How many loads of laundry in a typical 1 week timeshare visit?

[bwvBound]

Why this question? Did you hear a rumor that DVC was removing the washer/dryer to save money?

No, not at all. I asked because of the various discussions on "studio vs 1BR" often mention laundry as a differentiator. Personally, I'm surprised by those who defend their choice of studio claiming that they 'don't care to run laundry while on vacation.' I don't see laundry as a chore, in this sense, and wondered if I was an outlier. It appears my laundry use (3 - 4 loads/week) is not unusual.

 

[lizard1]

I don't do that many in 2 months let alone 2 weeks!!

I realized that much but I just can't fathom spending that much time doing laundry on my vacation. 35 loads is ALOT. That's crazy. Of course we also (thankfully) don't have 8 in our family!

I do at least a load of darks a day at home in my much larger machine (and I only have 5 at home). It really isn't a big deal to run laundry, and it isn't like I stay in the room all day to do it. I start a load when I get up in the morning, or if I'm back in the room for a bit, or before I go to bed. It's not a big deal when you're used to doing it that frequently anyway and I'd rather do that then pack a ton of extra clothes and have that many loads of laundry to still do after my vacation.

 

[JimMIA]

No, not at all. I asked because of the various discussions on "studio vs 1BR" often mention laundry as a differentiator. Personally, I'm surprised by those who defend their choice of studio claiming that they 'don't care to run laundry while on vacation.' I don't see laundry as a chore, in this sense, and wondered if I was an outlier. It appears my laundry use (3 - 4 loads/week) is not unusual.

I don't consider it a chore on vacation. I don't know what we would have done last year on our two week AZ trip without the washer/dryers at Wyndham Sedona and Wyndham Flagstaff!

 

[TikiMan0228]

Our Labor Day week we had to do wardrobe changes every afternoon so we did laundry every night to wash the days clothes.

 

[brooke789]

At home I'd do 3 loads of laundry a day. On vacation I have a minimum of one load of day. Of course, some days I'd skip/miss and possibly double up the next day.

 

[DenLo]

What really changes the amount of laundry we do at WDW is the season. You just can wear those same wet clothes again after coming back to the room and going swimming. We have gotten into the habit of showering before dinner and then wearing clean clothes that we wear again the next day. But then if we return to the park that night and it's still hot out and then those clothes will need laundering too and I need another shower. Plus I love to go home with clean laundry. Nothing ruins a vacation than coming home to mounds of laundry and going to work the next day. And now that I am retired it still is a nice feeling knowing I don't have to do laundry right away.

 

[bwvBound]

I don't consider it a chore on vacation. I don't know what we would have done last year on our two week AZ trip without the washer/dryers at Wyndham Sedona and Wyndham Flagstaff!

Rabbit trail from the thread: How was the Wyndham Flagstaff? Last weekend we drove San Diego <> Wyndham Pagosa (CO) through Flagstaff in both directions; this was our 5th trek and next year is already booked. We love stopping in Flagstaff for breakfast (both directions) as it makes a nice spot to stop, stretch, relax for a bit. This year we wondered, aloud, "Hey, perhaps we ought to visit Flagstaff as a destination!" Given our available timeshare options, the Wyndham Flagstaff would be a likely home-away-from-home in that area.

 

[bwvBound]

At home I'd do 3 loads of laundry a day.

I wish I had enough water to run 3 loads a week! Sigh. I'd say, "I need a deeper well," but that will only solve my shortage for a few years. A neighbor just three lots down the road drilled a new well last month to 900 feet. She is devastated to find it only produces ~ 1 gallon / minute. While that is 3x my well's production, that was an incredible expense for only marginal results. Sigh.

 

[Donald - my hero]

I always do laundry when i'm away for more than 3 nights --- i hate, hate HATE bringing home a suitcase of dirty clothes. I would rather take the time when i'm on vacation to do it, squeeze in an extra walk around the resort, a nice drink and a book somewhere, OR perhaps a little Netflix (speaking of which will i be able to stream thru my Chrome Cast??) We don't own enough clothes to make it thru the typical 2 week (or longer) trips to DIsney and since we always travel in the winter we're dealing with a different wardrobe than at home. Last year we stayed at the Dolphin and i still did a couple of loads --- we pull any US coins out of the change we collect at home for just this purpose!!

Oddly enough, it's a chore i really resent at home but not so much when on vacation, colour me weird!

 

[bwvBound]

Oddly enough, it's a chore i really resent at home but not so much when on vacation, colour me weird!

Could the location of the laundry play into the difference? At the timeshare, it is located in the heart of everything -- often between kitchen and bathroom -- an area of high traffic. You'll always be walking by the laundry anyway -- might as well make a brief stop to start/move/stop a load? Whereas at home, the laundry might be at the far end of a hallway, off the beaten track, or in a location with poor lighting? Just wondering ...

My laundry at home is at the far back of a separate building. Carrying the laundry between buildings, especially if should have a rainy day (rarely, too rarely!), or very windy day (common) can make it feel like a chore. I've certainly had to chase a few socks that flew off in the wind!

 

[keaster]

For week stays we get a 1 or 2 bedroom. We usually do laundry twice...once about halfway through and then the night before so we have clean clothes packed for return home! We are family of three so probably 1 load first time and two at the end so 3 loads total

 

[Donald - my hero]

Could the location of the laundry play into the difference? At the timeshare, it is located in the heart of everything -- often between kitchen and bathroom -- an area of high traffic. You'll always be walking by the laundry anyway -- might as well make a brief stop to start/move/stop a load? Whereas at home, the laundry might be at the far end of a hallway, off the beaten track, or in a location with poor lighting? Just wondering ...

