Laundry services and experiences while travelling

[p--and--t]

Presumably APA? Owned by far-right wing nutcases

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/business/japan-china-motoya-hotel-apa.html

Japan hotel chain angers China over book's denial of Nanjing massacre

APA group is lambasted by Chinese government officials, newspapers and social media users over guestbook

www.theguardian.com

Yes, typo. I'm totally unware of any JP domestic politics.

 

[SomeRando]

They normally have some cuckoo literature available in the rooms as well but if you can't read Japanese you wouldn't even know.

 

[Pushka]

So my caution to MrP about lack of laundry facilities here in Japan for 8 days seems to have gone unheard. Within a day I was asked where the iron and board was.

 

[Hvr]

Within a day I was asked where the iron and board was.

If I have to find an iron, I'm the bored.

 

[VPS]

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If I have to find an iron, I'm the bored.

If I asked for an iron my family would make an appointment with the doctor and probably put me in the dementia ward

 

[Quickstatus]

laundry

What do you think of them?. They are in a lot of locations in the UK, interestingly they are mostly in car parks, petrol stations so available 24/7

Trustpilot suggests a negative experience

 

[Beano]

Travelling through Europe at the moment for 8 weeks, mostly in Hotels. Yes, I agree, laundry is an important issue. Some hotels have a guest laundry but none this trip. There is one useful feature, daughters in two European cities, so instead of kids coming home with laundry, it's the other way round- parents take laundry to kids.

 

[Julesmac]

About 20 years ago we were travelling in France, when we got to our hotel in Avignon I needed to do a wash. I baulked at paying 2 Euro per pair of knickers & asserted 'there must be a laundromat somewhere'. One hot hour later and quite a few terse exchanges between me & MrMac we found one. The joint strangely also had a photocopier & a couple of computers for internet use ( those charges were almost as high as the hotel wash service) .It had been years since I'd been in a laundromat, this had one central control & instructions were all in French.More terse interaction & unhelpful hints from a man who's not done a load of washing in his life. A very nice young woman who spoke great English helped us out. To thank her we went to a cafe on a square nearby, & sat with a coffee & chatting under the plane trees. She was Albanian & spoke terrific English. Could't resist trying my 4th form French; she was in fits of laughter trying to work out why we'd learn Frere Jacques, Sur Le Pont D'Avignon & other useless things instead of the much more helpful "can you tell me where the station is" or 'Where's the nearest toilet", or "how do you work the washing machine"

 

[Quickstatus]

That worked well enough for me.

I might give Aloha when im in HCMC for 3 nights next month

 

[markis10]

Don’t use the sprinklers to hang your clothes, they won’t dry when they activate the sprinklers

13K views · 378 reactions | A video circulating widely on Chinese social media recently shows a hotel guest in Shenzhen seemingly using a fire sprinkler to hang clothes to dry, but accidentally activating the sprinkler and flooding the room. #Shenzhe

A video circulating widely on Chinese social media recently shows a hotel guest in Shenzhen seemingly using a fire sprinkler to hang clothes to dry, but accidentally activating the sprinkler and...

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[Beano]

Don’t use the sprinklers to hang your clothes, they won’t dry when they activate the sprinklers

13K views · 378 reactions | A video circulating widely on Chinese social media recently shows a hotel guest in Shenzhen seemingly using a fire sprinkler to hang clothes to dry, but accidentally activating the sprinkler and flooding the room. #Shenzhe

A video circulating widely on Chinese social media recently shows a hotel guest in Shenzhen seemingly using a fire sprinkler to hang clothes to dry, but accidentally activating the sprinkler and...

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As well as wet, the clothes would be very dirty. The water from sprinkler systems can be black!

 

[Quickstatus]

Laundry service in District 1 HCMC during Tet holidays

Tet holidays is similar to Chinese New year, so lots of little shops close
However Wash and Fold was open

The transaction went as follows:
Booked online including pickup day and time from Hotel concierge/front desk
Messaging via email initially
Prices confirmed - VND 260,000 including 30% holiday surcharge and hotel pickup and dropoff within 8 hours
Payment via Wise
Thereafter messaging via Whats app to let them know its been dropped off at the Front desk

I took a photo of the laundry bad and left it with concierge, sent the photo of bag via Whats app
Got a email later saying bag returned - they put my laundry bag into a colourful bag FOC
The email said there is a refund due to the lower weight (2.5kg) - refund promptly processed and returned to Wise
Can't fault quality of service.
Gave VND 20,000 to Concierge for their troubles.

Total cost including Concierge tip VND 206,000 for 2.5kg wash and fold, and free bag = AUD $12.