Laundry options during Best of Ireland trip
Hi - wondering if there are places to have laundry done at any of the hotels on the Best of Ireland trip? We are leaving soon! Thank you.
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Hi - wondering if there are places to have laundry done at any of the hotels on the Best of Ireland trip? We are leaving soon! Thank you.
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We are planning to go to the Bright Wash laundry which is 0.2 miles from the Fitzwilliam Hotel (a 5-minute walk). We'll be there on August 31st after completing the England, Scotland, and Wales trip. We got this idea from: https://www.mikeandjudytravel.com/2018Ireland-01.htm
Most of the hotels are likely to have laundry services at a steep price. If you look on their websites they will usually list what amenities they offer. For example, under the FAQs for Ashford Castle they say that they offer laundry services.
Many are at resorts away from town centers. However, the Old Ground in Ennis where you stay one night is in an urban area. You might use Google maps to locate a laundromat within walking distance of the hotel.
Wondering if there will be time in Ennis to do laundry. Is most of the day filled up with tours etc?
@connorlaker - I'm glad our blog of the trip was of value to you.
Are you talking about Day 9 with the one night stay at Old Ground Hotel? And how were you planning to do laundry - hotel service, sink wash or laundromat? There is a laundromat about 10 minutes walk. It's called r e l o a d laundry. You probably have enough time to get there and back before the dinner/music planned. I wouldn't use the hotel services since it's only a one night stay (wait til the next hotel) or do sink laundry unless it's something you know is quick dry.
These trips are way too expensive to spend your time doing laundry. Use the hotel service.
I have the opposite attitude. The hotel laundry service is way too expensive. Rather than pay all that money to the hotel, I'll spend a few minutes walking to a place like Brite Wash, and pay one tenth of what the hotel will charge me.
I was in a grocery store recently and had several items that were on sale in my basket. A friend of mine saw me and said, "You travel first class and shop sales!"
I replied, "Once you've been poor, it sticks with you."
Yes Mike, I do agree with you about once being poor. However, we have never gone outside looking for a launderette. Time is too valuable on vacation. We rarely need to do laundry even for three week vacations. Just a few smalls a couple of times. Now and again, we now do use the hotel laundry if necessary. Trouble is, Tauck uses very fancy hotels these days with very fancy laundry prices.
How long is the Best of Ireland tour? It’s not that long surely. Careful thought about what to pack should help you reduce laundry needs.
Oh crikey, this original thread was in 2024! Sarah G could have won the lottery by now!
Raised the same Mike. Thankfully not in that boat anymore. We all have our own spending priorities. My inlaws are way wealthier than we are and have never flown business class - just regular economy. They thought we were crazy to spend it on that. But then they spend money on things we don't. It's ok. We're all entitled to our priorities.
The original comment is old but the question about laundry just came up with shoney1953's question. Maybe the op with see this and comment.
Priorities - life is too short to spend vacation time doing laundry
Yes, you think it's a waste of your time. And you an entitled to that view.
This same argument about laundry on tour has been raised multiple times. The same people have to come out and criticize someone else for their personal choices. It's not like anybody here is holding a gun to their head to do laundry. There are plenty of photography buffs on this forum who spend all kinds of time worrying about what camera to bring, what lens, a laptop for editing, etc. I bring my phone and think the rest is a waste of time and space, but I don't feel the need to bash their choices. The person asked a question about laundry. They didn't ask anyone if it was worth their time to do it.
That's not what I said. I was reiterating your statement about priorities.
Goddess, I was obviously unclear in my comment about our being entitled to our priorities. Yes, we are especially when our choices don't impact anyone else. Here, and in the thread about shopping in India, people were pilling on criticizing others choices. Does this make the forum better? Does it encourage new participants?