Sleeping on top of covers and laundry question

[2cat_lady]

I use top sheets, and we change/wash the duvet cover after each guest. It's a LOT of extra work to change that duvet cover every, but we do it.
I'm considering leaving a note on the bed saying everything is washed every time, just so they know. Would that be tacky? I want credit for the extra work! I've seen notes like that at Hampton Inns, but that doesn't exactly mean it's classy to do it. But still....

I've been thinking along the same lines. Even though you should be able to tell by the freshness f the linens (you know what I mean), I've thought about letting the guests know that we've changed everything after each guest. I do the same as you Arks--change duvet covers, sham covers and all the sheets and pillowcases.
Maybe a small, laminated, business card-sized sign on the bed?
"Please be assured of a complete set of fresh linens for your comfort" or something along that line???

 

[Morticia]

I use top sheets, and we change/wash the duvet cover after each guest. It's a LOT of extra work to change that duvet cover every, but we do it.
I'm considering leaving a note on the bed saying everything is washed every time, just so they know. Would that be tacky? I want credit for the extra work! I've seen notes like that at Hampton Inns, but that doesn't exactly mean it's classy to do it. But still....

I've been thinking along the same lines. Even though you should be able to tell by the freshness f the linens (you know what I mean), I've thought about letting the guests know that we've changed everything after each guest. I do the same as you Arks--change duvet covers, sham covers and all the sheets and pillowcases.
Maybe a small, laminated, business card-sized sign on the bed?
"Please be assured of a complete set of fresh linens for your comfort" or something along that line???
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I've been thinking along the same lines. Even though you should be able to tell by the freshness f the linens (you know what I mean), I've thought about letting the guests know that we've changed everything after each guest. I do the same as you Arks--change duvet covers, sham covers and all the sheets and pillowcases.
Maybe a small, laminated, business card-sized sign on the bed?
"Please be assured of a complete set of fresh linens for your comfort" or something along that line???

I've seen this at hotels. I'm more likely to believe it at a b&b. I'd print it up with a picture of sheets billowing on a clothesline with the ocean in the background.
So, bigger than a biz card. Maybe 5x7?

 

[Arks]

Hampton prints the info on a post-it the housekeeper sticks to the headboard.

 

[Tom]

Arrrrrrgh...not cool of the guests. Regardless of what the guests told me or how the bed appeared, I would have washed everything as usual, PLUS the top cover or spread. More work, not less because of the bulkiness of anyone's spreads (unless you've gone to a set up similar to some hotels with just the strip of fabric at the base of the bed).
I used white or off white matelasse coverlets on several beds with folded comforters. Washed the matelasse coverlets between each guest (had backups) and the comforters as needed or at least 2x/month. More work on some of the comforters as they had to go to the commercial laudromat since my washer wasn't big enough. The good thing about using white coverlets is that you could really see anything on them.
Sorry that happened to you... :-(.

this is what made me laugh about a review my neighbour got (seems really nice and has a nice place) review says basically there wasn't a top sheet and they didn't believe the duvet cover was changed every time so always wanted a top sheet as you never knew who was under it
Duh if there is a top sheet it means it hasn't been changed! that's the purpose of a top sheet!
I think the problem was caused by her using colored linens - we use white cotton if anyone so much as coughs near it before you, you would know.
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Long ago we stayed in an upstairs room over a pub in Portsmouth. Only a thin duvet and cover over the bottom sheet - the polyester kind. At the time I wondered where the top sheet was as I didn't know it is standard practice to clean the duvet covers. It was an uncomfortable night - chilly (February) and the smoke infiltration from the pub was an unexpected displeasure, but the staff members were friendly and the full English - with the beans - was fun and yummy. We got to see HMS Victory and The Mary Rose. I was happy to see it as I remembered whip-rounds in pubs in the early 1980s for some funding for the Mary Rose project.
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We stayed in Portsmouth - not over a pub, rather an OK, utilitarian B&B - but they had the walls papered over with notes and rules. Honestly, over a dozen pages of miscellaneous do's and mostly don't's in the room itself, and more in the entry hall, and of course the breakfast room. When DW wants to post some notice here because of a clueless guest, I remind her of that Portsmouth B&B. Naval museum and Mary Rose very much worth the visit there.

