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Title: Little Travel Tips
Post by: Scunner on September 23, 2018, 10:23:00 AM
Do you have any travel tips? Packing, flying, holidaying etc...

This may die a death as a topic but I'll kick it off.

Those 2 in 1 or 3 in 1 coffee sachets are brill if your day starts with a cuppa on the balcony (as ours all do with Radio 2 on the radio app where wifi strength allows :D )

No more faffing around with endless sachets and silly little pots of milk :D

Next..!
Title: Re: Little Travel Tips
Post by: Highlander on September 23, 2018, 11:14:12 AM
Put half your clothes in Steph's case and vice versa
Title: Re: Little Travel Tips
Post by: Scunner on September 23, 2018, 11:17:25 AM
I didn't mean tips specifically for me H
Title: Re: Little Travel Tips
Post by: marina on September 23, 2018, 11:18:52 AM
I've probably got loads if I think about it, I'll post them when I do.
But I agree those 3 in 1 coffee strips are handy if your first drink of the day is coffee as it is for my OH. Unfortunately mine has to be tea so have to faff about with tea bags and those silly little pots of milk! Unless someone else has a good tip to get round it   ;)
Title: Re: Little Travel Tips
Post by: Scunner on September 23, 2018, 12:14:29 PM
Do you remember instant tea? I'm sure it was a thing. Red & white label jar, I think you could get lemon tea flavour as well.
Title: Re: Little Travel Tips
Post by: marina on September 23, 2018, 13:27:59 PM
Think I do remember instant tea and I've certainly seen lemon tea in a jar.  Not too sure what they'd taste like though.  Probably better with the tea bags and pots of milk!   ;) ;D
Title: Re: Little Travel Tips
Post by: stoop on September 23, 2018, 17:22:10 PM
Put shoes only in one of your cabin bags and then you can let that bag be put in the hold for free, keeping your other bag for the cabin.

Saves the trouble of trying to find room in the overhead lockers for two cabin bags.

Title: Re: Little Travel Tips
Post by: stoop on September 23, 2018, 17:28:07 PM
Not keen on the al lin one coffee strips but we drink green teas with various flavours anyway - so it’s a case of packing a few to see us through the week (s)
Title: Re: Little Travel Tips
Post by: Scunner on September 23, 2018, 17:31:58 PM
I think they're ok - we take the 2 in 1 type and add a sweetener.  The 3 in 1s are shockingly sweet.
Title: Re: Little Travel Tips
Post by: Scunner on September 23, 2018, 17:32:44 PM
Another tip - don't bring a load of two pin plug adapters. Bring one, and a UK extension lead  :)
Title: Re: Little Travel Tips
Post by: marina on September 23, 2018, 17:42:55 PM
Ooh now that's something I hadn't thought of. There's never enough sockets anyway.
Title: Re: Little Travel Tips
Post by: Scunner on September 23, 2018, 18:11:36 PM
Exactly!

I have one of these - you can get them cheaper if you wait and watch. Does phone charging too with USB ports:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00KNWVRYS/ref=asc_df_B00KNWVRYS55792676/
Title: Re: Little Travel Tips
Post by: Liz 101 on September 23, 2018, 19:29:06 PM
Buy your shampoos, suntan creams etc at Boots after security, saves a load of the luggage allowance
Title: Re: Little Travel Tips
Post by: marina on September 23, 2018, 19:58:28 PM
You can also order them online beforehand to make sure you get your favourites but probably need to make sure your particular airport will do this.
Title: Re: Little Travel Tips
Post by: stoop on September 24, 2018, 08:10:35 AM
Buy your shampoos, suntan creams etc at Boots after security, saves a load of the luggage allowance

Might be cheaper to pay for an extra case  ;)
Title: Re: Little Travel Tips
Post by: Toky on September 24, 2018, 08:39:40 AM
Aldi has one of the power cubes for £9.99  https://www.aldi.co.uk/easy-home-design-socket-cube/p/078149166423900?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI9aS055DT3QIVBLvtCh3EtAMREAQYAiABEgIDMfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CJ_73LCR090CFQanUQodYpEDkg
Title: Re: Little Travel Tips
Post by: mary62 on September 24, 2018, 11:36:52 AM
I use Kinder surprise plastic eggs to put individual jewelery items in.
Title: Re: Little Travel Tips
Post by: Karennina on September 24, 2018, 13:52:17 PM
Probably not many members that dont buy duty free at uk airport but if your not getting any, keep the duty free carrier bag from last shop and use that to put all your c@@p in if your airline hand luggage allowance is poor then when u board cabin crew think its your duty frees
Title: Re: Little Travel Tips
Post by: marina on September 24, 2018, 14:02:16 PM
 ;D sneaky but clever karennina!
Title: Re: Little Travel Tips
Post by: swindsor on September 24, 2018, 16:34:39 PM
You could even just buy a bottle of water in duty free, ask for a carrier bag (you'll have to pay 5p) and you can fill the carrier bag up with whatever you like   ;)
Title: Re: Little Travel Tips
Post by: Highlander on September 24, 2018, 17:55:37 PM
.....to put all your c@@p....... 

Where has all the crap been prior to going through duty free ?   ;)  ;)  ;)