25/08/2026
Wise words and tips from our very own Lauren Pyne regarding Corfu for everyone joining us this year 🌞
This is a post she did back in 2024.
Some newbies might find it useful for CFU…
Just spent an hour putting this together for a comment on another post and thought too good not to share with any HWCFU virgins / solo travellers out there.
It’s our fifth year this year.
We first went back in 2020. Unbeknown to us, we knew 3 people out there. Came home to 50 new Facebook friends. Gone every year since and from that holiday, we’ve probably made 300 FB friends from being on the raving circuit.
💡 My tips are…
📲 Join the WhatsApp group/s for all up-to-date info throughout your stay. Timings, venues, DJ line ups, set times, last minutes changes etc.
🦠 Start building your immune system now!
Shovel those supplements down your neck!
✈️ People will start sharing flight details in the run up to it, to share transfers the other end.
Keep an eye out for yours.
If not, comment/post your flight details (do the same for return flight).
🚖 Taxis can be anything from 80euros so a bonus if you can share the cost with others.
It’s about an hours transfer but it’s along the costal road and very pretty in parts.
🔗 You’ll meet at the airport, fly together and share transfer together. You may not be in same hotel/s but the bond has been struck.
🤝🏻 You’ll proceed to meet people at your hotel, around the pool, on the beach, at events, at the bar, on the dance floor, in the restaurants, walking along the strip, waiting for the toilet etc. and they’ll all introduce you to people and before you know it, you’ll know so many people, you won’t feel alone.
🛥 Boat parties are a must!
🤢 Pack travel sickness tablets if you don’t have sea legs🦵🏼
🎭 Fancy dress isn’t essential but the majority do dress up so if you don’t want to stick out like a sore thumb…
Fancy dress themes were posted on Sunday.
🍽 Make sure you try and get at least one meal a day. You’ll be burning a lot of calories 💃
🫠 Pace yourself. Don’t go hard day 1 as all the best parties are in the first 4 days and you don’t wasn’t to miss out.
🛒 There’s quite a few supermarkets in town so you’ll be able to grab anything you forget whilst out there.
🌯 Eat a gyros.
🥡 Book a table at the Chinese.
🇬🇷 Visit Leandros Plaskasovitis at the Greek Taverna for a meal and take in their fire 🔥 show 🤩
They do a nice take away pizza 🍕 should you wish to eat on the go.
They also do a good breakfast 🍳🥓
💦 Have plenty of water back at your room. Dehydration is not the one.
Pack some Dioralyte if you think this could be a cause for concern.
☀️ Slather on the SPF. You’ll be dancing in the sun all day, every day. You don’t want sunburn/sunstroke to jeopardise your fun.
🥵 Pack some fans.
You may get one in a goody bag but chances are, you’ll lose it.
🥶 Pack a denim jacket or something for your shoulders. Can get nippy of an evening.
If you go Sirens (usually on day 5) do take a hoodie or something as it’s a long day and chilly once sun sets.
🩴 Pack comfortable shoes. You’ll be doing 25k+ steps a day.
The strip is about a mile long and the events are dotted up and down it so no matter where you’re staying, you will have a long walk to something, somewhere at some point.
🧼 Take a liquid hand soap for your room. The slippery little sucker bars fly out your hand at every opportunity!
🦟 The mozzies out there are brutal. Pack a variety of repellants and aftercare. The amount of bites can be vast, angry and itchy. Itching & scratching on the danefloor is not a good look 😂 You don’t want the bites killing your vibe.
⛑ Pack plasters, paras & ibroprfen as your body will hurt in some way, shape or form from all the dancing.
Stamina is key 💪🏼
💊 Pack some cod liver oil tablets to enable your joints to keep up with the carnage.
🧊 Ice may give you a dicky tummy. Don’t get caught short, pack some Imodium 💩
👣 Moisturising foot socks. I take 2 packs, and reuse multiple times at the end of the day until they dry out. Thank me later 😉
😵💫 Moisturise sheet face & eye masks for a revive. I go away in my 40’s and come back feeling and looking in my 80’s 😂
💸 Take small tubs of Pringles in your hand luggage for the flight for the financial win 😂
🧻 Always have a packet of tissues in your bag.
At some point they’ll be a cubicle with no toilet paper.
😎 Pack an eye sleep mask. You might want a lay in/“disco nap” and chances are, your room hasn’t got blackout blinds/curtains.
Comes in handy for flight home 😴
🤮 Think 💭 of an excuse when you need to ring in sick first day back to work!
Better still, extend your annual leave a day or two for recovery ❤️🩹
🎶 Download the Shazam app (if not already) to find out all the tracks of your best summer holiday ever!
🗺 Corfu Town is supposed to be lovely and about an hour away. You can get a bus in to it from Kavos.
🏖 Kavos isn’t the best resort in the world and accommodation isn’t 5* but the sun always shines, the locals are nice, you can get some good food, you’ll listen to the best songs, dropped by the best DJ’s, partying with the best people, in the best settings, having the best time, making the best memories and you’ll be rebooking for CFU27 before you board your return flight.
📌 Save post for later 😉
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