great link Sanji..........last time I went to Javea I bought my husband a killer whale for the pool...it was murder to blow up so I could do with getting one. are they both small enough to pack without taking too much room up?

Well if you blow them up with helium before you pack them you're luggage will actually be lighter!

Hi McBabe
I`ve got the first one and whats good about it is.... you use your feet just like putting air in the car tyres, it has several adapters....it weighs nothing.
I would image the 2nd one would be smaller/slimline for the holiday cases, but you have to use your hands like a bicycle pump...personal choice I suppose, I think for the number of times you may use it per year, then I would go for the foot way one....easier for less effort.
At least with Argos you can look and decide between them both before purchasing one and walking out the store.
besos xxx
Sanji

Yeah definitely the first one, it weighs nothing and is little effort. Also doubles as calf muscle defining machine
C xxx

Off to see if I can get some cheapo lilos from Asda this lunchtime! Then off to Argos to by myself a lightweight foot pump.

Roll on holidays!!

Well if you blow them up with helium before you pack them you're luggage will actually be lighter!

great tip......will save on excess baggage

Thanks Sanji, I will go have a look.

I would advise against getting your clothes cleaned in a hotel. It was going to cost 3euros to clean a piece of underwear and i think it was 6 upwards for most other things.
I think it would be cheaper to go and buy new. Thats why i'm now in the middle of catching up on the laundry after arriving back yesterday.:lol:

Just to let everyone know that Asda to a 3L foot pump (similar to the first Argos link) for £3.56 - cheaper than Argos.

Lilos are indeed 97p, I have purchased one!

Now before i say what my tip is i have to admit i was told this by the lollipop man when i took my kids to school and i have not tried it yet(afraid of being caught ).
When you are half board in your hotel,Go down to breakfast with cling film in your pockets and grab some bread rolls and meat from the buffet( they always have meat and rolls at breakfast time) now you are full board and have your dinner too
Kerrie

Hi all
I have been studying all these tips and have taken notes. Regarding the last post, its sounds like a good idea. I may try it when I go away at Easter.
When I went away last year I picked up fruit and saved it for later.

Dawn

Check out this link

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=142777&page=1&pp=10

It gets quite heated when someone suggests this

When I went to Tunisia, there was a horse next to the hotel, he was sickning-ly skinny! We asked about him in reception, and they said he'd been dumped there. He was just tied up, and they were trying to get him moved, after a few days, we took him some water, and after that, we smugled some watermelon and fruit from breakfast, the hotel staff didn't mind! Before we left, we spoke to some other guests who carried on the feeding! Some hotels are really nice!

I have stayed in a few hotels where there are signs posted in the breakfast room telling people that the food can only be eaten in the restaurant and cannot be taken out. I was staying in a hotel in Budapest once where the hotel had a staff member on the door telling people to take back food that they were carrying out, they even told someone to return an apple.

where the hotel had a staff member on the door telling people to take back food that they were carrying out, they even told someone to return an apple.

So they should...you haven`t paid for it.
You`ve paid for breakfast to be eaten in the dinning room and that means all the food you can possibly consume within those breakfast hours.
I personally wouldn`t show myself up trying to sneak a rock hard cheese and ham sandwich out that will be only fit for the horse by dinnertime and when you get the bellyache, no doubt you`ll blame the hotel.
If I was that tight, then I wouldn`t go away.

Most hotels that I have stayed in will allow you to take a little food out if they can see you have had no breakfast and you are feeling a bit off the first thing in the morning...they will also let you take a tray up to your room if someone is feeeling ill.

All you have to do is ASK.!
Fruit including apples are a "ton" for a few pence. euros or whatever.

I`ve seen adults staying in swanky 5* hotels on half board doing this...Tin pot millionaires who ain`t got two half pennies to scratch their backsides with...all penny pinching...pathetic

sanji xxx

Having read the link that alex uk posted (thankyou for that alex )I coudnt believe people on that site got soooooooo annoyed.As one lady said it was posted on a money saving site.
Have not tried it myself(as i said the lollipop man told me) but must admit what is the difference when you could have ate it while sitting at hotel table?
Kerrie

Hi all
Sounds like people are getting a bit uppity about someone taking things from a hotel restaurant.
Tin Pot millionaires dear me. So you thinking taking a piece of fruit to eat in your room is a sin?
Good grief

Also some people think that people who are not so well off as others should stay at home. That's sad

Can we please keep it friendly and use this thread for what it is intended for: making suggestions!

MarkJ HT Mod

Well I'm with Sanji on this one.
When you book you know what you are entitled to and you should respect that. If not pay for full board!
I think taking food from the breakfast buffet to eat later is really shameful if not downright disgusting! How appetising is that going to be 4 hours later?

C'mon peeps it appears to be straying off. We do not want this thread locked as it is fantastic to retrieve all the wonderful ideas.

My tip for the day, when going on holiday 'all inclusive' ensure that the band that the hotel applies to your wrist is not too tight. Therefore, when bathing you can take it off so you do not have a white band around your wrist.

also place it back easily when you need to have a drink Mmmm lovely cold beer in the afternoon.

Happy holiday folks

Kazee