I mean personally I usually end up sweatier than a Call of Duty match when I go on vacation so I bring 2 shirts for every day
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Three day vacation, 9 pairs of underwear. You never know when you'll shit yourself
Absolutely. You have to be prepared to shit yourself at LEAST 5 times a day every day.
Who are you? Trump?
I do a lot more walking, sweat more, and need to change more. Go out during the day, come back dress nicer for dinner.
I can't wear a shirt for more than two days without getting smelly. Antitranspirant helps, but I just got noticeable BO. A week in the same shirt is not happening even if I'm home alone and not leaving the house
I think they meant that everyday they only wear one shirt for that day. Not the same shirt one day after another
Can you explain to me why doing laundry is not a thing for many people on vacation? Why hurl a giant suitcase of clothing instead of a few pieces you wash every couple of days? Never made sense to me.
I'm busy doing shit I don't wanna wait around for laundry. Plus I've only once had access to a laundry room I trusted to not have stuff stolen out of it; we specifically planned for it because it was three weeks and we needed somewhere to do laundry at the halfway mark
Because vacation is often camping or staying in a hotel. And there aren't reasonably-priced laundry facilities in either place
But sure, if you have a washing machine in the place you're staying... Even then, washing every couple of days feels excessive.
But I'm not the one packing 32 shirts either
Longer trips, yes. A week? You don't want to spend all that money just to spend half a day near a public Laundromat.
You also don't know the area, don't know the laundry places, gamble on a lot of things not even knowing it works like how you think it does there.
Costs? In most hotels, doing laundry is really expensive per piece. In some apartments having a washing machine, you have to pay per load and sometimes the washer/energy, too.
So, packing for a few days extra mostly is just question of cost vs. comfort?
But yeah, asked myself the same question packing a big suitcase for the last vacation...
Seeking out a nearby laundry sounds awful.
I do laundry on travel when the location has it as an option.
My goal in life is to someday go on an international journey with only a wallet and a phone. Maybe a compute bag. But no accoutrement.
Not even a towel? 🤨
Hotels have towels. This ain't no galactic hitchhike. 👍
Technically I’ve done this, I even went without a wallet and nearly forgot my passport. Then again, I live in Denmark, so driving south for a couple of hours lands me in Germany. Technically an international journey, but not what you meant I think 😀
Take two empty suitcases and fill them up there
Bought a suitcase and filled it up there 😅