What do you do with your (unused) amenity kits .
Jan 10, 2019, 8:13 am
#106
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Netherlands
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I don't bother taking them now as they are just clutter around the house. I use eye-shade, ear plugs and toothbrush and leave the rest and bag in the drawer.
A woman has a stall on a small soi I walk down to my local BTS station in Bangkok and she sells a small selection of amenity kits. Had BA ones there the other day but mostly Finnair for some reason. I saw she had some Etihad ones still in a clear wrapper so I assume all the ones she sells are new!
A woman has a stall on a small soi I walk down to my local BTS station in Bangkok and she sells a small selection of amenity kits. Had BA ones there the other day but mostly Finnair for some reason. I saw she had some Etihad ones still in a clear wrapper so I assume all the ones she sells are new!
I guess there must be people buying them or else she would not have been doing it for (I assume) so long?
Cheers!
Jan 10, 2019, 8:28 am
#107
Join Date: May 2014
Location: BRU
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I use the bags for Cables, chargers, US & UK adapters, kids camping toiletries...
The QR F Brick bags are perfect to hold medications, shaver kit, creams etc.
The BA F Liberty bag is perfect for the pool on vacation, to hold phone, earbuds, room keys, etc.
I sincerely miss the blue CW washbag, they were very useful for shoes and slippers. The new one is too little to be really useful...
The QR F Brick bags are perfect to hold medications, shaver kit, creams etc.
The BA F Liberty bag is perfect for the pool on vacation, to hold phone, earbuds, room keys, etc.
I sincerely miss the blue CW washbag, they were very useful for shoes and slippers. The new one is too little to be really useful...
Jan 10, 2019, 9:14 am
#108
Join Date: Aug 2016
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The drawstring bags were the most useful afterward although I did leave a few in the overhead bins that I now wish I had back.
Jan 10, 2019, 9:19 am
#109
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Lincoln UK/BKK
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Sukhumvit Soi 77/1. But I would doubt she would buy from you as most likely gets her stock from a friend/family member working at the airport for free! My guess is most people walking the soi would have no idea actually what they are.
Jan 21, 2019, 6:10 am
#111
Join Date: Jul 2010
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The bags become containers for sets of currency, keys, SIMs, loyalty cards etc for each country I visit regularly, so I can just grab and go. The contents go into a basket in the bathrooms of my Airbnb listing, for guests to help themselves, which they really like.
Jan 21, 2019, 8:39 am
#112
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: London
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The only Amenity kit I use is the Bric's from QR they are great for charging cables and adaptors. The BA AA ones opened and unopened are stored in the wardrobe waiting to be repurposed.
John
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Jan 24, 2019, 9:57 am
#113
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My girlfriend donates them to a local domestic violence shelter.
Feb 23, 2019, 8:40 pm
#116
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Sonoma
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my husband and i bring any of our new/unused amenity kits (AA BA CX JL) to Larkin Street Youth Services. this is a shelter for runaway/homeless youths in San Francisco. we consider it a very worthwhile charity and they find that the young people need and want the grooming items.
Feb 24, 2019, 1:36 am
#118
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Feb 24, 2019, 1:43 am
#119
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Feb 24, 2019, 1:53 am
#120
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Oh yes, power & sync cables, shoes are just a few things I regularly tuck down. For any journey >3days, there are 3-4 of them in my main bag.