While travelling it can be very difficult and rather time consuming and expensive to have your washing done. Carrying around your own laundry room is not an option, but for those who want to do their washing and have just a small spot left in their bags for a retractable travel clothesline, you can save money and have fresh clean clothes when you want them. It is also ideal for those days when you are caught in the rain and don’t want to pack wet gear.

The travel washing line is also great for hanging over the bathtub affording you that little extra drying space which can easily and quickly be packed away and won’t leave an unsightly cord running along the top of the tub. They come in a variety of different strengths and makes and although not all are retractable, for travel, this is the ideal choice.

Both Flexoline and Rick Steves Clotheslines work on the same principle that you feed your damp clothes through the rubber braiding so that no pegs are required. While these lines will stretch, they are somewhat limited to their maximum stretch capacity. The greatest advantage of these little devices is that they are small and inexpensive with the average price range between $7.00 and $13.00. Both of these models have rings at the end of the clothesline which will require that you hook them to something in order to dry your clothes.

LC Industures and Woolite have their own version which comes with suction pads at the end for easy attachment to walls, but they are not ideal for those heavy items such as towels or jeans. For those camping or travelling, the Gelert Wind up 6.3m Camping washline may be just the answer. It includes two hooks for wall mounting and also comes with eight rust resistant pegs that are coated in plastic.