Laundry services and experiences while travelling

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so they immediately start appearing in adverts in Google.

Happened to me as well when I first checked them out - it stopped after a couple of weeks

 

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On the last Airbnb stay,

We had problems with laundry.
We thought the washer was not connected to electricity. On off button does nothing
But on button + clicking the front loader door closed causes the power to come on.

Then the dryer required the driest setting to do a good dry. "Cupboard" dry was a little too damp. We thought at first it was a problem but fixed it after selecting the driest setting

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Havila Norwegian cruises. Yay they have guest accessible laundry and driers. They didn't say "free" so expecting a charge somewhere

 

[Lynda2475]

Ive found in the UK a lot of the airBNB properties proprting to have a laundy only have a combination washer/dryer (takes hours to wash and dry) or only a washer - line drying jeans is impractical in coughpy UK weather. Much simpler to go to self service laundry and do 1 wash and use those giant industrial dryers which can dry 6 pairs of jeans in 25 mins - 1 hour out of your day for a whole suitcase full of clean clothes.

 

[Quickstatus]

Ive found in the UK a lot of the airBNB properties proprting to have a laundy only have a combination washer/dryer

Fortunately the Airbnb we used this trip but had a combination washer dryer plus separate dryer.
The combos are great for putting on a wash/dry before bed and it's all ready by the morning

We never did have to use the separate dryer but it would have been good for drying the 1st load of washing while the 2nd load is in for the combo was/dry

 

[flyingsal]

Family of 4: just back from 4 weeks in France and Luxembourg (March-April). Only managed to get accommodation with a washing machine once because we left our bookings so late. We were close to laundromats everywhere (except Luxembourg) - generally within 500m walk.
Definatately prefer accommodation with washer/dryer, but happy with laundromats too. In fact, when the kids were younger and full-on, we would argue over who got the privilege of leaving the chaos for an hour of peace and quiet at the laundromat!
We only travel with carry-on, typically with 4 changes of clothes, but 8 of socks & underwear. We aim to do a load of laundry every 5-6 days and hand wash the odd shirt in the shower.
We had no problems at all, found this site Laundromats/ Laundrettes in Paris, France useful. Mostly the instructions in laundromats were in French and English.

 

[Pushka]

Well. At our last Airbnb last week and just before we started trip back to Oz we had washer and dryer. Perfect. I called for clothes to be washed. Yielded very few clothes. I should have said - anything that will need washing when we get back because that won’t happen. Back at home I spent yesterday washing most of Sirs wardrobe. Sigh.

 

[bussyboy]

Finding a wash and fold service when staying anywhere more than a few of days is a great idea, but doing my own laundry isn't much of a holiday and I like to avoid this. In Mauritius I found Penguin Laundry in Grand Baie and it was roughly $20 for a 3.5kg bag of laundry - beats $4-5 min/piece at the hotel for sure.

In Perth recently I found Lava Laundry Lounge in East Perth a great DIY laundromat with modern fast machines.

 

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found this site Laundromats/ Laundrettes in Paris, France useful

What cheeses me off is having to use coins when travelling. Gare du Nord train station was one which required € coins for the luggage carts
Any of the laundromats require coins?

 

[rginoz]

I was in Coburg, Germany recently and needed to do some laundry. Google Maps suggested there was a laundry not far from my Ibis Styles hotel. I walked there and the lady behind the counter said 'yes' to laundry, but refused to speak any English. Through sign language, she wanted to see what I had to wash. Then she started to add up individual prices on the cash register. At Euro30 (about AUD50) I bailed and said I would go elsewhere. The lady wasn't happy.

I went to the other Google Maps option not much further away and for Euro4, walked out about 35 mins later, with all my washing done. Wet clothes will dry in a couple of hours in a ventilated hotel room.

Most of my German laundrette experiences in the past month have been very positive. Thanks Google Maps. Next stop for me today is a laundrette I have used before in Mainz.

 

[flyingsal]

What cheeses me off is having to use coins when travelling. Gare du Nord train station was one which required € coins for the luggage carts
Any of the laundromats require coins?

