What would you pack?

I find it surprising that people get to 50+ and still require help in deciding what to take on holiday.
I must be unique in never asking other people to make my decisions or give their opinions on what I should do or wear...or anything.

To be fair GabriellaG not many people are likely to regularly combine a holiday with their daughter’s wedding abroad. So I would not be too dismissive.

Holidays? ✔️
Daughter’s wedding ✔️
But both, with a luggage allowance and the necessity to look one’s best? Maybe a little tolerance?

MawBroon

Point taken We're not all alike.

Margrete
David Neiper are lovely clothes but the prices.......!

GabriellaG it might be an idea if you share your wisdom with us then, rather than boasting that you don’t need advice on ‘anything’. I’m sure the OP would welcome it.

Perhaps, Gabriella, if I had asked - and taken - advice, I wouldn't have turned up for a week in Majorca with eleven tee shirts and tops. . As it is, next week I'm off for a weekend in Scotland and in a quandary about what to pack (cabin baggage only) for this changeable weather!

AnitamplI do hope you have a small bum AND HAVE CHECKED WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE FROM THE BACK WQERING ALL THOSE LEGGINS!!!!

My daughter gave me a pad of Packing List forms, similar to the one here, (only mine are prettier). I like the line along the bottom of the form- take half the clothes you think you will need and twice the amount of money

Wow - thanks everyone!

Barmyoldbat - we are going to Italy.

Mawbroon, situpstraight and annodomini, Thank you. Unlike GabrielleG, I have never had the opportunity/funds to travel much
Also, I am feeling a little overwhelmed and just needed a little help to get started. Thinking about my Mof T bride outfit has scrambled my brain completely!

I had a successful shopping trip yesterday after reading your ideas.
I’m also creating a ‘capsule holiday wardrobe’ on Pinterest to keep me focused.

I will check out YouTube too.

DP will sort currency so that’s one less worry

If I ever had to fly to my holiday destination I would find the advice on here very useful, Gabriella. We have visited many European countries but always travelled by car or campervan, so I just fill bags/cupboards with all the summer stuff I possess! I would find it very hard to choose what to leave behind.

Do please try to get a cross body bag, we are off to Italy this week ( if I can get this damned Asthma under control) and have just seen a CCTV video of a friend on a last night out at her resort, 2 guys whizzed past her on a motorbike and just lifted her bag off of her shoulder and were gone.
Fortunately no passports in her bag, just 1 credit card and some cash, but a cross body bag probably would have made them look elsewhere for an easier target.
I have a flowery Kath Kidston one, it’s a bit large, but we are sightseeing in a town so I think I’ll dust it off and use it this time, I should be able to get the camera in it as well. Have a great time and let us know how it went.
In Italy
If you buy a drink you will be charged different rates according to where you sit, ie. inside standing up, sitting down or outside. You will probably be charged different rates according to the day or the weather. Don’t put money in your pockets.carry water with you, it does get very hot. Apart from the beach resorts, shops still close in the afternoons but stay open until late. Take a phrase book by all means , but don’t expect to understand what they say to you, they speak sooooo fast. We have an app that translates as we go on our iPhone. They are usually very friendly but Rome was sometimes a bit unsettling if you strayed away from the tourist bits, much like any other City I guess.

Thanks situp
I’m paranoid about keeping valuables safe, and always wear a crossbody bag or a backpack worn on my front.

We will use the app too. My Italian work colleague has given me a couple of lessons to include the basics which is helpful.

The wedding planner lives half the year in Italy so has given us lots of advice and a couple of the other places we are staying have English speaking hosts too which will be handy.

I’ll report back after the trip !

I hope you get better soon and make it to Italy!
Let us know all about it!

Some great advice given on this thread.
Gabriella, you must be unique indeed if you never need advice on anything ?