A Lot On Your Plate - S2 Ep15: Travel Tips, Cocktail Sips & A Triggered Troll

Episode Date: May 16, 2023

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yeah no but you've got more like a touch for this kind of thing you know yeah thriving a professional opinion Yeah, shall we see? Mm-hmm. Anyway, what we got there? So for our spit or swallow today, happy Tuesday, everyone, by the way. I feel like we can't start at the pod without saying happy Tuesday!

I know sometimes I forget. As we did our lays, fake lays, and our... What was else we have? Prentils and fantil lemon. I thought that I would do a little cocky cocktail this week of a rum sour, which was a cocktail that I had in Barbados.

I'm going to actually make it fresh. What is that? contraption. This is like a lemon squeezer. You can obviously just use your hand, but. Yeah, so when I touched down in Barbados, it's literally that all that touched my lips for seven days. Great time.

Like a whiskey sour, but with rum, but no egg white in this one. Right. It's nice. Actually, like Lake Rum, you know? Yeah, this is, it's called Mount Gay. It's like a dark room, and the distillery was in Barbados. So you're going to hear us slurp this on the pod,

which brings us on to a little comment we want to discuss. from a troll the claws no not really we didn't really have a troll we had somebody voice their opinion that they didn't like as eating through the microphone on a food focus podcast get that but yeah

the answer to that is what we need to say is and we also there's something else triggering a lot of our listeners and that's you Graham and it's the microphone and trust us everyone it triggers us to we tell him every single week but we just want to back him up here a little bit, right? For one time only, by the minute? One time only.

And this will cover both bases. So we have two very high-spec, fantastic microphones in front of us that G obviously bought. And they pick up every single sound, including us munching, slurping, breathing. So when G speaks, obviously G turns his microphone off because we don't want to hear, we don't want to hear him breathing down our necks. So then when we speak to him He then obviously has to like quickly respond And turn his mic up

And his microphone is actually not as good as ours By the looks of it So that is the answer to your question everyone And yeah To the person that sent that in What are you going to say to them Zoe? No I actually would like to discuss it Because look things like that annoy me as well

Right if you're eating loud next to me You're annoying me slurping all that I hate it But number one it only happens during the spit or swallow segment apart from the odd time right which we'll hold their hands up and apologise for not really but still number two literally said take these off me yeah number two our podcast is partly around food and see the noises that you hear at the beginning when we're doing spatter swallow they're intentional we're doing it to piss you off but they are

actually intentional so we pour right at the mic we open a cat right of the mic we rustle the crisps right at the mic we chew into the mic crunch into the mic so see if you don't like that but just you know fast forward exactly so we that's all I have to say and they said in the message didn't they all of your listeners will feel the same well actually love we asked a lot of our friends in our group chat and no one said it annoyed them so you're wrong okay I actually think that was a very polite response from me well just there just there what I said to you was very much.

Right, we're giving you no more air time. We love you really. We're only joking. Right, so we've got lemon, fresh lemon in here, some Mount Gay rum, some ice, and some sugar syrup. Sugar syrup, you can just make yourself

by just melting down sugar in water, believe it or not. Let me just knock this a minute. Look at you with your gold shaker and your little gold... Couther thing. Right, in it goes. And I'm doing this deliberately into the mic.

Shick, shake, shick. This is getting disaster written off. What is it? It's not, gee. I'm professional. You're thin muscles. Woo! Right, Zoe, let's get the ice in here.

Do you want one, G? Oh, no, wait. No, thanks. What's the decor? Oh, you're fighting. That's nice. It's a cherry. Well, I'd say these glassy cherries. And mint.

Looking a little bit dead, you know. Cheers. That's gorgeous. Do you like it? I love that. How refreshing. And all it is is literally lemon, sugar syrup and rum. We've all got a lot of ice.

Anyway, I actually think that's really lovely. Yeah. It's a gorgeous thing? Gorgeous. Right, Zoe, you've just got back from Palmer. Tell us about it very quickly, please. Yeah, it was really good, actually, thanks. It was absolutely roasting hot.

I feel like the main thing I have to talk about is our trip, or day trip, which you encourage us to go on. Yes. And how do you pronounce that place? Sawyer. Soye. Soye. I always find it quite strange to pronounce,

and I'm probably not saying that right either. Because two Ls make a year. Yeah. In Spanish. So, so yeah. So yeah. Anyway, we got a little wooden, like, rickety train from Palma City to Soyee.

Yeah. And that's got like a kind of old town and a port. So as soon as we got there, a little tram to the port, and that was just breathtaking. Yeah, you loved that, didn't you? It was so nice. And as soon as we got there,

we just sat at one of the, the little, kind of like, I don't know, bars or whatever, on the front. And it just looked like you get a wee sandwich or shrap, you know, nothing special. We got mussels, prawns and chips. Best mussels and prawns have ever had in life. Yeah, I saw you picture. That looked nice. They were unreal.

The sauce was like, I don't want to say minishtoni soup, right? Because that would put you off, but it was kind of like onions-y, like, and tomato-y and... Gosh, you've done it. Just had that, walked about, had two jugs. with Sangria. Suzanne was living the dream. My mum just loves a drink. She'll be listening to this.

Mom, I can't handle it. You love her drink. Anyway, got the tram back, got some ice cream, another recommendation from you that I couldn't find and my maps wasn't picking up so you actually had to say me the Google link. Yeah. Which was gorgeous.

They did. They basically have local oranges there from Sawyer. I hate saying that word. I know. And they make the soul from it but you had the pistachio ice cream was unbelievable that is my ice cream flavour now same I love it so much my mum

did get the orange though and strawberry she loved it yeah it's quite a creamy orange one it's like known for that one yeah she really liked it so just at a bit of walking around there and that was our day there really we got a little takeaway sangria for the train home love that there was a wee like stall thing at the train station and these women on the train

had like wee takeaways and I was like to mom they've got a believe my mom I was encouraging as well they've got a wee take away like is that sang drink that sang yeah like doing all that and they obviously heard us and they were like I just get it for there the train had like four minutes to go mom was like go get one across the thing but managed

I'm glad that you did that though you got a bit of the city and then you got beach and well not beach when it is a beach at the port yeah there is a beach there there's like sandy bits and loungers and stuff and it was absolutely roasting like the other days we did a bit time at the pool and then just at night we went into like the old town every night and where did you eat at night in palmer just loads of like little authentic places yeah and you went to that bar went to that bar abacco is it called and it's like the big fireplace and the outside of the

birds and all that that was really cool same as arter in glasgow yeah i got that vibe as well when i was there and also the next night well our last night we walked like buy it again and it was cured like a way down the street trip to get in there yeah Really expensive for a cocktail in there, though. You know, it was like 20 euro or something? Yeah, it's a joke. And I get a white Russian, and I just had, like, a reasonably big dinner. Yeah, so it's a bit much.

And I thought like the opera music was giving me, like, heart palpitation and anxiety. But you quite like that, didn't you? Well, I quite like that. But then a white Russian, not always, but sometimes there's actual coffee in it. No, I meant the opera music. No, I know. But what I'm going to say is, I was enjoying it. And then as I was drinking my white version, you know, I can't drink coffee.

Right. There's most of you at heart palpitations. So then I started like just kind of feeling that a bit and I was like, I'm not going to drink this anymore. Uh-uh. Because I was getting a bit scared. But that was Palma. I loved it.

I want to go back and spend longer there and go to like different places. Yeah, it's a beautiful place. I really love it. But when I go at the end of the month, I'm only going for one day in Parma. Yeah. And then we get in the car

and back up with just a bikini the whole time. Yeah. I feel like there is loads to do there. Like you could spend more time. just in Palma but I feel like once you've been into the old town once or twice like you could go elsewhere I agree you could also spend a week there but you don't need to as well I mean I totally agree we did actually go into a wee jazz bar which was really cool it was just like upstairs on one of the wee side streets in the old town and it was really

small so there must be about 20 people in at max and they'd like a little jazz band on but it was like a young girl singing she sang like Drake and stuff but in like a jazz way and we had like a little Mosca mule in there and it was like dark. Oh, I love that. And you paid like 10 euros each to get in that just went like towards the band obviously. And that was quite cool. Love that.

I enjoyed that. Wow. A bit of intimate concert, you know. Yeah. Very nice. So any little city break. Have you got anything to report whilst I've been away? Giving you peace and quiet?

