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Grab anything that’s free.
Ketchup from McDonald’s, napkins, paper plates from Dominos pizza. Etc.
My wife is from the Philippines and she always grabs whatever she can get.
As someone from the Philippines, I can relate. Ketchup is expensive back home so if you can get extra packets to bring home, good.
Napkins are only used when there is a party (birthdays, christmas, etc)
Paper plates are the same, for parties, so bring some home so you can use it when you do have a party.
My other personal experience:
Speaking of parties, good plates and cutleries were only used for parties. Plastic plates are mostly used on a daily basis so that kids don't break it and was expensive to replace. I still prefer using plastic plates until now even though we have cheap Ikea plates.
Even if I bring toiletries on a holiday, I don't use it once I see there's some toiletries in the hotel even if they were rubbish. Why waste mine?
British colleagues were surprised that in my first 3 years in the UK, I didn't go on a holiday to other nearby countries and mostly stayed in the place I worked. It was alien to me as I always thought holidays were for the rich.
I know I still have a lot of poor people habits but my brain stopped working. Hahaha I love the Philippines but omg we were poor. Did my best to escape it but my poor people habits are really hard to get rid of.
I used to use the hotel shampoo & conditioner, until I started traveling for work & realized it was destroying my hair.