My laundry at home is at the far back of a separate building. Carrying the laundry between buildings, especially if should have a rainy day (rarely, too rarely!), or very windy day (common) can make it feel like a chore. I've certainly had to chase a few socks that flew off in the wind!

Not in my case, we've never stayed in anything other than a studio - or regular hotel room -- always need to cart the laundry to another building or end of a very long hall ... like i said, colour me weird

 

[brooke789]

I wish I had enough water to run 3 loads a week! Sigh. I'd say, "I need a deeper well," but that will only solve my shortage for a few years. A neighbor just three lots down the road drilled a new well last month to 900 feet. She is devastated to find it only produces ~ 1 gallon / minute. While that is 3x my well's production, that was an incredible expense for only marginal results. Sigh.

I've never heard of anything like this. Seriously, how do you live? Can you flush the toilet, take showers, run the dishwasher? I can't even imagine!

 

[bwvBound]

I've never heard of anything like this. Seriously, how do you live? Can you flush the toilet, take showers, run the dishwasher? I can't even imagine!

We are in the mountain / high desert region of San Diego. We are all on wells and most have water storage tanks on our properties. Two weeks ago, in a desperate measure, I replaced my old 5K gallon tank (it sprung a leak) with a pair of new 5k gallon tanks run in series. The well pump pulls water, as often as it is available, from the groundwater aquifer to the tanks. If there is ample groundwater, running the house from the water storage tanks is no different than any city home thanks to the pressure tank and booster pump. I have floats/switches in the storage tanks to help me monitor levels and make my plans accordingly. My hope is that once the tanks fill (recovery is a very slow process!) I can get ahead of our water use during the wet months and then have a better buffer in the dry months. This drought is very real.

Yes, generally we can shower and flush toilets -- but through the warmer months (March-October), I often need to make a trade off: shower or laundry. It has been a very long dry season: sink baths become the norm. I went a full week this summer flushing toilets with buckets of water drawn manually from the rain catch barrels as my water storage tank level was insufficient to run the booster pump. Let's just say you learn to monitor water usage carefully and you must make decisions. Which is more important: Watering the livestock? Watering the garden? Watering the rose bushes? Taking a shower?

FWIW, we finally let the rose bushes go this year. Sad ... but there simply wasn't enough water. And one night, after an especially hot day, I took a lovely skinny-dip in the horse's water trough just before cleaning it. I couldn't bear the idea of dumping all that lovely water just to clean the trough ... so after dark I stripped down, jumped in and soaked. That was incredibly marvelous: water all the way to my ears! (Imagine the joy compare to a week of skimpy sink baths.)

Gladly -- there are timeshares to give us a weekend of "high living." Yep, we get caught up on laundry, soak in a deep bathtub (joy!), and feel clean from head to toe. 'Water' is becoming a 'Resort Amenity' that rivals any other activity, theme park or dining option! Nope, not kidding.

 

[Sleepy425]

Easily 10+ for us.
Prior to having DVC, I didn't mind doing laundry while the rest of the family swam (I hate water, so it is the perfect excuse not to be near a pool).
Our last trip was our first trip in a two bedroom. We only had 3 of our kids to begin with, so we spent the first two nights in a studio with my twin 1 year olds and my 4 year old. By the time we got to the 2BR I had six loads of laundry to do (the stackables at AKV are so small, as others have said).
Then each day I would do a load at least twice a day, sometimes more often (my 4th child that was off with my parents at the beginning of the trip was potty training - so that made even more laundry).
This year all 4 kids are potty trained, so maybe it won't be as much laundry. But I'm only bringing 4 outfits each for our ten day vacation, so I definitely plan on doing laundry. And I hate bringing dirty laundry home, so I will happily spend the last night/morning finishing it up.

 

[Nanajo1]

I pack dye magnet sheets so I can combine loads.

 

[mort1331]

I said 0. Still having a hard time understanding the question. Maybe i should ask my spouse.

 

[dvcdisney]

I voted 5-6 since I usually do 12-15 loads during our 2 week vacation in a 1bd villa. If we are staying in a studio, I don't usually do any laundry.

This also would depend more on how often we go to the pool. I only take 2 sets of swimwear for each of us and we don't re-wear it...so I'll do a load after both are used. I also don't get housekeeping during our stay, so I will wash our towels every 3 days.

I do love having the ensuite laundry...I end up packing less.

 

[DVC-Don]

Load a night. We only pack two changes of clothes.

 

[puffkin]

For hot weather trips we typically do a load every day. With 5 people and how sweaty and gross we get, it is usually at least 3/4 full. I am not putting gross morning clothes back on for the evening after pool/showers. In the cool weather trips we do a lot of layering but the clothing is bulkier so we still end up with 1 load a day typically. We pack about 4 days worth of stuff for a weeklong trip and take 2 suitcases. I also love coming home and putting away clean clothes (especially the trip our luggage got lost in 95 degree weather for 2 days...thank god it was all clean clothes or that suitcase would have been a haz mat situation). Usually when we unpack I only have 1 load to do at home. It really isn't much of a chore....start when leaving in morning, throw in dryer when taking afternoon break. Put away before bed. Super easy.