 

[Aussie Innkeeper]

I was concerned they might be chilly and asked if they were warm enough after the first night. One answer was 'warm is relative', one was 'not really'. So I gave them each space heaters but was anxious about the room with the little ones in it. Odd ... I put a thermal blanket over the top sheet then a blanket then a quilt on each of the beds, plus the comforters. I think they would have been warm if they'd slept IN the beds. If they'd told me how they were sleeping I might have withheld the heaters and suggested they get under all those covers to start with .

Each room here has a thermostat. The beds have sheets, blankets, quilts AND, at this time of year, down duvets.
Do we hear that the guests were cold? Oh yes we do. "It would be nice if you provided blankets," has been heard in the morning. I believe they mean MORE blankets rather than seriously thinking there are no blanket type coverings on the beds.
As an example, the heat over here goes off at 8 pm, I have a top sheet and a polyester, not down, duvet. Am I cold? No. If I had all the bed linens the guests have I'd have them on the floor by morning! So, guests have TWO more warming layers than I have and they have a thermostat to turn the heat up. Plus, the furnaces are all on that side of the house so there is ambient heating that I don't have. (Not that it's about me.)
I've suggested the guest turn up the heat. Oh no, we like to have the windows open! Then you might find it's a little cold but I'm having trouble figuring how.
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I hate to say it but some people should never leave home. No matter where they are going they try to recreate "home" instead of adapting to the new situation they are in.
Mort, you certainly have provided enough options for their comfort. If they are still cold they need to cuddle up!

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I hate to say it but some people should never leave home.

Like the 'earthy' couple who was in our cottage for two days. It has a hot tub. Not a jetted bath tub, but an actual hot tub. Before they checked in, I had drained, cleaned and refilled the hot tub. It was sparkling clean and the chemical balance was perfect. By the time they left, the water was gunky and it smelled like a fish tank! Guess what...they never used the shower. ICK!! ICK!! ICK!!!

 

[Generic]

I was concerned they might be chilly and asked if they were warm enough after the first night. One answer was 'warm is relative', one was 'not really'. So I gave them each space heaters but was anxious about the room with the little ones in it. Odd ... I put a thermal blanket over the top sheet then a blanket then a quilt on each of the beds, plus the comforters. I think they would have been warm if they'd slept IN the beds. If they'd told me how they were sleeping I might have withheld the heaters and suggested they get under all those covers to start with .

Each room here has a thermostat. The beds have sheets, blankets, quilts AND, at this time of year, down duvets.
Do we hear that the guests were cold? Oh yes we do. "It would be nice if you provided blankets," has been heard in the morning. I believe they mean MORE blankets rather than seriously thinking there are no blanket type coverings on the beds.
As an example, the heat over here goes off at 8 pm, I have a top sheet and a polyester, not down, duvet. Am I cold? No. If I had all the bed linens the guests have I'd have them on the floor by morning! So, guests have TWO more warming layers than I have and they have a thermostat to turn the heat up. Plus, the furnaces are all on that side of the house so there is ambient heating that I don't have. (Not that it's about me.)
I've suggested the guest turn up the heat. Oh no, we like to have the windows open! Then you might find it's a little cold but I'm having trouble figuring how.
.

I hate to say it but some people should never leave home. No matter where they are going they try to recreate "home" instead of adapting to the new situation they are in.
Mort, you certainly have provided enough options for their comfort. If they are still cold they need to cuddle up!

.

I hate to say it but some people should never leave home.

