Washing clothes in a hotel

Chances are if you stay a week in a hotel with children you are probably going to have to wash clothes at some point. FYI most hotels have washing machines to use normally located by a fitness center or pool. However they will not provide you any detergent for cleaning. Most hotels will sell your small amount of spdetergent for a ridiculous price. Your best bet is to always bring a small bottle of detergent with you. Especially if you child has sensitive skin like mine, I have to use fragrance free and clear detergent. Normally hotels will not have this brand available for sale. Another option for people who fly to their destination is to just purchase a bottle upon arrival instead of having to pack and entire bottle of detergent. My baby spits up a lot on his bibs, clothes and blankets they cannot sit a full week in a bag without being washed. That's gross and smelly. If you want to use fabric softener in the dryers, the sheets are easier to pack and cheaper to purchase than liquid. Also another trick I use is that I either purchase empty travel size containers or keep the used bottles of hotel shampoo and reuse the bottles to put a small amount of detergent in them from home and pack the smaller bottles. Sometimes the bottles sold for purchase are still more than enough than you need in one weeks time and you shouldn't waste the rest of the unused bottle of detergent by throwing it away. Packing pre-filled bottles of detergent will give you just the right amount of use in one weeks time with out having to repackage or throw away a large detergent container.