Question by seamy:
Anyone work in the hotel industry that can answer this honestly?
I know that sheets are changed ofcourse but what about bedspreads? How often are they washed or changed? The thought that they arent cleaned regularly is really disgusting especially with all the talk of bedbugs.
Best answer:
Answer by Karle
most hotels and motels just replace bedspreads every 3-6 months….they buy them in bulk and its cheaper to do this than to wash them every day…..
been common knowledge for at least last 20 years…..
What do you think? Answer below.
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I don’t work for the hotel industry but being in pest control, I do a lot of work within the hotel industry and I usually deal with the housekeeping staff. The bed spreads and other dressings are usually only changed on a quarterly basis.
BTW – Sheets used to be changed daily but if you stay in a hotel for several days, they do not change the sheets. They will before the next guest but not daily like the used to.
1month, well i think it is all different, because there are lots of hotel in the whole wide world, so we cant tell weather when do they change their bedsheets etc,
I don’t have personal experience into this but I checked a few sites that had done investigative reports and the consensus is that they’re changed… sit down for this… they’re changed every three months. That’s right, there may have been 90 couples on that bedspread before you. That should send a shiver down your spine.
This story came out about two years ago when some of the larger chains announced that they were ditching bedspreads in favor of easier to wash duvets. But note this quote:
Many of the nation’s largest hotel chains have long had bedding policies that turned off the likes of Pearson. While hotels changed the sheets daily, or as often as guests requested, some major chains cleaned the bedspreads only once every three months or instructed housekeepers to remove them only if they saw spots or soiling.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52862-2005Jan31.html
I would not be surprised if some of the smaller hotels out there actually changed them much less frequently, even today.
I hope that helps, and doesn’t gross you out.