AIBU to not mind laundry on holiday?

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We;re off on holiday tomorrow, yay! Week in a villa in coastal spain, train to madrid, 4 nights in the capital then home. Self-catering (although i'm not planning on doing much cooking apart from bbq and chucking a pizza in the oven).

Just bumped into a friend in the supermarket when I was buying some of those little liquid washing pods for our trip. She was horrified that I was planning on doing laundry on holiday. I tried to explain that actually, it was just throwing t-shirts, shorts, pants, swimwear in the machine and besides it would probably be the kids who were doing that anyway. She is very much of the opinion that on holiday you do not lift a finger. Ever.

I'm not planning on washing every day - perhaps 3 or 4 times in the stay. It will all dry really qiuckly in the heat. I'm certainly not ironing anything. Doing this means we're not paying ££££ to take extra baggage, teen DS can wear his favourite three t-shirts in rotation and the best thing is you're not returning home with bags and bags of dirty washing.

We fly business class with BA and have a mad luggage allowance, nothing gets washed.

Disclaimer, BC from Stansted is cheaper than economy from LGW.

As I travel hand luggage only, I pack light so invariably will do some washing during the holiday. It usually dries super quickly in the sun so not a hardship. I also don't mind washing up the few bits of
crockery we use at breakfast and lunch, either!

I don't get too fussed if we are only a wa for a week but you bet if we are away for two.

Mainly to save buying loads of shorts that don't get worn at home and having tons of luggage.

I've never been known to plan a touring holiday based on where has washing facilities.

Laundry is my favourite chore (all of it, including clearing the dry washing and putting it away) but I never do more than travel wash the swim stuff on holiday.

We have a property abroad and I always plan on at least one wash
It cuts down on packing and takes 5 minutes to shove a load on and then go and do whatever else I want. Drying takes no time as I stick it on a rack on one of the terraces.
Never iron though

Thecats surely the less you take, the more you need to wash? If you only take one or two swimsuits they’ll need cleaning during your stay. If you take 7 pairs of pants and wash them they take up less space than 14?

I take perhaps a swimsuit and a bikini max (just one if we're only there a week). Shower before and after the pool as you're supposed to. Leave to dry on the balcony.

No one has as yet died of this arrangement, and the swimsuits haven't deteriorated so as far as cleaning goes, that's plenty.

Why would they need to go in a washing machine?

And re: knickers, I find they take up a very teeny amount of space. As do vests and thin summer tops and dresses - the type of things you take on a hot holiday.

Are there extra things people are taking such as towels or lilos that take up so much room?

I love a spot of holiday washing when I'm abroad. It seems so much less effort than at home. I understand why people don't do it, but it doesn't bother me.

I did so when the kids were younger more but even now I take laundry tablets (they don't burst!) if self catering especially when in the U.K. as we get wet and muddy as does the dog. We did a cruise and the complimentary laundry area was a popular hang out - it's nicer doing laundry on holiday!

Well my children tend to spill things like chocolate ice cream down their swimsuits

I don't understand how people are doing "a wash each day" or even "3 or 4 a week".
I'm happy to bung a load in 4 days into the week, but as others have said, bikini / swimming costume etc surely you just wash out when you shower / get changed in the evening and leave on the balcony to dry ? Can't begin to imagine where you are getting enough washing for several loads.

I am terrible for this. I hate coming home with a suitcase full of dirty washing so will often go out of my way to wash most if not all of it before coming home. And I try not to take too much anyway so washing means I can reuse it all!

The last time I went on hols withy parents, we stayed in a static caravan in Cornwall.

Me, 2 parents, my DD11 and DS1. He had a raging cold and was miserable. Mum was having menopausal flushes and rages, I was on the edge.

I decided, one rainy evening once the kids were in bed, to take myself off to the on site laundry. I sat there with my book for 2 blissful hours.

The fact I had no post-holiday laundry pile to work through was a bonus.

I love a self catering place with a dishwasher and washing machine. I enjoy cooking on holiday and washing where there are facilities - as you say, less luggage and less to do when you get back.

Can't begin to imagine where you are getting enough washing for several loads.

They must be small loads, I'm guessing, but even so! I went away for a month and we did washing twice. Two weeks worth done in a hotel laundry, then another top up in an AirBnB.

But then we wear clothes more than once, like some kind of disgusting animal

We're flying with easyJet who charge per bag. For five of us - children all over 10 - we've booked one bag. We can take hand luggage too. They wanted £50 per bag, by only taking one we're saving £200 - money we can easily afford but which we'd rather spend on nice meals and ice cream.

We've never taken loads on holiday. We've never been "dressing up" people who need separate outfits for evening, or fancy clothes. Just the basics of shorts, tops, swimwear.

3-4 loads while on holiday?! We barely do that in a normal week at home! We easily have enough clothes for 7 days and the luggage allowance to boot, so no I wouldn't wash on holiday because there's just no need to. In my vanity, I wouldn't want us in the same clothes in all the photos haha.

I won't lift a finger on holiday because I don't want to and I go all inclusive so i don't have to. We just normal allocate a suitcase or 2 just for dirty washing.
Each to their own though.

I try to minimise laundry on holiday and usually we arrive home with suitcases of dirty laundry. I kind of like the after holiday laundry.
If we're going for a week I'll bring enough clothes for the full week. For 2 weeks we'll have to do laundry at some stage.

I don't mind washing or cooking on holiday! Just back from staying in holiday home where we did both.very relaxing as 2 yo was happy in gardens while we enjoyed relaxing (cheap!) Dinner and I was happy to unpack clean clothes when we came home!

Holiday laundry is easy. It dries in minutes and you can pack less and rewear stuff. No bags of smelly, sandy, sweaty stuff you can't wear.

I always wash clothes on holiday but use the weird foreign liquids! I love supermarkets abroad so there’s even a bit of enjoyment in buying it. We pack very light and like to travel far and wide. I’d feel very restricted if we were laden down with big suitcases. That being said, in Asia it’s very cheap to get laundry done and we always stay in hotels, so we take it to the local laundry place. Contributes to the local economy a tiny bit more then too.

But if your teen DS is wearing the same three t shirts of rotation and let's say, has two pairs of shorts, HOW DOES THAT OVERFILL A CABIN BAG??? Surely it's only about a third full if that's what he takes?

Why wouldn't you do laundry on holiday when you have a washing machine available?

Even in an AI hotel I rinse all our swimsuits every day, I'd rather chuck them in a machine and be done with it frankly.

I find self-catering so much easier with little ones - maybe because we've never rented a villa on hotel grounds to have the best of both worlds to be fair. I don't cook more than in AI but we have more freedom and peace.

If you can't do laundry in a hotel, you don't, but how much effort does it take to deal with a few loads of laundry>

I travel with LOADS of luggage, even worst since I have kids, and my hand luggage is to the limit. It has paid off so many times, we got everything we need and as I don't walk to my holiday places, it makes 0 difference, I don't really carry anything.

We always stay in a villa, I usually do 3-4 wash loads whilst we are there, much easier then bringing loads of dirty washing home. Self catering works well for my family.