Water, water everywhere..

 

Now I know it goes against the grain to pay for water at any time, but sometimes there's just nothing for it! So these next couple of bites look at minimising the costs...

Month 6 - Bite 27

The first problem starts with the airport. Because of security rules taking water through into Departures isn't allowed so that's a non-starter. We always take our own water bottles and empty them just before security. That means that we've got a container for filling on the other side.

Unfortunately the water quality and taste at the airport isn't always wonderful. When this is the case it's the inevitable trip to the shops in Duty Free to buy a bottle or two. It's always overpriced, but necessary and at least it gives us a spare bottle for the holiday. These spares we use if we need more than our more robust bottles for a day out. We also fill them for the return trip and ditch both the contents and the bottles before going through to the Departure Lounge coming home.

Month 6 - Bite 28

Once at our destination it's time to get some water for the duration of the holiday. A trip to the supermarket is in order to buy a large pack and fill our bottles on a daily basis. Of course, once out and about they may well need re-filling. Sometimes, as I mentioned, we take a second bottle. There are, thankfully, alternatives. In Rome for example there are drinking water points. We tried these the first time we went to tennis in Rome and the water tasted fine, so that's what we do now. There are also drinking water points around the city so that's a saving.

It doesn't just go for abroad either. Even here in my own neck of the woods there are free, public filling stations for everyone..a great addition to the local facilities.

When travelling within the UK we also tend to take a pack of bottled water when we're unsure about local facilities. Having some already bought at our local supermarket saves on the awful prices for small bottles while away - and our own bottles have now saved us far more than we spent on getting them originally!