Ryanair to charge for using the toilet on planes

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Shampoo
Conditioner
Shower gel
Aqueous cream
Moisturiser
Contact lens solutions (cleaner & wetting solutions)
Toothpaste
Deodorant
Heat protecton spray for hair

OK, 9 not 10, but I can't do without any of them.

They don't have soap where you travel?

What's Aqueous cream?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

If this ever happens, I can well imagine the bastards playing sounds of waves and waterfalls over the PA.

 

[Geri]

They don't have soap where you travel?

What's Aqueous cream?

I don't use soap, it's bad for my skin. Aqueous cream is a moisturiser that can also be used to wash with. I can't believe you've never heard of it!

 

[paolo]

No Body Shop? No L'Occitane? (sp?)

Shaving foam - er, use shaving gel or soap?

Alternatively, buy at your destination?

Body Shop!! This is Saaarf East London Minnie.

On my local high street, there are only two national chains. One last bank (the other closed down), and a bookmakers. Everything else is independent.

The last time I took shaving gel, it was confiscated. See how even you, as a regular flyer, can't figure out the exact rules?

As I say, if I did it often enough, I'd work out how to do it. I just don't want to. And thankfully don't have to.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I don't use soap, it's bad for my skin. Aqueous cream is a moisturiser that can also be used to wash with. I can't believe you've never heard of it!

I've heard of it, just didn't know what you did with it

But surely some of these things could be bought at your destination - unless your destination is the middle of the dessert/jungle/Antarctica or it's more expensive than at home?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Body Shop!! This is Saaarf East London Minnie.

On my local high street, there are only two national chains. One last bank (the other closed down), and a bookmakers. Everything else is independent.

The last time I took shaving gel, it was confiscated. See how even you, as a regular flyer, can't figure out the exact rules?

As I say, if I did it often enough, I'd work out how to do it. I just don't want to. And thankfully don't have to.

What size container was your shaving gel?

I live in South West London and we have a Body Shop, Boots and Superdrug. Where on earth do you live that you don't have any of those nearby?

 

[Geri]

But surely some of these things could be bought at your destination - unless your destination is the middle of the dessert/jungle/Antarctica or it's more expensive than at home?

They could, but you would end up with full size bottles which you are unlikely to use all of, and either have to take them home with you (which kind of defeats the object of it) or chuck them away.

 

[paolo]

But surely some of these things could be bought at your destination?

Previous flights:

Berlin, arriving about 9pm, with a very closely timed S-Bahn / D-Bahn journey, arriving in a hamlet at midnight. No shops at all.

Riga, arriving about 7.30pm, Taxi (non English speaking) direct to coast. Shops shut for evening. Next day due to be up early and out in to countryside. No shops open.

Belfast, arrived about 6.00pm, after being ejected from an earlier flight for having a cut ear. (Not joking, had to buy another ticket). On this destination, yes, corner shops would probably have been open.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

They could, but you would end up with full size bottles which you are unlikely to use all of, and either have to take them home with you (which kind of defeats the object of it) or chuck them away.

I leave them for the cleaning ladies

Which countries do you travel to then?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Previous flights:

Berlin, arriving about 9pm, with a very closely timed S-Bahn / D-Bahn journey, arriving in a hamlet at midnight. No shops at all.

Riga, arriving about 7.30pm, Taxi (non English speaking) direct to coast. Shops shut for evening. Next day due to be up early and out in to countryside. No shops open.

Belfast, arrived about 6.00pm, after being ejected from an earlier flight for having a cut ear. (Not joking, had to buy another ticket). On this destination, yes, corner shops would probably have been open.

Well if you will go to places in the middle of nowhere

 

[paolo]

What size container was your shaving gel?

I live in South West London and we have a Body Shop, Boots and Superdrug. Where on earth do you live that you don't have any of those nearby?

SE1. The coolest bit of zone 1.

I've just done a lookup on Body Shop's site, using my postcode. The nearest stores (Waterloo, Surrey Quays) are about a 40 minute round trip.

40 minutes isn't deadly, it's just another 40 minutes of air travel specific crap, to add to all the other crap.

In 40 minutes I can be at St Pancras, looking at that amazing station and a nice big shiny Eurostar.

 

[paolo]

Well if you will go to places in the middle of nowhere

Which is also where most Ryanair planes land.

 

[Cobbles]

And you can't make your own bottle of shaving foam,

Why not use soap and a shaving brush (preferably Badger) - it's so much less planet raping.

While you're at it, get some Eucryl tooth powder - it lasts ages.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

SE1. The coolest bit of zone 1.

I've just done a lookup on Body Shop's site, using my postcode. The nearest stores (Waterloo, Surrey Quays) are about a 40 minute round trip.

40 minutes isn't deadly, it's just another 40 minutes of air travel specific crap, to add to all the other crap.

In 40 minutes I can be at St Pancras, looking at that amazing station and a nice big shiny Eurostar.

SE1 sounds like Borough to me. Only a 133 bus ride to Brixton

Maybe I'm wrong though if it's coming up with Waterloo, Surrey Quays being nearest.

Where's SE1?

Maybe Tower Bridge?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Which is also where most Ryanair planes land.

are all the shops at the destination airport shut as well or don't they have any?

 

[Spymaster]

Can't remember seeing sub 100ml bottles of anything I need in the places I shop (cornershop, local small chemist, etc). There's no Superdrug or Boots around here, or in many of London's backwaters. I suppose I could get the bus to one, as part of my preparation for flying.

And you can't make your own bottle of shaving foam, although I guess you could try and messily decant some gel from one container to another.

No need.

Gillette do 75ml cans of gel and you can get it in Boots and Sainsbuys.

Made for flying.

 

[Belushi]

I only ever go with hand luggage and just buy whatever toiletries I need when I arrive.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

No need.

Gillette do 75ml cans of gel.

Made for flying.

Yep, I've got a 75ml can of Gillette Fusion Gel that I got with a Razor (RRP near enough £10, but got it in Boots sale for £2.99)

Come in orange packaging if paolo's having trouble finding it on the shelf

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I only ever go with hand luggage and just buy whatever toiletries I need when I arrive.

I wouldn't do that for Ireland, not with their outrageous prices and shite exchange rate

 

[jayeola]

If Ryanair ran space ships, the space port they'd use for the earth would actually be on the moon and you'd have to pay to get a ryanair rocket bus to the earth or something........

hahahahahaa! -ing hell that's funny.

 

[jayeola]

Expect to see lots of stills of rivers, waterfalls and rain on the on-board screens.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Expect to see lots of stills of rivers, waterfalls and rain on the on-board screens.

er, they don't have on-board screens. Saves money don't you know

 

[Giles]

I haven't found Ryanair any better or worse than Easyjet or any other cheapo airline.

They are cheap and usually pretty punctual, which is what matters for me.

Just ignore Mr Ryanair Bigmouths silly comments - as others have said, he only does it for the publicity.

Pay with a Visa Electron card and you don't get charged any surcharges at all. I use my Halifax Cardcash account for all flight bookings, Ryanair or Easyjet (thus avoiding all of these surcharges), "Electron" accounts are very easy to open.

Giles..

 

[Giles]

Body Shop!! This is Saaarf East London Minnie.

On my local high street, there are only two national chains. One last bank (the other closed down), and a bookmakers. Everything else is independent.

Its terrible how these independently-owned shops are driving out the big chains and banks, isn't it?

All that variety, and not being able to rely on the comfort of big corporate brands makes shopping so boring....

Giles..