Yeah, you have been giving me peace. I would say I've been chilling. You know what? I watched, you know this because I wrote in the chat, but I watched the whole of Queen Charlotte on Netflix which I absolutely loved so much. they're going to watch that I loved it so much if anyone doesn't know it's the part

of the Bridgeton story but it's like basically talking about the queen and her backstory with her husband which he does feature in like season one you know it was a little bit loopy but yeah explains it but you know Molly our friend Molly that we speak about a lot she actually text me day before yesterday saying oh my God I didn't realize because in the story it goes back and forth

like future and sorry present and past the whole six episodes she didn't realize it was the young people. I was like, what do you mean? It wasn't until the very last scene that I realized it was there and I was like, you're kidding. Who does she think it was?

I don't know. I went, well, you know, Brimsley, the guy that's always behind the queen. It talks about him. I was like, well, who did you think that was? And she went, I just thought all the people that stood behind the queen were called Brimsley.

She's a fan. She's a crackpot. So yeah, watch that and now I'm watching, which you know, I'm watching Happy Valley. Which I have seen all of. Yeah, you have. BBC, police dramas,

which are my favourite. Same. I love them and I would watch like a new one every week but Jason gets quite kind of like he watches one and needs a break from police dramas which I get but once you're into it though it's enjoyable it's just thought of another one I think because I get it

but I know we're not discussing TV shows but I just need mention this Firefly Lane have you finished that yet? No but everyone's saying it's really emotional the next season two I watch season one obviously but yeah well I had the last three episodes to watch downloaded them watched two of them on the way out to

Palma and then was going to watch the final one on the way back and I'm not a cryer obviously as you know but I did stop it on the plane because I thought if I really want to watch this like intensely I could potentially have a tear in my so anyway I stopped and finished it at home and I didn't

actually cry because I'd like to disconnect myself you know but emotional was it and they just do it so well if you'll say that I'll be in bets no you will my mum said she who was like, because she had the last one to watch. I quite X Factor YouTube videos. I do, gee.

Do you know what it is? It's the way they reflect in the last few ones because obviously they reflect through the different times the whole season. Yeah. But the way they do it in the last few ones is just very impactful. Wow.

So if no one's watched, anyone's not watched Firefiling, should I say, you need to watch it from the start. It's just such a good, I always say feel good, easy watch because it's not, but it's just kind of a girly show. And it's like, been on number one on Netflix for ages now. I love for season one.

But Rich has been balls deep for fucking two weeks with Yellowstone. Like I cannot deal with it anymore on my television and I know I know you like it, G, don't you? Because you're watching it. But I love cowboy stuff,

but all I have to say is, and it's on my TV, but it seems like it's just problem after problem with these guys and they are just constantly battling, fighting, killing, depressing. It's quite exhausting, isn't it? It just looks exhausting and I'm like, wow, this is ever ending?

What are your thoughts? I'm only in season one, so I'm only in episode eight or something. Well, you've got another fucking 12 episodes of just problems, seasons. Cowboys, country music. Yeah, I know, I love that to be fair. So, yeah, and then this weekend I went out actually to, I went to the horseshoe bar for my first time ever on a Sunday. I've still never been there.

Can you believe it? What? And I'm karaoke queen. And I've never been there. I thought you've been proud of me in that one. I know. Well, I am, but I'm not proud of myself because I've still not been. It's a lot different to what I thought.

People were going on like it's pure divey bar. It's not really, at all. No, it's quite serious singing, is it not? Yeah. The fact that Carrie was up there singing. She had the whole place pumping. But I'm surprised they allowed it because what I've heard is,

like, you have to be a good singer. Yeah, everyone that went up was good. Which is why I don't want to go because I want to hog the karaoke and I think I'm good but I'm not. So there's a bit of an issue. But even when, when Carrie went up and sang, she sang Shallow from, um...

Sad is Born. A Star is Born, yeah, with Sarah, my other friend. And even the karaoke guy got up and got his phone out and started recording the crowd. He was like, wow. Maybe it was just a passion. It was a bit where it goes, whoa, whoa, wow, wow. And it was just like, everyone was like, rah! It was honestly amazing.

I love that for her. But then, where else did I go? I went dockyard social, absolutely love it there. And I also went to a new place called West Side. tavern. I've heard a lot about that. Very hipster. Hipster as hipster can be. Very West End. Oh, no, it's not even like a West End.

It's fucking more West End than West End. But it's cool. It's like, I can't describe it like anything. From the outside, it looks like a dingy, all I can describe to you is like a, you know, it's like old Chinese takeaways that you walk by with the curtains in the window and like condensation and that. You're like, what is that? But actually, it's done like that. It's quite retro and New York City. Yeah, it's based off something specific. it's like New York vibes, like

Biggie Smalls is on the TV screens or that's really cool but they do the most amazing pizzas. Yeah, I've heard that and I had like a New York style pizza and it was called Hot Boy. Had hot honey jalapinos all that good stuff on it. Oh, stunning. So good but the other menu, I saw the people going

the other stuff on the menu looks really good but they had a barbecue that day so it was out in the back because it's got a really cool courtyard out there. Love that. So they were doing like kebabs and stuff so that was quite nice. And And then, yeah, we were debating where to go. Celtic could just won the league

and I was like, I can't be asked to go anywhere like that. Hill, heel. Hell, hell. But not that I'm obviously, I just thought it's going to be busy everywhere, but... It's not really the type of atmosphere you want to be in if that's not the reason you're out.

And like, Wunderbar and that now, like, I know we love it, but I have to say, like, since they've opened that downstairs, it's so busy now, it's too intense. It takes 40 minutes to get a drink. The last time I was in, I was literally dripping of smooth. there was that many people in there.

Like, it was roasting hot. They need to stop that because it's actually just ruining it now. And what I will say as well is they need to make that upstairs bit. This is probably quite a good idea. And over 25. That small bit, over 25. Well, funny to say that. Funny to say that, though, because when I went near the last time I was downstairs

and for the last like hour or so, we decided to go upstairs. It was just too hot and I thought it needs to be area somewhere. And was it better? Like it needs to be colder somewhere. And it was a bit like not over. Not overs, but it was definitely an older crowd. Because Richard said he went a few weeks ago and he said that he didn't even go downstairs.

He stayed upstairs the whole time. Yeah. People now seem to prefer that. Yeah. Or kind of age. So, yeah, that's all my feedback on Glasgow night out. On your weekend. I'm eating anywhere else.

I don't know. I'm going to see Post Malone this Saturday and I'm going to Porter and Rye for a steak so I'm excited for that I've never been before. Neither have I. But I've heard great things for there as well. You let me know how it is because Jason's due a steak dinner actually. Tiffany's

best steakhouse in Glasgow. I've been there as well but he's not. Expensive but very good. Very like... Quaint. Yeah. Like... And what's the other one I love as well? You'd be scared to speak in there too loud, do you know what I mean? Yeah. You're the one butcher shop, that's good. Yeah, that's my favourite. Also expensive as well. They're all expensive for a big fucking bit

of meat that I get one bit of, do you know what I mean? Where's your favourite steak restaurant, Jay? Um, I'm quite like Miller and Carter in Glasgow but one in Edinburgh is not even the same. It's like a different place all together. There's one in both. You've been to the one in Lister? Yeah, I've been to the one in Lister, yeah. I actually went after Christmas because someone gave us a voucher and I was quite against it because I felt like everyone went there. You know what I'm like these places? But we went to the one in Newton Mairns, weirdly, and it was actually really good. Oh, is it? We were, last time we were there, we went to the concert, we were sitting there. I think

this tastes better because it's such an epic venue. See the one in Glasgow because it's the old bank and high ceilings and stuff? I think you feel as though you're in somewhere fancier than you actually are when it's just our chain you're sitting there and you feel as oh it's really then you go to the one in Edinburgh and it's like yeah it's not as good I know I'm the same but I was actually pleasantly surprised and I didn't pay for it so

anyway we had to get into a topic so before we get into it we're going to shout out a lot of brands and a lot of things in this episode but just to say none of these are sponsored at all with just places that we love and want to shout out to be fair so I thought I would categorise it I'm going to try and lead the pod

but Zozo I'm sitting back I can relax and feed it up. No, I don't want, I want you to chime in while you can. I'll try. So I've sort of like split it up into how I book a holiday and just start to finish really, and anything that is going to try and cover as many questions as that you guys sent in.

And at the end, if we have enough time, we'll do some quick-fire ones and more like personal questions like, where do you recommend with X, Y, Z? So destinations, obviously, you need to start with where you want to go. So how I do this is, purely I look at other people's holidays on social media, to be honest.

Yeah, I'm the same. Yeah, I do have a list in my phone and places I want to go, but of course I've seen these on social media or seen them in magazines, whatnot. But a good thing and a good tip that I do is on Instagram, you know when you save a photo, I'm sure you're the same. But I posted this on my Instagram last year, and people were like, wow, I never thought to do that. But if you save a photo, you can create folders.

