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spanieleyes22 · 2024-08-08T16:44:48+00:00

Just so much laundry to get through and we all have to wear clothes for the next week until we go🤣 then it will e massive laundry when we get back is it all worth it I can't help asking myself🙈

cardibach · 08/08/2024 20:46

Comedycook · 08/08/2024 20:42

4 of us. Two adults, two teens

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Bonkers then. There’s no way 4 people make 2 loads a day without you washing stuff needlessly. If you washed every item anyone touched it would be less than 1.

ElspethofEcclefechan · 08/08/2024 20:45

RaininSummer · 08/08/2024 18:29

Apart from maybe towels and swimming costumes, why does a holiday make more washing than normal as surely you wear clothes at home too?

Do you have small children? I'm guessing op might.

I have to wash a lot when we get home from holiday too op. Usually 2 x loads when we get back at least, after a one week stay with no washing machine. Beaches make everything sandy and wet for a start, then suncream gets everywhere, ice lollies dropped down their fronts etc etc.

HuggingAnIcePack887 · 08/08/2024 20:45

I thought this was a generational thing. My mother is OBSESSED with laundry and what a nightmare it is. Laundry and ironing are the bane of her life. I don't seem to find either of those hard or time consuming, I honestly don't get it (and I'm 36!). Neither of those things takes me that long. Although my DH does plenty of it too so maybe your husband needs to do his share?

Comedycook · 08/08/2024 20:42

cardibach · 08/08/2024 20:42

For how many people? I can’t imagine this.

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4 of us. Two adults, two teens

cardibach · 08/08/2024 20:42

Comedycook · 08/08/2024 20:39

For how many people. I do two loads of laundry most days ...

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For how many people? I can’t imagine this.

Comedycook · 08/08/2024 20:39

Biggaybear · 08/08/2024 19:40

I do. Usually do it at weekends. 1 on sat, 1 on sun.

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For how many people. I do two loads of laundry most days ...

Bigearringsbigsmile · 08/08/2024 20:01

In our house, the week before you go away is called ' tramp week '. You only allowed to wear your oldest scruffiest clothes- definitely nothing that you want to take on holiday.
And the holiday clothes get washed if they need it and put straight into the suitcase.

ViaRia01 · 08/08/2024 20:00

My trick is to designate a place for dirty laundry while on holiday (slung at the bottom of the wardrobe) and when packing to return I use one suitcase (or one half of a suitcase) for everyone’s dirty laundry.

Get home and, regardless of what time we arrive, I immediately sort it into piles. If it’s night time I don’t put the washing machine on (although i know many people would do) but it is very easy to crack on with it the next morning and can usually plough through most of it in one day

cardibach · 08/08/2024 19:52

Singleandproud · 08/08/2024 19:34

Packing cubes for holidays are brilliant but they come into their own for laundry on holiday.
You can pack the whites, darks and colours separately then just wash as you go when you get home without having to dig through the entire suitcases to find which ever set needs doing.

Clothes in the suitcase just get crumpled anyway, I'd pack them as is and iron them when you are there with a glass of sangria in had.

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Or not at all, which is my preferred method. People make work for themselves.

Roselilly36 · 08/08/2024 19:47

Much easier if you go away in summer as at least you can get it dry. We always tried to book accommodation with a washing machine so most garments came back clean.

Biggaybear · 08/08/2024 19:40

Comedycook · 08/08/2024 19:07

Yes but when you're at home, you don't go a whole week without putting a load of laundry on.

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I do. Usually do it at weekends. 1 on sat, 1 on sun.

Singleandproud · 08/08/2024 19:34

Packing cubes for holidays are brilliant but they come into their own for laundry on holiday.
You can pack the whites, darks and colours separately then just wash as you go when you get home without having to dig through the entire suitcases to find which ever set needs doing.

Clothes in the suitcase just get crumpled anyway, I'd pack them as is and iron them when you are there with a glass of sangria in had.

DuckbilledSplatterPuff · 08/08/2024 19:33

No matter what we do, or how we plan it.. Everyone wants something washed the night before we go away. So they end up packing wet laundry unless some Mug waits up to take it out of the machine and then the dryer. Thinking of printing out flyers for this one.

