Do you wear your clothes more than once before wash?

bestpud

I love these threads!!

I think I must be Mrs average as half the posts make me feel manky and half make me feel very clean! :rotfl:

I shower or bathe every day so don't feel the need to change anything other than undies just for the sake if it.

Funnily, I will have a shower in the morning and happily put on something I have worn the day before (so long as it was properly hung up or draped over the clothes rail - I can't pick things up from the floor and put them on), but if I have a shower in the afternoon, I hate putting the same clothes back on!

Never thought about it before!! What's that about? :rotfl:

travelgran

To those who wash all their own and their family's clothes every day, what do you do on holiday? How many changes of clothes do you take?

dzug1

travelgran wrote: »

To those who wash all their own and their family's clothes every day, what do you do on holiday? How many changes of clothes do you take?

Ideally enough for the whole holiday. If that's not possible, then a mass wash in a launderette or the hotel's washing machine or even a serviced wash about half way through.

If self catering then an apartment with a machine is a must.

mumslave

Yes i take enough for the length of the holiday or at least half so I can wash everything at laundrette etc to have fresh for the remainder.

In terms of ironing, I iron every night, what we are all going to be wearing the following day.

Jacks_xxx

travelgran wrote: »

To those who wash all their own and their family's clothes every day, what do you do on holiday? How many changes of clothes do you take?

We take seven days worth of clothes for each person for a fortnight's holiday. We usually rent cottages and villas when we go on holiday so there's always a washing machine. We go on active swimming, surfing and hill climbing holidays so we make our clothes both smelly and dirty.

For a walking holiday in the Lake District for five night in a B&B I took 6 walking / travelling outfits and 5 out to dinner in the evening outfits. (plus two pairs of walking shoes and two pairs of evening shoes so I could alternate.)

For a surfing / walking holiday I'd take a mix of beach outfits, walking outfits and going out in the evening outfits. In the UK we take wellies and walking boots as well as Birkenstocks and beach sandals!

I'm one of those people who actually showers and changes their clothes at a music festival. I have a special towel with shoulder straps for trekking through the various campsites to a working shower! :)

BitterAndTwisted

travelgran wrote: »

To those who wash all their own and their family's clothes every day, what do you do on holiday? How many changes of clothes do you take?

I'm a singleton so I may not be typical but I like to travel very light indeed when I'm on my hols as I like to backpack and travel about as much as possible. This means 3 or 4 pairs of undies which get washed, one old beach-dress which I wear every day for the whole holiday (I'm not washing that just to get it all covered in sun-cream again and again) and only a few changes of evening-time separates which can be mixed and matched which only get laundered properly once I'm home. Goodness knows, when in a hot holiday place I shower twice a day so those clothes are only worn for a few hours at a time and are properly aired inbetween.

spugzbunny

Blimey! I am really surprised that people believe clothes are 'dirty' after one wear. Obviously I can only go on my own experience but my clothes are still pretty clean after a day! I would hate to be doing laundry on a constant! My bf on the other hand sweats like a monkey so yes, he needs to wash his tshirts every day. I on the other hand sweat rose petals so I am good to go for 2-3 wears!

My work tops - 1 to 2 wears - more because I wash on a Saturday and I tend to wear 4 different work tops oin 5 days so all 4 go in the wash together.
Work Trousers - 2-3 weeks of wear (go on - throw up a little!)
Vests, knickers, socks, - one wear, sometimes a night as well as day
Jeans - literally months
going out/evening clothes - basic sniff/stain test.
running gear - 3 runs (nobody can smell me running away! I air them between)
Coats - twice a year unless something spilt.
PJs - Once a week.
Bedding - 3 weeks - a month depending on circumstance!
Towels - 2 weeks.

I don't think I smell like a hamster!

tara747

mumslave wrote: »

Yes i take enough for the length of the holiday or at least half so I can wash everything at laundrette etc to have fresh for the remainder.

In terms of ironing, I iron every night, what we are all going to be wearing the following day.

You iron on hols???? :eek: Your username is very apt! Would it not be easier just to take clothes that don't need ironed?

Jacks_xxx wrote: »

We take seven days worth of clothes for each person for a fortnight's holiday. We usually rent cottages and villas when we go on holiday so there's always a washing machine. We go on active swimming, surfing and hill climbing holidays so we make our clothes both smelly and dirty.

For a walking holiday in the Lake District for five night in a B&B I took 6 walking / travelling outfits and 5 out to dinner in the evening outfits. (plus two pairs of walking shoes and two pairs of evening shoes so I could alternate.)

For a surfing / walking holiday I'd take a mix of beach outfits, walking outfits and going out in the evening outfits. In the UK we take wellies and walking boots as well as Birkenstocks and beach sandals!

I'm one of those people who actually showers and changes their clothes at a music festival. I have a special towel with shoulder straps for trekking through the various campsites to a working shower! :)

I do the same as you, I also shower and change at festivals - well I can get away with the same jeans all weekend if the weather's dry, but I prefer warm weather fests as I can wear skirts and Birkies the whole time.

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

I'm a singleton so I may not be typical but I like to travel very light indeed when I'm on my hols as I like to backpack and travel about as much as possible. This means 3 or 4 pairs of undies which get washed, one old beach-dress which I wear every day for the whole holiday (I'm not washing that just to get it all covered in sun-cream again and again) and only a few changes of evening-time separates which can be mixed and matched which only get laundered properly once I'm home. Goodness knows, when in a hot holiday place I shower twice a day so those clothes are only worn for a few hours at a time and are properly aired inbetween.

Same here. I usually bring more than one beach dress (usually strapless, Accessorize do fab ones and you can always buy them in Asia). It's easy to get clothes laundered for a few pence in the likes of Thailand too. Travelling light rocks!

starrystarry

TooDee wrote: »

You'd hate me lol, my hair takes me over an hour to wash and sort out I don't have time to do that more than once a week at the most.

I think wanting to be clean for more than just a feeling is verging on OCD. I used to change my clothes more shower more etc than I do now (i've never ironed ) but then when I had to live without a washing machine for so long i've realised its totally unnecessary to wash stuff all the time.

I'm afraid I think not washing your hair for a week and wearing the same clothes for weeks is verging on dirty/lazy.

Wood.Justin

Interesting thread here!

Work Trousers - Worn for 4 days then washed.
Work Shirts - Changed daily.
Evening Wear - Changed weekly.
Jeans - Only wear these Fri-Sun so normally up to a month without wash unless spillage occurs.
T-Shirts - Sometimes worn twice but really only wear these Fri-Sun.

Personal cleanliness - Shower daily, I'm pretty anal about this as smelly people are not fun to be around. Would never skip a shower for the world.