Revenue from laundry facilities

We have coin operated machines, and make a small amount from them. How much you make would depend a lot on your location and your customer profile. For example if you are expecting a lot of medium to long staying guests you should do alright on it. We get a lot of short stay guests, and don't get a lot of money from the laundry. We also use the machines to wash all the hostel linen, so they are there anyway, and any extra revenue is a bonus. If we we just to provide coin operated washer and dryer for the guest and our sheets were done externally it wouldn't pay for itself.

If it's just for washing the guests' clothes a regular household machine would probably be sufficient. When you start washing all of the sheets too, then the load may be too much for a regular machine to handle. A commercial machine will hold up much better under constant use.

that brings interesting question
what is the average stay in hostel ??
and what is maximum number of days w/o changing ( I would say 3 or 4)

Laundry facilities we have one Maytag washer and Maytag natural gas dryer and gas water heater(s). We wash all our own sheets on Mondays and on wed. often wash 20 sets of sheets (20 beds) that takes about 6 hours then wash shop coveralls another 2 and half hours. WE wash towels on tuesdays and fridays. IF things are slow we allow the guests to wash clothes at $2. per load for the washer including soap and $1 for the dryer. We are going change our way of doing things as too many guests leave clothes in the washer or dryer and leave coins or pens or other sharp objects in the clothes as this ties up the washer because we are not on town water (own well) we do not permit washing if the hostel is near full between 18.30 hours and 21.30 hours or between 7.30 hours and 9.00 hours and no washing between 23.30 hours and 5.00 hours I think for next summer in the busy season other than work exchange staff we will do laundry and fold it and charge by the pound or the load for full loads On other days it takes about 3 to 4 hours to wash the sheets and towels Note we do have a second washer and dryer in the barn for shop and farm staff that we keep for very dirty items. The biggest cost of laundry is wages this reduced by cleaning rooms at the same time, and having 2 sets of sheets for every bed so anything not washed one day can be washed next day as a laundry service would take too much storage and we do not have same number of guests all the time this way if things change can change things faster. If we were to add a second washer dryer and extra water heater even if we could find the space it would cost a min of $5000.( excluding septic permits which might need a new septic and weeper bed at $ 15,000 plus)
for a cost if $20,000. So we will make do for a short busy season hostel. So make sure about your water and sewage costs before you put the laundry facilities in.