Laundry????
Jun 2nd, 2001, 03:39 PM
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We usually end our trips to UK in London, during the 2 or 3 weeks we are in country I do it by hand and hope that they have heated towel bars!! A luxery I'd love to have at home. I carry a foldable Sportsac duffel and by the time we get to London for the last week it's usually full. I don't know about Picadeilly but where we stay in South Ken, there are 2 laundromats, I just leave it there , for about 5 pounds, they launder and fold it and pack it back in the duffel. The shirts and pants I ask to have put on hangers when they come out of the dryer. Never any problem. This is all my husbands stuff, we ladies don't have a problem , our undies dry with no problem overnight. <BR>Funny story!!! I once saw nylon briefs for men.. I thought it was a great idea... after 2 days my husband was cursing me all over the place.. my you guys are SO sensitive!!!
Jun 2nd, 2001, 05:48 PM
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Jody, I'm starting to think you and I are the same person! Can't help with Paris but, since I now travel with either a small rolling carry on or a leather duffle (after BA lost my luggage for 6 days, I no longer trust checking on trans-atlantic flights) and, mid-week, take my laundry to a little laundramat next to Sainsbury's on Cromwell Road in Kensington (I always want to remember the name and never can--Bubbles/Suds--something like that. It's almost directly across from the Comfort Inn Ken and only about a block from the Gloucester Road Tube stop. Drop it in the morning around 9:00 and pick it up after 1:00 pm. Never more than 8 lbs and worth every penny. I'm sure these laundramats are all over London, but I can't recall seeing anything like that in Piccadilly. People are in that area for heavy shopping, rather than residences. I also take a fold-up duffle (small, navy American Tourister nylon job that you can pick up in any luggage store--or Walmarts--for about $9). Great for transporting dirty clothes to the laundramat and, later the laundry you take home (which I check on return). I'll be interested to hear about laundramats in Paris AND Rome. <BR>Have a great trip!
Jun 3rd, 2001, 03:57 AM
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Laundromats (laveries) are abundant in some parts of Paris and more scarce in others...where are you staying? <BR>We've used laundromats in the 7th on several occasions. Many are completely self operated...they usually take the last load at 8 pm (and since they are automated, that means 8 pm SHARP...no fudging on time permitted!). Washing and drying a normal size load usually costs us about $4-5. If your time matters more than your money, some laundromats have drop off services. Prices are usually set by the kilo and on the times that we've used such services, a normal load cost us $8-10. Not a huge difference, really. <BR>BTilke <BR> <BR>
Jun 3rd, 2001, 12:45 PM
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hi <BR>can't help w/london but in paris yes lavaries are self serve just like here in us. as i remember it i put my laundry in the washer, put the money in a token dispenser on the wall , then put money in machine. you need to pick water temp etc. i used shampoo to wash- one less thing to carry. drying -same thing with the token. jeans take a long time and make drying expensive! <BR>the cheaper lavaries were in the student areas of paris. hope this helps you.
