Laundry

[demortaine.livejournal.com]

I know the Explorer will do laundry for a substantial fee-----does anyone living in the NJ/Newark airport area know of a decent, preferably attendant present laundromat that I can use once we get into port?   I got a few choices from laundromatfinder.com, but don't know details, ie safe neighborhoods etc.  Any advice?

Comments

[reverend-evil.livejournal.com]

How about whatever hotel your staying at?

I grew up in the town next to Newark (Hillside) and to this day I will only go to the airport or travel though it on fast roads or trains. I would never be caught in town. The hotels closer to the airport are not in a bad area, so if you could find something there...

[ladysoleil.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I have to concur that any laundromats are going to be in the residential areas of Newark. You probably don't want to go to the kind of place that would have a sizeable laundromat. I live in a pretty safe neighborhood and even my local 'mat is sketchy to say the least.

I don't think it will help much with the volume of laundry you'll need to do, but I usually bring a bungee cord with me and use it to hang up some hand wash if needed. If you did some of that yourself, it might make farming out the remaining stuff to the ship more viable?

I'm sort of annoyed that RC doesn't have laundry on board myself. I am local, yes, but I actually don't mind throwing in a load at night while I chill in the cabin. I like being able to pack less and I'm a spiller, so destaining stuff when incidents happen is a lot less hard on the wardrobe.

[demortaine.livejournal.com]

I normally do wash small things--a habit from my college dorm days---so I guess I could expand on that a little more. I did buy a bungee cord at the dollar store today; that IS a good idea. I guess its just that if I were going to spend time doing laundry I would rather throw in a load, and have them clean and fluff dried in an hour. I've also noticed that in hotel rooms, for example, it takes FOREVER
for things to dry.

I appreciate all the input from everyone! It will work out somehow, I'm sure.

[ladysoleil.livejournal.com]

Like I said, I'm a spiller so I usually expect to need to wash something while in transit. I keep the "laundry kit" in my makeup bag- bungee cord, a few plastic clothespins, a little bottle of Woolite and a dryer sheet or two.

I agree that it wouldn't have killed RC to throw a washer and dryer onboard instead of setting up a for profit laundry service. Maybe that ought to make this year's comment card.

I'm wondering if there's anything near the port in Bayonne? That might work, too. It's a working class area but I don't think it's anywhere near as bad as Newark.

[chesch.livejournal.com]

1) Do you have access to a car?
2) How much time do you need before you have to go to another destination and where is that?
3) how far are you willing to travel to get to a laundromat?

[demortaine.livejournal.com]

No access to vehicles, except taxis. Everyone I've asked is unanimous that I need to avoid Newark as much as possible. So the new plan is to flaunt my Hilton Honors card and throw myself at the mercy of the Hampton Inn that is less than a mile from JFK and has coin op laundry. And with my luck the machines will be broken down when I get there. I could ask their permission or just try to sidle in
and hope no one notices or asks for my room number.
I'm heading to Europe, London first, but there will be no time to locate laundry facilities anywhere along the way. Better to struggle with it in the states. I'm trying to make 5 days worth of clothing stretch to 14 days. Luckily, it's all black!!

[chesch.livejournal.com]

ok. I was going to suggest a coin-op place by me (Lyndhurst, NJ) which is a small drive from the airport. But it sound like you have it mostly covered then.