Service· Sint Maarten (Dutch side)· Leeward Islands
Laundry for Cruisers (Simpson Bay & Cole Bay)
18° 2.2′ N · 63° 5.7′ W
Where lagoon cruisers get laundry done: self-service machines behind the Travel Inn on Airport Road, drop-off service at Shrimpy's and Bobby's, and several laundries along the Simpson Bay and Cole Bay roads.
Practical
Coordinate is the Travel Inn (OpenStreetMap), on Airport Road a short walk from the Palapa Marina and Dinghy Dock Bar landings. Noonsite (undated cruiser notes; verify prices locally) gives launderettes round the back of the Travel Inn, open 24 hours, at about US$2 per wash or dry. Its service laundry figures are about US$8 wash and dry at Bobby's Marina (Philipsburg) and about US$10 at Shrimpy's (Sandy Ground, French side). Other listings: Jake's Laundry & Drycleaners, Airport Road 53A, Simpson Bay (+1 721 545 2055; Noonsite 2019). Super Kleen Laundry, W.J.A. Nisbeth Road 85 (+1 721 542 3565; 2019). Two Seasons Laundry, Orange Grove Shopping Center (+1 721 544 2548; listing from 2003, so confirm it exists). Lagoon Marina in Cole Bay lists laundry among its facilities (2019). Also mapped in OpenStreetMap: Extra Clean Laundry on Welfare Road, Cay Bay, near the Cole Bay chandleries, plus King Coin Laundry & Dry Cleaner (Bush Road) and Ricky's Coin Laundry (A.Th. Illidge Road) towards Philipsburg.
Best for
Getting the laundry done in the lagoon