HAL Alaskan CruiseTour in Dawson City

[MSEm]

I will be on the Alaskan CruiseTour #3 departing Vancouver on Aug 4. On the Land portion we will have 2 nights in Dawson City (Westmark Hotel??).

I would like to plan on washing 1 or 2 loads of clothes on our first night in Dawson City. Is there a self serve laundry in the hotel or in town? If so what currency? Canadian coins? Thanks for the help.

[obriendan]

We were in Dawson City in 1999 and indeed we did the laundry at the Westmark Hotel. I'm sure we had to use Canadian currency.

[eh2zed]

We have stayed at the Westmark in Dawson City. Interesting frontier style town. Hope you get to see the Gaslight Follies. Westmark website says it has a Guest Laundry. That sounds like a laundramat. Canadian coins in Canada. Don't forget we have $1 (Loonie)and $2(toonie) coins; no bills until $5

[ScottishMaid]

We were there last summer. Lots of people using the laundry in the hotel. I'm sure the hotel reception could provide the needed coins.

[unionville3]

We just returned from Tour 2 - which also included two nights in Dawson. The Westmark hotel actually has two separate laundry rooms. We chose to use the larger machines for a cost of $3 a load. They also had smaller machines for $1.50 a load in the other room. The front desk can help with Canadian currency. It was wonderful to have clean clothes halfway through the trip.

[MSEm]

Thanks for all of the great info. I will plan on doing 2 loads of wash while in Dawson City. Shoud I bring my own detergent and fabric softener sheets?

We will arrive in Dawson City on day 8 of our 20 day trip. I do not want to plan on doing all the laundry in a sink.

[unionville3]

I'm not sure if detergent is available at Dawson or not. We packed one of the travel size Tide liquid detergents that we purchased at Target.

[plantlady095]

Reception will have all that you need to get some wash done. There were laundry rooms at all of the Westmarks on Cruisetour #6. I liked the one in Tok the best. Also, on the Zaandam they had a laundry deal where they washed, ironed/folded a laundry bag full of dirty clothes for $12. We had been traveling for over two weeks at that time so it was a huge treat. In Skagway, the town seemed to close up early but I believe that there is a laundry room in the hotel. You will have a wonderful trip. If you have other questions, just ask!