We have been staying in gites for twenty years and have never had a dryer or a washer/dryer combo. There is always a drying rack of some kind, and we have also had an outside line on occasion. I put it in the sun if possible, or near the heating if it is in use. I have hung shirts on hangers from curtain rods at windows. I never wash on the last day before we move on to our next stop.
A word about washers. We have had front loaders, usually in the kitchen. We also have had a lot of small top loaders, usually in the bathroom. These have a drum for the clothes which is clipped shut before washing. Make sure this is securely latched shut before setting the cycle. I once read a post from someone who did not lock it shut. The clothes came out and jammed the machine. Not great for the clothes either.
I have a very old dryer at home, but cannot remember when I last used it. Another Australian here. My clothes go on a line outside. In fact, I have a load out now. There is nothing better than the smell of sun dried sheets straight off the line. And it is free.

Just pointing out that combo machines are pretty rare. If you do find them in general you'll get a crappy washer and a crappy dryer

There are EU standards on things like spin cycle and how much water the washer should get out of the clothing. These standards keep going up so ordinary washers have gotten better at spinning out the water. But they aren't dryers.

The thing is it REALLY depends on the material and the item. A heavy wool sweater will come out soaking like a sponge. A light weight shirt OTOH might be too dry to even iron.

I wouldn't put a heavy wool sweater in a washing machine in the first place, but heavy man-made ones go in and do not come out of our ancient (at least 30 years old but with a 1000rpm spin) washing machine soaking like a sponge provided I use the fast spin option.
As to the top loaders - they shouldn't be able to start if the drum isn't locked, if they do there is a fault in the machine. Even back in the 70's when I had one of those it wouldn't start until the drum was locked correctly.

Sorry, this is all by-the-by I know.

One place we stayed actually had a heated drying rack available as well as an outside line. Since we ad good weather I dried everything on the line. There is an art to hanging clothes on a line so they dry well and don't crease.

I am just visualizing a bunch of government officials sitting around in a room computing and determining for The People the amount of water a washing machine must spin out of a batch of clothes for each cycle. Not that there's anything wrong with that.....

They redo the standards every ten years or so. Upping the rules every time.

These have a drum for the clothes which is clipped shut before washing. Make sure this is securely latched shut before setting the cycle. I once read a post from someone who did not lock it shut. The clothes came out and jammed the machine. Not great for the clothes either.

I did this very thing in Spain. Had to call the apartment owner for help. Fortunately, washer and clothes survived.

Sorry, TMI I'm sure, but I can't resist commenting: When I'm in Paris, I do small loads of laundry as soon as possible and just keep up with it -- there are always some socks and underwear and tops hanging on my drying rack!

You will probably think me odd but when I was researching new washer-dryers for a rental property we own, I watched part of a wash cycle on YouTube (yes, they really have this on YouTube, people put everything on there). Modern washing machines, the really new ones, wash with hardly any water and more spin. I sort of found this interesting to notice but also felt a bit odd watching this so did not continue on with it. It did help me work out which machine to buy. So there really is probably someone in the government who pays attention to how much water they use or they could not put out those ratings for energy consumption and water consumption!

Lavandula

I have not traveled to France yet and your question is not really about France. In the last ten years I have taken multiple solo trips. I have been trying to pack as lightly as possible and traveling with no more than two changes of clothes in addition to any cold weather items like hat, coat, and so on. I have learned to hand wash clothes in the sinks or showers of hotel rooms. Then I squeeze as much water out as possible with the help of a micro-fiber quick-drying towel I pack and use only on wet clothes. Then I put my clothes on hangers and hang them in the closet, sometimes on the back of a chair, on doorknobs, or wherever I can. If I remember, I pack about 5 plastic hangers. On two trips I bought a package of plastic hangers because I had not packed any...

In the UK wee have a tuble drier, we use it only in the winter
On the continent, which I tend to go to in the summer, I would not expect to see a drier in rental accom, you either put it out on a line in the garden or in a sheltered rack.