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5 things you should avoid using (or clean yourself) in a hotel room
Posted on 2/19/23 at 8:23 am
Posted on 2/19/23 at 8:23 am
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Housekeepers are typically expected to clean 15 to 20 rooms during their eight-hour shift, so if you break that down, that only gives them about 20–30minutes per room at best. Within that time, they’re cleaning the room, making the beds, replacing linens and towels, restocking amenities, taking out the garbage, organizing, and more. With so much to do—and so little time—a lot can figuratively (and literally) swept under the rug.
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3. Blankets and duvets
This may be hard to avoid, especially during a cold season, but Richardson warns in most hotels, blankets, and duvets are very rarely cleaned and changed out. “Where I worked, unless there was a visible stain, blankets, duvets, and bedspreads were only taken down to laundry once a year.” She adds that it’s only during the annual deep clean that “extras” were taken care of like mattress and pillow protectors replaced, mattresses flipped or walls and curtains washed.
The Remaining 4
Posted on 2/19/23 at 8:34 am to Will Cover
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The Remaining 4
Can you just post the 4 and let me click the link if I want to read the additional info?
Posted on 2/19/23 at 8:38 am to Will Cover
I take a small bottle and wipe stuff down. Do not use the coffee maker or glasses. I think most people are that way in a hotel room.
Posted on 2/19/23 at 8:38 am to LSU Grad Alabama Fan
I always use the hotel ice bucket as a water bowl for my dog. I’m sure it gets sanitized after each stay.
Posted on 2/19/23 at 8:39 am to LSU Grad Alabama Fan
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Can you just post the 4 and let me click the link if I want to read the additional info?
You won’t believe Number 3
Posted on 2/19/23 at 8:39 am to Will Cover
I can’t imagine being so OCD as to worry about stuff like this.
Posted on 2/19/23 at 8:41 am to LSU Grad Alabama Fan
Coffee maker
ice buckets
towels
glassware
There, I've done my good deed for the day.
ice buckets
towels
glassware
There, I've done my good deed for the day.
Posted on 2/19/23 at 8:42 am to Lakefront-Tiger
So basically you should not touch anything in your room
Posted on 2/19/23 at 8:44 am to Will Cover
2. Ice buckets
You may be thinking with a plastic liner, the ice bucket should be fine. Well according to Richardson, just because you’re using the liner, it doesn’t mean everyone is. “I’ve personally seen ice buckets used as dog dishes, puke buckets, etc., and generally, the buckets are only superficially cleaned,” she says. “The water or ice is dumped, and then it’s just a quick dry with your dusting rag and maybe a spray with whatever all-purpose cleaner the hotel provides housekeeping staff with.”
3. Blankets and duvets
This may be hard to avoid, especially during a cold season, but Richardson warns in most hotels, blankets, and duvets are very rarely cleaned and changed out. “Where I worked, unless there was a visible stain, blankets, duvets, and bedspreads were only taken down to laundry once a year.” She adds that it’s only during the annual deep clean that “extras” were taken care of like mattress and pillow protectors replaced, mattresses flipped or walls and curtains washed.
4. Towels and robes
“We were always told not to replace them if they looked clean to prevent them from getting overwashed, and so the laundry doesn’t get overwhelmed,” shares Richardson. Knowing what she knows now, she suggests finding the housekeeper on your floor and asking for fresh towels and robes off of the cart as those are clean.
5. Glassware
“Where I worked, drinking glasses and coffee cups were simply rinsed and wiped in the bathroom sink,” says Richardson. “We were not given dish soap nor was the glassware collected and taken to be properly washed in a dishwasher.”
Whether it’s for business or leisure, next time you stay in a hotel, Richardson suggests packing a few cleaning products in your luggage. “I always bring some disinfectant wipes with me and give anything I’ll be using in the room a quick wipe—light switches, remotes, phones, table tops, and doorknobs especially,” she says. Lisa Rinna would be proud.
