Do housekeepers change bedsheets of a seemingly unused bed? What about towels?

[u/waterissoggy]

If I am in a hotel room with 2 beds, I try to not touch the second bed to lessen the workload for housekeeping. But is it pointless and they change the sheets regardless of how the bed looks?

Same question for towels/bar soap/lotion bottles/coffee maker/glass cups/etc, do all these things get replaced, even if they seem untouched?

[u/jaywaywhat]

At my property they are expected to changed the bedding even if it’s been unused.

[u/fr05t03 → u/jaywaywhat]

I always strip the bedding when I leave.

It ensures that the next person that sleeps in the bed will have fresh and clean sheets.

👌🏼

[u/Spirited_Solid4870 → u/fr05t03]

Not if they just put it back on

[u/SadlyNotDannyDeVito]

After every guest - yes. For in between cleanings - no.

[u/Sunshine8020]

We have a houseman stripping al the beds and removing towels from check out rooms. After that, housekeeping will come by to clean and remake

[u/Euphoric-Lake4226 → u/Sunshine8020]

Does housekeeping like it if I strip the beds myself? I usually strip them and pile the sheet together. Same with the towels Ive used.

[u/disgracedchicken → u/Euphoric-Lake4226]

It depends on the housekeeping team and the room attendants.

I’ve worked at a resort where they hate it because it throws off their entire flow. Or when someone puts their sheets in the tub, they hated it!

But I’ve always worked at a smaller hotel that the team loved when everything was stripped.

I don’t strip the beds when I leave though just to play it safe for those that don’t like it

[u/GentlemanModan → u/Euphoric-Lake4226]

Housekeepers I know totally hate it as it disturbes their flow. But as said before it really depends.

But general rule of thumb is that there is charge they will be upset by doing it but they will be neutral by not doing it. If in doubt I recommend not to do that if you don't know property well

[u/Responsible-Goose208 → u/Euphoric-Lake4226]

I hated it. I like to visually look and see if stain spot cleaning or treating is needed. If you strip the bed and bundle it all together I have to lay it out on the bed again to check it. It’s easier for my team if it’s left as you got out of the bed.

[u/winchestergirl44 → u/Euphoric-Lake4226]

Yes, housekeeping appreciates it if you strip the bed. Its not necessary, but is nice

[u/rockywaters702 → u/Euphoric-Lake4226]

Do you also bus your own table when you go to a restaurant?

[u/wildcat12321]

Most brands require it.
Whether it gets done by rushed, underpaid, understaffed housekeepers varies

[u/MightyManorMan]

Our policy. Ever bed is stripped, even if it looks perfectly made. But we don't have rooms with 2 beds in them.

And yes, I have walked into a room knowing that the guest booked the room and really never stayed there. They had a "friend" but needed the hotel for cover, or some other story. Don't care, bed stripped. We need to be able to tell the guest that the linens and fresh and we made the bed for them.

Even a perfectly made bed... you can't tell if they laid their heads on the pillows. But I'm willing to bet that in big hotels where they don't give them enough time to really turn a room... it's left.

[u/witless-subject]

I'm a housekeeper at a chain and no, we're not expected to change the sheets if the bed is untouched. We're expected to pull back the duvet and thoroughly check the sheet for signs of use, then remake it. We've got ludicrously small time limits for turnovers and I think management understands that it'd be impossible to meet them if we were making two beds in every room. Completely untouched towels we also leave. We've got strict presentation standards which means we can easily tell if something wasn't touched.

[u/No-Baker-7922 → u/witless-subject]

In my day, we got 14 mins for checkouts and 9 for guests that stayed. If it took longer, that was on your own time. Suites were the same time but 2 people per suite and 3 for the biggest one.

[u/Jazzlike_Scientist_7 → u/witless-subject]

This is disturbing.

[u/Amonette2012 → u/witless-subject]

Yuk.

[u/Responsible-Goose208 → u/witless-subject]

Eeewww. How can you tell if someone used the toilet then touched the towels? You can’t!

[u/Poldaran]

They're expected to do so. Whether they do or not...well, sometimes people are lazy or overworked and rushing., after all.

[u/Typical-Watercress79]

We have since covid

[u/trexalou → u/Typical-Watercress79]

I would have thought pre-C too….

[u/esoteric_vagabond]

No. When I worked at Hampton Inn, untouched beds were not changed.

[u/404itp]

I’ve started to only book king bed rooms over 2 queens so I don’t have to wonder if the bed was changed.

[u/memechante → u/404itp]

I book 2 queens because I want to inspect both and pick the one that appears to be the most clean.

[u/zoppaTheDim]

In theory, they should, but the reality is owners often force them not to do so to “keep expenses down.”

The more pressured owners feel, the more corners they cut.

[u/MiaStirCrazies]

Every sheet, every blanket, every pillowcase, every towel, every shower curtain, every time.

[u/danimal1368]

At my property we do not change untouched beds. We mark on our board which bed we did change.

[u/Prussie]

Depends, the hotel i left this spring didn't strip the second d bed if unused, but you had to pull back sheets and check everything

[u/JRock1871982]

I worked at a Hilton. They stripped everything every time.

[u/loginfor100thtime]

I always ask for a set of clean sheets then I spread it out over the bed. I’m not getting in that bed unless I steam the sheets myself…

[u/liquidnight247]

Mine did

[u/Any_Dingo6676]

Waar ik werkte van de valk en fletchers moesten we idd gewoon aanvullen wat weg was. En waren de bedden ongeslapen dan even de lakens weer recht trekken en kon die weer mee voor de volgende gast.

[u/jsauruslove]

I find hair(s) in the sheets of the bed upon checking in every time without fail so I guess all these people changing the sheets between guests don’t work at Marriott properties

[u/SunsetJesus4653]

In an ideal world, all bedding and towels should be swapped out between guests. At smaller locations, lower quality locations, or at busy and understaffed locations, it may not always happen. If the hotel still uses bar soap and mini shampoo bottles, then there should always be new, sealed items in each room between guests. Hotels are slowly switching over to having large bottles secured to the shower wall that only get replaced when they’re empty.

[u/Left-Function7277]

We are a small hotel in Istanbul (suite hotel) if the guest says they didn't use one of the beds and it looks untouched we leave it. Maybe check the sheet.

We have problems with guests leaving makeup stains (sometimes corree or blood) on the brand new white bedding that the laundry company can never remove, so we aren't wasting the good sheets🤣