" Hotels taking fresh sheets off room-service menu " http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20050726/bs_usatoday/hotelstakingfreshsheetsoffroomservicemenu Has anyone ever taught online while traveling and stayed at hotels that do not change sheets on a daily bases? What are your opinions regarding this new trend? I would ask for a daily sheet change especially if my hotel room is a temporary working environment for distance education. Ray
Just three questions -- Do you change sheets every day when you are home? Would you request daily sheet changes while away from home if you were not engaged in teaching DL? Why should the DL issue be an issue?
I just got back from staying a week at the Alumni Center at Southwestern. I'm pretty sure that my sheets weren't changed, but I only change them once a week at home. My bed was made much more nicely then when I'm at home though. We hung our towels up every day to reuse too. I had a kitchenette and a nice desk and computer station. Sheets didn't make a difference to me.
In my job, we are on the road 16-20 weeks a year so we spend a lot of time in hotels. While I expect housekeeping to make up my bed every day, I certainly have no problem with them not changing sheets every day. I don't change them every day at home and I certainly do not expect a host to change them every day when I am visiting in a friend or family member's home. I think it is great that they are looking at the savings -- both environmentally and from a cost perspective. Like McDirector, I hang up my towels for re-use when I am traveling, too. After all...you're clean when you get out of the shower...so why would they need to be washed daily? I don't think it's that big a deal.
This is a definite topic I could collaborate with. Although rather not aparent to DL discussion, nontheless, it would be interesting to do a poll on housekeeping service within a hotel, expectations and suggestions with many on Degreeinfo who actually travel extensively. As a hotel GM, I can say that within the industry, many hotel brands are seeking to eliminate costs and by-products associated with the laundering etc. to become more environmentally cautious. When you think of the amount of chemicals from hotels alone that enter our environment, it makes sense. We continue to perform sheet changes daily unless a guest seeks to not have his or her's changed. Like has been said, do you change them daily at home? I know I do not. One particular brand is even seeking to go with disposable sheets in thev future and it is being designed and tested as well. Will it happen? , I do not know, but probably. Extended stay hotels generally will not change sheets for guests unless on request for 3 or less nights, for longer length of stays, the typical standard for extended stay hotels seems to be twice a week on a 5-7 night stay. Some brands only offer 1 time a week with a refresh of towels during the middle of a guest's stay. Typical extended stay brands: Homestead Studio Suites Extended Stay America Residence Inn - Mariott Towneplace Suites - Marriott Homewood Suites - Hilton Summerfield Suites - Wyndham Staybridge - Holiday Inn Candlewood Suites - Intercontinental Hotels ( same as Holiday Inn) Most of these, you will find it is common not to change sheets on a guest stay of less than 4 nights and maybe only once a week on a weekly stay. This is how we can offer a lower cost to our guests on rate. Not charging you for what you do not need or wish to pay for. However, a guest can usually request a extra day or pay a fee to receive additional days etc.if so desired. I would be curious to do a poll on what travelers actually need and find to be important during their stay. A clean room at check in seems to be a top one though.
A couple of miles up the road from my office, there's a motel where the sign out front says "Hourly Rates. Clean Sheets Extra." Ah, New Jersey. I love it.