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A family has impressed fellow travel fans with a 'clever' method she says helps make life a bit easier once back home. Blogger Katie Moudallal (@katieandariam) impressed social

media users when she revealed her family wash their holiday clothes before they arrive home to minimise post-holiday washing. Katie explained: "If you're not doing laundry on the

last day of your holiday, then you're doing it wrong. Why would you want to waste your last day washing clothes? I'm going to let you in on a little secret. No precious time has to

be lost." She said that her family take their washing to a launderette before dinner on their final evening, making the most of the larger machines "rather than spending two days

when we get home." She added: "So here's the hack. You find your closest launderette to your hotel, separate all of your clothes by colour and put them in a suitcase each.

"The best thing is that the machines are massive. We did three loads, which would have been about ten in my machine at home." The savvy social media user added: "Now, the

elite bit, put it all back into your suitcase and then you are packed, there's nothing left to do when you go back to the hotel room. "Best thing about this is whilst this was

washing we were out having dinner. I put the timer on for when it needed to go into the dryer. Whilst it was drying, we went for some ice cream and one last stroll to the beach, then put

everything straight into the car and then boom, done, ready for when we need to leave for the airport tomorrow." Unfortunately, the tip will cost you if your hotel doesn't have

laundry facilities. Katie shared that she spent €50 in the launderette, before asking social media users if they thought the hack was worth the cost. Sharing their opinion, someone replied:

"I could never… I need my washing powder, and putting it back in the suitcase and then in the drawer doesn't sit right with me." But another said: "I would pay 500 if it

meant I didn’t have to do multiple loads at home whilst the kids then run round in more clothes getting them dirty to just to add to the washing I already had." A different response

read: "Yep this is exactly what I do on my last day I paid the lady at the laundromat to do it all cost me 25 euros came home all done loved it." However, others were completely

against the idea. One such response said: "I do washing nearly everyday at home - I will not be doing any washing while I am away." On the flip side, a comment said: "I much

prefer stay in a house with washer and dryer and always try to have everything washed before we leave, so much easier when we get home!" A commenter added: "Oh I wouldn’t pay €50.

But we do usually do our washing before we come from when staying in an air BnB. Game changer!!" Someone else wrote: "I mean who doesn’t have coins to get rid of on the last day of

their holiday. This is a good idea."