You land at Pudong, check in, and open the laundry list on the desk. One shirt, pressed: a price that would buy you a decent lunch. Five shirts for a week of meetings and the bill starts to look silly. Most people pay it anyway because they don’t know there’s another option.
There is. We collect from your hotel lobby, clean and press everything at our Shanghai workshop, and bring it back to reception. Same shirts, same hangers, a much smaller number on the invoice.
What a week of shirts actually costs
Our Shanghai price for a button-up shirt is ¥20, washed and pressed. Hotel laundry in the city often charges several times that per shirt, and express or same-day service usually adds a surcharge on top. Here is a typical business-trip bag with our prices:
| Item | Qty | Our price |
|---|---|---|
| Button-up shirts | 5 | ¥100 |
| Suit jacket | 1 | ¥48 |
| Trousers | 2 | ¥56 |
| Total | ¥204 |
Pickup and delivery is free over ¥300 inside the Puxi inner ring, ¥38 below that, and from ¥68 for farther areas such as Pudong. If you’re staying a full week, it usually makes sense to send everything in one bag.
Same day, if you plan around 11am
In Shanghai we can return clothes the same day if we collect before 11am. A few rules apply:
- Same-day isn’t available on Fridays or Chinese public holidays.
- It covers normal clothes only. Leather, shoes, bedding and rugs take longer.
- If you’re really stuck, our 6-hour express service is available at double the normal price.
A simple routine that works for most people: hand the bag to reception on the way to your morning meeting, and pick it up from the front desk when you get back.
How the hotel pickup works
- Book online or scan our WeChat QR and send your hotel name, room number and a pickup time.
- Leave the bag at reception with your name and room number on it, or meet our driver in the lobby.
- We count the items and confirm the price before cleaning.
- Everything comes back pressed, on hangers or folded, to the front desk or your door.
Most hotels in Shanghai are fine with this. If yours asks, just tell them a laundry service will collect a bag for you.
A few things worth knowing
- Point out stains. Coffee on a cuff or oil on a tie is much easier to remove when we know about it.
- Check your pockets. Business cards and pens survive a wash about as well as you’d expect.
- Staying longer? Our wash, dry and fold service is priced by the kilo and is the cheapest way to handle gym clothes and T-shirts.
For the full price list, including dresses, coats and alterations, see our Shanghai dry cleaning page. And if you want the longer version of this argument, we wrote up how hotel laundry compares across China.
Quick answers
Can I get my shirts back the same day in Shanghai?
Yes, if we collect before 11am, Monday to Thursday or at the weekend. Same-day is not available on Fridays or public holidays. A 6-hour express option costs double.
Will my hotel let you collect?
Almost always. Leave the bag at reception with your name and room number and tell them a laundry service will pick it up.