To expect a tumble dryer in a family seaside property?

Never stayed in any holiday lets where they had a drier.

I learned to check the details with a fine toothcomb when we once booked a fortnight in a cottage in the Scottish Highlands. It never stopped raining, & there was no washing machine. I'll just let that sink in for a moment ...

Add to this finding a long black hair in my bed (we are all blonde) & my son finding a used plaster under his bed, & we gave up after 10 days.

I am the best dishwasher in the world <G> so we don't have a plumbed-in dishwasher or a tumble drier because my wife prefers the great outdoors for a good blow. Sometimes in the winter we use a local pay tumble drier for very large items but that's all.

Can't say I'd put it down as an essential I only purchased a one recently its handy but I could live without it for a fortnight

I do expect washing machine, freezer and microwave. Don't worry about a tumble drier because we rarely use the one we have at home. HOWEVER we have just rejected a holiday cottage cottage because it didn't have wifi.

A tumble drier would put the price up. Many of you say you would not use it but many would abuse it and they are very expensive to run. If I was a landlord I would be reluctant to supply one but if you are renting out a large family apartment I think it is essential. We use to have slot machine TV's so I wonder if you can get slot machine tumble driers.

When you go on holiday you don't want to sit in the laundrette even if you can find one.

I live a stones throw away from the sea Witzend and have never owned a tumble dryer. My DGC are hardly ever away and we spend a lot of time on the beach all year round. As a favour to my DDiL I also wash and dry 3 lots of riding gear almost every week (shirts/jodhpurs etc.) not to mention school uniforms for three children twice a week. I do, however have a washing line in the garden which I use.

I would not expect a tumble dryer in a holiday let as I would expect whoever was using the property had brought enough with them to last for the duration of their stay.

"No one had never"?? Where did that come from!

We rented a cottage this year's that cost over £2,000 for the week. It had four ensuite bedrooms which is why we went for it. It had a washer, dryer and dishwasher. What it didn't have was a vacuum cleaner. As it was close to the beach it was hard to avoid dragging sand in even when you took off your shoes at the door, so we had to ask the owners, who lived in an adjacent property, to let us have one. They said no-one had never asked for one before. I said we'd never rented a cottage that didn't have one before!

Surely the point is that if these things are important to you, you check through the information before you book. Goodness knows, there is enough given! We've always enjoyed going to quirky places, but I always look for all linen and towels included, heating in winter, wifi, enclosed garden for dogs, and parking.

In my youth, including all the years I had DDs 1 and 2 in terry nappies, I always travelled with a bucket. Even took it to a harpsichord festival in Bruges. No-one batted an eyelid or, if they did, I never noticed. Must've used the backs of chairs 'n' stuff as clothes horses, I suppose, but I can't actually remember. Even in NW Scotland, where it rains every week, stuff did get dry. Practical is my middle name.

Hung out of the Windows Deedaa? Didn't that lower the tone of the whole area?

I always used to keep the kids' clothes washing up to date on holiday.
Nowadays, I like to get some things washed, if possible, as then I come home with clean clothes ready to put away, instead of a pile of dirty stuff to deal with.

I wouldn't assume a washer and/or drier was provided. I'd check the description if I wanted to be certain of getting them.

I've never done any washing on holiday except for the odd pair of knickers. When the children were small we didn't go away. Towels and swimming costumes were just hung out of the windows and hopefully dried over night.

We've just had a smart meter installed at home and my drier costs 30p per hour-certainly not enough to prevent owners from installing driers in rental property. Not even £5 pw even if used two hours a day!

Yes in 4 star I expect all mod cons and that includes tumble drier, washing machine, dishwasher and Internet. When my children were young we had to manage without luxury on holiday, because that was all we could afford, now I want the same convenience I have at home. We are away this week with baby GD and at the rate she is out growing everything there is no way young parents have enough to last a week without washing a few things.

I do not think cottage owners want wet dripping items over the back of chairs etc, so it is a much better option to provide proper drying facilities.

Most owners include electricity and also logs for the fire in the rental price Tricia. I wouldn't consider a property that had extra charges. Linen and towels are also included, but not beach towels.

Do you get an electricity bill when you rent a holiday cottage? Or is the charge inclusive?
I've never had a tumble dryer but I've heard they use a lot of electricity. Maybe that's why they're rarely seen.
The last time we had a holiday rental all there was was a heated towel rail in the bathroom. The cottage was heated by an open fire - it was in the Lake District.

When we equipped our holiday cottage in the Algarve, I thought couples or young families would prefer a dishwasher to a washing machine as it would be easy to rinse swimming costumes and towels and dry them quickly. That was 14 years ago though, before airlines made taking luggage so expensive that more people travel with hand luggage only.
We've been staying in the cottage while we get ready for some building work done on our bit and the D/W has broken down for the first time. DD1 who was here last week with my lovely son in law surprised me by suggesting replacing it with a washing machine instead. Given that it will probably only be family using it in future and our washing machine will be available just a few steps away, I don't know which would be better. I'll probably wait and see how expensive a repair on the D/W will before making up my mind.

For the last three years we have had a seaside cottage holiday with the DGC in various resorts. Each one had a washer-drier. Did not used the drier bit but did use the washer each time. (Two of them had dish washers too. I have never used a dish washer I my life). I don't think you are being unreasonable Witzend! This year's cottage did not say it had wifi so I was going to get a dongle thingy. We get to the cottage and what did it have, yes wifi!

I think what a lot of today's holidaymakers want in rented properties is an experience different from the one they have at home. So maybe a farmhouse kitchen, a private pool, a four poster bed, a fantastic view etc. I guess it comes down to being prepared to pay more for the value added extras.

Any advance on £5,000 a week?

For a five bedroom property (if we go with children and grandchildren) we expect to pay between £2500 and £3000. They are very nice properties but not luxurious. There are many large properties that cost £4000 or even £5000 a week. A tumble dryer is the least of my expectations.

I remember cottages in the 80's that had rising damp, mismatched and chipped crockery, smelly bathrooms. Things have changed a lot.

I am obviously out of touch!

Hiring a holiday cottage is not something we tend to do

£1,000 a week in peak ho!iday time is not at all unusual for a 3 bed, well equipped property in a good location.