right well iv booked with onthebeach but i know the hotel is nice as its the same one mara has booked through firstchoice...anyway i paid for 2 15kg cases and we also get 3x10kg hand luggage...do you think that will be enough for me and the boys?? just i wanted to take 3 but think ill struggle by myself with 3 cases 2 kids and a pushchair...but might be able to manage 2 as leo can pull one(bad mum haha) olli can sit in the buggy and i can pull another...pile all the handluggage onto the buggy
im just worried as i like to take 14 outfits each(1 for each day) plus spares for the night time...do you reckon i can squeese about 17 oliver outfits onto a 10kg case?? or at least the majority and the rest in with leo's??
dunno if anyone will actually be able to answre this lol but im just worried im not going to have enough luggage allowence

I got lost at the 14 outfits/17 outfits bit hun soory I'm just doing this> at the fact you all even own that many outfits let alone want to take that much stuff on hols with you



Seriously I have no idea other than for you to do a practice pack and weigh the bag on bathroom scales - does sound like a hell of a lot of clothes though

xx

lol debs it probibly is a hell of a lot...i just get paranoid that each pair will get coverd in icecream/pop each day and they will need a clean pair(we took about 11 for corfu and struggld the last few days as nothing would dry lol)
14 outfits...17 including a few really nice ones haha

ok i suppose i could cut down on a bit of clothing...so maybe 9-10 and take a handwash thingy just incase

yeah suppose i could do a practice run lol xx

when we went in june we took 3 bags which were about 18kg each and that was for 2 adults and 1 toddler. We went for 11 nights and i took an outfit for each day, to be honest it was far too much as i did wear some things (skirts, dresses, trousers) twice. When we go this time i am going to take the same amount of underwear, bikini etc but reduce the amount of trousers/skirts and just wear some of them twice with a different vest top which hardly take up any room. In the day i only used bikinis and a couple of those cover up kaftan things so it was a waste of time taking all the other clothes i had packed for daytime!

I would lay out all your clothes and try and take stuff that can be mixed and matched so you are only taking about 4 dresses, 5 or 6 bottoms and maybe 8 or so tops. I also took far too many shoes and then ended up wearing mainly flip flops and one or two pairs of sandals.

In terms of the kids clothes i would try and do the same and take a travel wash so you can just rinse through a couple of tops if needed. I think you will be fine with the amount you have as long as you are ruthless about what you take xx

wow ok thats scared me now 18kg each...lol hmm right im going to have to be really careful what i take...saying that im sure mil has a lightweight 10kg suitcase i can borrow and leo has his own lil suitcase so if needs be ican just shove a few things in there...thanx again girls xx

Does the 2 x 15kg allowance include pushchair? And do the kids not get an allowance or is that one of the 2 x 15kg?

For Matt and I we had 2 x 15kg allowance, Imogen had a 10kg allowance and then we could take the pushchair.

I pack a hell of a lot for holiday - 2 outfits a day for me and Imogen plus other stuff. Matt just your average packer. That allowance was enough for us. So I reckon 2 x 15kg will be fine for you and two boys. Just weigh it before you leave the house for airport

We did the same as you're thinking shoved everything hand luggage on the pushchair. I pulled a suitcase and Matt pushed buggy and dragged the other one. Worked fine for us, you don't have the suitcase for that long really just to check in then other side just to the coach taking you to hotel.

ahh cheers shell...you had to pay for the allowence per 15kg it was summut stupid like £25 per person per leg...so works out at like £150 per case stupid, but suppose thats how they make their money back!

im presuming...and hoping that the pushchair is inclusive, it always has been when iv been befor,then again iv always been with thomas cook/thompson whatever...think im flying with ryanair lol
ahh well hopefully if you managed i should be ok...suppose i have to remember we have like 30kg between us in hand luggage too x

Ah i see. Might be worth checking with airline about pushchair, i think most are inclusive but ryanair can be a bit shite.

im wondering about this too.

and also taking that amount of clothes. although probs wont take as much for me as I can probably manage to keep myself a bit cleaner than hannah can!

That should be fine Gem, and as for Olives stuff its only gunna be little tshirts and shorts innit!

And you may have to save me some room, i have 5 of us to pack for and i am only taking 2 large suitcases


EEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKK I CANT WAIT!!!!!!!!! 11 WEEKS TILL WE GO!!!!!!!!!!

lol steph, yeah i can probibly re-wear some of mine and stay clean

donna-omg 11 weeks whoop...its ok cos i can ditch anything i dont want to take back with you haha x

How on earth are you gonna carry it all and push an overloaded pushchair.... That I would Loooooovvvvvvee to see..... if you see eyes at the airport it'll be me
Does no-one else mix their cases - incase one goes missing with say all my clothes in.. I have nothing to wear till said case found !! I always mix it up so should a case disappear we're all covered. Am I the only panicker

Push chair is usually not counted for and you get that anyway. We always go over and have never been charged, they should give you a couple of kg buffer. Have a fab time! xx

Emma'n'Hayden wrote:

Does no-one else mix their cases - incase one goes missing with say all my clothes in.. I have nothing to wear till said case found !! I always mix it up so should a case disappear we're all covered. Am I the only panicker

I am a mixed case panicker too! I mix all our three cases so we each have a good selection in each. My packing takes ages as i have to make sure that the stuff in each case would make up coordinated outfits