Like the 'earthy' couple who was in our cottage for two days. It has a hot tub. Not a jetted bath tub, but an actual hot tub. Before they checked in, I had drained, cleaned and refilled the hot tub. It was sparkling clean and the chemical balance was perfect. By the time they left, the water was gunky and it smelled like a fish tank! Guess what...they never used the shower. ICK!! ICK!! ICK!!!
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Did you read George Takei today on facebook with the NSFW post? It had someone doing something in a hot tub on a cruise ship. Ruined! I don't know if I will ever be able to look at them the same way again.

 

[Anon Inn]

Arrrrrrgh...not cool of the guests. Regardless of what the guests told me or how the bed appeared, I would have washed everything as usual, PLUS the top cover or spread. More work, not less because of the bulkiness of anyone's spreads (unless you've gone to a set up similar to some hotels with just the strip of fabric at the base of the bed).
I used white or off white matelasse coverlets on several beds with folded comforters. Washed the matelasse coverlets between each guest (had backups) and the comforters as needed or at least 2x/month. More work on some of the comforters as they had to go to the commercial laudromat since my washer wasn't big enough. The good thing about using white coverlets is that you could really see anything on them.
Sorry that happened to you... :-(.

this is what made me laugh about a review my neighbour got (seems really nice and has a nice place) review says basically there wasn't a top sheet and they didn't believe the duvet cover was changed every time so always wanted a top sheet as you never knew who was under it
Duh if there is a top sheet it means it hasn't been changed! that's the purpose of a top sheet!
I think the problem was caused by her using colored linens - we use white cotton if anyone so much as coughs near it before you, you would know.
.

Long ago we stayed in an upstairs room over a pub in Portsmouth. Only a thin duvet and cover over the bottom sheet - the polyester kind. At the time I wondered where the top sheet was as I didn't know it is standard practice to clean the duvet covers. It was an uncomfortable night - chilly (February) and the smoke infiltration from the pub was an unexpected displeasure, but the staff members were friendly and the full English - with the beans - was fun and yummy. We got to see HMS Victory and The Mary Rose. I was happy to see it as I remembered whip-rounds in pubs in the early 1980s for some funding for the Mary Rose project.
.

We stayed in Portsmouth - not over a pub, rather an OK, utilitarian B&B - but they had the walls papered over with notes and rules. Honestly, over a dozen pages of miscellaneous do's and mostly don't's in the room itself, and more in the entry hall, and of course the breakfast room. When DW wants to post some notice here because of a clueless guest, I remind her of that Portsmouth B&B. Naval museum and Mary Rose very much worth the visit there.
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Haha.
signs and notes are few here. If you don't put them up you won't be dissapointed when they are ignored.

 

[Aspiring Martha]

I use top sheets, and we change/wash the duvet cover after each guest. It's a LOT of extra work to change that duvet cover every, but we do it.
I'm considering leaving a note on the bed saying everything is washed every time, just so they know. Would that be tacky? I want credit for the extra work! I've seen notes like that at Hampton Inns, but that doesn't exactly mean it's classy to do it. But still....

I've been thinking along the same lines. Even though you should be able to tell by the freshness f the linens (you know what I mean), I've thought about letting the guests know that we've changed everything after each guest. I do the same as you Arks--change duvet covers, sham covers and all the sheets and pillowcases.
Maybe a small, laminated, business card-sized sign on the bed?
"Please be assured of a complete set of fresh linens for your comfort" or something along that line???
.

I've been thinking along the same lines. Even though you should be able to tell by the freshness f the linens (you know what I mean), I've thought about letting the guests know that we've changed everything after each guest. I do the same as you Arks--change duvet covers, sham covers and all the sheets and pillowcases.
Maybe a small, laminated, business card-sized sign on the bed?
"Please be assured of a complete set of fresh linens for your comfort" or something along that line???

I've seen this at hotels. I'm more likely to believe it at a b&b. I'd print it up with a picture of sheets billowing on a clothesline with the ocean in the background.
So, bigger than a biz card. Maybe 5x7?
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Love the mental picture! I'd come stay there just for the fantasy of sleeping on sheets that were recently billowing in a fresh ocean breeze!