laundry service

Meaning

Laundry service is a facility provided by hotels to wash, dry, and iron guests' clothing, usually for an additional fee.

Examples

• Does this hotel offer a same-day laundry service?

  Does this hotel offer a same-day laundry service?

• I need to use the laundry service because I'm out of clean shirts.

  I need to use the laundry service because I'm out of clean shirts.

• You can find the price list for the laundry service in the closet.

  You can find the price list for the laundry service in the closet.

• Please put your dirty clothes in the bag if you want to use the laundry service.

  Please put your dirty clothes in the bag if you want to use the laundry service.

• The laundry service returned my suits perfectly ironed.

  The laundry service returned my suits perfectly ironed.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I want to do my laundry service.

  ✓ I want to use the laundry service.

  You 'use' or 'pay for' a hotel service; you 'do' your own laundry.

• ✗ Is the wash service expensive here?

  ✓ Is the laundry service expensive here?

  The standard hospitality term for cleaning clothes is 'laundry service', not 'wash service'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• We have been traveling for a week, so we really need to use the hotel's ___.

  💡 The hotel service that washes your clothes.

  Show answer

  laundry service

• Is the ___ included in the room price, or is it extra?

  💡 Service for cleaning clothes.

  Show answer

  laundry service