Vacation rental owners - how often wash blankets?

[Anonymous]

I think the norm is they aren’t washed but I would personally demand they are washed, even if I had to pay a higher cleaning fee or buy an extra set of comforters/blankets. I’d leave a sign in a conspicuous place that all bedding is washed between guests so people don’t assume they aren’t because as a guest I always suspect they’re dirty. Staying in a house where I see evidence that cleanliness is prioritized makes me more relaxed and more likely to return.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:we require they change and wash duvet covers between each guest, you need another cleaner

I think they’ll do duvet covers.

It’s a remote area with slim pickings. It took us months to find someone who will add us to their turnover day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have never stayed at a rental that had comforters. They all have thin blankets/quilts that can be easily washed and dried for this reason, OP.

I also always wash the blankets immediately upon arrival anyway because I can't be sure that the owners aren't cheap and lazy like you.

I think I’ll store the nice comforters that I just bought and get those out when we are there.

And for the renters I’ll buy two sets of sheets and duvet covers plus one set of duvets.

Bed bug cases for mattresses, pillows, and duvets. Plus mattress pads.

Two sets of towels. Or maybe better to have them do them on turnover day in case they are damp? Will need to see if they’ll have time for those.

Anything else?

[Anonymous]

I find this so gross, this is why I prefer hotels usually but they often do the triple sheet thing.

I have major allergies and this is an issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We inherited a large beach property last year and are planning to rent it out this summer since we won't be able to visit often.

We are currently updating all of the bedding. I think we will get 2 sets of sheets to make turnover faster. The cleaning team we found said they don't wash comforters every time between guests. Only 1-2 per month or if they are soiled.

When we've rented vacation homes ourselves I guess I just assumed that they usually washed all of the bedding between guests.

How often do you wash your blankets/comforters for your rental?

Gross. Good to know. Get duvet covers that are washed, every. single. time. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Ew. That you're even asking, OP. We tend to stay in hotels for reasons like this.

[Anonymous]

This is gross.
Vacation rentals in places where you have to accept cleaners that won't clean.
I pick hotels. At least what they wsah gets washed in laundry or by service.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find this so gross, this is why I prefer hotels usually but they often do the triple sheet thing.

I have major allergies and this is an issue.

Freshly washed duvet cover is gross?

[Anonymous]

My vacation rental I was not rich like you so I cleaned it myself. I actually charged zero cleaning fee. I had no late check out fee as left day between guests. I made guests aware the owners cleaned I would be coming over myself with wife.

It was an interesting study of human nature. One website would not let me put I cleaned myself and renters left it a mess each time, even with zero fee. The one I said owner would be coming over usually left it spotless.

So I started charging a fee on the site I could not list owner is cleaning and I still cleaned but kept the fee. My beach house was like 20 minutes my primary house.

People were pretty good. BTW I did two week rentals or more only. I only did weekly for repeat guests. Too much work for me. I also did a nine month winter rental

[Anonymous]

This is why vacation rentals suck. You pay a $350 "cleaning fee," and then the cleaners don't bother to actually clean thoroughly. We do one weeklong beach rental every year as a gathering with extended family because we all want to be under one roof and there are 15 of us, but other than that we avoid vacation rentals and do hotels. Even for that one week rental, which we do at properties that only get average ratings of 4.9 or better, we always notice cleanliness issues and will do some light cleaning when we first arrive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My vacation rental I was not rich like you so I cleaned it myself. I actually charged zero cleaning fee. I had no late check out fee as left day between guests. I made guests aware the owners cleaned I would be coming over myself with wife.

It was an interesting study of human nature. One website would not let me put I cleaned myself and renters left it a mess each time, even with zero fee. The one I said owner would be coming over usually left it spotless.

So I started charging a fee on the site I could not list owner is cleaning and I still cleaned but kept the fee. My beach house was like 20 minutes my primary house.

People were pretty good. BTW I did two week rentals or more only. I only did weekly for repeat guests. Too much work for me. I also did a nine month winter rental

Yes, the weekly rentals and same-day turnaround make it tough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"The cleaning team we found said they don't wash comforters every time between guests."

This is so disgusting but I am not terribly surprised. Now I know that I need to put all the comforters in the washing machine when I first arrive to any rental.

this is not surprising to me at all. The last rental I went to in Rehoboth, I could tell that some teen girl laid on the bed with that Brazilian bum cream. It smelled awful. I have never thought that a rental washes comforters between guests. I'm actually surprised that they get washed 1-2x a month. I doubt many of them would even fit in the washer, and if there are 4-5 bedrooms that would take hours. There is no way a cleaning team who only works at most 3 days a week is spending hours at one house. I throw those things on the floor immediately and wouldn't let anyone in my family sleep with them on the bed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"The cleaning team we found said they don't wash comforters every time between guests."

This is so disgusting but I am not terribly surprised. Now I know that I need to put all the comforters in the washing machine when I first arrive to any rental.

Hotels with blankets and comforters don't do it either.

I was just a a hotel and the blankets were definitely washed and pressed. I haven't seen a comforter at a hotel in many, many years.

[Anonymous]

I don't stay at rentals anymore. The last time we stayed at one, the clean towels were in the dryer and the washing machine was set to a 15 minute delicate cycle. The cleaners had set the machine on the fastest setting for towels to speed things up. I get why they did it, but that's nasty. I rewashd everything on a real cycle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have never stayed at a rental that had comforters. They all have thin blankets/quilts that can be easily washed and dried for this reason, OP.

I also always wash the blankets immediately upon arrival anyway because I can't be sure that the owners aren't cheap and lazy like you.

I think I’ll store the nice comforters that I just bought and get those out when we are there.

And for the renters I’ll buy two sets of sheets and duvet covers plus one set of duvets.

Bed bug cases for mattresses, pillows, and duvets. Plus mattress pads.

Two sets of towels. Or maybe better to have them do them on turnover day in case they are damp? Will need to see if they’ll have time for those.

Anything else?

Don't have the cleaning service wash & dry towels and leave them in the dryer for new guests.

I've arrived twice at AirBnBs and had damp towels in the dryer that needed to be rewashed and dried because they didn't dry fully while the cleaning people were there to supervise.

Also make sure they don't use fragranced detergent. I prefer fragrance free but don't have allergies. Another AirBnB I stayed at had sheets so fragranced that my eyes teared up when I put my head on the pillow. Every linen in the apartment had been washed with this name brand detergent. I think the washer didn't rinse well.