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.

I travel with LOADS of luggage, even worse 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 are the same. When flying our luggage allowance always seems to be maxed out. When driving, the boot is always crammed. We take tons of stuff. We do washing when we get there too. I'd struggle with hand luggage only, my camera bag alone weighs 5kg.

I've done it a few times when on cruises as they are set up to do it easily.
One Vegas hotel we stayed at had one so used that so didn't have to fly back with lots of dirty pants and socks.
Most machines look too complex though and use different sorts of washing powder (mostly USA motels) so don't bother then.
In Hong king it was so hot that T-shirt's got soaked in sweat and trying to wash and dry them in hotel bathroom was hard work. Washing was fine, but they took days to dry.

We used to do washing on holiday even did it florida one year I liked doing it although no kids these days so I don't bother it takes an hour or two out your holiday hardly hard work

I love a washing machine if we're staying self catering. Staying for 2 weeks with only hand luggage is so much easier and means you can wear an outfit more than once (if it gets sweaty) and using a machine is hardly labour intensive or time consuming.

We're a family of 8 and if we didn't do laundry on holiday we'd have to pay a fortune in luggage allowance. DH quite often does it and we always wash and dry everything before we come home. I love not having a huge pile of holiday laundry to depress me when I get back from a trip away!

We always self cater and if there's a washing machine in the property then I actually prefer to do a load or two whilst away as it's less to do when we're home as we find it takes a week or two to get back on top of it all once we're back!

We always get a s/c villa and it is just me and DH! We want a bedroom and bathroom each plus a private pool and sun terrace. Sitting on a sun lounger next to strangers is just not our idea of relaxing! I can’t bear the noise of other people either.

Because we have a villa we always wash clothes so we don’t take too much, I’m bone idle but putting a few loads on is fine.

We don’t cook apart from bbq, we eat out for most meals but stock the fridge with buts for breakfast, nibbles and booze for by the pool.

We have a baby due in Sept and the villa life will be great with her I imagine.

Thinking about it, I don't think I would even consider a villa without a washing machine if I am going self-catering.

I "wash" clothes holiday by swooshing them round the shower with my feet. It's little more than that day's sweat anyway. Roll them in a towel, march on it a bit and dry overnight.

And tbh I wash everything properly when I get back anyway - it's all travelled best part of 24 hours squashed in a case with the final few outfits and pairs of dirty knickers etc. And even the clean stuff smells of suitcase.

I don't mind but usually stay places where there's limited access to washers. It cost me £6 last year for one (cold!) wash at Haven. I still haven't recovered! 😂

Bloody hell last time we were at Haven it was £3 for a wash why was it cold?

Always do washing on holidays.
Wouldn't stay somewhere if it didn't have a washing machine.
When we camp I take my big airer with me so its all pegged in one place, hate washing hanging on guylines, yes I take my pegs too.

Less to do when I get home, weather on holidays is usually much better than at home.

I did like the american top loaders and the "chat"in the laundry room having a moan about a missing sock is universal

I refuse to go on holiday if there isn't a washing machine and tumble dryer available.

Doing the washing is my favourite household chore and I refuse to be deprived of it while we're away.

Me too. I'd do laundry for a living if it paid enough. Can't bear not having a washing machine on holiday! And I adore ironing.

Worst was traipsing to a laundrette in Menorca with loads of washing on foot

I see your Menorca laundrette and raise you those on just about any cruise ship

They all seem to have an elderly female guest sitting in the corner telling everyone what to do, and there's very often a row going on about who took whose washing out of a machine before it was done

I’ll be washing on holiday next week. 5 month old baby who likes to vomit on everyone and everything. I’ll maybe do 2 loads in 7 days. Saves taking a crapton of clothes and is hardly onerous.

Oh, and that's if the ship has a laundrette at all. Too many are starting to miss them out, or just fail to mend the broken ones so guests are forced into using the ship's own extortionate services

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?

Cabin bags are very small, especially if you're travelling Easyjet and similar. He obviously is taking other things like pyjamas, underwear, swim shorts, a second pair of shoes, phone charger, kindle, toiletries... nobody ever just travels with the clothes they'll need for a stay and that's it.

As for the weird foreign liquids, had a bad experience once with this in Greece. Don't speak Greek, picked up a brand I recognised as detergent in the supermarket, and it had a picture of a washing machine on the front. Great. After a few washes, noticed that things weren't really getting clean. Because i'd been washing the clothes in fabric conditioner.

I've always done laundry on holiday, mainly because I've never owned 14 different outfits (and neither have my kids), and I don't like wearing dirty clothes. It's hardly a hardship, it's just taking care of yourself, like taking a shower and preparing nutritious food. Still leaves plenty of time to relax and have fun.

Yep same here, do it on holiday, all dry before we fly home so none to do on he return. Sandy swim wear once home I s just a reminder that you're back to run of the mill! I'd far rather peg washing out on the Spanish terrace with a glass of wine in hand!

You're not at all unreasonable, it's far better to do laundry on holiday than take home bags of skanky, dirty washing plus it means you can wear your favourites again, all nice and clean.

I travel light, and happily wash the clothes so we always have something fresh to wear. I don't go on holiday to avoid doing anything - I go to have some new experiences and have fun. "Not lifting a finger" is boring to me.

Also, you're not using clothes at home, so I don't see how it's tonnes more laundry when you get back?

No, I've never understood why people say they hate getting back from holidays because of all the extra washing. What extra washing?

Cabin bags are very small, especially if you're travelling Easyjet and similar.

I fly a lot, and never trouble myself with the expensive airlines. I am familiar with baggage limits. I am sitting next to a (medium) rucksack for the weekend that has four tops, trousers, shoes, party flats, underwear, toiletries bag, kindle, chargers, pyjamas and some hen do tat in it, with a little room to spare on top still. I'll be wearing my heels and a dress to travel. I could probably put a cardigan in there (won't be - Paris looks bloody boiling).

I'm not showing off. I just literally don't understand how your son's capsule wardrobe overfills a bag of the same size.