We have all been there. Absolutely wiped after a long day of travel we just want to crawl into bed and get some shut eye. Before you do it’s important that to take a moment and check the sheets and towels.
How to check if the hotel sheets and towel have been cleaned
- Pull back the comforter or duvet cover. Look for stains, make up, hairs or any evidence that the sheets weren’t cleaned. There should NOT be a body indentation.
- Pull back the sheets and check the mattress/mattress cover. Check for large yellow stains, mold and bugs.
- Take the towels off the racks in the washroom to look for stains and hair
Now I’m pretty picky. If you look hard enough you will always find something. Even a piece of fluff that you have mistaken for a bug could set your alarm bells ringing. If it’s one tiny hair in the whole bed, get rid of it and move on with your vacation.
From our journey of staying in over 200 hotels around the world we have learned that not all countries are created equal in terms of hotel standards. In all of North America, expect clean white sheets in hotels 3 stars and up. If they aren’t perfect make sure to let the front desk know so that they can fix it immediately.
Unfortunately there were multiple times in South East Asia and the UK where 3 and even 4 star hotels did not have stain free sheets and towels. This doesn’t mean the sheets are necessarily dirty but the standard of perfect white sheets and towels wasn’t as normal. On multiple occasions we switched rooms or got fresh sheets and would end up with the same result.
Mujurizi James
Tuesday 7th of June 2022
Good article and advice
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