Packing apps: virtual valets that sort, clean and ship clothes for busy travellers
A few taps of a smartphone screen is all it takes to outsource the drudgery of transporting the corporate jet-setter’s work attire to the places he or she needs. Your closet becomes the app on your phone
When you’re travelling for business, picking, packing and toting your clothes may at times feel like a second job. But a host of apps are trying to make life on the road a bit easier.
From online valets to services that essentially offer laundry to-go, corporate trekkers can digitally outsource much of the drudgery around their work attire.
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“It’s about the ability to go on a trip ... and not worry about anything other than your business,” says Bill Rinehart, chief executive and founder of DUFL, a “virtual valet” that will sort, clean and ship your wardrobe to and from wherever you’re travelling for work.
Customers download the DUFL app, then fill a bag the company sends to their home or office with their business outfits. DUFL will clean, inventory and photograph all the items. Then, “from that day forward, your closet is the app on your phone”, Rinehart says.
Customers input their business destination, the hotel where they’re staying and the dates, and the suitcase arrives the same day they do.