Many hotels have 1/2 blankets or throws at the bottom of the bed and especially with the new all white bed linen look. If we don't want things damaged then we have to figure out a way to stop the damage. If you do put something on the bed for suitcases then tell the guests that's why it's there. I don't see a problem with it.
Personally I wouldn't put a white cover/duvet/whatever on a bed because of the potential damage. I try to minimize problems and white is a problem and white bed covers are problem generators in my mind.
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ginocat said:
Many hotels have 1/2 blankets or throws at the bottom of the bed and especially with the new all white bed linen look.
Every hotel we stayed at on our recent trip (5 of them) had those silly, useless throws at the bottom the bed. They're all slippery fabric so they fall off as soon as you touch them and they aren't useful for anything other than decoration. I just couldn't see the point.
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Folks really have forgotten the whole point of those bedscarves in the race to outdesign the next guy.
As ginocat wrote, they're really useful in protecting the lovely white duvet covers. But not if they're slippery fabric! That's just silly.
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I always folded the duvets at the bottom of the bed and most of them are white. Arrrgh. Then, went away and found the way someone else did it was to fold the quilt at the bottom of the bed and lay the duvet out completely. Easy peasy to wash the quilt! It's worked like a charm.
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I do the duvet folded at the end of the bed because it's so much easier to wash the duvet cover than the comforter or quilt. I have spare duvet covers so I don't have to worry about timing when doing a flip. And spare duvet covers take up much less storage space than spare comforters or quilts.
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Where do you get duvet covers? I find them so expensive and so cheaply made. I could make my own but I haven't found any really pretty sheets that I like. Altho, I have recently found quilt shops that have 108" bolts of fabric.
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I buy them on sale wherever I see them... Loblaws (President's Choice), Sprawlmart, Zellers, HomeSense, Ikea. Some are 100% cotton and I have to get them straight from the dryer onto the duvets or they wrinkle. Some are a poly-cotton blend. Some solids (which are good for spares because they go with a few different rooms) and some in really lovely patterns.
I don't look for sets -- I don't need matching shams or bedskirts since they're just folded at the end of the bed, and just for the cold months at that.
They are so much easier to launder that I'm thinking of switching out the comforters for lighter-weight duvets and using duvet covers on those too. It's a big pain in the butt to dry the big comforters, especially in the winter when I can't line-dry.
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