We use our Grovia AI2s for travel. We take all of our shells (12) and inserts (17) plus some random other inserts that will fit well, and all of our Grovia boosters. I also take a gallon bag with biosoakers just in case. All of this gets me to three days, which is my typical wash interval. We took one trip recently that was four days in a hotel and I chose to use biosoakers for the first day then start using cloth on the second day. The night we got home I just threw everything in the wash.

We just started using cloth wipes at home, but still use disposables for the diaper bag. We used a mix on our recent 10-day trip. I just emptied the peri bottle and squeezed the air out before packing, refilled with water when we arrived at our destination.

I would not plan to use cloth inserts if we didn’t have laundry access. However, now with a baby we prefer a “vacation rental” with more space and laundry facilities to a hotel anyway. I generally just use whatever detergent is available where we are staying — happy Tide user at home, but a few washes in another detergent won’t kill anything. I just make sure to wash hot and do an extra hot wash or rinse.

For a road trip, everything is packed in the dry part of a large Planetwise wet/dry bag. For a flight we have to get more creative When taking a stroller that goes in the huge stroller gate check bag, I just threw the entire wet/dry bag in there (still room to spare). No one asks what’s in your stroller bag!!! When taking our umbrella stroller that has a smaller travel bag this strategy is less feasible (the extra space is taken up by my carrier). On two flights we had to check a garment bag since my DH needed his suit, so we just stuffed all of the covers and inserts (separated) into the outer compartments of the garment bag.

I might end up flying to see family with DS for a long weekend on my own soon, so I was just pondering how I’d handle that situation. I think I would opt to pack our clothes and diapers in my travel pack, which has a large padded hip belt and a zip-off daypack. That should be enough room for our clothes and diapers, the daypack can be used as a diaper bag, my hands would be free to push the stroller and the car seat (still using a bucket) could hang from my forearm. Alternatively the travel pack can ride in the stroller and DS can ride on me.

Wow, that was a long comment!

Domestically, I only use cloth if I’m driving, and if I’m gone for 3 or less days (so I can do laundry when I get home). Otherwise, I do disposables, but may use cloth on the last day.

We’re bringing cloth wipes too and are going to wash at grandma’s — fortunately she has soft water, so the diapers’ll wash even better, I think!

When we’ve had a “home base” with W/D when visiting, I took everything, including cloth wipes. I researched which brands of detergent worked best before leaving so I knew what to look for.

When staying in motels, flat diapers w/covers are great — you can wash a flat in the sink, hang it in the shower overnight, and it’ll be dry in the morning.