Central90210

Got a stay here coming here soon and got me thinking about the complimentary in-house laundry. I'm not a big hotel laundry user per se, so I'm wondering if hotels such as SGS does your laundry in a separate load not shared with anyone else, provided that your items in the same load are like-colored.

If it's a shared load, then I would think the idea of my shirt being in the same load as another dude's sweaty boxers to be revolting. If it's a 'private' load, then I would think washing a few shirts in a single load to be a grotesque waste of potable water.

I guess I will turn down the very generous offer of complimentary laundry, given that either answer will make me feel uncomfortable or guilty.

Dr. HFH

Ever send laundry or dry cleaning out when you're at home? They don't run a separate load in those large commercial machines for your single shirt or pair of trousers.


I looove having the SGS do my laundry when I'm there. Everything comes back spotlessly clean (with special attention where needed, -- AFAICT, each item is inspected before being returned to the guest) and perfectly packaged.

LIH Prem

Just curious .. how do you do your laundry when traveling?

-David

EuropeanPete

I'm really hoping that you're never considering using a hotel swimming pool!

dsquared37

I'd suggest you just ditch all your clothes after wearing once and continuously buy new duds. It should be an acceptable solution to your stated concerns.

margarita girl

This is part of the expedited service.

Central90210

I should make myself more clear - I'm not trying to be the difficult or unreasonable pain in the arse guest, I just simply want to know more about the inner workings of a hotel, especially those that have a direct impact on/ contact with me.

That being said, admittedly, I believe I am in the market niche of "aspirational" consumers, where a company or product's health (hygiene) and sustainability attributes are part of the equation - aka LOHAS. So I guess I do have a few more questions than normal consumers, "practicals" or "indifferents", though I'm definitely not a hardcore, tree-hugging green activist.

And smells sooo good too. They even fixed/ trimmed a loose string on my pair of trousers one time.

Most of my trips are under 2 weeks, so I tend to have enough supply for my entire trip. On the rare occasion where I need to do my laundry, I usually just do a full load at a laundromat near the hotel.

dsquared37

That's an aberration for the Asok area. I've used a few places (not hotels) where my laundry came back scented so heavily by softener that I had them rewashed elsewhere.

Dr. HFH

I also found that they use so much softener that my clothes came back feeling oily.

schoflyer

Clothes are "tagged" in some fashion. Like an small iron on label, or a label looped through a button hole, or a piece of thread. It's gotta be a non-exclusive wash and and dry.

Same with the sheets and towels

That being said, I think it is all done in house so if there was another sweaty shirt in your load, it's likely a Platinum's sweaty shirt.

Central90210

Not sure when they implemented the change, but you're now only limited to one breakfast food item off the menu at Rossini's, meaning that you can't order a grilled salmon with an eggs dish and finish off with a waffle.

I'll take this as a subtle nudge for us not to overeat in the morning

SkyTeam777

Is there a room category that acts as a club level here? Do Premier and Luxury rooms get free drinks in the lobby? what about Plats?

Dr. HFH

Are you paying cash for breakfast on top of your room rate?

Central90210

Nothing, it was a Plat breakfast

3rdworldresident

Im dissappointed.