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Essentials for the Long Haul Traveller
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items If you are going away for more than a couple of weeks, or are travelling a long way, the volume of items you can take is limited. However, here are a few items I consider useful and essential for travellers that won't break the bank or your weight li...
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Toiletries
Laundry Products for Holiday
Generally Useful Items
Toiletries
Many hotels, hostels and other places will provide small bottles of shampoo, conditioner, bath and shower foam or body wash, and it is a good tip to use these when you can, but there will always be places that don't provide them, so having a best way...
These are brilliant for taking your favourite products from home and making sure you are never caught without shampoo, body wash, toothpaste or conditioner. Coming in a range of sizes, the largest is 100 ml, so will get thorugh the airport limitation...
Boots Travel Bottle Set 7s
A really useful item to have in your pocket, backpack or handbag when travelling. It ocmes in a tube, so as you use it, it gets smaller in volume, so can be slotted anywhere. It is rich in moisture, non shiny and an absolute indulgence.
CARMEX UK | Lip Balm | It Soothes. It Relieves. It Moisturises.
Nifty little bottles that fit in any case and coming in at 200 ml can be carried in hand luggage at most airports. Suitable for all hair types and does a great job at keeping hair clean.
Simple Shampoo Gentle Care 200ml
definitely the best range of moisturiser to take on holiday because of the added SPF factor and the lightness of feel. Easily absorbed and they make you feel glamorous.
No7 Moisturisers
This is wonderful spray product everyne should discover. You can get it on Amazon and it somes in an easy to use spray. It softens skin and has a mild insect repellent quality - yet it smells great too. Kepp it handy for when you feel hot, or your sk...
Skin So Soft Collection | Skincare & Toiletries
The best all round product for face, skin and hair. Slap it on, rinse it off and voila! Ready for anything.
Amazon.co.uk: Coconut Oil
Holiday can play havoc with your hair, making even the smoothest barnet frizzy so detangle fast with a wide toothed comb. You won't regret packing it.
FUL Wide Tooth Comb – Tangle-Free Detangling
Laundry Products for Holiday
An absolute find. You can take an entire packet or pop a few into a plastic bag - they are light so will not affect any weight restrictions, yet they dissolve easily in warm water and wash clothes effectively, leaving a fresh fragarance - a must have...
Laundry Detergent Sheets Sensitive
An aternative to carting a big bottle of hand wash liquid, these nifty, fresh smelling bottles can go in your luggage and provide several weeks of hand wash freshness
Stergene Travel Wash 100Ml
It is useful to include two or three laundry tablets because you may be able to find a laundry, but finding small amounts of detergent can be a problem. Put a couple of these in a freezer bag ( see next part of this list) and you will have a ready su...
Detergent Capsules & Tablets / Laundry Supplies
These pack small and expand large enough to fit your dirty clothes in ready for the wash or the journey home.
Amazon.co.uk: Travel Laundry Bags
Take a bar, or even half a bare on hliday and pep up yur hand wash.In a range of delicious fragrances, use this for quick dry clothes that don't need a long wash cycle. Wonderful for underwear.
Traditional Laundry Soap
Generally Useful Items
Essential for anyone travelling to areas with mosquitoes and other biting insects. effective, non-staining and goes on smoothly.
Boots Repel Maximum 50% DEET & PMD Roll-on 50ml
Really useful for storing laundry because the bags allow air to circulate, meaning you don;t get a build up of mould , or that stale laundry stench.
Amazon.co.uk: Fruit Bags
This might seem an odd thing to recommend but these are very useful. for example, pop your 'phone in a bag while travelling on small boats - it avoids spray damage, use them to keep products together in drawers or luggage and prevent leaks contaminat...
Ziploc Freezer Bags
This is a versatile and extremely useful took for opening bottles, cutting using the scissors, opening packets and so much more. from basic to complex, there is a SWK for every traveller.
Swiss Army Knife™ and Tools
A few feet of ribbon will weigh next to nothing and can be incredibly useful for typing to cases, bags or anything you do not want to forget. Choose your colour, width and style and you will wonder how you managed without a piece of ribbon for your t...
Ribbon UK - Quality Ribbons at Wholesale Prices
So, this is my preference, although other perfumes are available, but take a small bottle of your favourite scent with you. Pop it into your luggage and then, wherever you find yourself, you have a means of smelling home and of course, in some cases,...
Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Eau de Parfum Spray
Even with the insect deterrent some get thorugh, so take this easy to use after-bite pen to zap those itchy bites.
After Bite classic handy pen 14ml
Makre them quirky, make them stand out, make them your own. Don't put your name on though.
Luggage Straps | Suitcase Straps & Belts
useful for putting toiletries or anything likely to leak in, but there is another use. Pop your mobile phone into a freezer bag if you go anywhere humid and it will protect it from moisture.
Ziploc Freezer Bags
The best lip balm for maintining moistrised lips. Lips dry out easily in the sun, wind and when rtvelling but with a Bees balm in your pocket, you have ready to use moisturising help ready at hand
Beeswax Lip Balm
Really handy for giving skin a boost. Small bottle fits into any luggage. Smooth and non greasy too.
Healthpoint Derma V10 Rescue Oil