Do They Really Change Your Sheets?

Marlina

@marlina (154166)

• Canada

14 Sep 16

That is a good idea about spilling some thing on the bed sheets and asking for a new set.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

14 Sep 16

This is a wonderful idea and this is what I am going to do the next time I check into a hotel.

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solxee

@sol_cee (38223)

• Philippines

14 Sep 16

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The Horse

@TheHorse (205716)

• Walnut Creek, California

15 Sep 16

Suddenly I feel very itchy.

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vanny

@vandana7 (98826)

• India

15 Sep 16

I feel happy I am not that rich to be roaming so much and especially going to hotels like that lol...I carry my sheets and towels and napkins

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

15 Sep 16

I always brought with me a pj that covered all my body when I had to sleep in a hotel. I never trusted them, not even the luxury chain. This investigation shows that I was right.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

15 Sep 16

@vandana7 My dear going from Europe to the United States bringing your sheets and towels would be very expensive because the excess weight of your luggage costs a fortune.

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

14 Sep 16

Oh they change ours - I make sure that somewhere or other I mess some coffee to make sure its done - I am a germophobe as well - and TOWELS - well I wet them to the worst possible. Oh and I remove the throw's first and foremost as I think they NEVER get changed and carry the most germs

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vanny

@vandana7 (98826)

• India

15 Sep 16

Lany...lol. You are quite like Maria..of The Sound of Music...you sure know how to get your way. What are throw's? And how are you sure that the new sheet they offer is not merely ironed and passed off as a fresh set..

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vanny

@vandana7 (98826)

• India

15 Sep 16

@Inlemay ...oh ...counterpane

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

15 Sep 16

@vandana7 Now you have me thinking - a throw is that light cover they put at the end of the bed or sometimes over the whole quilt

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Jeff Moffitt

@moffittjc (118435)

• Gainesville, Florida

15 Sep 16

If we really knew half the stuff that was going on with the hotel staff (or in this case, the stuff that is not going on), we would never sleep in a hotel again ever! It's not different than when I worked in a restaurant as a teenager. If the public knew half the things that the cooks and waiters did in the restaurant, they would never go out to eat ever again! Sometimes, it's better that we don't know what really goes on in some places; we'd be appalled!

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

15 Sep 16

You are so right, my cousin is a Chef, he owns a restaurant in Modena (Italy), we discussed this many times and I know that if you want to be sure, you must sleep and eat only at home.

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Mary Guice

@Elizaby (6902)

• Pensacola, Florida

7 Nov 16

so true

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solxee

@sol_cee (38223)

• Philippines

14 Sep 16

They charge you an arm and leg and forget to change the sheets?

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

14 Sep 16

They change and arm and leg and they do not change the sheets, but I do not believe it's because they "forget". This is horrible!

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solxee

@sol_cee (38223)

• Philippines

14 Sep 16

@LadyDuck what if customers forget to pay? lol

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

14 Sep 16

@sol_cee This is what they deserve, because they are cheaters.

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DianneN

@DianneN (246720)

• United States

14 Sep 16

I could always tell if the sheets have been changed or not. Thank goodness that never happened to us, or our stay would be free! My son dated a girl at Cornell who was in the hotel and hospitality school. The things she told us would make you stay home forever!

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Marsha Cooper

@marsha32 (6631)

• United States

23 Sep 16

Wow @DianneN I don't think I want to know.. I worked as a housekeeper for many years at 4 different motels. We never did anything at any of them that would have been questionable. They sent us on weekends away for training even. I seen lots of disgusting things that guests left behind, but we did our jobs correctly.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

14 Sep 16

I am also pretty good in telling if the sheets have been changed, but I cannot believe that this hotel can do something like this. Even if we knew everything that happens in the kitchen of big restaurants we would eat at home forever.

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Erly Maglangit

@cacay1 (83223)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

16 Sep 16

@DianneN , yes, sure not all are the same , that is business and their income relies from room renters

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Morning Girl

@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

14 Sep 16

It is very likely, this is why I carefully examine the bed sheets and pillow cases whenever I check in. I experienced it at Forest Hills Hotel, the bed sheet did not feel good on my skin so I had to call them so they could change the sheets. I know how new sheets smell and feel, I told them. They were very apologetic.

