Should have added, there was a reasonably sized utility room so there would have been plenty of space for a drier.
I know I should have checked first, but whenever we've stayed in the town before, it's just been me and dh, with perhaps a DD joining us for a couple of days, so we've hardly ever needed to wash anything, let alone dry it too. So although it should have, it didn't occur to me.
It's true that in the US and I dare say Canada, a drier would be standard issue.
A couple of years ago we stayed in Yosemite with sister who lives near Boston, and niece who had just graduated from Berkeley. We rented a large wooden 'cabin' with every mod con, including big dryer, gas barbecue, and huge walk in wardrobe in our room, but after doing some washing and drying it, I could not find an iron or ironing board anywhere!
My sister was not remotely surprised, having lived there for over 30 years - 'Americans don't iron anything, and hanging washing on a line is a sign of either madness or poverty.'
But I did eventually find a very mini ironing board attached to the wall in niece's room, and an iron lurking in a cupboard somewhere.
For years my sister did not even own an iron - when staying with her some time ago my other sister nearly went mad looking for one - only to be told there wasn't one! It all goes in the drier and is hung straight up.
To be fair, where she lives it is far too cold for much of the year to hang anything out, and too humid for a good part of the rest of it.