Do you wash blankets/quilts between guests?

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Anonymous wrote:Eww. Yes obviously

Hotels don't you know that right?

+1 I was shocked to find this out from my MIL who was a housekeeper at a fancy hotel. Personally, I wash everything after a guest visits.

I haven't seen a blanket in a hotel room in years. They all have duvet covers now that I definitely see them take off and the new ones have iron lines in them.

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Yes, because that’s what I would want as a guest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sheets, duvet cover yes.

Blankets no. I air out by draping over chairs.

No body oils came in contact with the blanket.


Hotels don’t wash actual bedspreads or blankets between guests (just sheets that sandwich a duvet)

Only the gross ones don't. Good ones definitely do.

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I wash the sheets and the blanket next to the sheets. The comforter gets drycleaned twice a year.

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Anonymous wrote:News flash! Well unless you’re staying in a hotel with white duvet covers, they are not getting washed regularly…. Neither is the upholstered chair or throw pillows.

I'm not putting my unclothed body on the chair or throw pillows, nor is my face oil / drool on those. Beds get all of that, yes on blankets too.

I don't believe that no hotels wash covers (some dont, not all), and there is a trend toward duvets in hotels. At home I have duvets or light quilts that can launder and I expect the same on guest beds.

Sleeping nude is for your own home. Please bring pjs as a guest in my house and then you won’t mind the unwashed quilt and I won’t have to worry about your naked body leaving fluids to clean. Win-win!!

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Yes I wash everything. I know my in laws don’t and pull up the sheets accordingly so my face doesn’t touch the blanket

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I agree though, nobody should be sleeping naked while a guest in someone’s home.

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Yes

not doing so is gross

when I stay at airbnbs, I try to get there early enough to wash all the bedding because some gross hosts dont wash all the bedding

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wash the sheets and the blanket next to the sheets. The comforter gets drycleaned twice a year.

Gross. Who wants to sleep with a dirty comforter with dry clean chemical residue on it??

[Anonymous]

Just adding a no to the mix. I think there are lots of people who would only wash sheets and pillowcases.

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I put blanket and duvet in dryer on high heat with dryer sheets after guests for a short stay. For a week or more, I wash everything.

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This is why I have duvets vs quilts. I have white sheets so I can bleach everything! (I don’t bleach every wash, but I like knowing I can)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sheets, duvet cover yes.

Blankets no. I air out by draping over chairs.

No body oils came in contact with the blanket.


Hotels don’t wash actual bedspreads or blankets between guests (just sheets that sandwich a duvet)

Only the gross ones don't. Good ones definitely do.

No, no they don't.

[Anonymous]

I am a clean freak and the "dance" in our foyer when taking on and off shoes (as to not dirty the "inside clean" areas of the home) is ridiculous.

While most in the US don't wear shoes inside, surprisingly many allow their guests to wear shoes inside their home https://today.yougov.com/society/articles/20063-most-americans-take-their-shoes-home-dont-expect-t

In regard to blankets and throw pillows etc. - in my case mattress/pillow protectors + duvet covers make me most at peace. Which of the "inner" bedding items get cleaned when depends on the length of stay, body odor/perfume level and so on.

We don't let guests bring their dogs as we don't have pets ourselves. I would get a panic attack trying to figure out how to keep my home clean enough with a dog around (I would be like a dog chasing its own tail around the home trying to clean after the dog.)

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:News flash! Well unless you’re staying in a hotel with white duvet covers, they are not getting washed regularly…. Neither is the upholstered chair or throw pillows.

I'm not putting my unclothed body on the chair or throw pillows, nor is my face oil / drool on those. Beds get all of that, yes on blankets too.

I don't believe that no hotels wash covers (some dont, not all), and there is a trend toward duvets in hotels. At home I have duvets or light quilts that can launder and I expect the same on guest beds.

Sleeping nude is for your own home. Please bring pjs as a guest in my house and then you won’t mind the unwashed quilt and I won’t have to worry about your naked body leaving fluids to clean. Win-win!!

Skin and other stuff get on fabric. Gross.