Overview

• Nicola and Graham Lewis spent £12 on collapsible food boxes from Amazon to pack sandwiches, salad and fruit from the hotel breakfast buffet.
• By booking half-board accommodation and preparing lunches each morning, they avoided typical £85-a-day lunch costs.
• Their hack saved them £600 over a week-long stay in Cyprus that they redirected toward cocktails and day excursions.
• Nicola, a professional organiser from Epping, learned the practice as a child when her parents packed picnics from hotel buffets.
• They always confirm hotel policies before taking food and wash their containers in the room to reuse them the next day.