Laundry

Erw · Oct 20th, 2003, 04:09

Hi

Im goin in 2 weeks and i was wondering , do hotels do Laundry like in Thailand or do u have to do it yourself?

cyberhippie · Oct 20th, 2003, 04:17

Hi Erwin most hotels will provide some kind of laundry service and there's almost always a bucket in the shower, so you can do your own if need be!!

Happy Travelling!!

bijapuri · Oct 20th, 2003, 09:54

laundry service is opne thing that you can count on to be almost everywhere you go. The Dhobi (laundry dude) will come by, usually around 8 am, and count everything in front of you. They will return around 7pm, and EVERYTHING will be ironed.
If you're going out earlier, you can arrange with the desk, usually. Monsoon will often delay return time. cost will be per item, different rates for different items, and the more expensive the hotel, same for dhobi. Most of us who are repeat customers to India pack accordingly, meaning we don't really need more than a few changes of clothes.

Baisab · Oct 20th, 2003, 13:08

Hey,
Personaly, I hate washing my clothes by hand.
Staying at low-budget guest houses almost exclusively, I was dissapointed from the laudry "facility" of the GH more than once. This is probably due to the owner giving the laundry to his wife to sink in a bucket and put out to try and pocketing the money himself (not to say that all of them do it, of course).
The easiest thing to do is to find the dhobi wala on the street. They have little stalls everywhere, recognizable by the sign "Dry Cleaners". Service is good and cheap, and they are as nice as local folk get, often very happy to see a foreigner using their services.
This way you save the comission money often charged for good laundry service rendered from your GH - laundry which is probably passed on to these guys anyway.
It's fun, it's easy and it is nice.

Vasko · Oct 20th, 2003, 17:31

The laundry service in guesthouses and lower budget hotels is erratic to say the least. Sometimes you get your clothes back all crisp and dry and ironed, other times they are still wet and smell like smoke (?). Sometimes you don't get them back at all. Maybe finding a dhobi wallah on the street is the best option, like Baisab suggested...?

kipling · Oct 20th, 2003, 18:06

Last time I sent a white shirt out to be washed it came back cleaned and ironed. Unfortunately it was pink. Sent it back and it came back white again. The trauma took a lot out of it, however. Hasn't been the same since.

wonderwomanusa · Oct 20th, 2003, 19:00

Back in the day, when I used to stay at Mrs. Colaco's place, the dhobi service she used would iron the pleats into the sarees -- all I had to do was to tuck it in! That was so wonderful! Never found another that good.

steven_ber · Oct 20th, 2003, 19:14

Be aware that the Dhobi wallah is rough with the clothes, either beating them with sticks or bashing them against stones, any fragile clothes (football t-shirts for e.g.) would be best washed by yourself.

If you have any clothes 'ruined' by stains, bring them to India, the Dhobi wallah will have them looking like new (but with a button missing)

Baisab · Oct 21st, 2003, 10:31

"...(but with a button missing)..."

Or broken.

I remember traveling with this american felllow who realy liked button shirts. One day two of his shirts came back from the laundry with all the buttons broken into halves.
In my mind I keep seeing the Dhobi guy/girl banging his shirts mercilessly on the rocks at the river side.

chad · Aug 10th, 2007, 02:05

okay, so do westerners ever go and beat their own clothes on the riverside rocks? have you ever seen it, or done it? would the locals think i was crazy, tight-fisted, or take no notice at all? i don't know, i just think it would be fun to go do my own laundry in the river. i don't pay people to do my laundry in america, and don't think i want to in india. your thoughts please.

Noodle · Aug 10th, 2007, 02:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by chad

okay, so do westerners ever go and beat their own clothes on the riverside rocks? have you ever seen it, or done it? would the locals think i was crazy, tight-fisted, or take no notice at all?

No, no, no, and yes, they would think it was crazy, stand in a big huddle around you and watch or offer to do it for you (because obviously you would do it all wrong!)

chad · Aug 10th, 2007, 02:40

then i must give a go at it, as i'm already smiling imagining the scene. thanks

Noodle · Aug 10th, 2007, 02:44

Please have someone take a picture and post it here!

ranjan154 · Aug 11th, 2007, 23:13

Yes ! laundry service is available even in the smallest hotels in India. So do not worry, enjoy visiting India.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kipling

Last time I sent a white shirt out to be washed it came back cleaned and ironed. Unfortunately it was pink. Sent it back and it came back white again. The trauma took a lot out of it, however. Hasn't been the same since.

