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Old Jun 9, 2006 | 1:42 am
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Dry cleaning service

Great question. Here is a service and business idea. Pardon me if it already exists -- just point me to the co-ordinates.

Those of us that have to fly into the US from overseas for business meetings (in my case at least 10 times per year, usually more) could use a service that would permit us to fly with just carry-ons and all the convenience and peace of mind that this implies.

The service would be a dry-cleaners that provides special shipping boxes (nothing fancy, probably compartments) so that, at the end of a trip, you could ship your suits and shirts to them, they do the dry cleaning, then from home you e-mail them the address of your next hotel and date of arrival.

Since you could foresee where you would be some time out, one of the slower UPS or FedEx services would do -- you don't need next day delivery.

So, you arrive in the US with your toiletries, running gear and mobile phone (all right, and your underwear and a few other things) go to your hotel and voila, there is a package waiting for you with your clothes for that week.

Shirts folded, suits ready to be hung. Worst case scenario, they go into a steamy bathroom for 30 minutes, and you are ready to go.

At the end of the week, all goes back into the "Miracle Dry Cleaners" box (doesn't matter where the cleaners is located), and is left with the hotel front desk for shipment out that day.

Service would have to be reliable, so that you never had to show up at a meeting in a tee shirt. Or perhaps for safety's sake you travel in one suit.

There's money to be made, boys! (Or maybe its been tried and I just don't know about it)
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