So let's say you're looking at something like top 10 destinations, to eat in Lisbon right and it's a reel you can save that real and save it into a Lisbon folder so when you go into your saved photos you've got all folders of every single destination even Glasgow or London and then it's just a reminder for you of that place that you've saved

because you can endlessly screenshot so much shit in your phone but it just sits in your photo album you never scroll back and go to it do you and you never put photos in your folders in your iPhone either unless you're super organised but I don't really remember to do that Nope. So, but do you know what? It's a good tip, actually.

Do you know what? I've just realised, you know, on your photo albums, on your iPhone, you know, you can search anything, don't you when it comes up? I've never done that. It's the best.

It's the absolute best. Even you can search text, and if that text is in the picture, even tiny, it'll find it. But then it also knows, like if you just search car, just give you pictures of cars. Like, it's so smart.

I have to do that. You can type in things like, you can find people's nudes in their phone as well by typing something like, brassiere or something but you know if you um you know if you type in um i tried to find travel insurance documents for skiing and all i did i screenshoted it from the email confirmation couldn't find it in my emails but i searched in my folder of my phone's travel insurance and there it came it

highlighted the text in my photo and there it was no i can't believe this it's amazing isn't it i've typed 10 beach and all your beach photos will come up it's amazing i use all the time see down when we write workouts on the board see if I'm looking for a particular movement and I can't remember when we did a workout I've usually took a picture or if we share something on Instagram it saves to my camera reel

so if I'm looking for a workout I just search a movement or they name me a workout and it'll find me a photo somewhere so I can see the date that we did it. That's how I find out when we did things it's the best. Because earlier I was looking for a recipe when I was seeing that picture of my eyebrows and I searched pasta and

all my pasta recipes were in my 12,000 photos was in that folder. It's amazing. So, yeah, that's a good idea if you do screenshot stuff and you forget, oh, I screenshot it something

on that person's story but I can't remember what it was. Just search Apple and it will come up or I don't know anything what you've screenshoted. So, yeah, so you need to try and work out where you want to go, Europe or flipping long haul, flights, whatever.

A lot of people were asking as if we book things separately or package holidays. Previously, growing up, I used to do package holidays when I went to Vegas. I did that when we, booked Miami that time which we never happened we booked through love holidays

do you remember yeah um but I don't really know an awful lot about that like I've booked through like jet two holidays seems to get an okay rep I think I mean I think it just depends if you find your hotel it's always worth looking for packages only I don't ever do and it actually it gives me the same vibes like chain restaurant I don't know why I was same but I actually have started to check because a lot of the time the hotels I like can be on it and the only benefit I think is it's never majorly cheaper but you know what

it covers the cost of baggage yeah and it's also at all protected as well so if anything happened like COVID or anything like that again then you are you get your money back and we got a money back when we booked Miami all of it and I just think that's the only benefit that I've noticed is that it's never the only difference in cost is that you're not having to pay for baggage that you almost get that's what makes it a bit cheaper yeah million

percent so it's always worth a look but i just prefer i don't know i'm just a booking dot com for the hotels and a sky scanner for the flights yeah i'm exactly the same um so yeah i would say definitely look at that how i always plan things as well as i always find my hotel first because flights can be a pain but you can work around that so i think it's definitely more important to find that hotel in your budget first yeah because sometimes you'd find a cheap flight for like 20 quid and before you add all your baggage and then you get done over by the hotel so it's actually probably worth you look at that part first

before you look at your flights and also there's more chance even though you're looking at the hotel first once you find that that's going to have all the dates usually unless you're booking it a super last minute popular place so then once you found that good dates

then find flights that work around at that that's what I would do as well I think it also totally depends on what type of holiday you want and also who you're going with so if you want to like a cheap city break then yeah go on sky scanner and find yourself a 10 pound flight to a random destination and then just book a random hotel because you're just doing it on a whim it's fun you're not going to be in it you're moving the streets yeah exactly but then if you are going on a couple's holiday or whatnot then yeah we'll talk about that a bit more um so a couple of things to shout out so there is a newish travel company called nemo travel which is like a multi-centred trip for people that are like our age group and it's ran by like-minded specialists um a friend of mine actually works there and she She heads up the trip planning, and it's just like a really cool, simple website. So, yeah, have a look at that.

It's called Nemo, like, N-E-M-O. And it does really good, like, wow holidays, but, like, adventure holidays, but it's not that expensive. For honeymoons. And then you've got also holidays, like, adventure holidays. So I think, like, can do, the one I went to are Maldives. Yep, like, excursions. Excursion holidays. So you've got, like, is it my tie?

How do you say that, Jay? My-tie? You know, like, the kickboxing retreat things. I think you're right. So those sort of, like, holidays. And then you've got like yoga retreats. You've got the diving one that I went on in Maldives where they don't have the flights included,

but those type of holidays are where you've got your hotel, all your food and things like that included. So they're quite a good way to look at. I feel like that gives people a good understanding that with everything included, it actually shows you the price and probably quite a pleasant way. Yeah.

Because I think for things like that, like these big excursion holidays and whatever, people probably do assume high prices, but actually it's not. No. Like, obviously they're all different, but most of the time you're staying in just like half decent accommodation. It's nothing fancy, but you get loads for the price, and then it's just up to you to find the cheap flights. And it's the same with all-inclusive, like, they're so high price, but they're actually quite expensive all-inclusive hotels,

and you only get your money back if you really do drink like a fish and eat like a pig for like two weeks. And I just think, and they're never really that nice places, really, are they? I just feel like if anyone's listening who usually does All-inclusive and is asking a lot of, questions on like how we or Jess or whoever does all these amazing holidays it's because you don't go on inclusive you go and explore yeah like the whole thing about going on holidays finding like amazing restaurants and bars to eat drinking and we've got so much resource out there now you can word of mouth for a start influences in instagram pages blogs websites yeah all sorts of things you can just find the your fingertips for free also part of the fun's just strolling about

train somewhere. Exactly. A few people ask questions like solo travelling and I had a message from somebody asking like how I know this isn't really relevant to me but like LGBTQ plus like how would they know what was safe for them? Destinations have got a lot of questions when I was in Barbados. I would just say read the government websites

and just do your research properly but most of the destinations you know there will be safe. There will be loads of solo travel websites out there and blogs. Yeah. There will also be Facebook groups that you can join, that you can join on with people while you're there. But yeah, I would definitely say just read up before you go and research properly if you are worried about that.

And obviously things like vaccinations as well, that's all on the government websites. I think solo travel is amazing. It's amazing. I mean, the only really thing that I've done solo outside of work is just a flight in a few days in Australia on my own. And that flight on my own was so enjoyable. Yeah.

Because I actually loved it. I love my own space. See, especially when it's long haul Because you are in a comfy flight Yeah Like I know you're, I wasn't a flying bloody flush class I didn't, but you're in like a comfort chair You've got the screen

I get all excited to all the movies I don't want to go to sleep So let's go on to flights now So as I said I always start with my hotel first And work that out whether it's A hotel Airbnb or service department villa whatever But Sky Scanner is definitely my favour Is that yours?

Yep at all was you use that? Yeah. But isn't that just, why would you know, is that not just... You would go directly. But it's a comparison site, so isn't that going to tell you the best places? Yeah. Yeah, it would do.

Well, when you actually go on SkyScan, it gives you all of the websites below it. And also, why would anyone not use that then? Well, you've got like Expedia. There's loads of other comparison websites. I just love SkyScanner. It is great. Is there not one called Kayak? Yeah, there is.

Is that similar? Yeah, similar. And SkyScan is Scottish. Is it not? Yeah, it is. Is it? The Scottish company, yeah. Oh, the best things are Scottish.

