on the theme of holiday packing...

Only if I was in a cottage in the UK and it had a washer/dryer otherwise a big fat NO lol.

I love doing laundry, I find it very relaxing, so I usually wash things when on holiday, so long as facilities are available. I am horrified by the thought of dirty clothes being sorted through at Customs - I would be mortified!
I was lucky enough to be treated to a posh cruise a couple of years back, and the cabin maid would take all the dirty clothes for washing, and return them within 4 hours - that was lovely, and she was such a sweet lady.
I was still glad to see my washing machine when I got home - maybe I should get out more!

I go away with my Son and DIL every year and she cleans the place from top to bottom AND does all the washing before she goes home . I say every time that there is no need as cleaners come in after we leave but it falls on deaf ears . We get on very well so don`t want to make an issue of it but it does drive me mad .

We very very rarely stay in Hôtels- much prefer having our own villa or apartment, with a garden or balcony, and with a washing machine usually- and usually go for 2 weeks or more- so yes, I pack light and I do wash some things during our stay. We always use the smaller on board cases to put all the washing in, and keep anything clean in the in-hold case.

When we have visitors here- especially those who we know have to go back to work the day after their return home, we always offer for them to do their washing here- so they can go home and not to have to bother with it all. Just depends.

If we are staying in a cottage or villa abroad then yes I do the washing before I come home

Only if I go for 6 or 7 weeks to friends or send it to the hotel laundry if DH is sending a couple of shirts.

Depends on the type of holiday. If we are in a self catering cottage which has a washing machine I'll do a wash or two , especially if we have muddy walking stuff. If in sunny climes in a hotel I may rinse out occasional undies or swimwear, but not anything else.

We go somewhere hot for three weeks every February. I wash undies so I can reuse them but very rarely anything else. We just put dirty clothes in one of the suitcases to be unpacked in the utility room when we get home.

The only time I washed clothes on holiday, was when I went to Rome for 4 days with only hand luggage and was trapped there for 10 days by the volcano! I had to find a launderette and wash my few things.

Danni. So glad there is someone who feels like I do. I am always quite happy to come home again from holiday. Don't think its is weird, just like my home .

I wash out underwear as I go along but everything else comes home with me. I actually enjoy washing and like to see all our cheerful holiday clothes and towels on my washing line - that's if it's not raining! A CONFESSION - I enjoy holidays BUT I am always happy to come home after 2 weeks away. I know, I know I am weird but that's how it is.

Absolutely not.... I take enough pants, tops etc for however long I am going away for. When I get back my kitchen looks like world war 3.

If I'm in the Uk and the holiday let has a washer & dryer. Then I do it the night before I go home. It's great to get home and there's no washing to do, especially when I'll be at work the next day

I always take some travel wash, and wash underwear as I go along. I don't like the thought of dirty knickers lurking in a drawer somewhere. ( I don't know what that says about me!). Also, I have a habit of spilling things on my favourite items and like to get the stain out before it is too late, (possibly the effect of too much wine!). In hot countries, clothes dry quickly, so it's no bother. In this country it's more of a problem.

My youngest once came back from a few weeks in Thailand with a small backpack full of clean, ironed and sweet smelling clothes. He always has been keen on having everything washed, and said that there were plenty of laundries and they charged very little to do a kilo of laundry, so he used them, to support the local economy and to have clean clothes in that sweaty environment.

I prefer to wash when travelling, rather than lug huge cases of stuff around. I don't do it before I come home, though, I try to plan so that the last few days I use everything up and so I come home with a bag full of dirty linen.

Yes, I do put stuff in a washing machine if we're self catering and usually do it overnight. It's not a big deal and saves on the washing when we get back.

That's what it's there for! And very useful if we've been doing a lot of walking or got muddy infinitely better than festering muddy clothes in a suitcase!

If there is a washing machine in the accommodation I'd throw clothes in there. It's not as though I would actually be washing them! I find my DH and I run through clean undies very quickly and it's handy to have some just out of the washer.

That should have been $9, not €, dhurr...

No way. Packing to go home is so much easier when you can just stuff all the dirties in without worrying about how creased they're going to get.

Having said that, I am happy to wash things while away if necessary. I was once positively pleased to stay in a service flat in Australia after we'd been in hotels where laundry costs were utterly extortionate - €9 just for a pair of OH's socks! For about the first time in my life I was actually happy to be able to wash and iron. OH will only ever take hand baggage no matter how long we're going for, and was too used to business trips where he sent everything to the laundry first thing every morning, and the company paid.

Where we stay in Spain, lovely Maria Jose washes and irons anything we want. We came home one year with all DH's shirts beautifully ironed, what a bonus! Of course something leaked in his case and I had to do them all again.

Yes unless we are staying in a hotel. Gîtes and villas always have washers so I bung stuff in and peg it out last day. It's always hotter than in UK so soon dry ready to pack. It goes to be ironed the day we get back and arrives back hung on hangers ready to put away. Bliss

I do take a little travel bottle of wash just in case have i an accident and spill my dinner down a fave top (or on their lovely starched white tablecloth this time...chocolate ganache too!), or something like that, but this is HOLIDAY, and precious and limited time, so I simply regard everything we take as requiring washing, and start loading the machine as soon as we get home, and keep doing washes for as long as it takes! I do order a shopping delivery for first thing the next morning to stock back up with fresh produce, dairy, meats and fish for the week ahead.

Absolutely not, unless I run out, usually pants as, however little space they take I need that space for other things when I travelling hand luggage only as is my custom.

not all but I have a habit of running out of clean clothes (usually tops) and have to rinse through,

Umm, how can you tell if G strings have been worn! No probably better not answer that one