Do you overdo it?

About ten days before going away, I put clothes in the spare room once they are washed and dry. A couple of days before departure I whittle them down to about half, then the next day I am more selective. All fit a colour scheme and are interchangeable, just different weights for different temperatures really . I should point out I am packing for a UK holiday, with all its unknowns.
The trouble is, in the week before I go, I decide I really do like the clothes I am wearing, and want to taken them too. I can’t, of course, as they don’t fit my colour scheme.

My Mum on packing ,knickers twice the number of days away + one in handbag (don't ask) six bras. Everything else mix and match, result looked good all the time Iam still trying

Just had a week away in the Netherlands and we took hand luggage only. One pair of jeans, one knee length for cycling, and I wore a pair of comfy jean type trousers. 4 t-shirts (wore one going out) One long sleeve pretty cotton tunic and one shirt. 7 pairs of knickers. I nightie and a light weight informal jacket. Wore trainers and took a pair of shoes plus 2 pairs of socks. My anti wrinkle cream, toothbrush, paste and medication. Thats it. I pack my stuff, he packs his and takes even less.

When we go for 3 months to Asia I don't take much more, just a few skirts and a dress and 14 pairs of knickers instead of 7 plus a bra. You can always get anything you need when you are away.

It depends if we are flying or not. When we come to Tuscany, we drive (we are here now) - so if there is just the two of you, I go right over the top and bring far too much- if we bring guests- I only take a small suitcase- and if we fly, we take 1 in-hold case, shared, and 1 small caryy-on each. Just depends.

Travelling back on Saturday, via Verona for 2 nights- and more than half of suitcase un-used!

Just about to start packing for holiday and starting to feel a slight sense of panic.

I really don’t enjoy it and like others I always take too much and usually wear half of what I packed.

I sometimes wonder, why do I do it.
Probably won’t bother again.

On one holiday to Majorca when the kids were small I decided on a capsule wardrobe in black and white - black skirt, black shorts, white skirt, white shorts, various black and white tops, white dress, black dress, white sandals, black sandals - you get the picture! Boy was I bored with black and white when I got home after two weeks! Also used to pack 2 large suitcases between all 5 of us, with each person having an area, say back right/ front left, so that when we arrived each child could select their clothes and put them in a drawer near their bed. Now I can, I take lots more than I need usually and am far less efficient at packing! Rather than pack half/half with DH we just put a change of clothes in each others case plus some underwear and swimmies if there is a pool, that would see us through if one case went missing!

I am at the point where I hate packing and all the things you have to do in the house and garden before you go that I'd rather stay at home. It's nice just to go on day trips and not have all the hassle.

I loathe packing so much I have stopped going on holiday! It gets me completely stressed out, despite having at least four lists for various types of holiday. For some reason as I get older I really feel uncomfortable if I am too hot, or too cold, or my feet are in the wrong shoes. That means even a day out with an unpredicatable weather forecast has me in a spin about what to take or wear. I must say its a huge relief not having to plan my wardrobe, or indeed cope with all the travel arrangements for a holiday. I have seen some really lovely places just a days travel from my home and can come back to my own comfy bed at night.

Love it, Sue01

Love the name, Pinkadink

Canuckalatte I don't really have a list, I just look at Gok Wan's website and go by that, tweaking for seasons as necessary.

Just about to embark on a Warners weekend with friends and have packed wholemeal bread...

I always take too much as well, never been known to travel lightly! We are going on a special trip for our 50th anniversary soon and it’s got me flummoxed! We fly to Singapore for 2 nights, then Auckland for 2 nights, then 12 nights in a ship round NZ, Tasmania, back to Sydney for 2 nights. We presumably (hopefully) will get some info on what kind of things to wear on certain nights on the cruise but other than that, I’m worrying! In November, will it be hot in Singapore/Auckland/Sydney? It will be spring in NZ I suppose. I know I’ll end up with almost everything in my wardrobe (except the weight limit of course)!! Any advice please?

I used to do all the packing but I now leave my OH to do his own. He packed for himself for the first time for a one week (sunny) break in Spain.

When we got there and we unpacked, he had twelve pairs of shoes, fourteen pairs of underpants, ten pairs of socks, eight pairs of trousers and twenty five T-shirts (plus the usual beachwear - shorts etc). He had laid it all out on the bed and he couldn't believe it when we added everything up.
We laughed hysterically for ages and for the whole week we would burst in to fits of giggles every time we thought of it.
It is still a joke in our family - but he has got much better at it now.

Maggie, my husband does his own packing and I wonder sometimes if we are going on the same holiday.