Vacation rental owners - how often wash blankets?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yuck. Please get a duvet cover and tell them to wash it every time!

This. It's not hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

You would be surprised. Hotels skip on cleaning procedures too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All you people think hotel blankets are washed every time? Look at the linen carts they’re pushing. Do you see blankets?

Duvet covers on washable bedding is what I see these days, but I’m sure those blankets aren’t washed every time.

Also, if your cleaning team is short on time, they may not wash the blankets every time either.

Hotels don't usually have blankets. Maybe sometimes they'll have one in the closet, and I would never use that. But I think you can at least trust that all the sheets and towels at a hotel are washed thoroughly because they have huge laundry rooms with tons of machines specifically for that purpose, and their housekeeping is working nonstop throughout the day. It's not like a house rental where the cleaning person needs to wash 8 sets of sheets and 40 towels in one hour.

Hotels don't wash their duvets between the guests. Some hotels have 2 sheets to create a "duvet cover" sandwiching the duvet, so that you aren't touching what other people had been laying on top of. But even hotels with duvet covers that look clean don't necessarily wash them between each guest, especially with high turnover of guests. It's a well known tip to assume your hotel duvet isn't clean, so lay on top of them only with your clothes on

[Anonymous]

I do not think hotels wash their bedspreads after every guest which theoretically grosses me out.

They should.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do not think hotels wash their bedspreads after every guest which theoretically grosses me out.

They should.

They don't. There is no way, the turnover has to be quick. Maybe in some super high end hotels? You should always assume the duvet covers are not cleaned for you, and who knows when they were cleaned the last time.

[Anonymous]

I love when places have the clearly washable outside duvet cover! It is rare and I’ve come to terms with the fact that sleeping under a blanket someone else has used is not the end of the world.

We do often rewash dishes when we get to beach houses though, because they always seem dirty.

[Anonymous]

Dearest gentle reader,

Have no fear; the cleaners said they’ll replace duvet covers.

So I’m buying two sets of sheets, two sets of duvet covers, and one set of duvets.

Bed bug cases for mattresses, pillows, and duvets. Plus mattress pads that can be washed as needed. I’ll get an extra of each size to have on hand.

Two sets of towels.

The cleaner will drop off/pick up all of the linens to be laundered, saving lots of time on turnover day.

-OP

[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.

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.

For ours, part of turning over the house is to bring all of that to a laundromat. We don't actually want it done in the house in reegulatr washer/dryers so have them drop off and pick up at the laundromat. There are a bunch, which some might not exoect in an affluent area but I think others are doing the same thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dearest gentle reader,

Have no fear; the cleaners said they’ll replace duvet covers.

So I’m buying two sets of sheets, two sets of duvet covers, and one set of duvets.

Bed bug cases for mattresses, pillows, and duvets. Plus mattress pads that can be washed as needed. I’ll get an extra of each size to have on hand.

Two sets of towels.

The cleaner will drop off/pick up all of the linens to be laundered, saving lots of time on turnover day.

-OP

Gross wash the duvet too.

[Anonymous]

We stay at beach rentals every summer and bring our own bedding/towels. We know everything is clean and we don’t have to do laundry the first day of vacation. Pretty simple.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dearest gentle reader,

Have no fear; the cleaners said they’ll replace duvet covers.

So I’m buying two sets of sheets, two sets of duvet covers, and one set of duvets.

Bed bug cases for mattresses, pillows, and duvets. Plus mattress pads that can be washed as needed. I’ll get an extra of each size to have on hand.

Two sets of towels.

The cleaner will drop off/pick up all of the linens to be laundered, saving lots of time on turnover day.

-OP

Gross wash the duvet too.

It will have a bed bug cover so I don't think it's necessary.

Plus, that'd be a huge time sink to wash 8 large duvets every single week in addition to all of the sheets, duvet covers, towels, etc. There is a duvet cover on it; you'll be fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

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.

For ours, part of turning over the house is to bring all of that to a laundromat. We don't actually want it done in the house in reegulatr washer/dryers so have them drop off and pick up at the laundromat. There are a bunch, which some might not exoect in an affluent area but I think others are doing the same thing.

This is what we are planning - have the cleaners drop them off with a laundry service nearby. I know they have huge washers/dryers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think anyone who replied owns a vacation rental. I own four in different regions and I have not found a cleaner who washes quilts and duvet covers after each guest. The triple sheet is a good idea, but I'm sure renters would complain.

+1

These posts are all aspirational. What they think should be done. What they want the places they rent to do. What they think they would do.

The reality is, washing quilts/bedspreads/comforters, whatever is on the bed above the sheet, is rarely happening basically anywhere you're renting - hotels, airbnbs, anything. It's not happening. My strong guess is, seasonally or if there's something gross on it.

Additionally, people who post on threads like that are people who think a lot about cleanliness, and thus have opinions on it, and think it's important. That's, like, 10% of people. Most people truly don't care that much. I remember a recent thread about towel washing, and an insane number of people said daily or every 2-3 days. That is NOT normal, folks.

[Anonymous]

Y’all are nasty.

[Anonymous]

Yet in Fire Island I think the sheets are the least of your problem when you are face down germ wise