Mercury - 12 day Carribean - laundry advice

[MMsteffey]

Hi -- we are experienced cruisers who travel carry-on only (even before new luggage fees) and will be on our first Celebrity cruise on 12/20. I don't see self-serve laundry facilities on board -- are there any? Is there a "laundry Special" mid - cruise? (Princess does this) Or, can you recommend fluff-n-fold in any of these ports -- Labadee, Samana,Tortola, St. Maartin,St. Kitts, Antigua? (We've done this in Mexico).

Thanks!

[Lsimon]

There is no self serve laundry on board. There are usually no laundry specials unless you are select or elite Captains Club (past Celebrity cruisers with 5 or more cruise credits) except for an end of cruise bag of laundry special that is sometimes offered.

 

Personally, if it were me I'd just count on spending $50 to $100 on laundry. We typically spend $20 to $50 on laundry even with large cases, but we usually do at least a few days pre-cruise. The laundry coupons and specials are nice and usually worth around $20 to $50 in discounts.

 

Even when they offer a bag of laundry special on board it is usually around $29 if not associated with a Captains Club discount and the most I've squeezed into one of those bags is $45 to $50. While that is a nice deal it only represents a $15 to $20 savings - nothing to sneeze at but not a deal breaker either. Also - the bag of laundry special is wash and fold only and does not include pressing shirts and slacks which the per peice rates do.