Hand washing whilst on holiday

[Cosworth]

Once, on a Fjords cruise, the laundrettes were out of use. One evening we were having coffee with a couple of �older� ladies. They asked what we had been doing that day, we had been to a department store in Bergen and bought new underwear as we had not brought enough for 2 weeks. They then (seriously) told us that they each only brought 2 pairs of knickers, one for each week � our faces must have shown our shock because they quickly explained that they put in a fresh panty liner every day.
When we stay in a villa and normally when we cruise, we wash our clothes before coming home. Don�t want airport security rummaging through our unwashed stuff.

[BevS97]

I always do laundry on holiday. I don�t find it a major hassle and it�s easier than trying to take sufficient clothes for 2 or 3 weeks.

I don�t wash it to bring home unless we are in a villa with a washing machine

[ziggyzag]

Originally Posted by Lisa-72

I�m trying to travel light and don�t want to take 14 x whatever so will be looking at just washing undies, rinsing swimwear etc. The rest will be chucked in the machine when I get home.

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Buy cheap pants from Primark and bin them

[smithlane]

I love coming home with clean washing, it's depressing enough as it is without doing multiple loads of washing with jet lag.

We always buy a small bottle of Tide and Downy for washing in the US. It's easy enough to do in a villa, takes no time at all. It was a bit trickier last year when we were road tripping but every few stops I made sure we had laundry facilities so I just did it when we got in from the day.

If we were staying somewhere with no laundry facilities I'd bring a small pot of washing powder to do in the sink or bath.

[caj]

Originally Posted by tracy99

I�m another one that could not bring unwashed undies home.
OMG the thought of my case being checked,with unwashed undies in there mortifies me!
I also have to have new undies every holiday.
I�m also known to just use the hotel shampoo if I�ve not got anything else,to rub them through with.
Tracy x

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Perk of the TSA job imo!

[Lisa-72]

Originally Posted by ziggyzag

Buy cheap pants from Primark and bin them

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Good point, never tried theirs before, normally M&S girl 🤫

[mitch84]

Originally Posted by Sue

I think it�s great if the TSA decided to open my bag and find a load of unwashed undies, serves them right for having nasty suspicious minds

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Exactly, no bloody way am I hand washing my knickers for the sake of putting them in a suitcase, they go in a carrier bag then into the washer when home. I have far better things to do on my holidays

[bonnies mum]

Many years ago we got stopped at customs on our arrival back into Manchester. All our dirty underwear was in a bag - and they searched through it.
I was embarassed & disgusted & there was nothing to find.

[Holidaylover19]

When we stayed at OKW in a one bedroom there was a laundry room with a washing machine and tumble dryer in our villa which made it very convenient to put a load or two on and subsequently pack less. I took a few day's worth of clothes for a 10 night holiday. I think we used the couple of boxes of detergent that Disney provided or went to Walmart for a small pack of it.

[martha]

I take enough (and more!) to last the holiday! Take a travel wash and generally never use it.

If I've stayed at a villa I have done some washing as it's easy enough to chuck washing into machine etc - but wouldn't go out of my way to do so.

Having said that I do recall using the laundry room at the Candy Cane Inn but that's the exceptional rather than the norm!