Have been advised that there is no self service laundry on the Celebrity Zenith. Our cruise is for 17 days. Any suggestions.<BR>JMaui

Hi Judy,<BR><BR>I guess you will just have to pay for the ship's laundry service.<BR><BR>Of course you can wash out your garments in the sink and hang a clothlesline on your balcony.<BR><BR>Paul

Thanks for the info. However, even if<BR>the Zenith had a balcony wouldn't it<BR>be just a touch of bad taste to hang<BR>clothes there.<BR>JMaui<BR>

I was only kidding Judy. It would be a sight to have your undies hanging out on your balcony as you are pulling into port.<BR><BR>You know there are laundromats in most larger ports, but I would say it would be an inconvenience and important vacation time wasted. <BR><BR>Your only alternative is to use the ship's laundry. It is just about the same price you would pay to have your laundry sent out at home.<BR><BR>Paul

Okay, this is how I look at it. If you can afford to go on a 17 day cruise, you can certainly afford to have your laundry done.<BR><BR>We have cruised for up to three weeks, and send things out. It really isn't that expensive.<BR><BR>As far as the unmentionable items, they get washed in the sink, and hung in the shower, as they have a nice little clothesline in the bathroom.<BR><BR>It really isn't a big deal.

You can do undies in the sink and hang them<BR>on the clothesline in the shower.<BR><BR>We just did a 10 day on the Summit, and took about 8 sets of undies per person, sent out twice. Bras $1.50 panties $1.00<BR>I was pretty upset to find no self-service laundry, as we had had them on most other cruised, but my husband reminded me that we were on vacation to get away from such things a laundry and cooking and cleaning.<BR><BR>So, budget a little more, relax and enjoy<BR>someone doing the dirty work for you.<BR><BR>

Mahalo, thanks to all of you. Honestly<BR>i think my husband was the one that was<BR>a little put out. I have planned to<BR>send our laundry out. Other cruises<BR>have had the self laundry. Actually I<BR>really don't know why he got so bent<BR>out of shape, I'm the one that does the<BR>laundry anyway. <BR>JMaui

How much is appropriate to tip the laundry service? I usually hand-wash, but who wants to spend precious cruising time doing laundry? Yuk!

Hi Jenna,<BR><BR>Unnecessary to tip laundry service.<BR>You put your stuff in the laundry bag along with the completed slip.<BR><BR>Leave the bag in the cabin. The steward picks it up when he makes up the room and returns it to your room when it comes back.<BR><BR>Just part of his regular duties.<BR><BR>Paul<BR><BR>

Just another way that the cruise lines screw ya. On the long cruises they don't have laundry services available for the passengers. That way they automatically make a ton of extra cash on laundry services.<BR><BR>BIG SCAM

When I am on vacation I do not want to cook, do laundry, iron, etc.....so I consider the laundry a service, and am happy to pay for it. It isn't a scam. I have only been on a couple of ships that had self-service laundries, and one was a Cunard ship. People would go take your stuff out of the dryer and put yours in even when it was still wet.<BR><BR>I vote for enjoying your trip.

TYPO:<BR>and put THEIRS in even when yours was still wet

Jimbo, don't let the cruise lines screw you!!!<BR>On long cruises, simply wear the same underwear several days. That way, you don't have to spend money for laundry.

Take a mini bottle of Woolite with you to rinse out your swim suit and such. Undies and bras don't take up much room, so pack plenty to get you through. I also try to pack using color schemes, so I don't need as many coordinating accessories. For example, pick navy, black, grey, white and red outfits and you'll only need 1-2 pairs of matching shoes, belts and purses etc. For evening attire, do the same....black is flattering on almost everyone. You get the idea. Enjoy your cruise....where is it going?

All of our vacations are 2 weeks and the only laundry I ever do are my undies. Unless you spill something, there's no reason you can't wear each outfit twice. It's not difficult to bring 7 daytime tops and 7 evening tops (usually I bring more anyway!). Slacks/shorts don't really get dirty...so you can wear each more than twice. I don't see the problem. Of course, I have yet to manage to "travel light"!! My only problem is that I can't take trains in Europe because I can't lift my suitcases!!! But on a cruise, there's no problem.<BR><BR>Enjoy!

Even the new Celebrity ships don't have landramats , just another reason to go back to H.A.L. <BR>BILL

Bill S,<BR><BR>The NEW Hal ship Zuiderdam does NOT have a laundry. Sister ship Oosterdam coming out next year, no info on laundry yet.

We were on an Amsterdam suite in September. A nice perk of their suites are free laundry service as often as needed. Of course it's part of the price for the suite, but one of many perks we enjoyed as a suite passenger.

We traveled on Celebrity Constellation - WONDERFUL - through the Norwegian fjords this summer. We were on a three week trip with 8 nights on the ship - so we had packed very carefully and most of our clothes were simple to handwash in the sink. The Shower stall in our cabin had a clothesline - and believe me - with two kids and 2 adults - it was full every night. In the rather rough North sea our daughter did find herself a bit ill and unfortunately we even had to wash out a sweatshirt and pair of pants - those items did dry out on our deck and if anyone had a problem with that being tacky - we sure didn't hear about it. If the cruise line isn't going to offer a laundry facility - they can't be to surprised if people make their own solutions. In fact many, many cabins had clothes drying out on the deck. At (as I recall) $2.00 for a pair of underwear - hand washing only makes sense!!!

I just came from an 11 day cruise in Hawaii. What I do is I packed 11 pairs of panties and 5 bras. Wash what I could by hand. Hang them in the bathroom clothes line. Carried an extra plastic bag for the one that I could not get to-last day on ship. <BR>I packed my own travel iron that I got from Travelsmith. I also packed more clothes that did not wrinkle than those that did.