Laundry & Dry Cleaning at Aloft Abu Dhabi.

Build-up days leave a heap of T-shirts, socks and hoodies. Weigh them together instead of counting: a 6kg bag is AED 60, 12kg is AED 99, each kilo over that AED 12. Washed, dried and folded, then back at Aloft Abu Dhabi inside 24 hours.

Keynote suits, blazers and dresses for the gala dinner. A two-piece suit costs AED 50, a blazer AED 40, a dress AED 40 and a shirt AED 15. Hand them over before noon and they can return to the hotel the same evening.

Most stand uniforms are clean but creased from the suitcase. Pressing alone fixes that: AED 9 for a shirt or polo on a hanger, AED 12 for trousers, AED 25 for a dress. Everything comes back to Aloft Abu Dhabi the following day.

Hotel bedding is the hotel’s business, so this is for people living in Capital Centre towers and the streets around ADNEC. Sheets cost AED 18, a duvet AED 50, a blanket AED 30 and a bath towel AED 6. Big duvets need 48 hours.

Ten hours a day on exhibition carpet shows on leather shoes and white sneakers. Formal shoes and trainers are AED 55 a pair, boots AED 85, sandals AED 45. Allow two to four days, so book early in a long show.

Laptop bags, backpacks and the canvas totes that collect brochures all week. A briefcase or laptop bag is AED 45, a tote AED 45, a duffel AED 65 and a small suitcase AED 85. Three to five days.

A missing jacket button costs AED 12, a split seam AED 40, a trouser hem AED 40 and a jacket sleeve shortened from the cuff AED 55. Most repairs take 48 to 72 hours, so send them on arrival day.

For apartments and villas near ADNEC, not hotel rooms. A regular carpet is AED 20 per square metre and wool AED 26; curtains are AED 20, or AED 25 with blackout lining. Collected and returned within three days.

Some guests come to the capital for a family wedding rather than a trade show. A standard bridal gown is from AED 250, a veil AED 55, a bridesmaid dress AED 35 and a wedding kandura AED 20. Seven to fourteen days.

Brand characters at consumer fairs sweat through a costume quickly. A small mascot suit is AED 200, medium AED 230 and large AED 250, with each accessory AED 30. Back in three to five days for the next event.

Families visiting for a concert or a family show at ADNEC sometimes bring a favourite teddy. Small toys are AED 55, medium AED 70 and large AED 120, cleaned by hand and returned in two to three days.

A service for households in Capital Centre and Al Rawdah with removable covers. Regular sofa covers are AED 35, large ones AED 40, and cushion covers AED 10 to AED 20 by size. Two to three days.

A leather jacket worn to an evening event, or a leather blazer from a stand, cleaned by hand and conditioned. Jackets start at AED 150, blazers and coats at AED 130, wallets and small goods at AED 100. Three to five days.