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spanieleyes22 · 08/08/2024 19:30

Yes def lighthearted!! I guess we don't have enough clothes to pack - we wear them til
The last minute. I don't have enough clothes to pack for a week away. I would
Have nothing to wear this week iukwim. So I'm just washing everything and getting it dry. And trying to hide things so they don't get worn again before we go and come back into the laundry basket! Luckily it's supposed to be warm over the weekend. I can only have one load on the go as no space to get more dry and no tumble dryer . And then it's a lot of cotton stuff that needs ironing - I know but I can't wear crumpled linen and cotton I think it looks scruffy esp if we going away! No wash machine where we going so when we get back there will
Be the things in the basket that we wore the last few days we here plus the weeks holiday stuff? I don't understand how you all go away without extra laundry🤣I feel like a washer woman lol. Am doing all the beds too so they are fresh when we come back. Some holidays I've been up til 2 am washing last minute things and trying to dry them on the radiator🤣

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ItsAlrightDarling · 08/08/2024 19:10

Maybe the OP should have put ‘lighthearted’ in the title 🙄

SoManyTshirts · 08/08/2024 19:10

Can’t get past 3 lots of bedding plus towels being one load a week. However, if you’re away for a week that’s one load you won’t need to do on your return, so you’ll have double the capacity straight away.

Washing stuff before you go is laundry that is dirty and would need washing anyway, nothing extra there.

cardibach · 08/08/2024 19:09

Comedycook · 08/08/2024 19:07

Yes but when you're at home, you don't go a whole week without putting a load of laundry on.

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I do…and always have. One set a week. Maybe more than one load, but done as close as possible to the same time.
But anyway, you’ve had a week off washing, so still not an issue.

Topofthemountain · 08/08/2024 19:08

Curtainpoles · 08/08/2024 18:48

I always try and wash while away. If a holiday in the sun, I'll take a tube of travel wash and wash things in the tub by hand every day and hang out to dry in the sun. For UK holidays i always book some Airbnb type place with a washing machine.

I love getting home with a suitcase of mostly clean clothes - always feel very smug

Me too, (though just UK) The last of it is just airing off and I will be going home with all but today's clothes clean, ready to put away.

Comedycook · 08/08/2024 19:07

cardibach · 08/08/2024 19:02

I don’t get it. You’ll wear the same number of clothes as you would normally, surely? Why is it making more washing?

Yes but when you're at home, you don't go a whole week without putting a load of laundry on.

cardibach · 08/08/2024 19:02

I don’t get it. You’ll wear the same number of clothes as you would normally, surely? Why is it making more washing?

Comedycook · 08/08/2024 19:02

Just back from holiday. Did 8 loads of washing in two days 😂

SpaceRaiders · 08/08/2024 19:01

Washing whilst away is ridiculously expensive. Our hotel wanted €7 per item?! The trick is to book a service wash the day you get back. They came collected 3 suitcases worth, it returned 2 days later washed and ironed all for around £100.

Hugmorecats · 08/08/2024 19:01

Biggaybear · 08/08/2024 17:58

I must live in a parallel universe because I never do as much washing as the typical MN'er.

Me & 2 DS's aged 20 & 17. Usually one load of lights & one load io darks a week. Towels & bedding separately but again probably just one load a week.

And I dont have any outside space to hang washing up on. No tumble drier either so washing dried on 2 airers within 24 hours.

@Biggaybear you might have forgotten or maybe yours weren’t like this, but my young kids wee themselves or get food/mud/toothpaste/paint/playdoh all over their clothes and so can go through several changes of clothes a day - plus they get mine dirty - it all adds up and I have a sizeable pile just from one day!

Blondeshavemorefun · 08/08/2024 18:53

We have w washing machine when go away in tenerife. It's fab. Wash and dries in less than a day due to sun

So come home with clean clothes

Tho I def don't wash as much as some mners

Tue dark /towels

Fri lights /bedding

Sun pink dd

Crucible · 08/08/2024 18:52

I will only go self catering with a washing machine and with luck a tumble dryer (UK holidays only). I hate coming back with a load of smelly dirty washing. I think mine is slightly more onerous now (and it is only slight) because I have been reducing the use of kitchen roll and using torn up towels. I disinfect then wash them.