Hello Dear Reader,
I’m not packing Red Cross parcels, this is my packing that I’ve added to over the weeks for our holiday. We self cater and take everything we need. I take stacking boxes and bring them back empty as we’ve used almost everything whilst we’re there. At the end of the trip we usually have just one box left and stack the others.
I’ve never rented anything in the UK so can’t tell you what you’ll find in a British holiday rental but French rentals are quite sparse and you might well need to take more than you anticipated. You’ll also be expected to ‘leave it as you found it’ and give it a thorough clean before you go. You’ll also need to take cleaning products, cleaning resources such as scrubbies and dishcloths. I stocked up on the £1 cleaning items from Asda. Most accommodation doesn’t have a washing machine or a standard oven either and will have a combi or mini oven. It’s basic but it’s way cheaper than accommodation here. (Ours way £700 for two weeks in the school summer holiday with 10% cash back through Quidco and Owners Direct). We also use launderette away from the tourist area and hang it on the flat balcony, just like the locals do. Most ‘bits’ get washed by hand
Also, most changeovers are a Saturday and quite late in the day, usually 4 pm. By the time you’ve unpacked, the last thing you’ll want to do is hunt down tea and milk once you’ve found the supermarket so we take basics with us. Another thing we do is cook something and take it with us to eat on the first few days: a cooked piece of meat, salad, maybe a cottage pie or something that could be easily reheated.
It might not sound like a holiday to some but the treat to us is being away from the ‘everyday’ here and idoing it ‘on a budget’ means it doesn’t break the bank and we’ll really enjoy ourselves.
I know some will say, if you go to another country, you should spend money there, we will buy all our fresh food when we get there.
Over to you, any suggestions of what I should take so I can budget for it before I go.
Until tomorrow,
Love Froogs
