j_thomas428

A friend and I are going on a 10-15 day trip to London, Paris, Barcelona, Rome and Dublin. We are only able to take a small carry on but our hostels have said that they include laundry facilities. Will these facilities include dryers? After living in Poland for a month and drip-drying all my clothes I would hate to do the same while I am traveling. Any advice?

ellenem

YOu will have to ask the individual hostels if they have dryers--there is no rule.

janisj

10 to 15 days for London, Paris, Barcelona, Rome and Dublin? Hair dryers will be the <i>least</i> of your problems.

mamcalice

Seiously consider limiting a 15 day trip to 3 and at most 4 destinations. If it is only 10 days, 3 is the most you can hope to accomplish. Your cities are so far flung, getting from one to another will take up more time than you think. Consider London, Dublin and Paris or Paris, Barcelona and Rome. Even then it will be rushed if you have only 10 days.

bilboburgler

wow, going to be run run run. You are more likely to get driers in UK and Ireland than Poland as they have the money and its is wet and miserable more often than the southern countries mentioned

j_thomas428

Thank you all for your input! We are using some of our time as strictly traveling and will visit the cities we spent the least amount of time in at a later date. This way was cheaper. My biggest concern is being able to wash and dry my clothes once mid-trip.. Thanks again!

StCirq

You won't have time to wash/dry clothes with that schedule. End of problem.

alanRow

Surely the running you will have to do for this itinerary will dry your hair? You can also save time by washing when it rains

adrienne

If the hostels don't have dryers then use a local launderette to wash and dry.

jamikins

How do you figure it is cheaper? The more changes the more costs for transport = more expensive. With less time actually experiencing or seeing the places you are running through. Why not pick 2-4 places and really enjoy them and then do the others next time, rather than running through them this time just to go back to the same places?

cathies

Maybe there will be dryers on the planes/trains because that's all this traveller will see. Sorry to be sarcastic but this is a crazy trip in more ways than one! Pack more clothes you won't have time to wash.

I think it's a troll.....

PatrickLondon

Or hang the clothes out of the train windows (and pray).

Gretchen

Silly itinerary. Why bother. You can say you were "there" but will not have any idea of what. As for cheaper, tote up the trains and transfers and see how that's workin' for you.

PalenQ

Thank you all for your input! We are using some of our time as strictly traveling and will visit the cities we spent the least amount of time in at a later date. This way was cheaper. My biggest concern is being able to wash and dry my clothes once mid-trip.. Thanks again!>

So after being reprimanded not very politely but with biting satire in some cases the OP returns and says he/she has got that point and re-posts here original question

AND what happens, more rude - yes downright rude comments and more biting satire even AFTER the OP reiterated all he/she was wanting was the laundry question answered.

Rude - rude - rude - and they wonder why Fodor's is steadily losing members.

Everyone who assaulted OP after she acknowledged the point owes her/him an apology IMO.

PalenQ

and just as I though this was a first-time Fodor poster and presumably a last-time one too.

Once again a warm welcome was extended to a first-time poster.

jamikins

Pal - I disagree, my response was absolutely not meant in a rude - rude - rude way. In fact, if you look at my posts I dont think I have ever been rude in a post. I go out of my way to help people. I bet if they actually add up what they are spending on transit they will realize it is not actually cheaper and lots of people coming over dont think about all the extra time it takes to change location. My comments were meant to help, and I dont think I have to apologize.

This is a public forum, and I am free to post what I think is valuable. You can take it or leave it, thats how these boards work. I spend a lot of time helping people to have great vacations and learn from my mistakes. So please dont chastise me for trying to help people.

PalenQ

jamikins - your reply was not IMO rude but good advice written in a way that was not satire like comments like "just hang the clothes out the train window" or "you can save time by washing when it rains" - these snide type of remarks (and by two of the usually most thoughtful and helpful posters who I admire greatly - but they fall into the Fodor's piling on trap - one cute snide remark begets many more but your remark jamikins was given thoughtfully so I ain't talking about you but those other boorish remarks that just are not right IMO for a first-time poster at that to be greeted with.

jamikins

Fair enough Just wanted to be sure!

PalenQ

just hang the clothes out the train window">

whowever wrote that has not been on European trains very much in say 20-30 years as with climate-controlled technology the typical train window most folks will encounter simply do not open enough to hang clothes out!