Great idea for your Day Bag

Toilets that lack paper often also lack water to expand them, then what do you do?

How about just carrying a pack of tissues?

Hi Nancy , Simple , a dribble of water from your water bottle , or probably a bit of saliva . In a pinch , a few drops of urine ( after all , it is sterile and the indigenous Inuit and other arctic dwellers utilized that technique ) .

Jane , you could certainly do that , just what we have done in the past , this is just another way to skin a cat .

I am in the tissue camp. They multitask as, well, tissues.

Think I'll settle for a few tissues, never travel without them anyway.

Small ziplock bag with a few flushable wipes

Cities have reported that their treatment facilities find flushable wipes not so flushable after all. If you use "flushable" wipes it is still better to dispose of them in the trash. If it is a problem in the USA, I would imagine it is also an issue for Europe.

https://www.rwlwater.com/wastewater-plants-struggle-with-flushable-wipes/

Here's a clue -- if the toilet has a wastebasket next to it full of tissues/paper, it's probably a sign that the toilet doesn't flush away paper and "flushable" items.

That is hysterical!

Tissues and Wet Ones are in my day bag.

Sticking with Wet Ones, but thanks for the chuckle.

Cottonelle Wipes

If anyone rents a European apartment, there might be a "sani-broyer" unit as the only toilette. It runs on electricity, supposedly grinds everything up and flushes with a lot of noise. But you aren't supposed to put large amounts of paper or feminine products, disposable wipes or anything else in there, or you risk having to go to the nearest cafe while waiting for the plumber.

Last trip I just took a roll of TP off the core and rolled it into three separate mini rolls and put them in a small snack size zip lock bag. Enough TP for...um...both jobs if need be. Unfortunately, I have run into a few places (Italy comes to mind) where the bathrooms had no TP. Luckily, on the last trip, we didn't have any issues, but I had one of those zip lock TP baggies just in case in.

Now that I watch the video - I actually do have some of those expandable wipes - I get em at the dollar store. I use them for wiping my hands/face/arms. I'll throw a few in our bag, and if it's a hot day, we will have a bottle of water, so we pour a bit on the 'tab' and then have a nice refreshing cloth to wipe dirty hands or hot faces or sweaty necks. They are surprisingly thick and a good size! I take wet wipes, but only use them on the plane to clean up my tray and seat...a few of the tabs take up no room.

And for the record..."Urine directly from the bladder is normally sterile. However, on its passage from the bladder to the outside world, urine becomes contaminated by bacteria normally present in the lower urethra and external genitalia. So by the time it gets to your wound, it will already contain bacteria."

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/turns-out-urine-isnt-actually-sterile-180954809/

Interesting!