Yes. So, yeah, with Sky Sky Skyna, there is rumours, and this is not, this is a myth, but I actually did it once and it was true. But there was rumours that Monday or a Tuesday is better to book a flight, because the flights go back down. And I did do that once, and I went back on the Monday. I waited, I think I looked on the Friday, the Monday was cheaper. Now, this is another good tip as well, and I saw this on someone's Instagram last week, but

Expedia and now doing this web you can book flights through Expedia as well but they're doing this price tracker so it shows you the price fluctuations between last week or last year so you can actually see right this flight from Glasgow to Dubai was 469 pounds last week but today it's 550 so it's not necessarily telling you when to book but it's showing you that it was cheaper a year ago it was cheaper last week so it maybe you could maybe hold back and wait next week yeah and I also feel like another good tip as well as booking last minute is definitely not always a good idea because these flight companies, especially the budget airlines, they make their money from people that are panicking and they're doing it last minute because it's so cheap throughout before,

you get a really good deal, but they've got like five seats left and they can ramp it right up because they know they'll go because someone needs to get to that destination. Yeah. And it used to be that the longer you left it, like you would get a last minute deal, but it's just not a thing anymore. It's not a thing anymore. I mean, certainly not with trains. trains are the worst for that so a few tips with booking a flight then I would say be flexible with your dates I know a lot of people can't

and I do have a luxury with that but if you do have a flexibility with your dates then two days before or after make sure you'd look at the range of the week because you can get a really big difference in prices and on SkyScanor you can look at the month plan so you can see it's cheaper for me to fly on the Friday because it tells you like the price

and all the wee dates also sometimes it's cheaper for you to book a return flight than a single especially when it's long haul so always look at that sometimes if you get in a one way it can be extortionate but if you actually book a return flight and not get on it it'd be cheaper than just putting in one way yeah interesting that's like a train into it's what happens a train yeah um also check all airports near you so there's sort of things like let's say i lived in lester for example i could i could get a train to london if i wanted to very cheaply for like 20 quid.

If that flight from London is 300 pound cheaper and it's an hour journey from London you might as well just do it. Here we've got Edinburgh, we've got Glasgow Presswick and we've got Manchester. Yeah, a lot of people go to like Manchester and Newcastle. Yeah, not

they. So try and be a bit more varied with your options. Airlines, I fucking hate Ryanair an easy jet, but I know it can't be helped. They are not budget airlines. I don't Okay, when anyone says, they are scam, scam, scam, scam.

And honestly, I now go with BA, when I go to London, because it's £20, probably more. You get your baggage included. They are so, I know people have bad customer service with any airline, and I can be speaking, you know, out of turn here for all sorts of airlines. But me personally, I've had great experience with BA. And the customer service is good. It's way better than getting through from anyone from Ryanair and EasyJet.

You get your wheelie case, if you want to, you get. get a handbag. I've some time gone on with three bags around my body and they've not even bad in Ireland. Yeah, no. You can take really whatever you want. I think this is the problem. I actually don't get bad customer service or on the airlines with three-vine or easy jet or whatever. I mean on the friends, by the way, there's a problem. But you can't even take a wheelie on anymore without having to pay for it. It's extortionate. And it's like 40 quid each way. Yeah. So you went to Malia. We were obviously going for high rocks, but there was loads of people going to Malia for that. who does CrossFit or even comes here,

the CrossFit Wanker bag is a particular type of bag. Aye, there's all sorts of variations of it, yeah, but everybody's got it, so everybody that's going to High Rocks, he's got the same bag. I was going to my big Ross. He's walking up with, I mean, his bag is the exact same. I just breathed right past.

He walks up and like, no, that's too big. That's not going to fit. They charged him the 45 quid. And as he's standing there paying the 45 quid, like literally 10 people walk past with the exact same bag. That is shocking. And he's like, look at them. Like, no, it's just you, pal.

But how can they justify that? I don't understand. Well, they have every right to, but it's just that this is what I mean. No, but how can you do, like, as you said, for him? But no, like, it's a joke. And the Ryanair flight is enough to give you fear forever. Like, who the fuck picked that color palette for that plane? I can't even cope with it.

It just, there's not even a thing that comes down like a tray or even like a pillow that you can just move. Yeah, there's actually not a tree. I mean, I like that. I like that. subliminal messaging because if you think about Liddle is the same colours almost and that's like budget supermarket and it's like it's like cheap shite isn't it? I just hate it

I mean I had my wipes out and full force run that Jet 2 flight to be fair and there was nothing wrong with it. No listen I love Jet 2 I'm Jet 2's biggest fan I actually quite like Jet 2 as well you know. Jet 2's great you get your suitcase with Jet 2 yeah you do they are a very good airline I've had good good times with them

I was actually realising that people we had checked in cases just because we got it through a holiday but people were putting quite large cases in the above thing. Yeah, they do let things slide these airlines. So they're easy ozage, too. I do think, don't always, like, what was it? I'll fly in Ryanair to Morka, and I kid you not, it was £160, right?

I need a big case, and you have to add on these packages, which is also a scam. Don't never add the packages, add it all individually because it's actually cheaper with Ryanair anyway. And, yeah, it came to... I'm not kidding you, for me and Richard to fly to me York, It's 460 quid with one suitcase. It's a fucking joke.

And we have to go Ryanair because it is only, we can't be flexible with our dates. And it's Preswick as well, which is just, ugh. But see, yeah, actually, just long, isn't it? Presbyc probably do more bloody flights in Glasgow these days. No, I know. But Presbyk, I don't mean, ugh, as in like,

but it's just as far away, isn't it? So, yeah, another good thing to say about BA or any sort of other airline, like Emirates, Qatar, you've got the point scheme as well. and the points for me, I've racked up some good points for BA before and I flew to Antigua for a free one year because I went to Australia, didn't I, we work. Yeah, very true.

And they've got a lot of points. When you do the Australia leg, you get a lot. That is something that I have never done and think about the amount of times I flew with work. Zoe. Wait, literally, no points. Just add your, what is it, frequent flyer points. I have no idea, but benefits.

Now I'm just so like... You can backdate them. It's too late. Yeah, you can backdate them, actually. I know, but now... So anyone listening to do that, because these things do help. There's also things like, my friend, I know not everyone has this, but there's so many credit cards out there,

but if you are one of those people, which I'm not, because I can't be trusted, but an Amex, is I like I say Amex? They do B-A points, so she got free flights loads of times. Yeah, like essentially every time you use your credit card, it gives you points, and then she chose B-A points, yeah. So that's my tips with fly, Don't pick your seat either unless you want to be with a group of people. You're not obliged to pick your seat

and it makes you think that you need to pick a seat and pay £7 each way but you don't. Also, unless there's more than four of you, I have never not picked my seat and then not be next to who I'm with anyway. Because if you all book it together, the chances are they have mentally allocated your seat. They've just not told you it yet to try and get you to pay for one.

Also, B.A. you get a bottle of water and those snack crack crisps and let me tell you, if you bought that with Ryanair, probably cost you 20 euro. Well, you either get a difference. You get a choice of a pack at Crespoly Cabranoe. Yeah, exactly. It's perfect. Just drink if you want it.

Way up your options, kids, because trust me, they're not cheap airlines. They make out the aisle, but they're not a scam. Packing, I do pack a small wheelie case, but some people say save your wheel space and your handle space and pack with a soft bag. I'm yet to be very good at that. How are you packing? Packing just isn't for me.

no I hate the process and start to finish and every single year I say I'm going to take exactly what I need no extras no extras and I will fill that to the brim with extras just in case are you a roller or a bolder

I've never rolled in my life oh I'm a roller but I feel like I know that should be beneficial and I know all these patent cubes and all that would be beneficial but I just feel all of that's going to take up more space I can't quite get my head around it but I know I should try

I love packing cubes in big cases But can you tell me How that makes you be able to pack more Like I don't understand You're still putting stuff into the same space It doesn't make it pack more I don't do it for that

I do it more for like Organising When I take it out Do you know what it was good for You know if you pack in a rucksack And you go in like backpack travelling Rather than removing all your stuff out of your suitcase You just take out the one thing

You're like right I need my pants You dig in for the pant bag And then it's out Very very organised Yeah And that was good on Killy because in the freezing coal, you're not unpacking your... Oh, you're not doing all that, taking everything out your back thing? That was a must.

Did you know this, G, that they're scrapping the 100 mil liquid thing? Did you? There's not just one airport, though? London City. At the minute, but I went to Manchester. Now, where was I the other day? And they did it. I think it was Heathrow and Gatwick.

Both of them had it, these 3D scanning machines. But can you... City did have it when I went as well. Can you confirm to me as it? Edinburgh. No, wait, Edinburgh had it. The other day, they told us not to get anything out. I couldn't believe it.

It's different for you guys, though. Like, you guys obviously want to take all your makeup and all that. Like, I literally, whatever I would be take, I was like, I'll just buy you when I get there. True. Yeah. Yeah. Edinburgh had one lane doing it.

It was a trial lane. I didn't notice, but I just took a handbag through because I had all my stuff in my case anyway. But someone was saying to me that you're still going to have the 100. I said it to you. And are you wrong? I think I was wrong. So I did think that to be honest.

Yeah. But what you'd say, there's the amount of each item still needs to be under 100, but you can take as many as you want, but is that not true? No, I was reading it up earlier, and it says 100 mil has been extended to 2 litres, but I don't know how much liquid you can bring. I didn't read that far. I thought it could be over 100 mil, but it still needed to be, needed to fit in that bag. I think I can't remember what I said to you, to be honest, but there's some catch.

