lancashirelove
Posts: 1986 Joined: 18th Feb 2009 Location: UK | quotePosted at 19:09 on 18th April 2009 Travel light Debbie, Clothes are cheap to buy (You can buy a well tailored 2 piece gents suit at ASDA for about £30 or kit a child out with shirt+trousers, socks and school sweater for about £10), Shop around (fun), if you want designer gear you pay for it. Shoes can be bought from as little as £5 a pair upwards. |
Debbie Adams
Posts: 2043 Joined: 8th Mar 2009 Location: USA | quotePosted at 01:42 on 19th April 2009 On 18th April 2009 16:40, nyyank wrote: Laundramats consume copius amounts of water and discharge dirty water.It is for this reason so few are found anywhere.However, there seems to be some Hotels that do laundry and pressing.I found this in Hotels in Dublin and London.Good luck.
Thanks nyyank,
I have noticed on the hotel websites there are more that offer that,thanks |
Debbie Adams
Posts: 2043 Joined: 8th Mar 2009 Location: USA | quotePosted at 01:45 on 19th April 2009 On 18th April 2009 18:57, Shirley K. Lawson wrote: Believe me, it is so much easier while traveling to pack it all in an box and send it home, many fine stores have UPS stations in them these days..It saves you the time in hauling them from one palce to another, and you can add the gifts you might want to buy for an special holiday, and in my case, I was able to post a "delivery date" on it, so I'd be home when it got delivered also, the place I sent had the boxes and sold them also. You can not imagine how I've done some clothes washing at times in an bathtub in the room itself, It always helps to buy light weight under garmets though...or else plan on tossing them periodically..my thing was gifts..I ran into an 16 mile long worldwide "market" back east one time. Much of it was areas that were one of an kind left over merchandise and experimental products...all new. I bought my neice an doll house, out here would of been $100 and there it was $16 (for Christmas comng), and the furniture was some $8.00 more and here would of been $40...I had that UPS home. a lot of people do that with liquor also, though I don't know if they allow that these days. I would imagine that you could UPS your dirty clothes home also(plastic bags..Bath, Bed and Beyond and Target also sell those type that suck the air out ...not to worry about it if you can't find an laundromat. When you take your clothes take them in "outifts" that layer on each other, one in white and one in black, and maybe one in blue or gray... pants, skirt, blouse, jacket...coupel pairs of blue jeans.. then take the accesories to dress them up in differently. for instance, Bright scarf around the neck on the navy blue skirt and top...jeans with an jacket maybe, gold jewerly with the black for dressy..green jewerly would brighten up the navy blue with the white jacket also. always take an golf sized umberella(separately), an small pocket style also, and an rain top in an big purse. You should be fine. Good walking shoes, good comfortable heels..and leave an bit of room for clothes you might want to buy. Red is an good color for the navy blue,the black, and the white also. Esp in belts, shoes,. jewerly..though the gold is more universal. Sounds like your off an on to an nice vacation here soon. The wildest thing I saw an professional traveler "Packer" do was get an tube like black long strapless tank..and she stretched it over her body and put the black jacket with it for dining out. When she used it as an blouse only, it folded over at the top to made an side shoulder type tube/tank..this tank was subdued sparkling in black sequins...yes, it was an mini skirt kind of... but it fit her to an tee...just barely above her knees. It looked very stylish when she was done. Her necklace helped to draw the eye upwards too...she used simple classic deep red acessories. In her large bag is allowed her to take the pants with her, for the next day, or if she felt she was dressed to fancy. All she had to do was take off the jacket, fold down an wide band at the top. pull the tank over the dress slacks...it wasn't short, it came down in length to the tops of her legs. The jacket was sinply styled also, and gave ti an layered look, depending on how far she pulled the tanktube down. anyway, Ilike looking at fashions as you can see..have an good trip.
Thanks Shirley this sounds like a really good idea never thought of mailing them back home but that would surely give me more room for shopping,,lol
And it seems i have found out something about you, sounds like you are a great fashion guru,,;-))) thanks for the advice!! |
Debbie Adams
Posts: 2043 Joined: 8th Mar 2009 Location: USA | quotePosted at 01:48 on 19th April 2009 On 18th April 2009 19:09, michael gerrard wrote: Travel light Debbie, Clothes are cheap to buy (You can buy a well tailored 2 piece gents suit at ASDA for about £30 or kit a child out with shirt+trousers, socks and school sweater for about £10), Shop around (fun), if you want designer gear you pay for it. Shoes can be bought from as little as £5 a pair upwards.
Thanks Michael, I was curious about the prices around there I know with the exchange rate i have to watch the prices but i have heard that you guys have some of the best shopping!! I have to buy 2 wedding gifts and 1 baby gift while I am there so i will need all the room i can get, maybe i could mail those home to,,hum,,thanks again |
Ruth Gregory
Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 23:58 on 19th April 2009 How long are you going for, Debbie? |
Debbie Adams
Posts: 2043 Joined: 8th Mar 2009 Location: USA | quotePosted at 00:09 on 20th April 2009 Hi Ruth, We will be there for 10 days. |
Ruth Gregory
Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 00:22 on 20th April 2009 If you really plan your wardrobe carefully, like Shirley suggested, you should be able to do it all in one suitcase and one carry-on. The key is to remember all the times you overpacked, and then at the last minute, jettison the stuff that you really don't need. Mix and match outfits - unless you're doing something to get sweaty and dirty you don't need brand spankin clean clothes every day. One of our inspirations to travel light was when we read that people could spot Americans from a mile away because of their excess baggage. lol You can buy a few items over there too, but if you're like me, you might not want to spend a lot of time shopping. If you end up buying a lot of stuff - be it clothes or souvenirs, yes, it's best to mail them home. |
Debbie Adams
Posts: 2043 Joined: 8th Mar 2009 Location: USA | quotePosted at 00:25 on 20th April 2009 Thanks Ruth, I do overpack every time so I am really trying to get ideas and not do it this time;-) My husband will be so happy,,lol |
Ruth Gregory
Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 00:30 on 20th April 2009 I know the feeling, Debbie. It takes discipline, and we had the bag restrictions on Ryan Air as part of our incentive. But it was really nice when we arrived at Paddington Station and had a few blocks walk to our hotel to not have to schelp around some big monster of a bag. Made for a much more pleasant trip. Start psyching yourself up now......"I will travel light......I will travel light.....lol" |
Debbie Adams
Posts: 2043 Joined: 8th Mar 2009 Location: USA | quotePosted at 00:32 on 20th April 2009 LOL,,,OK i will keep telling myself that,,,I will travel light,,,,,;-)lol |