Summer is travel season. Whether you're heading to the coast, relaxing at a resort, exploring a new city, or taking a weekend road trip, the clothes you pack help set the tone for your vacation. Lightweight linen shirts, breezy dresses, polos, and other warm-weather favorites keep you comfortable while helping you look your best.
While most travelers spend time planning where they'll go and what they'll do, few think about how to care for their vacation wardrobe before they leave or after they return. A little preparation can help your favorite summer pieces stay looking fresh throughout the season.
Start Your Vacation Looking Your Best
Packing freshly cleaned and pressed clothing can make your trip much more enjoyable.
After hours folded inside a suitcase, some wrinkles are inevitable, but garments that begin the trip clean and properly finished are far more likely to maintain a polished appearance. Instead of spending valuable vacation time searching for an iron or trying to smooth wrinkles with shower steam, you'll be ready to enjoy your destination sooner.
Summer fabrics deserve a little extra attention. Linen is a favorite for warm-weather travel because it's cool and breathable, but it's also known for wrinkling easily. Polos, lightweight dresses, and casual button-downs can lose their crisp appearance after repeated wear in the summer heat.
Having these items cleaned and pressed before your trip helps them travel better, look sharper, and feel more comfortable from the moment you unpack.
The Stains Summer Travels Bring
Vacation often means spending more time outdoors, dining out, and exploring new places, which also means your clothes encounter more opportunities for stains.
Sunscreen can leave behind oily marks and yellow discoloration, especially around collars and necklines. Sweat can dull lighter fabrics over time, while sand and saltwater may leave garments feeling stiff if they aren't cleaned properly after a beach day.
Summer treats and outdoor meals bring their own challenges. Ice cream, fruit, barbecue sauces, coffee, and colorful beverages can all leave behind stubborn spots if they're allowed to sit too long.
Addressing stains sooner rather than later gives fabrics the best chance of looking like new again and helps preserve the color, texture, and lifespan of your favorite summer clothing.
Unpack Without the Laundry Pile
Returning home is often a whirlwind of unpacking, grocery shopping, and getting back into your everyday schedule. Tackling several loads of laundry is rarely anyone's favorite way to end a vacation.
Instead, let Lapels Cleaners help make the transition home a little easier. Whether you need dry cleaning for delicate garments, Wash & Fold service for everyday laundry, alterations to repair travel wear, or shoe and handbag care, our team is here to help refresh the items that traveled with you.
Many vacation garments are made from fabrics that benefit from specialized care. Proper cleaning helps maintain their appearance while extending the life of the clothes you enjoy wearing season after season.
Rather than spending your first weekend home catching up on laundry, simply stop by your neighborhood Lapels Cleaners or schedule Pickup & Delivery where available. We'll handle the garment care while you get back to enjoying your summer.
Enjoy More Summer, Worry Less About Laundry
Vacations should create memories, not extra chores.
At Lapels Cleaners, we make caring for your wardrobe simple before and after every trip. Whether you're preparing your favorite linen outfits before you leave or refreshing everything once you're home, our convenient services are designed to fit your schedule.
From expert dry cleaning and Wash & Fold to alterations, shoe and handbag repair, and Pickup & Delivery at participating locations, Lapels Cleaners helps you spend less time doing laundry and more time enjoying everything summer has to offer.