It's not like you could have a suitcase full of liquids. Yeah. Just drank. Yeah. You had said to me, each item still had to be under 100, but you could have as many as you want. Is that not the current rule? No, because they all need to fit in that one little bag.

Oh, is it? Yeah. Like, you can't have more than one of them. Yeah, they're really straight with that, I know. But regardless, it's going to be beneficial because it's just stupid things. But it was put in place, obviously, because 9-11, and that's how they got it through was through bottles. They got through.

Right, perfect. I'm never flying again, thanks. Sorry. But that is how. Yeah, but they didn't have these. 3D scanners. I know, I know. Technology is improved. I know. Just not a good flyer. But even like all electrical items and everything, like iPad and straighteners, you won't have to take them out anymore. They go through the scanner.

It's just a faff, isn't it? Yeah. Like, you're all that busy, hot and bothered by in the airport, and then you've to take all your stuff out. It's just... Unless when it goes through, you forget and then it goes through the other side and you're like, oh my God. Can I just... It's just a swab check. I'm like, fuck off, a random swab check. I personally, my bag, quite often fine. I personally get stopped every time. Do you? I'm that person

that gets in that machine and I have to stand my arms out and my legs out and take my jumper and all that off and I'm all hanging everywhere. And I need to do all that thing and they're like oh random check. But I'm like, why am I am I random every time? I think I've got a metal hip or something. I was about to say that. Do you know if you've got like a metal leg or something? Do you reckon

it does? Do you don't have a special past though? Do you don't have like a medical card? I think you just say it like when you get through. I think you just say I've got a metal leg mate and they can see it on like the scanner. Like it would show up to them anyway. Wow. One more thing that I'm quite fussy with

than had you and Jilly about this either day at the airport. I'm not tight with things. I will never give my money to an airline for over kilograms of suitcases. I will open my suitcase in the middle of an airport. I don't give a fuck if I'm embarrassed. By the way, you're right, you did do that. And I was quite surprised because honestly...

You're about to pay 100 quid and I was like, no girls. You are not paying £100 to this fucking airline. I know, but by that point, I'm like, oh, fine. And I'm not like that, that's what I'm trying to say. I'm not like that as a person. I'm like, oh, fuck it. But no, I will not, no way will I pay it giving an airline any more money than what?

I should be more like that because I'm just so impatient. And how long do you take this? I have no patience, right? And we saved, what, 50 quid? Yeah, we did, but I just, I just don't have any patient's friend, but I'm trying to get better. Oh, you should. And also another good tip as well. is, I know people don't want to, like, layer their, you know, if you're going on a holiday,

they say layer all your outfits and put shit in whatever. But you know your neck pillow, and I always take a neck pillow. You can stuff so much in that neck pillow. What? You can shove so much of that's full of... You take the stuffing out and you, it's got a zip, and you can put rolled up t-shirts in there, pants, so much stuff in that neck pillow and still use it as a neck pillow. And they won't stop you.

I'm shocked about this. I know. That's something I never take with me. But then it also, will you not saying recently everyone wears it the wrong way? I wear it at the front. Yeah, but I think that's actually what you're supposed to do.

So that, because you're never, your head's not staying back anyway on the chair. So you're doing it at the front so that it bobs forward. Yeah. But the thought, no, I can't cope with the thought of me being, I see when you see people sleep on the plane or in any transport and her head's pure bobbing out.

That makes me die. And then you go, You're like, shock yourself. Like, I hate falling asleep in public spaces. I actually fell asleep in the train. Another day, and I was modified. Oh, I couldn't fall asleep on a train, but I could have played. I was just, I was that kind of, like, hot, tired way and I just kind of...

What train? Like, to work? No, back from work, home from work. Did you? I was done anything, I don't know what happened to. So are we? I know. Jesus. Right, something that we're quite passionate about when you pack.

This... So we've spoke about an air tag briefly, and an air tag is really good for mobile things like buy a couple and if you are solo traveling it's really good for you to have like on your phone because if your phone battery dies your air tag will still work. Having it on you at all times because let's say something happens you God forbid people can track you

back home. Yeah. Things like that but also your suitcase but we're passionate about packing things in our hand luggage if you've got a big suitcase for day one or day two. Like it's just a no brainer guys pack if you especially if you're going on a trip

girl's trip to I briefing you've got an itinery planned. The first day you're going on an ocean beach club and the next day you're going for dinner pack that ocean beach club outfit and then pack that dinner outfit because if you lose that big suitcase you've got good two days for you to wait for that suitcase to turn back up to your hotel pack wisely if you don't lose your suitcase

you're fucked just pack two nice outfits or even your best outfits and you're anything that's expensive have it on with you very important point I don't really have any recommendations for suitcases is because I think they're all shy. I bought one of those antler ones

and I had one before from that TK Max just a normal 30 quid one. That was the best suitcase I've ever had. The antler one which was, I think I got it in the sale at Fraser's for like 60 quid. But it's sheer. Doesn't it fit anywhere near as much and the handle always falls down.

Was that like your wee wheelie one? Yeah. And it's meant to be a really good brand but it's not. I would do not recommend that antler at all. I'm not really into the full. Like don't get me wrong if someone turned up at my door by a remote case,

I wouldn't turn it away, right? I know. I'm not, like, I don't, I don't, I'm just confused. Like, I'm confused at why you've got a thousand pounds and you decide to spend, said a thousand pounds, on a case that's going to get bashed about an airport.

I just, you would, I would need to have tens and hundreds of thousands to do that. I may be understood a small wheelie being nice because you can keep that nice, but a big suitcase, like a Ramoa lit big suitcase, for what, four grand, whatever they are?

I just don't. It's just not some... I just don't get why that's where people put their money. Yeah. I know everyone's got different, like, interest, right? And I can get a lot of things, but that's once... Like, it's a suitcase at the end of the day. Yeah, but they want to look fancy-pancy, yeah?

And so do I, right, but I could think of many more ways. Yeah. But that's their ways that make them happy, okay? No, 100%. I'm just telling you my thoughts and feelings on the situation. Another thing, when you get that bag off that belt, please check the tag because I nearly picked up

Ollie Merzer's suitcase in Barbados I mean that wouldn't have been the worst thing to have happened you should have and just seen what goods were in there I know I bet he shops and Zara in that definitely he's got a wee H&M like overshirt on do you know what I mean a wee textured shirt for the beach yeah he wouldn't have liked my suitcase

why not well he Dildo's okay joking J it comes in at every conversation Definitely not but yeah definitely check the tag because that's happened to me a few times where I picked a bag off the belt

so I've got one of those what is it my mum got at me once when I went to Australia Samsonite one I was just going to say Massamite Samsonite it's a nice case actually

she got it to me for my birthday but a lot of people have those sort of cases just in case we'll put a sticker on it or whatever I think a wee little a wee thread or something subtle you know it's yours

yeah you're rubbing okay so let's move on to now what we're packing in these suitcases Zoe holiday clothes where would you recommend people to buy

holiday clothes from I was actually thinking about this when I was away another day I find that the majority of my holiday wardrobe ends up being H&M I feel quite passionate about it I think they do the best like day stuff

odd night thing as well don't get me wrong but day stuff very good for like linen shorts linen shirts linen trousers like we like you know they're kind of like knitted two piece sets for over a bikini we wraps yeah bikinis are great bikinis are really good aren't they for booby girls like us yep for booby girls I would say triangle bikinis are good if they hold you up enough because you can just get a big size and the and you can tighten up the tie it tight keep them up you know or even I actually find even if it's a clip you back all bikini tops are quite small anyway yeah so you can still get like a larger size and it's probably going to still be tight enough which is what I did actually for

their all H&M was my bits was it yeah so's the odd thing H&M now online if everyone knows it but it's got arc it weekday yeah and other stories yeah and is what's you the one cause I mean that up no not cause um But anyway, all of the... Monkey, that's it. All of the chain of H&M group is now online and it's amazing, isn't it? Yeah, it's good.

