To not know how to dry your swimming stuff in a naice hotel?

[NeverRTFT]

I understand that in a naice hotel in Europe it is considered unacceptable to dry your swimwear on the balcony overnight. However, I am currently staying in such a hotel - ie somewhere a bit posher than we usually go for, and have seen on trip advisor that other guests get sniffy if someone uses balcony to dry their stuff - and I cannot fathom how or where you are meant to dry everything?
If just me and DH we could try to drip dry in bathroom but it's pretty steamy in there after shower. With 2 DC swimwear thrown in there's no way.
If you know your way around posh hotel etiquette please fill me in. I'm stumped.

@BlithePilgrim

If it’s that high-end, surely staff will take it and dry it for you? Back in my high-end hotel chambermaiding days, we would dry swimwear.

They will, but they’ll charge you per item to do it, and it’s not a charge I would gladly pay!

Fanciest hotels we’ve been in (the £500/night sort) have got a tiny hidden retractable line over the bath - you’ve got to look! my DH never knew they existed - and/or a discreet little rack on the balcony

@KaleJuicer

Fanciest hotels we’ve been in (the £500/night sort) have got a tiny hidden retractable line over the bath - you’ve got to look! my DH never knew they existed - and/or a discreet little rack on the balcony

Several posters have said similar. After this bottle of wine I'll check and report back. Have to say everything dried a treat on the balcony furniture though. The breeze is like a hairdryer

Check for a costume spinner thingy by the pool too. Gets them nearly dry in a few seconds.

@Hollyhocksarenotmessy

Check for a costume spinner thingy by the pool too. Gets them nearly dry in a few seconds.

Don't put anything underwired into one of these, though.

Heated towel rail

When I went to a resort in Dominican Republic they had that rule too. They didn't want peoples clothes on balconies ruining the look n feel of the resort. I get that.

So we put them out of view on the seats of the chairs where it wasn't visible to anyone. Given how hot it was it dried very quickly!

So find a discreet way of putting them out without being visible.

The bathroom laundry lines are rubbish, balcony all the way. I've never been to a hotel that has a problem with that. Maybe some of the other guests do but that's their problem.

There is sometimes a small linen bag provided in the bathroom, you call reception and someone picks it up to wash and dry for you. Usually overnight, but we’ve had fast turnarounds.

DH towel dries and then used a hanger to hook up near the AC vents. If I run out of swimwear I, and I know MN hate this, am willing to dry on the balcony if it’s dark and I’ll retrieve it before it’s light. But I do think people owning a ludicrous amount of swimwear is common

Another Merseyside poster!

Put it on the balcony but low down on something so it cannot be seen.

I used to live in Spain and we used to leave stuff on the balcony furniture just not on the balcony rail as that is usually what is not allowed. I would wring stuff out as well as possible, leave it on the balcony furniture while having showers/baths etc to get ready for dinner and usually that will be enough to dry it but anything that still needed more drying time would go in the bathroom to either be hung over the shower rail or the washing line (if provided)

When I lived in Madrid there was an ordinance that said we couldn't put laundry on our external balconies to dry, we could use washing lines over our internal courtyard but not the balconies on the outside of the building. Some places it is because it ruins the look of the building and the potential for clothing to come off the balcony into the street and cause issues (in hotel resorts I would imagine it also stops issues of stuff dropping to other rooms' balconies and guests being inconvenienced with retrieval etc) and in others it is because it can cause damage to the building itself if people are constantly hanging things on the balcony rails (depending on what they're made from).

Before we went into the “new abnormal”, l used to travel to Singapore for work. They seem proud of their washing there.

Aside from that, it does annoy me when hotels with pools and beach hotels do not provide anywhere to dry wet swimwear. Unless it’s a naturist resort, it’s illogical not to provide an airer or a retractable clothes line.

I always take a hooked stretchy line with me (available in camping shops etc) and use it in the bathroom or on a balcony between 2 chairs. Swimwear goes on there, below waist height and sometimes l lower the tone with knickers! I’m a practical gal!

At the end of the day you are paying for that room. It is yours!

@mindymomo
the days before balconies

Gosh you must be exceedingly old, even the Romans had balconies.

@Geamhradh - l’ve got some knickers with stars on, so when l put mine out to dry, the hotels gains stars 😂!

I dry them on the balcony still. I do try and loop them over the chair somehow or tie them so they don't escape, but have never thought to do anything different or had any complaints.

Laundry service?