Holiday Rental Essentials - Glasses

Oh dear. October is flying by and I have just realised that I had my days confused yesterday and forgot to write the second post in this series on holiday rental essentials. Oh well, it is early days and we are still getting to grips with this world of blogging - let's get back on track.

Glasses are fragile. They break easily. And often. But they also don't have to be expensive. So, why oh why do so many holiday rentals not have a decent amount of quality wine glasses.

There is something about being on holiday - you arrive back to your villa after a day on the beach and the €5 bottle of wine that you picked up at the little store down the road tastes cold and delicious. As a side note, if you then stock up on the wine and transport it back home to London you may suddenly find that it is not so great after well. Oh well, one of life's mysteries!

France is famous for Champagne, Italy for Prosecco and Spain for Cava. Yet, I have rented properties in all of these countries and hunted in vain through the kitchen cupboards for a champagne flute. Some places do not even have wine glasses.

So, that is what we are adding to our list of holiday house essentials this week - a selection of wine glasses. If the place sleeps 6 - I would suggest a set of 8 wine and 8 champagne glasses should be found in the cupboard alongside the water glasses. They don't have to be Riedel or anything fancy. And it is probably best to buy them in bulk - try eBay or a catering supply company - so you can easily replace them if and when breakages occur.

What are your thoughts on this? Do you agree, or are you happy to drink wine from tumblers?

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