One of my bikinis was actually... One in one place, I mean. And other stories, I think it was. Yeah. And it was a bit more expensive, but honestly, it's so worth it. Yeah, I'm the same as you, ASOS, I think. Zara, I get the odd bits from,

but recently I found that everything I buy from there I return. Same. So that's you, didn't I have started to me? Nothing is built for anyone that's got like not fucking well skinny, bony bone, body. But if you do shop in Zara and you are going to Spain, do not buy anything from Zara while you're here. Go there with a half empty case and go and get everything in the Zara's there

because they're way better and then literally 50% of the price. I actually don't go shopping at all when I was away there. That's what I'm planning to do with Miorca because Zara and Parma is decent. I'm definitely doing that I'm not wasting my money here because it's actually 50% more Do you know where else I've actually not been in yet this year really

but people are big enough pre-mark Oh they have not been for ages Same I get annoyed in there It's always too hot and all busy and all that But people do love the bikinis Little denim scarce like loads of just bits and bombs I wash that once though and it's fucked That's the one thing we'll buy a mark with me

But I just don't I think sometimes for holiday that's okay Yeah I don't really have much shopper I go there for my pants and my pajamas and maybe a wee wash bag or something but I do hear people bang on about it

I'll maybe have a lot of look so it's worth a shot I did invest in a I've never had a good time with bikinis my whole life like I've never felt comfortable in any bikini shape for my body at all but I bought myself a 100 G swim shoot swimsuit

for the Maldives trip and I've wore that every time I've needed to be in a swimsuit since. And it washes well. You need to hand wash it, but it washes well. It's one size fits all. It's expensive, but it will last me forever. And it's actually quite flattering.

Yeah. So I might buy one more of them, but like a black one or something. Sunnis, buy your sonies in the air duty free airport if you want a nice pair or get them chook away ones. If you go on a holiday, where you're going to lose them. Don't bother spending money on a decent pair. Last year's the first year that I've actually bought

a decent pair of sunglasses I got them in the airport as well and I have looked after them I have but it's quite... A nice idea old ones but they'd Prada Can't hide money Jess

But what I will say I do find it quite stressful because I'm always like my sunglasses whereas before you're like oh I just wee cheapies you know what I mean That's very true

I feel you need two pairs like skiing I had my cheaps Yeah Two different shapes Yeah A bit of both Then there's a few nice smaller brands. Like, I really like that Sarah Ashcroft's brand, SLA.

They do some nice stuff. Such nice. Swim bits. And Dool is bringing out a swim brand. I was just about to say she gets a mention once again. Yeah, she's bringing out swim. We've seen some sneak peeks, haven't we? And it looks so nice.

Really good. We've been assisting on, like, patterns and stuff, haven't we? It's like, would you prefer smaller or larger print? And we'd all like voting in a poll and WhatsApp, great. Yeah, sending us all that. I quite like that. I quite like that. I like, little, what do you call them, like, focus groups?

Yeah. Can't enjoy it. But yeah, you've got some good things coming, by the way, and some really nice shapes for all different bodies. Right, money. So Monopoly money on holiday, that's what I think. Yes. I'm not a cash girl, are you?

I've not got a euro and it must be about five year. But the problem is there's been a few holidays that I've been on recently where I've needed them. Yeah, and do you know where it's bad? No tips. I don't have anything to do it. I know, yeah. gift tips and by the time you get past the language barrier and all that in holiday like

the card machine you've put you've done your contact mission unit do you know what I mean so we spoke about Amex amex but I bank with and you're the same as well but if you bank with them properly no I don't actually bank with them no but I used them for just like I don't know moving money about using on holiday I bank with Monzo and I've banked with Monzo now for years and years and I started with them when it just was a literal travel card like Revolute and now it is a full on bank

so I have my business account with them my personal account and my joint account it is without a doubt for me the best easy app to use That is really easy yeah They have so many good benefits but what I do is I pay the premium membership

with Monzo which is £15 a month you get a very fancy fancy card but why I did it was because I get a phone insurance with it worldwide travel insurance although I did need to get extra insurance for skiing, which is the case for most travel insurances. Discounted airport lounges, which I have used a couple of times when I've had like a flight delay.

You get the best interest on money like pots, cash back on international transfers, the best rate when you're away. So as soon as you make one transaction, it will pop up on your phone like, you're hello, welcome to France. This is your exchange rate. You get like idiot proof at banking. It's just so simple and like very millennial. You can categorise your spending. And it's also got a really good customer service. So it sounds like I work with them,

but I very much love Monzo. I actually do. I don't know why I don't bank. I'm an RBS loyal and I can't tell you why because I get absolutely, I get absolutely nothing from them, right? But I've just, that's what account my mom opened for me when I was like 14 years old or something.

And I've never ever changed it. But Monzo, I like move over money. Like if I'm trying to like watch from spending and saving. and then that's what I use. I always just used that on holiday and then basically split it with whoever I was with at the end and paying it.

Because when I was with Santander, they used to charge me one pound, this was years ago by the way, but they charged me one pound every transaction that I did internationally. So every time I was away, it charged me a pound for every time I used it.

To take money out of the wall, it cost me a lot. But with ones that you get free, you get free cash withdrawals up to 600 quid, I think. And also, if you want to swap into, make your current account, I kid you not, everyone listening,

If you want to make move from Royal Bank of Scotland, for example, to Monzo, it's one click of a button in your app, and they do everything for you. Even your all your direct debits, everything is transferred over for you. You do Bucal. It's the best. I think Revolut is the same. I'm not a Revolut girl, but I think it's the same sort of thing. We love your Monzo.

We do. We should sponsor our podcast, Monzo if you're listening. And, yeah, another good thing to shout out again, which we both used recently and I used on Black Friday for my Lisbon Hotel is We Shop which is a cashback app

Jess I forget about it all the time You must see it in my emails because I buy so much stuff And it reminds me all the time Like literally I'm just like shitting all over what you're about to say by saying it myself

but H&M, A-Sos like Zara like every look fantastic everywhere you shop online. Booking.com is on this app. And all you need to do is go through that

to the website. It's as easy as that and I forget every time I order something. I've got 1,238 pounds of 52 pence in my We shop cashback app and I can withdraw that into my bank account in 12 months time. I actually do have about 400 pound it to be fair because I got like my hoover shutting through it

and it was like all the different retailers do offer so like some will have like if you buy this month you get 50% of your purchase back or 20% or I don't know whatever, 20 pound or whatever it is and I just forget all the time but it's really good. It's definitely legitimate but

well it is because I've seen so many people using it but and people have withdrawing. There's one girl that we follow has got some like 77 grand in it isn't she that? Yeah, wild. And what's the thing? You need to you can't withdraw it for a year? A 12 months yeah so I booked booking.com and it was Black Friday deal and if you

signed up to it and your first transaction you got 100% back at the moment I'm on the app now they're giving you 120% sent back on your first purchase so let's say you book your booking doctor com hotel now for a grand you get a grand back in a year a grant 1,200 whatever it is back in a year and that's why it's and you need to have a this is where my uh skills are coming in but you have to have a referral to add or to go on it so you can use mine which is jess underscore ted's or yours what's yours no idea it's just just put in my username jess underscore ted's and you need that

you need someone's username to get into the app you might get on a way waiting list. I was on a waiting list I think for a bit. Were you? That didn't happen to me. Not. It was when everyone was hyping up around it on Black Friday because I was like fuck me I need to book this if it's 100% back. But yeah but then also it's like it's used like a bit like a social media platform where you could also recommend things on the app and anyone buys it through your affiliate link then you get money. I've not done that. I'm not to set that up but yeah just. It's one of those things as well right. See if it came to it for whatever reason you couldn't withdraw it. You're not

losing anything. No. Like, it's just at a cashback service. Like, top cashback, people love as well. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I've never really been into top cashback. I used it years and years ago when I got a new phone. And I remember it was giving me a hundred pound at that time.

Like, that was a lot of money to me. And it honestly took about six months to give me it and I was raging. But then when I got it, I was like, woo, that's what I mean. That's so rich. But I told Heather, my friend to do it because it's like as a tabhicle or refer and earn. And if you give somebody your name, I got 50 quid and she got 50 quid of shares. Yeah. And all she had to do is buy one thing through Wii shop.

I think she bought her mom an air friar for Christmas. And she got the air friar money back and 50 quid from me. And I got 50 quid from her. It's fucking no brain of me, honestly. And even if it doesn't work and it is whatever, which is not. That's what I mean. You're not losing anything because you're buying it anyway. Absolutely.

