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I do laundry...for many reasons #1 little boys are messy eaters #2 I can pack 3 pairs of khaki or navy shorts for my boys and a variety of shirts so they look different in pictures with less to pack #3 more room to bring souveiners home
I don't do laundry or cook while on vacation. The most I will do is mix some cereal and milk for breakfast for myself and DD and get coffee for DH and fruit for everyone.
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Wow, I couldn't get back to check this all weekend and look at all the helpful advice I got! Thank you all.
I'm leaning towards the packing less and do laundry option. Mostly because I think I'll really need to force myself to slow down and relax. So throwing the laundry in and hopping in the hot tub sounds like the perfect remedy to that problem!
We travel for 2 weeks so we always do laundry. What i don't do is IRON. I pack things that can be worn straight out of the machine. I used to take loads, but we seem to have favorite things that we wear over and over and the other stuff doesn't get worn at all, so now I just pack the favorites.
If we have a 1 bed DVC then we do laundry most days, in a hotel room/studio then probably twice in 2 weeks. More than likely DH will get up early (he is an early riser), and he will go out and do a load whilst enjoying a peaceful coffee as the world wakes up,
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1. pack less and do laundry halfway through the week we are in the World
This one, right there - we're going for 9 days, and I don't even own nine pairs of pants. And then I'll do the laundry again at the end of the trip; I'd rather come home with all my clothes clean, than cart dirty laundry home ... and just have to do all that laundry anyway.
Besides; DTD has a huuuge bookstore, I'm a bookworm, and sitting poolside with a cold drink and a good book for two or three hours? That sounds like a vacation-worthy activity to me, heh!
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We do laundry so we don't have to pack as much plus there is more room to bring souviners home. I don't mind, the washig machines have a quicker cycle then the ones we have in the UK. I use the time to catch up on organising.
Our vacations tend to be 3 weeks long and we don't stay in one place. Last vacation we stayed in 5 differnt hotels/resorts. Being DVC members I use the free facilities too.
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I never have in the past BUT with the restrictions with baggage and traveling with my DS who will be 8 months I think we will be doing laundry on this trip. I need to some how fit DH, DD(10),DS and my stuff into 3 bags . I don't want to pay for the extra bag. More then that I want to take advantage of DME on the way home. Whats worse is we are going in Jan. and have to pack for 2 seasons!
We do laundry. The kids swim and I can watch them while the laundry is going. I do love the idea of hot tubbing it during the process Thanks for sharing that one!
We always take a pool day near the end of the trip and do laundry while relaxing by the pool. I like packing clean clothes since we don't wear our Disney clothes in the "real world." This way I don't have so much to wash and pack up when we get home. Now that we're DVC members we can wash in our room which is nice.
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I'm in the DO laundry camp. I came home with ALL clean clothes in August and it was HEAVENLY not to have a week x 5 people's worth of dirty clothes to deal with! We were there 7 nights /8 days and I did 3 loads of wash. I will definately plan on doing laundry while I'm there!
I pack less and do laundry as needed. We all pack a carry on and that way we don't have to worry about collecting luggage and can get our vacation started that much faster.
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. I don't want to pay for the extra bag. More then that I want to take advantage of DME on the way home. Whats worse is we are going in Jan. and have to pack for 2 seasons!
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Thanks for sharing that one!
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