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

[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.