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Europe family road trip day 4 – Soltau, Germany

Best vegan road trip food ideas (with no fridge)

Published on September 17, 2022November 10, 2022 by Victoria2 Comments

On our European road trip, we travelled 1700 miles across Europe in our Mazda Bongo. The longest drive was 10 hours! As a family of vegans (2 adults and 2 young kids), we had to come up with lots of vegan road trip snacks, main meal vegan food ideas and packed lunchboxes that didn’t need refrigeration. Our Bongo is not converted and we only had a cool box, which wouldn’t keep food cold for long when we set off from home in the UK. If you’re looking for vegan road trip food ideas that don’t need a fridge, read on as I share a huge list of road trip food ideas based on what we took with us!

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Tips for travelling with jewellery

Published on April 26, 2021September 18, 2023 by Victoria4 Comments

When going on holiday you often want to look your best for both day and evening, which may include taking some of your favourite and expensive jewellery with you.

Travelling with jewellery can be a little nerve-wracking, especially if it’s valuable or sentimental, so read on for plenty of tips on how best to travel with your jewellery.

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8 day family road trip MINIMAL PACKING LIST

8 day Europe family road trip minimal packing list

Published on August 17, 2019May 15, 2023 by Victoria1 Comment

Having recently travelled a 1700 mile road trip in Europe as a family of four with young kids, ages four and seven, I kept a notebook to document all elements of our trip. I kept a packing list to make sure we didn’t forget anything, but also as I wanted to pack light for the road trip so making a travel packing list allowed me to see if I could reduce the number of items we were taking.

In this blog post I will share with you our 8 day Europe family road trip minimal packing list.

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Packing a suitcase tips

Published on June 14, 2019July 17, 2023 by Victoria1 Comment

I’m here today with some travel packing tips and tricks for your suitcase. Packing can be the biggest bore of your journey so these tips will aim to make packing things easier and for everything to go smoothly. Then you can get on with your adventure!

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How to pack minimally for your summer holiday

Published on April 18, 2019May 25, 2023 by Victoria1 Comment

Nearly every time I go on holiday I take too many things. I’m very minimal at home with my décor and belongings and so on, yet when it comes to travel I am guilty of taking a bunch of clothing I never even wear. Not only is this wasting time packing and organising them, but it means I’m lugging around a stack of extra weight that I simply don’t need to.

I also really hate packing and even worse is unpacking when home. It’s a travel chore! So I really don’t want to waste any extra time packing and unpacking things I don’t even use. I’ve decided to make my packing for travel recently a lot more minimal and I will share tips in this blog post on how you can pack light for your next summer holiday.

Firstly, here’s a reminder of the benefits of packing light:

Save time (less time packing and choosing outfits)
Save money (less luggage and clothes to buy)
Less weight to carry (so much easier at the airport and carrying suitcase to hotel room)
No overweight luggage to pay for
Less stress overall

Here are my top tips for how to pack minimally for a holiday:

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How to entertain a child on a long car ride

How to pack light for a family road trip

Published on November 3, 2018July 14, 2023 by Victoria1 Comment

If you’re staying in the UK for a holiday or short break then I have some clever advice for how to pack a bit lighter to make the car journey more spacious and comfortable. Going away with a baby or young children can be overwhelming when packing and you often feel like you need to take the entire contents of your house including the kitchen sink!

We’ve been there and travelled for only a few days with the kids, or when our eldest was born we travelled just with a baby, and the car was stuffed full of luggage literally bursting out of every seam – the boot, in-between seats, behind seats, in every foot well, on our laps! It was crazy.

Depending on the type of accommodation and holiday you have planned in the UK, I have some ideas on how to travel a little lighter, even with kids and babies in tow.

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