These things might happen some times, please instruct the washerman or whosoever in the charge to take precautions while washing. That will help you a lot.

Oct 20th, 2003, 04:09	#1
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Oct 20th, 2003, 13:08	#4
Baisab Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Cfar-Sava, Israel Posts: 71	Find the Dhobi Wala Hey, Personaly, I hate washing my clothes by hand. Staying at low-budget guest houses almost exclusively, I was dissapointed from the laudry "facility" of the GH more than once. This is probably due to the owner giving the laundry to his wife to sink in a bucket and put out to try and pocketing the money himself (not to say that all of them do it, of course). The easiest thing to do is to find the dhobi wala on the street. They have little stalls everywhere, recognizable by the sign "Dry Cleaners". Service is good and cheap, and they are as nice as local folk get, often very happy to see a foreigner using their services. This way you save the comission money often charged for good laundry service rendered from your GH - laundry which is probably passed on to these guys anyway. It's fun, it's easy and it is nice.

Oct 20th, 2003, 19:00	#7
wonderwomanusa Maha Guru Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Northern California Posts: 3,518	Back in the day, when I used to stay at Mrs. Colaco's place, the dhobi service she used would iron the pleats into the sarees -- all I had to do was to tuck it in! That was so wonderful! Never found another that good. __________________ The map is not the territory. --Alfred Korzybski

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Oct 20th, 2003, 04:17	#2
cyberhippie Account Closed by User's Request Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: the Netherlands Posts: 6,012	Hi Erwin most hotels will provide some kind of laundry service and there's almost always a bucket in the shower, so you can do your own if need be!! Happy Travelling!!

Oct 20th, 2003, 17:31	#5
Vasko Non-speaker fruit-eater Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: State of Contemplation Posts: 485	The laundry service in guesthouses and lower budget hotels is erratic to say the least. Sometimes you get your clothes back all crisp and dry and ironed, other times they are still wet and smell like smoke (?). Sometimes you don't get them back at all. Maybe finding a dhobi wallah on the street is the best option, like Baisab suggested...?

Oct 20th, 2003, 18:06	#6
kipling Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sunshine Coast Queensland Australia Posts: 78	Last time I sent a white shirt out to be washed it came back cleaned and ironed. Unfortunately it was pink. Sent it back and it came back white again. The trauma took a lot out of it, however. Hasn't been the same since.

Oct 20th, 2003, 19:14	#8
steven_ber Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: London, England. Posts: 9,207	Be aware that the Dhobi wallah is rough with the clothes, either beating them with sticks or bashing them against stones, any fragile clothes (football t-shirts for e.g.) would be best washed by yourself. If you have any clothes 'ruined' by stains, bring them to India, the Dhobi wallah will have them looking like new (but with a button missing)

Oct 21st, 2003, 10:31	#9
Baisab Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Cfar-Sava, Israel Posts: 71	"...(but with a button missing)..." Or broken. I remember traveling with this american felllow who realy liked button shirts. One day two of his shirts came back from the laundry with all the buttons broken into halves. In my mind I keep seeing the Dhobi guy/girl banging his shirts mercilessly on the rocks at the river side.

Aug 10th, 2007, 02:05	#10
chad Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas, USA Posts: 50	okay, so do westerners ever go and beat their own clothes on the riverside rocks? have you ever seen it, or done it? would the locals think i was crazy, tight-fisted, or take no notice at all? i don't know, i just think it would be fun to go do my own laundry in the river. i don't pay people to do my laundry in america, and don't think i want to in india. your thoughts please.

Aug 10th, 2007, 02:40	#12
chad Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas, USA Posts: 50	then i must give a go at it, as i'm already smiling imagining the scene. thanks

Aug 10th, 2007, 02:44	#13
Noodle Crazy for the furry ones Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Pune, India Posts: 1,026	Please have someone take a picture and post it here!

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