Clothes on holidays

[LittleCarrot12]

First time abroad with 5&8 year old. Really struggling with what to pack clothes wise for them. We have 7 changes but we are going for 2 weeks. Seems silly to buy 7 more outfits when we have such rubbish weather here it won’t be the used.

What do people do? Would you wear same twice? They’re pretty messy and no washing machine

I buy a few bundles off Vinted for their age range - that way you’ve got enough without having to think about washing/they can get messy but you haven’t spent a fortune. Wearing the same is also fine of course (and my two have just done it on holiday) but I always like to have enoguh in case clothes get messy. Mine are 18m and 4 though so perhaps messier than yours!

Take travel wash and wash clothes in the sink.
If you have a balcony then take washing line and fashion a clothes line for drying. I found camping clothes line in tesco this year that has hooks and suspended it between 2 poles to create extra hanging space in our villa that we're at right now.

Pay for a wash or in the middle of your holiday. Either at the hotel or a local laundrette

Hotel or villa OP? If hotel and in a city then I'd pop to a laundrette one evening. If it's a villa then i second the washing line or a clothes horse.

I just wash in sink. It’s hot so underwear and t shirts will dry fast.
You don’t need as many bottoms as tops usually, so less shorts and re wear a few days fine. But take spare t shorts which you can wear all winter also

It’s a hotel. Can rinse stuff in the sink but doubt I’d get stains out. Think will be asking them to tuck a napkin in to their tops 😏

Dr beckmann travel wash is a gel so you could squirt it on stains. Or take a stain remover with you. Vanish gel is good

Hotels charge a lot for laundry, I'd look for a laundrette for the kids' stuff.

I use shampoo for my own things if I can't take enough clothes because of weight limits - just as good as travel wash.

Just go to a laundrette, Google one close to your hotel. I've never had trouble not finding one.