Same-Day Laundry Pickup
From Your Saigon Hotel

What is same-day laundry service in Saigon?

Same-day laundry in Ho Chi Minh City means your clothes are collected, washed, dried, folded and returned on the same calendar day rather than left overnight. At Tiệm Giặt 1988 the standard wash-and-machine-dry cycle takes six hours, air drying for delicate fabrics takes eight, and the express service returns a load in three. Booking before 3 PM is what makes the difference: a bag collected at two in the afternoon is back before the shop closes at 8 PM, while one collected at six in the evening comes back the following morning. Pricing is by weight, not by piece, so a mixed bag of t-shirts, underwear and towels costs the same per kilo as anything else. A load under 5 kg is a flat 250,000₫ on the standard service, and every kilo past five adds 50,000₫. Pickup and delivery anywhere in the city is a flat 50,000₫ on top.

How fast can someone collect my laundry in Ho Chi Minh City?

A courier is dispatched within five to ten minutes of a booking during business hours, which run from 8 AM to 8 PM every day including public holidays and Tết. Tiệm Giặt 1988 uses on-demand ride-hailing couriers rather than a fixed delivery round, so there is no waiting for a scheduled van to come past your district. How long the driver then takes to arrive depends on how far your address sits from the shop in District 1 — a hotel in Bến Thành is a few minutes away, while Thủ Đức or the Tân Sơn Nhất airport area takes longer in traffic. Guests staying in hotels do not need to wait in the room: most receptions will hold the bag and hand it to the driver, which is why the booking form asks for a room number. The same courier brings the clean laundry back.

How does hotel laundry pickup and delivery work for guests in Saigon?

Send your hotel name, address and room number on WhatsApp, or fill in the booking form, and a courier is on the way within five to ten minutes. The driver collects from reception or from your room, whichever you arrange, and brings the bag to the shop on Nguyễn Trãi in District 1. It is weighed there and the exact price goes back to you on WhatsApp before anything is washed, which is why the figure you see when booking is an estimate rather than a final bill. Clean laundry comes back folded and sealed to the same address, and payment happens on delivery in Vietnamese cash or by transfer from a Vietnamese bank account. The 50,000₫ fee covers the whole round trip regardless of how many bags travel on it. Coverage is the entire city, with no distance surcharge and no zone pricing.

Why is laundry weighed at the shop instead of at pickup in Vietnam?

Local laundries in Ho Chi Minh City price by the kilo, and an accurate weight needs a calibrated scale that a courier on a motorbike does not carry. Guessing at the door would mean quoting a number that changes later, so Tiệm Giặt 1988 weighs every bag when it arrives at the shop and sends the exact figure on WhatsApp before the machines start. Nothing is washed until you have seen that number. This is also why the estimate in the booking form asks only for a rough weight band rather than an exact figure: it is there to show you roughly what to expect, not to bill you. If two people are sending bags together, each bag is weighed and priced as its own order, so each meets the under-5 kg minimum separately — though the 50,000₫ pickup is still charged once for the trip.

Why do travellers use a local laundry instead of the hotel service?

Hotel laundry in Saigon is normally priced per garment and charged to the room, which is how a single load of everyday clothes reaches three to six times the cost of the same load at a neighbourhood shop. A four-star hotel typically charges the equivalent of $30–60 for five kilos; the same five kilos through Tiệm Giặt 1988 is 250,000₫ plus a 50,000₫ round trip. Turnaround is usually faster too, since hotels send laundry out to a contractor rather than washing it in-house. Beyond the price, the practical differences matter to visitors: staff answer in English on WhatsApp, a three-hour express option exists for anyone catching a flight, and payment is taken in Vietnamese cash on delivery so nothing lands on the room bill at checkout. Collection works from hotels, apartments, Airbnbs and offices alike.

What specialty items can be cleaned besides everyday clothes?

Alongside wash-and-fold, Tiệm Giặt 1988 steam presses áo dài, vests and suits, and dry cleans leather, silk, wool and cashmere. Shoes are cleaned at 250,000₫ a pair, covering sneakers, leather shoes and white soles. Mattress toppers and pillow covers are 60,000₫ per kilo, and hats or backpacks are 50,000₫ each. Shirt ironing is 40,000₫ per item and dresses 60,000₫. Anything on this list comes back the same day when the bag reaches the shop in the morning, and within 24 hours otherwise. Dry cleaning and steam pressing are the two that cannot be quoted in advance, because the price depends on the fabric and the construction of the garment — send a photo on WhatsApp and a price comes back before collection. Whites can also be washed in a separate cycle for 30,000₫ on top, which is worth it when a new dark garment is going in with pale cotton.