The invention relates to a household appliance (1) for the care of laundry items, with a dispensing tray (8a) and a suds container (2), which is connected to the dispensing tray (8a) via at least one supply duct (4a, 4b), wherein a vapour barrier device (17a, 17b) is formed in a curved line section (18a, 18b) in the supply duct (4a, 4b), wherein a ventilating channel (22) is formed in the line section (18a, 18b) and opens into a first end (19) of the line section (18a, 18b) and is separated at the first end (19) from a supply channel (21), associated with the vapour barrier device (17a, 17b), for supplying liquid medium from the dispensing tray (8a) to the suds container (2).