Holland America Laundry Packages, Pricing and More
Holland America has several options for doing your laundry while sailing. We dive into packages, pricing, and more, plus a couple ways to get “free” laundry.
Holland America is known for it’s destination cruises to far flung ports around the world. Whether you are sailing on one of these months long multi-continent adventures or a week in the Caribbean you might wonder what options are available for doing your laundry onboard Holland America’s ships.
We dive into everything you need to know about laundry services onboard Holland America Line.
Key Things To Know
🧦 There are no self-service laundry facilities onboard
💵 There are 3 main types of laundry services available:
– Charged per item sent out
– By the bag – fill a bag for one set price
– Unlimited laundry services during your cruise
What laundry services are available with Holland America?
- Per Item
- Regular and Eco-Friendly Dry Cleaning Options
- Can be returned “Express” or same-day for an additional charge
- Returned within 48 hours
- Pay per item
- By the Bag
- Fill up the blue laundry bag as full as you can for one set price
- Typically returned within 24 hours
- Pay per bag
- Unlimited
- laundry services (laundry and pressing) or just pressing services
- returned within 48 hours
What laundry packages are available?
Laundry by the bag
For most folks on a shorter cruise (and even some on longer cruises) this works out to be the best option. You can stuff these bags as full as possible to send out for one flat rate. I nearly guarantee that you’re able to get more value out of this bag than paying per item.
However, that only works if you have enough to send out to fill a bag. I think most folks would be able to do that easily though.
Unlimited laundry for the duration of your cruise
The next option is to buy unlimited laundry for your cruise. This means you can send out as much as you’d like and they will bring it back either on hangars or neatly folded in a basket.
It typically takes about 48 hours to get items back but I’ve heard of them getting back as soon as the same day even without paying for the express service.
What are laundry prices on Holland America?
| Package | Price |
|---|---|
| By the Bag | $35 per bag (has sometimes been as low as $25 and can have some variation depending on voyage) |
| Unlimited Laundry | Usually $10.50 per day, per stateroom, see note below |
| Unlimited Pressing | Usually $5 per day, per stateroom, see note below |
*Note: There are sometimes discounts on the unlimited pricing for long voyages. For instance, on the Grand Pole to Pole cruise, at 133 days, you could have unlimited laundry for the full voyage at $997.50 which works out to $7.50 per day. For unlimited pressing it is $399, or $3 per day
Holland America’s Per Item Laundry Pricing
These are the prices for sending laundry out per item for regular service. These would add up pretty quick and likely make the by-the-bag option a better value.
| Item | Laundry Price (USD) | Eco-Friendly Dry Cleaning (Press & Clean) |
|---|---|---|
| Jacket/ Blazer | $5.00 | 5.50 |
| Dinner/Tuxedo Jacket | 6.00 | |
| Trousers / Jeans / Pants / Slacks | $4.00 | 5.00 |
| Skirt | $4.50 | 5.00 |
| Dress | $6.50 | $9.00-$10.50 (length, material, formal, etc) |
| Shirt (regular) / Blouse | $3.50 | $5.00 |
| Shirt (dress) / Blouse (silk) | $4.50 | $5.50 |
| Tuxedo shirt | $5.00 | $9.00 (Tuxedo) |
| Walking shorts | $3.50 | $4.50 |
| Polo shirt / T-shirt | $3.00 | |
| Undershirt | $2.00 | |
| Undershort / Panty | $2.00 | |
| Slip | $3.00 | |
| Brassiere | $2.00 | |
| Handkerchief | $1.30 | |
| Socks (per pair) / Hosiery | $2.00 | |
| Nightgown | $5.50 | |
| Pajamas (silk add $1.00) | $4.50 | $5.00 |
| Sweatshirt / Sweater | $4.00 | $5.00 |
| Vest | $2.75 | $3.50 |
| Swimsuit / Bikini | $3.00 | |
| Suit | $9.00-$10.25 (2 or 3 piece) |
Ways to get complimentary laundry services
There are two ways to get laundry included on your Holland America cruise – book into an eligible suite or have a high enough loyalty status as part of their Mariner program.
Book an eligible suite
For all sailings, booking a Neptune or Pinnacle Suite will offer you complimentary laundry services onboard.
On a Grand Voyage, you mmay be able to enjoy that perk starting at the Vista Suite level, depending on if you book early enough for the Grand Voyage Early Booking Benefits. For instance, if you book their 2026 World Cruise, you can receive complimentary laundry, pressing, and dry-cleaning, but only if you book the full voyage.
Be a 4 Star Mariner or Higher
As a 4 Star Mariner as part of Holland America’s loyalty program, guests are eligible to get laundry and pressing services. This does not include dry cleaning services. To get to this coveted 4 star status you need to have 200 cruise day credits.
Does Holland America have self serve launderettes?
No. There are no self service launderettes onboard any of the eleven ships in Holland America’s fleet. This means to do laundry onboard you either need to send it out through the ships laundry service, or alternatively you could hand wash in your sink or bathtub.
While handwashing isn’t ideal, depending on the length of your cruise with just a couple items and some laundry detergent sheets it could do the trick. Each cabin shower has a hanging line for you to use.
For those long-time Holland America cruisers – you are remembering correctly that back in the day some ships did have self-service launderettes, but post pandemic there have been no launderettes available for guest use on Holland America ships.
FAQ’s:
What can you not bring on a Holland America cruise?
If you’re thinking of packing your steamer to get those wrinkles out you unfortunately need to think again.
Relating to laundry, you cannot bring steamers or travel irons. Really anything with a heating element you can’t bring onboard. There are plenty more items than that though, for a complete list of prohibited items click here.
What happens if I accidentally packed a prohibited item?
They won’t throw you overboard or throw your stuff out. They’ll simply confiscate the prohibited item for the duration of your cruise and returned prior to you disembarking.
Can you use onboard credit for laundry services?
Absolutely! And with Holland America offering so many ways to get extra onboard credit it would be a great use of those funds (that you might even get for free).
Conclusion: Holland America Laundry Options
Whether you are onboard for 6 days or 6 months if you need to get laundry done Holland America does a great job with their laundry services onboard.
It is unfortunate they do not have any self-serve laundries onboard, especially because some other cruise lines do. However, it’s nice they have a variety of options available for passengers to choose from so you can get as much or as little laundry done while onboard as you need.
