You know you are a frequent flyer when ...

[I love to travel]

Soap bars are making a grand comeback. Go to any weekend markets these days and you'll find at least one, if not many, soap bar makers there. Sydney Rocks Markets has at least three, Brisbane Manly is the same, Kuranda Village has their fair share, too.
I just finished a dish wash bar. I actually liked it more than Sunlight/Fairy/whatchamacallit.

In addition to getting really nice staff as bars, I also like the fact you avoid the plastic containers. You get the bars in cardboard boxes or wrapped in paper for the trip home. Less waste on all sides. Another thing that's in favour is the longevity of a good bar - it took me 1.5 years to finish a hand wash bar. I'm one of those who've been raised to religously wash hands every time I come in from the outside (shoes off, hands clean, now you are welcome home...) so the soap got plenty of use. Now I'm frantically trying to finish a body wash bar but it just doesn't shrink however much I try.

Now, to link this back to the topic, however loosely: how to best keep a soap bar dry and good during travels? If you used one in the shower in the morning and then check out from your accommodation, how do you make the bar dry for travel so it won't soak and your soap container leak?

Wrap in tissues

 

[andye]

We order ours online from here. We prefer the lemon myrtle (without goats milk) one to all the others so they send a non-mixed order on request

Perry's Lemon Myrtle – Native Australian Spicy Lemon Rainforest Products.

perryslemonmyrtle.net.au

 

[jkbaus]

I carry small bars when I have a holiday in a warm climate when doing lots of walking.
Rub on parts of foot where shoes rub, matching place on inside of shoes/ straps of sandals.
No blisters

 

[MARTINE]

. Dont wait to be told.. you need Palmolive Gold

I’m guessing it was all boomers who reacted to my post!!! Its still on sale in the gold pack..

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Wrap in tissues

Lush will also sell cute tins to store which work well

 

[fly2earth]

When you start looking for S&P squid alternatives on the ground. And then determine that maintaining WP status is not worth it because it is "only" $10 on the ground vs in the air

 

[JessicaTam]

Now, to link this back to the topic, however loosely: how to best keep a soap bar dry and good during travels? If you used one in the shower in the morning and then check out from your accommodation, how do you make the bar dry for travel so it won't soak and your soap container leak?

I use a small snap-lock bag for them.

 

[RooFlyer]

how do you make the bar dry for travel so it won't soak and your soap container leak?

No need to dry the bar - I use something like this & the top & bottom slide together snugly.

 

[bussyboy]

Ugggh slimy soap bars, use the hair dryer!

That said, I discovered the magic of shower puffs, which work brilliantly with liquid soaps, a few years back and will never go back to soap bars

 

[tdimdad]

That sliminess is something I was looking to avoid together with any residual moist potentially seeping out of the container. But, silly me, there's a simple solution, combining ideas and elements from all of the above: towel & container.
Assuming it's the last morning, instead of a tissue (which I sure would make to shred off onto the soap), pat the bar with a towel, pack in a container, and we're good to go. Perhaps adding a ziplock just in case, or carrying a small thin face towel on me to wrap around the container (and use to pat the bar in case the accommodation's towel is not usable for that for any reason).

Effectively the same than I do now with the liquid soap tubes: dry with a towel before tossing them into my "beauty" bag.

 

[CaptJCool]

When you officially are scheduled to TIME TRAVEL

 

[fly2earth]

When you officially are scheduled to TIME TRAVEL


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Well I feel going to the Middle east is another dimension (something one would do once i a lifetime so IDK). Coming from someone whos never been to Europe/Middle East/Africa/South America, even Japan+Korea until 6 months ago)

 

[Mattg]

You're walking through SCL airport and notice that the signage uses the same fonts, symbols and colours as LIS.

 

[fly2earth]

When you type the full address of this website 100 consecutive times correctly without getting a 404 PAGE NOT FOUND message

 

[elanshin]

When you type the full address of this website 100 consecutive times correctly without getting a 404 PAGE NOT FOUND message

I'm surprised you're using a browser that doesn't auto suggest or bookmarked the site.

I start typing "aust" and chrome auto suggests AFF.

 

[fly2earth]

I'm surprised you're using a browser that doesn't auto suggest or bookmarked the site.

I start typing "aust" and chrome auto suggests AFF.

Well the first time is a charm...not

 

[Gremlin]

I'm surprised you're using a browser that doesn't auto suggest or bookmarked the site.

I start typing "aust" and chrome auto suggests AFF.

You know you’re a frequent flyer (website tragic) when you type “a” and chrome auto suggests AFF.

“aust” is far too much redundancy…

 

[fly2earth]

You know you’re a frequent flyer (website tragic) when you type “a” and chrome auto suggests AFF.

“aust” is far too much redundancy…

When you want to search up anything Australian or Aus related and Siri thinks you're out of your mind and goes "Do you mean Australian Frequent Flyer?"

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You know you’re a frequent flyer (website tragic) when you type “a” and chrome auto suggests AFF.

“aust” is far too much redundancy…

Opens mouth... Siri: I've preloaded Australian Frequent Flyer for you you're welcome!

 

[Blinky]

It hasn’t happened for a while, but when flying around Australia almost non-stop, on driving home in Melbourne, I was regularly on the lookout for the turn off to the Gold Coast or Wollongong.

That was when I decided to cut back for a bit….

 

[n7of9]

...when someone at work mentions their next holiday plans and you no longer say 'oh I've been there' because you don't want to be That Guy. These days I usually just listen and say That sounds like a great trip, you'll have lots of fun

 

[fly2earth]

It hasn’t happened for a while, but when flying around Australia almost non-stop, on driving home in Melbourne, I was regularly on the lookout for the turn off to the Gold Coast or Wollongong.

That was when I decided to cut back for a bit….

When you hear other people flying to WLG and you thought you were living under a rock for not knowing that Woolongong had an airport. When the only NZ port you've ever flew to is AKL save maybe CHC/Queenstown. When you judge how advanced a city is by how fancy its airport is (looking at you SIN and HKG)