Best of Italy 17 days…hairdryers?

Do you have the list of all hotels for your tour? That should provide a way to contact them, if their website is silent on hairdryers.

Did that tour pre covid and pretty sure there were hairdryers at all of the hotels
. I know we used them to dry clothes at a couple of stops.

If you do bring your own, be sure the adapter plug is rated to handle the load a hairdryer requires.

Once you get your list of hotels look them up on booking.com and they usually list hair dryers if you get them in room-most provide them.

I'd be shocked if any of your tour hotels didn't have hairdryers. Very occasionally I've had to request one at the reception desk but I think I've always been able to get one, and I stay in a lot of hotels of lower quality than the ones the tours use. That's after staying in over 200 lodgings since 2015.

A US hairdryer that isn't dual voltage won't work in Europe without a heavy converter, and even with a converter you may cause damage to the hairdryer or blow a fuse.

I'll echo what the others say about dual voltage heat appliances. Even with converters, it's best to buy one when you land. Then you have it for next time. There's sure to be a location near your first hotel that sells them. Do a quick maps.google search of the hotel then use the "search" feature to looks for a department store or pharmacy. Or, ask the front desk clerk. All those ladies in Europe use heat appliances as well.

I've been traveling overseas for almost 30 years and have yet to find a hotel or B&B that did not include a hairdryer. In fact, the only time it happened was at a Clarion Inn in Merrillville, outside of Chicago. That annoyed me because it listed hairdryers as an amenity on their website but none of the rooms had them. But they had other problems as well.

But that aside, as mentioned above, I would be extremely surprised to find that your room did not have one.

That’s a fantastic tour, by the way! I’ve stayed in 40+ hotels & B&B’s in Italy, and I can’t remember one that didn’t have a hairdryer. But, the hairdryers in Italy can vary at how effective they are at drying your hair. Some of them are what I refer to as “hair warmers” - not much power at actually blowing your hair dry. If you don’t want to take the chance of not being able to dry your hair or don’t have an option to braid it or wrap into a style slightly wet, you probably want to bring one.

I went on this trip a couple of years ago. The hotels did have blow dryers but they took forever to dry my hair. They didn’t have much power. And they would overheat and cut off before I finished blow drying my hair. I would definitely bring your own blow dryer for this trip. You will be happy you did.

Thanks, all! I don't have the list of hotels yes (2025 tour). Based on a couple of comments, I may opt to bring my own. It's definitely dual voltage, it came from Germany and I have used it in France and Switzerland with no problems.

As a balding geezer, I say "What?? A hairdryer while traveling?" Travel light and this is the 1st item I'd leave out of my case. Even when I had luxurious hair, I would not encumber my light case with this.

Only time in the many hotels/airbnbs in which I've stayed, I've only used the ubiquitous dryers available to finish drying some undies or socks I washed in the sink.

Packing a hair dryer to Europe? Might as well pack the kitchen sink.