Laundry & Dry Cleaning at InterContinental Festival City.

Gym kit, pyjamas, T-shirts and the children's clothes from a day at the mall go in one bag and are charged by weight: AED 60 for 6kg, AED 99 for 12kg, AED 12 for each extra kilo. Everything returns to the InterContinental folded within a day.

Delegates often arrive with two suits for a three-day programme. A two-piece is AED 50, a three-piece AED 60, a shirt AED 15 and a tie AED 15. Hand them over before midday and they can return that evening.

Clothes that are clean but flattened by a flight only need an iron. Shirts on hangers are AED 9, trousers AED 12, a dress AED 25 and a jacket AED 25, all back at the tower within 24 hours.

Hotel rooms come with the hotel's bedding, so this one is for neighbours in the Residence Suites, Marsa Plaza and Al Badia homes. Sheets are AED 18, towels AED 6, duvets AED 50, ready in 24 hours or 48 for big duvets.

Exhibition halls and long corridors are hard on leather soles and white trainers. Formal shoes and sneakers cost AED 55, boots AED 85 and stain protection AED 20. Shoes are ready in two to four days, so book them early in a longer stay.

A briefcase or laptop bag is AED 45, a backpack AED 45 and a small suitcase AED 85 to clean. Handbags start at AED 45. Bags take three to five days, which suits guests staying a week or residents nearby.

Bought trousers or a dress at Dubai Festival City Mall that need shortening? A plain hem is AED 40, a waist adjustment AED 40 and cutting jeans to length AED 35. Most jobs take 48 to 72 hours.

Meant for residents of Festival City apartments and villas rather than hotel rooms. Carpets cost AED 20 per square metre, wool AED 26, unlined curtains AED 20 and blackout curtains AED 25 per square metre. Allow three days.

Weddings and receptions fill the event spaces here. A standard bridal gown starts at AED 250 and a beaded gown at AED 450, collected from the hotel the morning after. Cleaning takes seven to fourteen days.

For brand teams and organisers using Festival Arena and the Event Centre. A small mascot costs AED 200, medium AED 230, large AED 250, and each glove or accessory AED 30. Costumes come back in three to five days.

Children on a family trip carry their soft toys everywhere, from the mall to the pool. A small toy is AED 55, a medium AED 70 and a large AED 120 to clean, ready in two to three days.

For people living in the Residence Suites or elsewhere in Festival City with removable covers. A regular cover is AED 35, a large AED 40, cushion covers from AED 10, back within two to three days.

Winter evenings on the Vista terrace bring out leather jackets. Jackets start at AED 150, leather coats and blazers at AED 130 and small leather goods at AED 100. The work takes three to five days.