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taking food on holiday

Chivas69

2005-06-10 06:42:30

Fair enough!
TBH I personally prefer to take food with us as sausages and bacon are not the same on holiday! The only time they are the same they are a lot dearer so if it's easy for me to take stuff then I don't see the harm in it!
Each to their own!
BTW as we now mostly go half board we don't take anything, not even a kettle. I only need a cup of coffee in the morning with breakfast and that does me for the day, unless I fancy a nice Coffee with Brandy in a bar!

Duffi

2005-06-15 13:01:54

All we take are snacks for travelling, I wouldn't dream of taking any proper food with me. We always go self-catering but apart from toast in the mornings we very rarely use the cooking facilities we always go out to eat. I go on holiday to get away from it all and to have a complete change for 2 weeks and that means no cooking!!
However, when we're travelling home we can't wait to stop in a Little chef or similar and have an all day breakfast and a cup of English tea!!

inztantfunk

2005-06-15 18:28:42

Hi there. I always take a pot of marmite (got to have my fix.)and red bush tea bags.

Cheers Inz.

cyberspacekadette

2005-06-15 18:47:23

We're going All-Inclusive (again) but I think I'll be taking a couple of bottles of nice salad dressing, because they only ever seem to have mayonnaise at the buffet! I'm trying to find a brand of salad dressing which comes in a plastic bottle, but they all seem to be in glass, should be OK though, last year I brought a few glass bottles of Mojo sauce back home from Lanzarote, it arrived safely wrapped in our towels!

We went self-catering a few times when the kids we younger - I took lots of packets of Pasta-in-Sauce and Savoury Rice and also tea bags, coffee and breakfast cereals.

inztantfunk

2005-06-15 19:27:15

Hi.Cyberspacekadette.Try sainsburys. for salad dressings,in plastic they are near the salad stuff or with the sarnies etc.
Cheers Inz.

cyberspacekadette

2005-06-15 20:36:54

Thanks!! I don't normally go in Sainsburys, but I'll pop in next time I'm passing and have a look! I just hope the hotel don't mind us using our own salad dressing in their restaurant :lol:

holidayinghubbard

2005-06-17 08:36:34

Taking food on holiday

GOSH!
How do you all manage to take so much food on holidays, particularly with the airlines becoming more strict on your weight allowance?
Surely it's not worth paying excess baggage charges on food?
I have for the last few years had to take gluten free biscuits, cereal bars and crackers for hubby, as he is a Coeliac, and I am always concerned about the weight of my luggage - As yet, I haven't been charged, but always worry all the same.
:fly

dani.

2008-05-28 13:59:35

Re: taking food on holiday

We sometimes take crackers or crisps, like Pringles with us, but that's because we go AI. We like to nibble on something by the pool, as they don't do crisps AI, and they're pretty expensive in the shops. Other than that, we don't bother with packing food.

doe

2008-05-28 15:13:28

Re: taking food on holiday

I dont really take anything with me. Weather I am AI or Self Catering, there have been lots of changes in the rules and regs regarding this over the last few years so I am not really sure what you can and cant take now.

I do agree that British (Amercian?) branded products like Pringles are very expensive and are never included in AI, but I just make my kids have whatever the local brands are although I know a lot will only eat what they are used to.

I would imagine the answer to this question will vary on the age of kids people have with them, most adults seem to be able to manage with what is on offer locally.

Doe :sun2

joeseptuk

2008-05-28 18:35:14

Re: taking food on holiday

Taking food on holiday, after watching nothing to declare Austrialian Customs

How strict they are with food coming into there country

Are there any other countrys with similar laws

shorty123

2008-05-28 18:56:06

Re: taking food on holiday

I take a coolbox crammed full as my son is coeliac so I have no choice. I usually manage to get excess baggage charges waived prior to travelling, or an extra few kg free. The only year we had trouble was when the foot and mouth crisis was happening, there were huge limitations on what we could take. Having said that, no-one has ever checked to see what is inside the coolbox although Tunisian customs almost confiscated it :really

rpbristol

2008-05-28 18:57:24

Re: taking food on holiday

Well done, Inztantfunk. Spot on. Marmite and teabags. although I prefer something a bit stronger like assam tea.

Milly_Molly

2008-05-28 19:07:23

Re: taking food on holiday

Years ago when one of our kids was a really bad, fussy eater :rage

we took allsorts.

Nowadays we just take teabags, coffee and sweeteners.

Cynical is my middle name

2008-05-29 12:24:49

Re: taking food on holiday

We're off on hols on sunday and are taking a bottle of brown sauce, teabags and strong cheddar cheese.

steve8482

2008-05-29 14:26:50

Re: taking food on holiday

A chap at work was fined $250 for attempting to take a box of teabags into Florida a couple of years ago. Technically the fine was for a false declaration, the form asked about foodstuffs so he said none on the grounds that tea is a beverage - customs didn't share his point of view!!
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Joeseptuk

yes there are many countries with restrictions on food imports - starting with the UK! Movement of food items in reasonable amounts for personal use within the EU is normally not restricted but go (or come home from) any further and you need to know the rules. Meat and dairy products are usually at the top of the banned lists.

nuttynet

2008-05-30 08:55:04

Re: taking food on holiday

so is it ok to take bacon cheese etc into turkey ive been doing it for years and hoping to do do the same in july you got me worried now.

steve8482

2008-05-30 10:55:36

Re: taking food on holiday

No idea, you'd have to check with Turkish Customs.

Turkey is NOT a member of the EU!

shorty123

2008-05-30 16:46:56

Re: taking food on holiday

I have taken frozen pre-cooked spaghetti bolognese, sausages, cheese, all sorts into Turkey 3 times in a big cool box. I do carry a doctor's letter stating that the stuff in there has to be treated as medicine as its vital to my son's well being but that is more to avoid paying excess baggage than anything else. I have never been asked exactly what food I am carrying except during the foot and mouth crisis. Hope this helps put your mind at rest.

Alsacienne

2008-06-01 11:52:23

Re: taking food on holiday

The pot is calling the kettle black!

I have to point out that unfortunately EC rules actually forbid the importation and exportation of meat and dairy products within their member countries if you look at the information boards at airports, (and sadly that applies to us the holiday makers).

Thank goodness suitcases of expats living abroad don't get the scrutiny they should ..... cheese, bacon, sausages .......................

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