choice of flip flops/sandals.

    We stayed in a 5* resort. It wasn't strict formal evening wear only, but walking sandals or crocs to dinner wouldn't have been appropriate on this occasion. It's all about what suits the holiday destination and activities being catered for.
  • Kim_kim
    Kim_kim Posts: 3,726 Forumite
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    What's embarrassing about doing washing on holiday? I even wash most things before I leave so I don't have to do it when I get back.:)

    Where do you wash them?
    In hotels they charge by the item & it's very costly.
    Do you hunt out public laundrettes?
    It must take half a day, finding one, getting laundry there, doing it, carting it back?
    Plus laundrettes are quite expensive - in comparrison to using your home machine I mean. I take my duvet to the big machine in the nearest laundrette now & then.
    Don't you think that's a waste of your holiday time - doing laundry?
  • melanzana
    melanzana Posts: 3,953 Forumite
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    I have a tiny "sock holder" with pegs that fits on my clothes line at home. IKEA, it folds down, perfect for holidays.

    So, I rinse undies, lightweight tops, and anything that needs it. All lightweight really. Wash them in shampoo! Wring out as best I can and overnight hung in the shower, voila! Very light hand luggage.

    Each to their own of course, but this suits me, and the stuff I bring abroad is NO IRON!
  • Gloomendoom
    Gloomendoom Posts: 16,551 Forumite
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    Kim_kim wrote: »
    Where do you wash them?
    In hotels they charge by the item & it's very costly.
    Do you hunt out public laundrettes?
    It must take half a day, finding one, getting laundry there, doing it, carting it back?
    Plus laundrettes are quite expensive - in comparrison to using your home machine I mean. I take my duvet to the big machine in the nearest laundrette now & then.
    Don't you think that's a waste of your holiday time - doing laundry?

    If you rent a house they normally come with full laundry facilities. Not all hotels charge by the item. Mrs G did a wash in an hotel last week. It cost 2 euro (£1.44) to use an industrial size washer and drier.
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