Within the last month I have visited a Worldmark resort condo twice. I decided to take an inventory of what essentials are provided in a condo. These are the bare necessities but seem to serve the purpose for a brief stay.

Alarm clocks/radios
Bottle cork, opener
Bowls: 8 cereal serving bowls, 3 servicing bowls with plastic lids, strainer
Broom and dust pan
Can and soda openers
Casserole dish (glass)
Coffee maker, (with complementary coffee packets)
Cooking utensils
Cups: 12 8 oz. coffee; 12 glass goblets; 12 8 oz. glasses; 12 12 oz. glasses; 12 12ox plastic cups.
Cutting board
Dish scrubber, dish soap, dish washer detergent, 2 dish rags
Gas fireplace
Grader
Grill (outside, gas) and stove top grill
Hot pads
Ice maker
Iron and ironing board
Knife set that includes kitchen scissors
Mixer
Paper towel dispenser with back paper towels
Potato peeler
Phone book
Pizza pan
Plates: 12 4 inch and 12 8 inch plates
Pots (5 various)
Salt and Pepper shakers
Season packets: Red chili pepper, onion, garlic powder, cinnamon powder, Italian seasoning, parsley
Soaps: (hand and body) in bathrooms.
Spatula
strainer
Sugar packets: Sweet ‘Low, N’Jay cream, BigeLow Tea, Domino Sugar.
tea pot, ceramic
tea pot, metal
Toaster
Toilet paper, plunger
Towels (body, hand, bath)
Trash can (with bags)
TVs with DVD player
Utensils (eating)
Vacuum
Washer and Dryer with 2 packs laundry soap. (No clothes softener)
Whisk

What would I add? Hot coco packets and old cottage cheese containers. They cottage cheese containers are good to leave left-overs in so you can eat them later in the week. The serving bowls can provide that too but often there is not enough storage sources so I bring the containers. I also put my butter in a container so that it won’t melt over everything while I’m traveling. Zip log bags are good to bring in case you want to make a lunch to take somewhere during the day. They are also useful to save leftovers or to baste meat in seasonings.

A small sewing kit, laundry softener, and a powdered drink would be good addition for me. To take meals to a workshop during the day I would also like to bring a food thermis. Since I have long hair I might also bring a tub hair catcher or an old piece a used softener strip to put around the drain to catch hair.

Another suggestion is to plan your meals in advance. The first few times Barbara Hume and I went to writer’s retreat we packed a lot of food to the condo and packed a lot of food back.

Some guests, Brook and Julia brought a separate cooler to the condo and stored their food in there. They knew otherwise, that they had a lot and maybe could crowed out the other guests in the fridge.

Please feel free to give additional suggestions you have on this topic in the comment section of the blog/site.