Itâs similar with me but not with luggage, the hill I fought everyone on was about food. When I book a holiday I expect to eat out for pretty much every single meal, I anticipate and expect to be spending extra money on it and I budget for that extra in the holiday. When I holiday I am really looking to go exploring and experience food in a different place lol. Otherwise I get stuck in these self catering nightmares where itâs just relocating home base and cooking dinner and lunches the whole time and thatâs no damn holiday for me. Iâm dead clear on it when discussing the holiday initially, but thereâs always been a blow up because someone wants a âhome cooked mealâ and Iâm like âwell go home then.â When I was younger and used to go camping, thatâs different. Now Iâm older I want my little luxuries damn it!
Comment on Discussion Thread đ Thursday 17 July 2025
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
travel non drama, best thing I did was buy extra baggage before the flight, it cost hardly anything, stress instantly gone
so the thought occurred, why the fuck didnât I do this all those other times I travelled or the fam travelled
Because I wasnât the one doing the booking and organising. Weâre not poor, we could easily pay, so why the drama and anxiety of worrying about being a few kilos over? Because it was all about the drama. đ¤¨
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
tone212_@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Iâm a chronic overpacker so I need generous baggage allowances. For my last trip I had 32kg! And you better believe I used it, I donât let precious allowance go to waste. Left some spare kgâs on the way there and new purchases filled up the rest.
I also found this nifty gadget on Amazon to weigh your bag by trying a strap around the handle and lifting, so I know exactly the weight before going to the airport. Honestly it is a game changer.
just_kitten@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
The older Iâve gotten the more itâs worth it to have that peace of mind to save time and stress. It was always about being stingy with my parents (for diabolical reasons I did not find out until my late teens) and much of my extended family but I have to ask if the arguments, anxiety, etc. were worth the money saved. Itâs meant to be a holiday.
I make it a policy now to have enough luggage for the reasons you mentioned, and also book flights at reasonable times - no more red-eyes to save money and throw off my sleep cycle.
Welcome back btw đ¤
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
hugs back đ¤
so sorry your parents made holidays difficult when they neednât have been
and totes agree on making holidays stress free,
SituationCake@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Im so sorry. I feel this too. I was always barked at sarcastically whenever I wanted anything for myself that would be nicer or make things easier, told âthats stupidâ or âitâs a wasteâ. Yet, this didnât apply to my mother, she always had the nice things she wanted. If you tell this kind of story to a normal person, they think youâre being dramatic. But unless youâve lived it, as a child you are constantly ground down every day, until you have no self worth, it wonât make sense.
So Iâm grateful you share your stories, because it makes the world make sense. Makes me feel less alone in my experiences. And hooray for extra luggage, and finding little wins to escape the consequences of the drama.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Thank you so much and hugs back.
Sometimes i worry that some of my stories are not nice , but I do try to show what is going on, why, and how to overcome situations , so the stories arenât just making more drama
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
-But unless youâve lived it, as a child you are constantly ground down every day, until you have no self worth
Ouch, that really struck a loud chord đŤ