And all these people like booking.com and selfishies have all done events with them. Like they're doing like events. They're like clana. Yeah. Yeah. Anyway Legit, then So

Quickly move on We're nearly at the end now So hotels We've said positive It's about booking.com You can Did we say that on the podcast? No, so booking.com

The things I like about booking.com is you can do the pay when you get there And you can give you like a 24-hour cancellation fee The downside to that is it's more expensive Or you can choose the option to pay now If you're dead set And you're going on that date

After two days you get a gene unlocked genius so you get discounts she usually about 15% I think yep and you can now earn cash rewards I've got like 42 pound in my wallet and you can use that against like other hotels and stuff and but it's not always the best so I always always check the hotel directly once I've seen the price on booking dot com I then go on to the hotel directly and they usually have like sign up to our newsletter and you get 10% off book through us it's cheaper because they are losing out money by going through via their third-party websites so they're making more money from you going through them

directly they're better off giving you 10% discount and it's actually cheaper I actually think contact in the hotel sometimes as well because I did it for whatever reason I think I was just looking for like a recommendation what room was best or whatever and in the message that they were then like we can give you 25% off like from booting direct but it didn't say that on the site it was just they prefer you to go for them because they'll probably cost them 25% to do foodbooking dot com anyway exactly and if you said to them well i'm finding it you put on bookin.com they would match it on in it course they would price match it and yeah also another part with going directly

to web hotels you're more likely getting a room upgrade when you check in way more likely do that similarly the points on flights see if you're going to do that like we used to just go by iHG hotel group but they've got a loyalty program as well and if you were on the loyalty program if you only book through them your cumulative points but as soon as you went to that front desk are they've seen you're an I-HG member and you'd book through them and not booking, they love that and they'd give you the next available room all the time because they need to paybooking.com to take that. So they all love the fact that you book through their app and stuff.

That's good, yeah. I think Hotels.com have a good loyalty scheme as well. Heather was telling me something like that. But yeah, that's good. I feel like it's just worth looking into all these things. Like I'm not the best at it either, but there must be so many ways around like saving money on flights, hotels, everything. And you know when you, let's say you've got your heart set on a hotel

and you go on booking.com and it says sold out. Don't believe that it's sold out. It's just sold out on the booking.com. Go on their website because there probably will be one room left. That's happened to me a lot and I've done that. And got it cheaper. Another website that I love is Mr. and Mrs. Smith. I speak about this a lot.

I've booked through them. My old boss, Kate, who I spoke about it. She used to do it all the time and I was like, wow, it's so bougie. I was just going to see it's quite a bougie website. But it's a bit like hotels, very. version of one zone it's a curated list of hotels which is perfectly picked for couples and it is all independently owned they're all all nice but the good thing about them is it's price match guarantee so even if you find it cheaper on booking.com they will price match it or they'll

give you a voucher within like 24 hours and then if you book through mr and mrs smith you get every single time you book you get an added bonus so it's like when you book it says mr and mrs smith special is you get a bottle of champagne in your room or you get a tap i've got a pass in that New Yorker hotel when I went last year on arrival, just things like that, like little extras. I love stuff at that. Yeah. I also like small luxury hotel website.

That's nice, but again, pricey, but I just love staying in independently owned boutique hotel. It's just, it's just my thing. I love it. Airbnb had good and bad experiences. You need to be careful with them these days. Airbnb scares me, I know. I just, I always worry that I turn up there.

and it's a fraud. Yeah, it's happening at the moment. It's just kind of like, I don't know if I'm ever willing to take the risk. And what I love about hotels is just every time you come back to your room, it's being cleaned, it's safe, it's fresh towels, fresh bed,

and I just, I do love that. I've had some, yeah, like, I think Airbnb is really good if there's a lot of you and you want to go like a villa. And you don't care as much about the kind of things when there's loads of you as well. You're not thinking about like the safety as much, probably as you are if it's two people

or like three of you or whatever. It's a different. And when me and Holly went to Tulum and that amazing, that was an Airbnb, that was an amazing experience. But that was sort of like a serviced, it still was a hotel though, like a service apartment. But it was found on Airbnb. Yeah. So it's one of them, isn't it? Let's talk about car hire quickly or your method of transport when you go away, because we had a few of those questions.

My advice would be book a car in advance. It's so much cheaper. It's well expensive when you get there. How do you find the whole driving situation in other countries, just? I don't mind it. Do you get used to it quite quickly? Yeah.

All you got to remember is your body needs to be near the line in the middle of the road. We've got to remember. It's like that. That sounds a bit strange. But you're closest to the line in the middle of the road here.

You're going to be closest to the line in the middle of the road there. It's all you got to think. Right, okay, I'm with you. Because I have driven in Australia but here's the thing. They drive on the same side. so I've not quite experienced it.

They drive on the same side of the road as us, so it was totally fine. And I drove like a full day trip, road trip, whatever. And I was so careful, had a great time, and then I came home to three speeding fines. Oh, you're joking. And I don't really quite know how that happened. But you don't have to pay them, do you?

No, well, this is the thing. I then didn't pay them. I thought, ugh, right, who's going to know? So I didn't pay them when it's racking up. More letters, more letters. I'm eventually at about $1,500 that I owe them for these because they just keep going up. And eventually I thought, Australia's one of their places

that if I don't pay these and I want to go back, you just, that's one of the places that you would fly all the way they and not let you in because you put a park at a speeding fine one time, do you know what I mean? Yeah, probably would. So what I did was I contact them and just said, I've only just got your first letter because they were all a bit over the shop, to be honest.

I didn't really know what was going to. on and now it's like racked up to this but i got all the letters around the wrong way and i just pay i eventually paid the first the first amount for the first few fines but i just thought i don't know that the stress is worth it yeah that was quite stressful she's probably just read all the flipping road policies and that before you get in the car because i was looking at all the signs but then i thought i wonder if their speed is different do you know what i mean yeah no Like I know I was probably You're definitely speeding like little peaches in your car

I just know that I remember thinking I'm being such a careful good driver here because like I can be a bit of Speedy Gonzalez at home but anyway. The best method of transport for me is them flipping electric scooters wherever I go in any city break they are my mode of transport.

Love them. Love a bike. It's so easy and also a lot of like city break places do have such good like cycle lanes so you feel like you're on the roller but not really like it's not scary, really. It's not that bad. True.

You get used to it. So car hire, look at car comparison websites. Try and book the fast track lane when you get there because nothing worse standing that fucking queue. It takes ages. Fill all the documents out, read the small print, make sure you get fully comp insurance, look for places that give you an additional driver for free

and you need to take some sort of like credit card or something for that big deposit. Some of them don't let you do that if you pick the high insurance. but if you don't then you'll need to take put a big side of money away and if you don't have a credit card then it's coming out your debit card

also a less important question but it matters to me do you get to pick what car you drive yeah so it's always they never get to pick the specific unless you like sort of email them before a few days before but you need to it would be like feet of 500 and similar

so it just depends on availability to be fair but if you pick an automatic this is a good one actually if you select an automatic which will be more you're more than that you're more than that you're going to get in like a newer model car. I've picked an automatic this time. I'm actually going to fully electric feet 500 this one. We've got a charging point in a hotel.

We're going all eco-ferrella. And I love electric cars. Look at you. They're silent. Just easy. It's like those little small roads. Like review sites, trip advisor for me is personally outdated and full of Karen's. Certain things are good.

But if I were you, I'd go on, Google reviews even better or just Instagram. Just look for yourself. Ask friends. This is the one time I'll big up TikTok. TikTok's great. We know I don't really use TikTok, but the one time I do use it a lot is when I'm going away. Yeah.

When I'm there, even like best breakfast, palma, best dinner. Like literally every wee thing and it will give you options after options. And do you know what I like, you were getting a video of it? Yeah. So you fully see the experience. Do you guys ever leave reviews? No, actually, I don't.

No. Because I've never done it But I would look at reviews But I always think Who's the type of person who does that It takes the time to go and write that Who does that? Is the person anything like us

So like what does that review actually mean to us? I always think that the type of person who sits and does that Probably isn't the person I would think about me anyway So their taste in the restaurant Isn't doesn't matter Exactly guys So true actually Don't take their word as gospel

I definitely think like sort of like more informal blogs Well not informal but You know what I mean Like just a bit more kind of Influencery travel blog, like lead things. Yep. And then TikTok and Instagram and that are the best now.

They are the best. Quickly then, mobile data, we've said it before. I can't remember how you pronounce that company, but is it Erola or? We shared it on our few podcasts ago, but that new app that you can get now, if you're not on a contract phone, it's just, you literally pay something like $5,000

and you've got full data everywhere you go. Yeah, because this whole Brexit situation has, now men, I now need to pay for my phone again when I'm in Europe. Two pound a day, yeah. £2, I think, is the only one that doesn't let you do that. I think O2 is the best one for that. O2 or potentially three. Maybe.