From memory, card was available at all but one.

 

[Lynda2475]

In my recent UK/EU laundromat experience you can either:
1. At most modern ones pay for the specific machine from a central machine that accepts cards or
2. Use your card at a coin machine which then gives you the coins you need.

 

[luckypierre]

Ive found in the UK a lot of the airBNB properties proprting to have a laundy only have a combination washer/dryer (takes hours to wash and dry) or only a washer - line drying jeans is impractical in coughpy UK weather. Much simpler to go to self service laundry and do 1 wash and use those giant industrial dryers which can dry 6 pairs of jeans in 25 mins - 1 hour out of your day for a whole suitcase full of clean clothes.

Luckily for us currently on tour in the UK and staying exclusively at Airbnb properties the weather has been sunny and warm , it hasn’t rained for weeks and no end to the sunshine in sight. Invariably many Airbnb that have washing machines have drying frames for air drying clothes, especially handy if you have access to outside space to dry clothes in sunshine.
So for us we ensure that at least every second stay has a washing machine.
Personally we’re not keen on laundromats but have used them we we’ve had to on past travels.

 

[cosi]

Japan is brilliant - every hotel has self laundry, cheap and easy to use.

Its part of the Japanese way of doing things.

 

[Quickstatus]

Japan is brilliant - every hotel has self laundry, cheap and easy to use.

Thanks for the info

Can yuou give some names of the hotels.
Are they Ryokans?
Are they coin op?

@rbjhan whats your experience with Ryokan laundry?

 

[luckypierre]

Luckily for us currently on tour in the UK and staying exclusively at Airbnb properties the weather has been sunny and warm , it hasn’t rained for weeks and no end to the sunshine in sight. Invariably many Airbnb that have washing machines have drying frames for air drying clothes, especially handy if you have access to outside space to dry clothes in sunshine.
So for us we ensure that at least every second stay has a washing machine.
Personally we’re not keen on laundromats but have used them we we’ve had to on past travels.

Whilst on the subject of laundering in the UK, spotted this option a “Moto” services stop along the M6 today.
You can do your washing whilst partaking in a Greggs pasty, M&S sandwich, Burger King, KFC , Costa Coffee and/or spend a few ££ on some poker machines. Or whilst you wait you could check in to the Travel Lodge for a rest. Not sure if they charge by the hour.

 

[OZDUCK]

Whilst on the subject of laundering in the UK, spotted this option a “Moto” services stop along the M6 today.
You can do your washing whilst partaking in a Greggs pasty, M&S sandwich, Burger King, KFC , Costa Coffee and/or spend a few ££ on some poker machines. Or whilst you wait you could check in to the Travel Lodge for a rest. Not sure if they charge by the hour.

We ran across the same thing in Ireland in 2017. They were very useful with the big loads. I bet the price has gone up a bit though.

 

[cosi]

Thanks for the info

Can yuou give some names of the hotels.
Are they Ryokans?
Are they coin op?

@rbjhan whats your experience with Ryokan laundry?

Hi

Hard to name particular hotels, because I rarely use the international chain hotels.

Because I am always attending a trade fair, the hotel I choose is normally one recommended by the exhibitors, close to the convention centre and most importantly easy access to the rail network and more importantly, access to the airport - non negotiable criteria and means its normally a Japanese hotel.

The Japanese cultural is they travel long distances for many days, by train, with little luggage, so access to a laundry room is part of life and is expected.

Last Ryokans stay was an overnight and they did not have take credit card, which is still common in part of Japan, and only hard enough $$$ for the overnight and 1 beer, so cannot on the laundry availability.

Japan is still a cash society and a coin purse permanently lives in my carry on luggage.

 

[anyonebutqantas]

Japan is brilliant - every hotel has self laundry, cheap and easy to use.

Its part of the Japanese way of doing things.

Even 5 star places?

 

[cosi]

Even 5 star places?

Have seen some in the 5 star Japanese hotel - cannot comment on the international chains, because I dont stay in them.

 

[Quickstatus]

last time we were in New orleans we used a pickup laundry service called tryhampr.com