Commenting on a recent post, a long term blogging pal of mine (who knows me so well) suggested that I am a cheapskate traveller. I am so proud of this, it is like being nominated for an award at the Oscars, like winning an Olympic Gold Medal, like getting a mention in the New Year’s Honours List.
It reminded me of this post that I put up first in February 2014…
Complimentary Shampoo and Shower Gel…
“I still enjoy travelling a lot. I mean, it amazes me that I still get excited in hotel rooms just to see what kind of shampoo they’ve left me.” – Bill Bryson
Have Bag, Will Travel 
In the very first year of Inter-rail, I got a month’s travel around Europe for £27 and worked out where to go with the classic book “Europe on $5 a day” ……. or was it $10?
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Either way, it sounds like a bargain.
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Do I take a bow here? 🤔 💕
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Absolutely you do Jo.
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🤣💖
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A priceless post. Do you carry home sachets of ketchup and brown sauce from cafés?
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Absolutely I do, and the tartar sauce and the mayonnaise.
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like you, I love the free amenities and look forward to discovering them each time )
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Always one of the first things I look for on arrival.
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TBH I very rarely avail myself of the freebies unless it’s something I really like such as Diptyque or Aesop, though my other half does use all the products. Also, I only ever snaffle the sewing kits, never the toiletries. Years ago I used to stay for weeks on end at a hotel in Frankfurt which used to give its guests rather nice bone china ashtrays. One or two people may have gotten these as gifts.
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No ash trays these days I guess.
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Sadly not
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The little sewing kits come in handy too
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Always, thanks for adding that.
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2014 reloaded “… these days I take them to a homeless charity in the town and hope they come in useful somewhere. …”
I love these stories. I’m also a bathroom soap collector. In the Orient, the small bottles are particularly attractive, but at some point the space in your luggage will run out. In Yemen I gave the stuff to the driver. He laughed out loud because there are no showers or bathrooms in his village in northern Yemen. When the cistern is empty, the women with a 20 liter canister on their heads walk 1 hour down the valley to the river and back up the hill. Humor is when you laugh anyway.
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Thanks for adding your story.
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I had an inkling it had to be Jo who nominated you! It’s been a while since I stayed in a hotel and nowadays they have started using refillable bottles. There was a time though when I collected them, my granddaughters loved the miniatures.
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Thanks for adding your thoughts.
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I think you are a real pro at this, Andrew!
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Thanks Sue.
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We’ll have to club together and get you a medal! A cheap one of course …
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Not plastic of course.
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Maybe like one of those chocolate coins in gold wrappers.
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Perfect!
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I’ve asked around, and they are all cheapskates too and won’t chip in, so have a virtual medal instead🏅😉.
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Ha, I remember that post I think, Andrew. I must have been following you for a long time. Grin. –Curt
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Quite so Curt.
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Do you end up using them, though? This is quite a collection.
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Every so often we have a clear out and take them to the charity shop.
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