One of them was the one that... Gif Gaff even giving it you for free. My nan's on GIFGaf. Pays you go. Yeah. But things like, I was actually looking on that Erola, I'm probably saying this wrong, but whatever it's called. Their Instagram and they were just giving you tips on how to...

reduce your phone bill, but like limit background data, download things, don't stream them, use your maps offline, turn off your Wi-Fi assist, or travel with an e-sim. That's not a thing, I'm bad, that I'm just so I'll deal with because I want to use my phone, made as I could just not use my phone as much. Yeah. Okay, quickly going on to restaurants, we've spoke about TripAdvisor, don't look at that. My top tip, as I say, every single time is obviously look at your favourite places that you've saved,

you want to go from your friends. Ask on your Instagram. Don't be embarrassed. Write on your story saying, hi, can anyone give me recommendations? There's nothing better than your friends. Like G was just saying they're like-minded people giving you opinions. And speak to locals. Speak to taxi drivers. They know the best. Your hotel reception will help you if you're staying in a really cool hotel in a cool area. Just taxi drivers are the best and just any locals, get speaking to them. Don't be shy. They know the best places to go. And when it comes to an itinery, my key, key, key thing before I go anywhere

and I sent you my map is I have a Google map I pin every single place that I plan on a map so a bit like one zone where you're standing somewhere and you can see why you stood there oh my God there's a place

200 yards away that I've pinned that I want to go to and it'll be a coffee shop pin everything so when you're doing like a road trip you can go all around the island you can just pin from A to B to C and it's so good to plan that

you're not fanning about on your Google map in the middle of nowhere trying to get data or whatever or Wi-Fi, it's on there, it's done. You can highlight, you can write notes under it and say what's your favourite, what's not, but you can follow me on that.

It's completely free. I don't need to pay anything for that. I just do it for everywhere I go. It's in the link in my bio. You can click on that. Do you sell, do you do an it for every day in a holiday still? Yeah, so that's what I was going to say now. When I did planned our skiing trip,

so what I do is I list everywhere I want to go. So I section it. So I'll be like restaurants, bars, day trips or experiences and then I'll do like right I'm there from Monday the 12th so I write the dates in my notes and I'll just casually start slotting them in each day

and I start playing around with it but like right well the night before that I'm going out so I probably won't make it for brunch the next day so I'll change the brunch there to that that or probably be a little bit jet lagged there and then I start playing around with it and then once I've got it happy and set I then start researching some of the restaurants

so I'd be like right this restaurant here really want to go to Is it busy? Do I need to pre-book it? If so, yes, I'll ring up and book it. But what's the best day to go to this restaurant? Do they have a live singer on on Saturdays or Fridays? Shall I go there then? Shall I go for sunset?

Shall I go for sunrise or whatever? So I try and plan it where it's like the best experience for each place. And that's how I do it. What I'd like to know, because I have done that as well for the last few holidays I've been on. But then Palma, I didn't really do much at all because I don't know. I just didn't really put time to think about it before I went. but I actually enjoyed just walking around and finding somewhere. And I have to say, I did miss that at the last few holidays I went on.

Not things that skiing, baking of holidays, I think you need a plan. But like summer relaxing holidays, I think the winging it needs, I don't know, I feel like it needs to be in there. No, I totally agree with you. This is what I said to Rich on this one. I was like, I'm dead. The thing is with me as I get foamy. I don't want to miss out on things.

I like to experience everything that I want to do and I like to help people so that this is obviously part of my job as well. so I'd try and do it. But there was one night last year and we didn't have a restaurant reservation. I didn't book every place because there is times I want to just wing it. And we did walk into somewhere random

and it was the best place we had all week. Yeah. And so it's just, I definitely think, like, wing it. But you do need to plan some things. There's certain places you want to go to, they will be popular for a reason so you need to pre-book them. Don't be like let down.

But there's also times when I go away and I'm like, I wish I fucking book somewhere. I'm just walking around aimlessly. I do think you definitely do a bit of both and I'm the same as you if I went to somewhere I would want to make sure there's not something that I'm missing

yeah like a really good dresser on a really good bad or whatever I would hate to come home from a place and be like fuck's sake I didn't realise I was that close to that or whatever I know exactly I feel like a bit of both is nice so coming on to the last bit now

people ask how we plan like a big thing like a hendu my advice would be anything we've just said but if there's more than you more of you than Airbnb is good for like a big villa. But concierge companies are you going to be your best friend?

So there's someone that I use when I go to Ibitha called Ibiza Key Concierge. They also have Dubai Key concierge and I think Micanos. There's loads of concierge companies like that that specialize in big groups and they don't, what they do is they don't actually charge you any money really.

I think sometimes they might charge you a set fee like literally 20 quid per person and they'll plan your whole week. But they also get a cut from some of the restaurants or the yacht whatever. So they make their money not from you but from them so they'll agree with these companies

will offer your services to our groups so they're actually not a bad thing to look at they're not actually that expensive so definitely worth looking at concierge companies also means you just handle your itineries which is quite good for big group holidays like if no one's really that into doing that kind of thing

or knows what to do and they book it all for you just easy in it they're quite good at getting reservations for places that you can't get in look full but they will be able to work which is I've always wondered how that is. Oh, these celebs have concierges. Why is everyone telling me that this restaurant's full,

but you could get me a table for Drew? I don't understand where's a table for two coming from. They're ass. I always think have you, Canton Swamish Reservation? No, I reckon they save these tables for these concierge. We'll save you one table a Saturday night

and you can fill it. You've got to fill it with someone on your books. I mean, that makes more sense and chunk someone off the table, it'd be fair. Okay, so rounding it up then. A few people asked, as we spoke about packing cubes, but holiday essentials, people asked about sun creams and things. I love the, I never had no I'd say it, but the corks,

whatever it is, sun cream, face cream, I share it a lot on my page. I like the La Roche Posey one. That's good. I love barley body oils so much. I know they're naughty, but they're best. I know I do love an oil, but... It's 15, SPF, the one I use. I think if you wear, like a fact,

30 all over your body, which, by the way, doesn't stop you tanning. Don't annoy me. It doesn't stop you tanning. Then you could put an oil on with a factor in it. It's the no cream oil with no factor that people are going wrong. Yeah. You are in a frying pan. That's what you're doing. So true. And you actually have such a nice colour when you actually put cream on. You're in the air fryer, sizzling away. Like a little chicken leg. Costa del air friar.

I love sunbum after sun. The brand is sunbum. The brand is sunbombeam. It's all look fantastic. I actually like, I like the Vasily and Alivaira for aftershun, you know. And I like just the body moisturiser we use anyway, the Nusitina one. Oh, gosh. Just keep it in the fridge and it just cools you right down. That's a great shout out. But make sure you do it every single night. Whether you're burnt or not, put your after sun on.

That's like a gel, isn't it? Or your moisturiser on. Mm-hmm. Especially if you also wear a bit of tan on holiday, which I know we had the discussion, we are not fake tanners for holiday, but if you don't take a tan or even if you just like extra tan, still more. moisturise every night because it'll keep your tan nice yeah it's the key moisturiser is key there's one called the lancaster tan maximiser in the orange bottle with

the blue lid yeah that does work but I don't like the smell of that um but I always take a like a body glow and do you know what I use the day that I love that tan looks the glow the new one yeah the glow oil yeah the glow oil that was nice that would be lovely on a tan yeah on those legs when you're getting ready and I'm actually nice kind of like the tom ford one Like, yeah, and my biggest tip for a whole holiday is, like, I can't recommend this tip enough. If you are packing your toiletries right and you've taken your scent, you're taking your body wash, sometimes you want to take your own body wash, or you're taking your after sun, and you're taking your perfume. Just make sure that is the best smell or a new one, or do you eodrim, because that smell will remind you of that holiday for the rest of your life.

And if you make sure that that perfume is like all coconut tea and summery, it's very deep. It's good. It's not. there's so many things I smell like oh that reminds me that time I went to like I beef with my mates so make that smell really good and that's my best tip

I just have one last question for you which I feel a lot of people have asked and we've covered it kind of but not really see if I've decided for example that I want to go to let's say Dubrovna because that's where I'm going in the summer right I'm looking at a map

and I have no idea how am I finding out where whereabouts I want to my hotel to be. Oh, what sort of area to book your hotel? Like what area to actually book the hotel? Research, read blogs. There'll be loads of blogs on what areas are best

and what they're for, like families, partying, couples. I suppose maybe if you found, if you find a few places like restaurants or beach clubs or whatever that you like the look of, maybe look at their locations and then work out where... And how far away they are, yeah, exactly, yeah.

I think I get a bit overwhelmed when I'm looking at that and things are all over the shop and I'm like, well, where the fuck am I meant to stay? yeah but i do think that's got good transport links then you're fine yeah true god i'm educated but i'm quite exhausted that's long we can also answer some more questions on the stories of we've missed a few but we're gonna do a lot on your plate anyway next week so send them in if you want to do it if there's a lot on your plate it doesn't have to be anything emotion it can be anything that you want to ask us just ask us anything and we'll uh we'll answer them right for you

we're just a free service to you all really at this point anyway it was lovely to see you love you to see you and i'll see you next week See you next week, guys. See you next Tuesday. Bye. Bye.