Laundry services and experiences while travelling

[jase05]

Because I’m lazy when I’m on holidays I refuse to do washing even if we have facilities in our room.
I always find the nearest laundry service and see if they have a pick up/drop off service. Happy to pay extra for them to provide that service and cost doesn’t worry me. I know the clothes will come back clean, ironed and sealed in plastic.
I usually do this just before we come home as well and it saves heaps of room in our suitcases

 

[Jason R]

I always stay at Radisson Blu Cebu when I travel to Philippines. There‘s a Laundry shop at the SM Mall shopping centre, the charge is around PHP150 per kg. If you drop off at opening (10am), its ready for collection same day at 7pm.

 

[sudoer]

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

The newly opened Hilton Miyako Resort has a coin-op laundry room - $3 for a 6kg wash, $1 per 30 min dry



Most 5 stars in Tokyo/Osaka do not have coin-op laundry though.

 

[RooFlyer]

The newly opened Hilton Miyako Resort has a coin-op laundry room

Don't take cards?

 

[sudoer]

Don't take cards?

Welcome to Japan you can break notes at the front desk.

 

[Quickstatus]

Of course, there is a laundry thread if I may blow my own trumpet

 

[annier]

Doesn't it dissolve in the wash?

yes! Not sure what the others are ...

 

[Quickstatus]

@anat0l
Could you pretty please add your laundry comment here?

 

[anat0l]

@anat0l
Could you pretty please add your laundry comment here?

You mean this one?

Something actually rather remarkable is that in my recent vacations, I have often sought out self-service laundrettes or those in some hotels in order to take care of laundry while abroad. (I've somewhat started to move past sink or tub washing clothes except for socks and underwear at times)

Pretty much all these laundry facilities are front-loading tumblers and only have a single programme of wash and spin with little or no controls, and all washes last about 30 minutes. I don't have time like at home to separate washing, so in goes everything at once - shirts, jeans, underwear. And every time (touch wood), nothing has been destroyed, colours are still OK, fabric is still fine... makes you wonder what kind of washing settings are really needed to wash clothes.

 

[ols]

Had an expensive and hilarious time in Helsinki
My wife and I were desperate to get some laundry done before we arrived in Iceland to go on tour
Search for laundromat near me wasn’t having much success
Found one we thought was only a couple of k’s away and ordered a taxi with reception
This black Mercedes turned up and off we headed
Taxis are expensive in Helsinki and our trip dragged on and the meter was moving fast
Turns out this laundromat was out in the suburbs and part of a large grocery store
The meter ended up at 35 Euro and we jumped out to heavy snow many kilometres from our hotel
Finally got our machines going and paid 18 Euro for the privilege of washing and drying a couple of loads
With the supermarket right next to us I went and bought a couple of large beers and we sat drinking in the laundry area
Well a few people saw us drinking in there and decided to buy beers and come in and join us us and an impromptu party started
Ubered back at a much better rate than the taxi trip but 70 Euros and a couple of beers later were back at our hotel with some clean washing and off to bed to get up early for the next leg of our trip