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Morning Girl

@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

14 Sep 16

@LadyDuck How could they stain their reputation that way! We really have to be careful.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

14 Sep 16

@salonga I agree, I am sure in the past they were more customer oriented, now they only think to the money that they can make.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

14 Sep 16

I have looked at the video and I was scared. I can understand a low price hotel, but not a AAA Hotel in New York.

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rebel_woman06

@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

15 Sep 16

That's why whenever we enter the hotel room if we are on travel or for a seminar in Manila or wherever , i smell the bedsheets even if they look clean . It's my one way of knowing that they are clean . If not , i would call front desk to have it changed .

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rebel_woman06

@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

15 Sep 16

@LadyDuck For sure you can smell it . My nose is sensitive to bad smells . I am fidgety when i smell something awful in the bedroom .

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

15 Sep 16

I also smell carefully the bed and I always hope that my nose does not foul me.

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ajithlal

@ajithlal (14716)

• India

20 Sep 16

@SIMPLYD I also does not like bad smells and likes good smells of perfumes.

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Sharon

@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

17 Sep 16

I always worry about that too, especially when it comes to the bedspread or comforter. I also worry about bedbugs since my son and his family got them while in a hotel.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

18 Sep 16

@simone10 This is what I usually do too. In my opinion there not enough supervision about the hygiene in hotels and restaurants.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

17 Sep 16

Oh my goodness bed bugs is horrible. I am pretty sure that they almost never change the bedspread or comforter. Most of the time they look dusty and covered with stains.

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Sharon

@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

18 Sep 16

@LadyDuck It really was horrible for my son. It was expensive to treat their apartment and there were some things they had to throw away. I don't think they change the comforters either. That's why I will either take them off the bed or fold them down to the bottom of the bed. I won't use them.

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Alfredo Rossi

@amadeo (111948)

• United States

14 Sep 16

Many of the hotel that we stay at.Would ask you if you want your sheet wash daily. I have not problem with this.if they have clean sheets when we are there.Then there is not sense to have clean sheets daily. Not keep this in mind the reason for this.that they do not want to use too much water and degeterent to hurt the environment. Anna of all the traveling we do and places that we stay .We have been lucky in not getting any germs etc. I do hope that this will continued on.but I do understand what you are saying there. Some people even bring their own sheets and towels/

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

14 Sep 16

Alfredo, here I am saying that they did not change the sheet after an UNKNOWN guest before you used the bed. This is something I cannot accept.

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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl

@1creekgirl (40515)

• United States

14 Sep 16

I worry about bed bugs also, even at the nicer hotels.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

15 Sep 16

I have heard that this is also becoming a problem. No matter what they say, in my opinion, it's lack of hygiene.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306113)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

14 Sep 16

That is disgusting. I've worked as a housekeeper many years ago and we always changed the sheets daily, even for guests who were not checking out.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

15 Sep 16

This is what I remember was done years ago. We sometimes stayed at a hotel several days and the housekeepers came in the morning and they changed the bedsheets. I suppose that in our days it's only a matter of more money. Disgusting.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306113)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

18 Sep 16

@LadyDuck Yes it is disgusting.

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Shiva

@Shiva49 (26200)

• Singapore

19 Sep 16

@just4him, I understand we should ask them as otherwise they do every couple of days - siva

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Mike

@Mike197602 (15487)

• United Kingdom

14 Sep 16

They change all the sheets at my hotel for sure.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

14 Sep 16

I hope they do, I could not believe what I saw. The Marriott Hotel in New York is supposed to be a very good hotel. If I think that I slept there.

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Betty Belekis

@BettyB (4117)

• Summerville, South Carolina

14 Sep 16

When I stay at a hotel I expect clean sheets on the bed. At home, well I don't wash the sheets as often as my mother did but we've got AC and don't sweat the night away. I'm comfortable with every two weeks.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

14 Sep 16

At home I can keep my bed sheet the full week and I do not pretend to have the sheets changed every day at the hotel, but I cannot accept to sleep in bed sheets used by people I do not even know.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

6 Nov 16

@coffeebreakwhatever Exactly, at home I know that I am the only one to use my side of the bed.

Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (157552)

• United States

5 Nov 16

I fear bed bugs. I may have stayed in motels once in the last year. I have not seen indications of bugs or poor sanitation, but you know, I seldom take that chance.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

6 Nov 16

I stayed at the hotels and motels a lot when we traveled for business and every time I checked carefully to see if there were signs showing that the bed sheets had not been changed. So many times I have found bread crumbs and "hair" in the hidden corners.

dpk262006

@dpk262006 (58675)

• Delhi, India

15 Sep 16

Your post is revealing. Next time, when we stay in a hotel, we should ensure that they change the bed sheets regularly. Sometimes, they may change upper and lower cover but not the sheets. It is better to be careful than feel sorry.

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dpk262006

@dpk262006 (58675)

• Delhi, India

16 Sep 16

@LadyDuck - Yes, whenever we hire a room in a hotel, we must ensure that they have changed the sheets and the room is in proper condition or not. I have travelled to many places/cities in connection with official business. I did not face any unpleasant experience regarding rooms in any of the hotels. Rooms were always neatly done with all things intact and room service was prompt.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

15 Sep 16

I agree, if they do not change the sheets every day it's not a big problem, but if they have not changed the sheets from the previous guest, this is absolutely disgusting.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

16 Sep 16

@dpk262006 Most of the time it was the same for us, but it happened that sometimes the room was not as neat and intact as we expected. Of course we asked to change the room.

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much2say

@much2say (53959)

• Los Angeles, California

19 Sep 16

Forget? I would think that task should be one of the first on the list!! I did hear that they often do not clean the top cover (the comforter or bed spread).

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much2say

@much2say (53959)

• Los Angeles, California

21 Sep 16

@LadyDuck Yuck. So unsanitary. Makes me want to bring my own sleeping bag!!!

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

22 Sep 16

@much2say I have bought one, designed just to be used in the hotels to avoid to be in contact with their bed sheets. You can find it on Amazon, there are several.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

20 Sep 16

I can very well imagine that they do not "forget" but they do this with the purpose to make more money. The top covers are most of the time pretty disgusting.

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Kimberly Cass

@Butchcass4 (5895)

• United States

4 Nov 16

Well my view of hotels and motels has been forever changed. I'll think twice about staying in one

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

5 Nov 16

No matter how much we are careful I think that we can do nothing to avoid those kind of "bad" surprises. I confess that I am often scared also to eat outside.

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Kimberly Cass

@Butchcass4 (5895)

• United States

5 Nov 16

@LadyDuck I never eat anything without asking God to bless you as you just don't know with the way the world is today. God's Word says He protects us from poison in Jesus' name

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Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50525)

• Centralia, Missouri

15 Sep 16

oh now that's just nasty

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

15 Sep 16

It's disgusting, I know that they do this. I have noticed in some hotels that they have a look at the bed when people check out and they not always change the sheets.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

16 Sep 16

@Jessicalynnt YUCK! I would never walk barefoot on their floors/carpeting. We also had to use the hotels for business, but of course I never used the glasses in the bathroom, I had paper cups with me.

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Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50525)

• Centralia, Missouri

15 Sep 16

@LadyDuck I try not to think about it, since when I use a hotel it's by necessity. I know I NEVER walk around barefoot, the carpet makes my skin crawl

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crazyhorseladycx

@crazyhorseladycx (39515)

• United States

15 Sep 16

i'm purty certain they don't ferget to change 'em, they jest don't :( either to save time 'r money. i've always been a tad worried 'bout those places myself. always bring my own pillow 'long with a quilt to place o'er the bed 'n 'nother to cover with.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

15 Sep 16

@crazyhorseladycx I know that this is what happens in the hotel, no matter if it's a small hotel or a luxury one. It's crazy to think that you can be absolutely sure that they changed the bed sheets. Who can really know?

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

15 Sep 16

You are right, they do not forget, it's only a matter of money. I had a friend in the US who was a hotel manager. He said that the headquarters asked them to avoid changing the bed sheets that "looked clean". This is disgusting, because you pay good money and you should have good service.

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crazyhorseladycx

@crazyhorseladycx (39515)

• United States

15 Sep 16

@LadyDuck shameful, aint 't? momma managed a hotel here'n town fer a few years. the owners disliked that there t'was a need to purchase new sheets/towels/bedspreads so oft - told her to not wash 'em all the time. she told 'em ('n the maids) that if'n such t'was'n a room, 't'd be washed 'n fresh fer the next who came - regardless 'f whether all the towels were used 'r not 'n the beds'd definitely be changed daily/ the bedspreads e'ery time a guest left 'd be washed. needless to say, 'fter 2 years she'd tired 'f fightin' with 'em 'n left.

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