I have had several ask me to strip the beds and/or bring all towels to the laundry room. I never have an issue with that ,and I get it as their cleaning crew is trying to turn over rentals quick.

The one that requested I do the sheets/towels and make the beds appeared to be a newer rental; so I assumed they just didn't put much thought into it and were probably their own cleaning crew (they lived 2 blocks away). When I saw the instructions, I responded with

Me: It's a little ridiculous that I need to wash all sheets & towels upon my arrival and departure
Owner: We don't require you to wash those upon arrival
Me: If I'm relying on the previous renter to have the sheets, blankets, and towels cleaned in all bedrooms (3) and baths (2), with beds made and towels put away before 10am checkout; you can be certain I NEED to wash them before I use them myself.
Owner: Our crew washes them when they do the cleaning
Me: Then why do I need to waste your water & electricity to do something you already do
Owner: We will make sure to confirm you clean all bedding & towels

After leaving: 1 star review that was blocked/removed from being posted as "to personal to guest stay"

This post was edited on 4/16/24 at 9:23 am

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Posted by baldona

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Member since Feb 2016

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Posted on 4/16/24 at 10:24 am to Weekend Warrior79

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towels cleaned in all bedrooms (3) and baths (2), with beds made and towels put away before 10am checkout

Look, enjoy your rant. You are complaining about something you really don’t understand and are also blowing out of proportion. A 3 bedroom condo that sleeps 7-10 people likely has 4 if not 5-6 loads of laundry for a normal machine. 1-2 loads of towels and 2-3 loads of sheets depending on how many it sleeps.

Again, I own a vacation rental. I also stay in them 3-4 times a year. I just stayed in one for a week in park city during spring break.

Cleaning a condo is a lot more than running one load of dishes and washing one set of sheets, at least for a multi family condo that most here are discussing.

Laundry is anywhere from 85 cents to $2/ lb to wash and fold. Assume about 15 lbs of laundry per bedroom, so $45 here.

You have amenities like soaps, shampoo, etc. again, that’s $10-20/ bedroom.

You didn’t mop the floor. You aren’t cleaning the windows. You aren’t cleaning the toilets, tubs, sinks.

I don’t disagree it’s expensive. It is. None of these costs are going away in America due to the cost of consumer goods and labor.

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