Some of you veterans have heard us say this before, but I think it’s so important that I’m going to say it once more, with feeling: “Take Let’s Dish! meals to the beach with you this summer!” Please, just trust me. You won’t regret it. It will save you money, eliminate stress, and make your vacation that much better.
I’ve been taking meals to the beach for almost 5 years now, since the early days after we started the company. I’ve taken the locally to the Eastern Shore in a cooler in my car. I’ve shipped them up to the Jersey shore with Dish Delivery and rendezvoused with them there after a business trip. I’ve even checked them as baggage on a plane to the Caribbean (it works great- the food stays nice and cold in the luggage compartment of the plane).
The transporting is easy, but the real win is when you get there. Assuming you are staying somewhere with a kitchen, your vacation life just got much simpler. No more shopping at a local store and making meals from scratch. No more hustling the crew together each night for a dinner out.  And certainly no more paying exorbitant prices for those dinners out! Instead, spend that extra half hour at the beach and then mozy on up and pick from one of the delicious meals you’ve brought. Let the kids keep playing while you pop it in the oven or put it on the stove. Grab a glass of wine and chat with your spouse and friends while dinner cooks. Then get the team together for the most important part– a delicious, healthy, family dinner right there in your place. That’s what vacation is all about.
PS. See the smile in that pic? Direct result Let’s Dish! Decadent Molten Chocolate Cakes in the oven behind!






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I have done this too. Now i haven’t packed them and shipped them via plane but I have taken them with us to Timeshare locations and even looked at locations that we were flying into and bought from a similar company. We you fly do you pack it in a cooler bag with ice packs?
Yep, it’s a piece of cake. I typically just take a soft side rolling cooler. If it’s a long flight, I might put in a few ice packs. But if it’s pretty short, sometimes I skip the ice packs and squeeze in an extra meal or two– if you pack them densely, they will keep themselves plenty cold for more than a few hours. I typically check them through because that’s easier and they stay very cold down in the luggage hold. If you are checking, you can also use a hard sided rolling cooler (one of the mid-sized ones is best– just be sure you secure the top with some sort of strap because they can pop open; the soft sided ones usually have zippers so that’s not a problem). Recently, if I’m traveling light, like for a weekend, and I’m feeling cheap so I don’t want to pay baggage fees, I’ll just carry it on! The smaller soft side coolers generally work for carry on. Though I don’t recommend that in most cases. I’m all for stuffing as many meals (and sides, and desserts…) as possible into a cooler, checking it through, meeting it at baggage claim at your destination, and having a great, stress-free vacation as a result! Enjoy!
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