Just hearing that this thread had been resurrected made me put "dry clean comforter" on my to-do list!
Me too, scooty.
Comforters in rentals
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Me too, scooty.
Just hearing that this thread had been resurrected made me put "dry clean comforter" on my to-do list!
You don't do it weekly?
I must be the only moron in the South to demand freshly cleaned linen (comforter and all) when I go to stay someplace. I've even shown up well before check-in and gone down to talk to the cleaning staff myself to get hooked up with what I need.
I'm not a germaphobe - but I figure that in the year of our lord 2011, in civilized society, there's no reason so sleep on the leavings from somebody else's crusty buttcheeks. The concept all bedding not being washed after a previous guest has used it is...well...freaky.
It's a business for crying out loud. "Welcome to Denny's, here's your silverware which has only been used four times today. We'll wash it in a couple weeks. Enjoy your meal."
Of course, this being the good ole U.S. of A., I fully support the right of everyone else to roll around in somebody else's drool and other assorted body fluids.
For my jack, I like things a bit more sterile. If I wanted to lay my soft and supple yet manly loins where somebody else just got done rubbing theirs the night prior, I'd bring my own bedding, complete with Star Wars design graphics to match my pj's.
Oh, that reminds me of the one hotel in Destin where the lady at the desk refused to hook me up with fresh stuff, but allowed me to switch to a room where all the bedding had been washed. She was so pissed. It was strange to me, cuz I would never want to make her sleep in somebody else's old skin cells.
I would think completely fresh linens and comforter would be a fantastic marketing bullet. Some costs are worth paying, and definitely worth passing on to customers for their own sake and safety.
Of course, one could always offer the choice:
"Would you like a freshly washed comforter for a few bucks extra or would you rather lay against the one Joe-Bob Whistlemeyer rubbed his hairy back on last night while watching Cinemax?"
I'm not a germaphobe - but I figure that in the year of our lord 2011, in civilized society, there's no reason so sleep on the leavings from somebody else's crusty buttcheeks. The concept all bedding not being washed after a previous guest has used it is...well...freaky.
It's a business for crying out loud. "Welcome to Denny's, here's your silverware which has only been used four times today. We'll wash it in a couple weeks. Enjoy your meal."
Of course, this being the good ole U.S. of A., I fully support the right of everyone else to roll around in somebody else's drool and other assorted body fluids.
For my jack, I like things a bit more sterile. If I wanted to lay my soft and supple yet manly loins where somebody else just got done rubbing theirs the night prior, I'd bring my own bedding, complete with Star Wars design graphics to match my pj's.
Oh, that reminds me of the one hotel in Destin where the lady at the desk refused to hook me up with fresh stuff, but allowed me to switch to a room where all the bedding had been washed. She was so pissed. It was strange to me, cuz I would never want to make her sleep in somebody else's old skin cells.
I would think completely fresh linens and comforter would be a fantastic marketing bullet. Some costs are worth paying, and definitely worth passing on to customers for their own sake and safety.
Of course, one could always offer the choice:
"Would you like a freshly washed comforter for a few bucks extra or would you rather lay against the one Joe-Bob Whistlemeyer rubbed his hairy back on last night while watching Cinemax?"
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Wow, MMF, you feel strongly about this I can see. 
I am happy to report that I actually had a comforter on our bed when we arrived! ;-)
Douglas the Intrepid
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I always wash my comforter before going on a date...just in case. (sadly that is still a far cry from hotel standards! lol)
(sadly that is still a far cry from hotel standards! lol)
Dearest Mr. Mental,
I absolutely love this post, I'm cracking UP, and wholeheartedly agree!
I'm not a germophobe, and if the comforter isn't freshly washed, I really do not worry about it. But, I'm with you, in this day and age we ought to have a clean one. Clean everything.
This is why I stay in Hampton Inn any chance I get when traveling! It definitely makes a difference to me, and I'm willing to pay extra for it.
You're right.
Many rental management companies have a required list of items for a rental property to provide plus a minimum number of kitchen items (like plates, utensils, etc.) based on the maximum occupancy. The only way that changing out comforters after every rental would work is if they also require at least two sets of comforters and shams for each bed. Then they could wash a set and change them out again for the next renter.
Of course requiring this amount of inventory in bedding would cost the owner more, plus I imagine that the rental management company would pass down to the owners (and thus renters) the costs of laundering (or dry cleaning) the comforters each week and the labor costs of changing out the comforters after every rental.
These make these things called comforter covers - that can be easily washed with the sheets if your comforter is not easily washable. No reason to be charging people hundreds of dollars a night and having them sleep in other people's leavings.
P.S. Any arguments about the quality of linens making washing them unreasonable is ridiculous to me. I'll trade thread count and designer label for clean any day!
P.S. Any arguments about the quality of linens making washing them unreasonable is ridiculous to me. I'll trade thread count and designer label for clean any day!