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Are you a packer or an overviewer? (Lighthearted)

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notgran Fri 25-Feb-22 12:21:49

We do exactly like sarahmob. Case goes in a spare room on the bed, week before OH is told to put his stuff by the case. I pack it all. Then we go through the generic holiday list I have had at the back of my diary (it gets updated and carried forward to each new diary) and off we go. Came back from North Wales last week, on the journey home, about 120 miles into the journey, I said to my OH, "You did take the hot water bottle out of the bed, didn't you?". Valid question as he was last to get up. Of course he hadn't. The housekeeping staff will have had a giggle.

Blondiescot Fri 25-Feb-22 11:50:58

We only travel with hand luggage so there's very little to pack. Five minutes and we're done.

BlueSky Fri 25-Feb-22 11:43:01

Rosie1959
“But as long as we have his medication, phone chargers, money and cards as well as any documents needed then any thing else can be brought if necessary.”
Exactly Rosie I too am the sole packer and like you he always says “Have you put the .... in?” as we are on our way to the airport!

Sago Fri 25-Feb-22 11:31:45

We each do our own.
The children used to have to do theirs from 10/11 ish.
My husband takes more than me on holiday…if in doubt pack it is his motto.

M0nica Fri 25-Feb-22 11:30:09

Each of us pack for ourselves and what he wears is entirely up to him, but I am not into Holiday Packing, I do not buy holiday clothes or have a holiday wardrobe.

Obviously I would pack a swim suit for a seaside holiday or extra warm clothes for a winter holiday in Norway, but beyond that it is no different to packing to vsit children or, in the past, business travel.

JaneJudge Fri 25-Feb-22 11:20:45

we pack for ourselves but this hasn't been without the occasional drama

Greenfinch Fri 25-Feb-22 11:15:18

My DH does his own though he hates it. He manages to survive with very little and a very small case. I stuff mine full with “just in case” things that I really don’t need.

rosie1959 Fri 25-Feb-22 11:02:07

I am in total charge but I have much more time than my husband who still runs his own company and has to sort that out
But as long as we have his medication, phone chargers, money and cards as well as any documents needed then any thing else can be brought if necessary.
But I can guarantee that after I have packed the car and we have set off he will say have you got x

Aveline Fri 25-Feb-22 11:01:57

We each pack our own cases.

Blossoming Fri 25-Feb-22 11:00:59

I am the sole packer.

Sarahmob Fri 25-Feb-22 10:57:55

My DH is instructed to put his requirements on the bed, and then I pack the cases. We tend to do half and half as flying to Australia one of our suitcases once went astray and he had no clean underwear until it turned up. Now the loss of one suitcase still ensures that we both have at least one change of clothes.

B9exchange Fri 25-Feb-22 10:48:07

We each pack for ourselves, with a suitcase each, no arguments, if someone forgets something we either buy it or do without?

Lexisgranny Fri 25-Feb-22 10:43:00

Some of us are now thinking of holidays and/or long overdue visits to family, this will involve packing. Are you in total charge of packing after minimal discussion, an overseer, or do you leave it until you get there to give your other half the benefit of your observations.

The entire procedure could be fraught with issues. If you do it all, you will doubtless have ‘forgotten’ to pack the disreputable, but ‘essential’ folding straw hat for example. If you oversee, there is a good chance the atmosphere could get decidedly cool before you even lock the front door. The final possibility is that something vital will have been left behind, or indeed packed, that the other party considered essential/dislikes intensely. It can lead to heated exchanges such as “did you really expect to spend the entirely holiday in flip flops./ your suit case wouldn’t weigh a ton had you not put three pairs of formal leather shoes in it for a beach holiday “.

Doubtless there are thousands of couples who sail through these dilemmas, but equally I know several who don’t!

Is there a perfect formula, or should the suitcases go straight back In the loft?.