What extras do you take when going away that you never used to?

My beloved lap top!!!!!!! (well, they all have a wi fi device too)
My mobile

Meds and vitamins
Yup, bran cereal and prune juice.
Electric blanket and HWB
Duvet, they run short, I like 2.

Aveline

Baggs - I'm not asking...!

Well I thought baggs was on the same page as me but I was wrong!
After travelling during Covid, something to wee in!
We stopped on the A1 at a service station( only a little one) and they had closed their loos so now I’m ready.
Never had to use it😂😂

Medicines, like tablets in case of pain , indigestion tablets, plasters for blisters, and if we are driving, pillows.

Thanks Baggs. Completely understand the sound levels. They seem to be set absolutely at pain levels these days. Ear buds are a good idea.

Ear plugs, an eye mask to black out light, medication, phone, iPad, necessary clothes and toiletries, car blanket and cushions just in case, decaf coffee as I’m the only one who drinks it. If I’m going for longer then the list would be longer too.

Lavender pillow spray, waterproof travel speakers if I’m staying in a hotel, mini toiletries in fancy brands, a couple of crystals, a fancy sleep mask and a mini essential oil diffuser. Oh, and a travel clothes steamer.

Suspect it’s not an age thing, it’s just an “I’ve become very high maintenance” thing…

Hot water bottle and often a pillow, depends on the destination, iPad and charger. Fan heater if we’re going to a hotel.

My own pillow ,tea bags and mug .kindle .iPad, medication.
Sometimes a hot water bottle

Meds (my medicine bag seems to grow larger every year), tena pads, more spare knickers, ear plugs and face mask if communal sleeping,

definetly cant go anywhere without my meds, also take camomile tbags and lemon and ginger .

Gaviscon, inhalers , antihistamines .Never used to need any of these !

I don't take anything - except for clean clothes, of course. There's nothing I'd need that wouldn't be available. Baggs, I did find the last cinema visit far too loud but just stuffed tissues in my ears.

I don't take anything that I didn't have with me formerly.

Indeed there is a list of things I no longer need to bother about.

Sanitary towels and tampax head it, then comes loads of fashionable clothes, a handbag, camera and film, my dance clothes, as usually I was off to a dance course, two pairs of sandals and some smarter shoes as well. pens, writing paper, foreign language dictionaries and phrase-books, swimsuit, beach towel and probably a great deal else.

Why in heavens name do you need to take an air freshener to your daughter's. If my daughter's did that I would be seriously hurt.

covid tests cold and flu medicines

Denture fixative

Meds , marmite, torch, thin bathrobe.
Meds essential
Marmite I miss it if they've not got it (surprisingly so many people ask to try it)
Torch, dark paths and unfamiliar hotel rooms
Bathrobe.
Been caught out with fire alarms in indoor pools or in the night before now!

Meds, two pairs of reading glasses and if poss my own pillow.
Mint teabags.Paracetamol, plasters and blister plasters.
Sensible shoes🤣

Definitely my own pillow!! But last time a wheelchair, walker and crutches after having broken my hip 12 days before. Just hoping nothing extra is required next time!!

Baggs - me too have a look at these, pricey but really good. I keep a pair in their case on an elastic band round my wrist. Life saver when the speakers in JS are blaring out, when hoovering and many other situations. www.loopearplugs.com/

Big knickers and blood
Pressure tablets! The type of knickers I used to call granny knickers and find hilarious that anyone would actually wear such things 😂 and here I am at that grabby knickers stage haha

nipsmum

Why in heavens name do you need to take an air freshener to your daughter's. If my daughter's did that I would be seriously hurt.

Not such a strange thing in my head, obviously. We are staying in a rented cottage with only a shower room and loo. As we are sharing I don’t want to leave ‘Grannie toilet smells’ so have a small room freshener. Puzzled as why you would be hurt!

Grannyseaside: if you purchase incontinent pads from Lidl or Aldi they come in plastic bags which the old pad can be rolled up and placed inside. They are also a fraction of the cost of branded products which I just don’t understand why people actually buy. I prefer Aldi pads as they have a better sticky layer which keeps them in place in knickers. Also, they have a better”filling”. Both cost under 90p for 12.

sandelf

Baggs - me too have a look at these, pricey but really good. I keep a pair in their case on an elastic band round my wrist. Life saver when the speakers in JS are blaring out, when hoovering and many other situations. www.loopearplugs.com/

Ooh, thanks, sandelf!

Baggs

Having found the sound level at the Glasgow Panto this year actually hurt my ears and apparently affected my balance, I'm now going to take disposable ear buds everywhere.

I suffered similarly after being at a Jersey Boys tribute band concert a couple of years ago, causing me to leave early. This was diagnosed as labyrinthitis, which can affect balance. I had seasickness pills from my GP, who suggested I should buy Sudafed nasal spray, too.

Those remedies worked although, within a few months, I experienced the same discomfort to a lesser extent at the ballet a couple of times. It might be worth having your symptoms checked.