Will I successfully do my laundry in Cambridge tonight?
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I'm staying at Travelodge Cambridge Newmarket Road. I've got ~no clothes left. And they don't have laundry machines in the hotel. Ugh.

I'm here for the MARS program, which begins dinner at 6:30pm. There's a talk that will probably last until 7:30 or 8pm, so I fear I must be expeditious. (Edit: Wait, will I have to skip the talk? If the last wash is at 8pm — working backwards, maybe I should have a quick dinner and uber right back to the hotel (25 min walk, 5 min uber), to be at the hotel at 7:15pm to begin my plan...)

After some chatting with people, my current plan is

  • Get to hotel

  • Walk to Asda Superstore to buy detergent and get coins (I have 50 British pounds rn)

  • Continue on to Monarch Coin Op Launderette, which closes at 9pm (but it says "the last wash is at 8pm?") and seems like it can be glitchy ... quite worried the clothes will be wet or something

I am searching for a more robust plan than this one — YES bettors, feel free to help me out here!

There are a couple people at MARS with connections to the University of Cambridge, so I might ask them for a better solution.

Resolves YES if I do my laundry tonight, such that I don't have to worry about doing laundry for the remaining week of my trip (till I get home — it's been a week so far, and I brought enough clothes for one week, not realizing that laundry at the hotel would be impossible).

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You could also Voi if you wanted to get there faster than walking but cheaper than an Uber (maybe slightly less safe though)

@Jasonb Can you send a maps link? I’m not sure what Voi refers to

@Conflux Oh it's an app that lets you hire e-scooters to go from place-to-place. It's pretty convenient once you're setup.

@Jasonb Oh hm. Seems hard carrying my laundry. And a $15 uber is not a big deal to me, esp for something of this level of logistical annoyance

bought Ṁ50 YES

Yeah, last wash means they will likely turn you away at 8:01 pm since the wash cycles take a while

@Conflux are you planning on skipping the talk?

@prismatic I think I have to. I’m out of clothes!

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