You may be thinking with a plastic liner, the ice bucket should be fine. Well according to Richardson, just because you’re using the liner, it doesn’t mean everyone is. “I’ve personally seen ice buckets used as dog dishes, puke buckets, etc., and generally, the buckets are only superficially cleaned,” she says. “The water or ice is dumped, and then it’s just a quick dry with your dusting rag and maybe a spray with whatever all-purpose cleaner the hotel provides housekeeping staff with.”
3. Blankets and duvets
This may be hard to avoid, especially during a cold season, but Richardson warns in most hotels, blankets, and duvets are very rarely cleaned and changed out. “Where I worked, unless there was a visible stain, blankets, duvets, and bedspreads were only taken down to laundry once a year.” She adds that it’s only during the annual deep clean that “extras” were taken care of like mattress and pillow protectors replaced, mattresses flipped or walls and curtains washed.
4. Towels and robes
“We were always told not to replace them if they looked clean to prevent them from getting overwashed, and so the laundry doesn’t get overwhelmed,” shares Richardson. Knowing what she knows now, she suggests finding the housekeeper on your floor and asking for fresh towels and robes off of the cart as those are clean.
5. Glassware
“Where I worked, drinking glasses and coffee cups were simply rinsed and wiped in the bathroom sink,” says Richardson. “We were not given dish soap nor was the glassware collected and taken to be properly washed in a dishwasher.”
Whether it’s for business or leisure, next time you stay in a hotel, Richardson suggests packing a few cleaning products in your luggage. “I always bring some disinfectant wipes with me and give anything I’ll be using in the room a quick wipe—light switches, remotes, phones, table tops, and doorknobs especially,” she says. Lisa Rinna would be proud.
Posted on 2/19/23 at 8:48 am to Will Cover
this is why I bust load on everything in the hotel room. Helps make sure everything gets thoroughly cleaned.
You're welcome everyone.
You're welcome everyone.
Posted on 2/19/23 at 8:49 am to Will Cover
The world is a disgusting place.
Posted on 2/19/23 at 8:54 am to kywildcatfanone
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I take a small bottle and wipe stuff down. Do not use the coffee maker or glasses. I think most people are that way in a hotel room.
Most people treat hotel rooms like shite since they aren’t responsible for most of the clean up
Liquor sanitizes the glasses right
Posted on 2/19/23 at 8:56 am to Lakefront-Tiger
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towels
Just about every hotel I’ve stayed at has towels that smell like they were washed in pure bleach and dried with an industrial steam cleaner.
Of all the things I feel like aren’t a problem, this is pretty high up there.
Posted on 2/19/23 at 8:58 am to pankReb
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this is why I bust load on everything in the hotel room. Helps make sure everything gets thoroughly cleaned.
You're welcome everyone.
I always wondered why my fingers tasted so salty after reading the Gideons Bible.
Posted on 2/19/23 at 8:59 am to Will Cover
I ve used ice buckets to throw up in and clean turds out of a stopped up toilet. Never use it.
Posted on 2/19/23 at 9:04 am to armsdealer
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The world is a disgusting place.
No, humans are just pussies when it comes to sanitation.
Animals lick themselves clean.
This idea that everything needs to be hyper clean is absurd. Some amount of germs are actually perfectly healthy. People pretty much want things to appear like it’s their private place and no one else uses it, that’s an absurd standard.
Posted on 2/19/23 at 9:07 am to Will Cover
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Blankets and duvets This may be hard to avoid, especially during a cold season, but Richardson warns in most hotels, blankets, and duvets are very rarely cleaned and changed out. “Where I worked, unless there was a visible stain, blankets, duvets, and bedspreads were only taken down to laundry once a year.”
I’m not sure what type of hotels these apply to but everyone I stay in removes the duvet and replaces them with a new one after each check out. Most higher end hotels have gone to the all white duvet to make cleaning easier. All white duvets show everything so they have to be cleaned regularly.
Posted on 2/19/23 at 9:27 am to armsdealer
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The world is a disgusting place.
And to think how much cleaner these hotel rooms are now than at any previous point in history.
Those motels you stayed at during family road trips as a kid…if only you had a black light.
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