Category: For Innkeepers

A category of blog articles that are specifically created to instruct and provide industry-specific solutions to innkeepers

Hospitality Industry 101: How to Become an Innkeeper

It’s the start of a new year.  It often marks a time where people wonder if they should make changes in their life including their career.  Are you already working in the hospitality industry or have you thought about joining it?  While becoming an innkeeper can be challenging, we hope this blog will help make your preparations easier if this is something you are interested in pursuing.  Whether you want to break into the hospitality industry or if you are already in the industry, we will recommend some start-up items that will get you started and keep you going.  There is a wide range of products that will be needed to satisfy your guests.  This can include food and beverages, entertainment, and linens such as bedding, towels, and napkins.

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Bed Coverlets: A Decorative Option for Making Your Guest’s Bed

Bed coverlets have become a popular option as a topper for your guest’s bed.  Guests find them appealing because they are decorative and versatile.   If you are new to using a coverlet or deciding if you want to use one, you may be wondering what the best way to make the bed with a coverlet on top is.  This blog will help prepare you with the best step-by-step process for creating your coverlet-topped bed. 

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Coverlets or Bedspreads: The Innkeeper’s Preference

Innkeepers are filled with many difficult decisions about how to best serve their guests.  It can range from decisions about where their inn should be located to what type of food they should serve. This doesn’t even include all of the bedding decisions that have to be made.  One of the most important decisions is deciding what to put on top of the bed.  Fortunately, there are many choices that can be made for the top of the bed including coverlets, bedspreads, and quilts.  To help you with this decision process, this blog article will take a look at what makes coverlets unique and how they compare to bedspreads.

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What Is a Weighted Blanket and How Do They Work?

Weighted Blanket

A few years ago, weighted blankets were just a fad item. Now, they’re everywhere, with more than two dozen companies manufacturing them.

These blankets are typically weighted with plastic pellets or grains of rice or buckwheat and can weigh anywhere from four to 25 pounds.

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How to Get Urine Out of Mattresses: An Ounce of Prevention

Accidents happen.

As an innkeeper, it’s a fact of life.

Drinks get spilled, kids get nosebleeds, and every so often, you find yourself having to figure out how to get urine out of a mattress.

We owe it to our guests to respect their privacy, but we also owe it to ourselves – and more importantly, to future guests – to make sure our rooms are cleaned properly.

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Standard Mattress and Sheet Size Guide

Hotel room bed

Beds come in all shapes and sizes, but they all have the same job: giving you – and your guests – a good night’s sleep.

But beds can only truly be comfortable when they’re outfitted with the right bedding, as anyone who’s ever wrestled with a too-small sheet can tell you.

That’s why we’ve put together this guide to standard mattress sizes and standard sheet sizes. Read on to learn how to measure bedding and mattresses to ensure a comfortable rest for you and your guests.

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How Often Do Hotels Replace Pillows?

Man sleeping on pillows

How long have you had the pillow you sleep on every night?

Two years? Four years? Six?

When you check into a hotel, the pillows you sleep on will likely be much newer, as hotels replace pillows fairly frequently.

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How to Decorate the Bathroom with the Right Bath Accessories

Beautiful bathroom with accessories, plants, and decorations

Sometimes all it takes to tie a room together is a good rug. Or a piece of artwork, or a smartly-chosen throw pillow.

Whatever the case, smaller items can make a huge difference to the overall look and feel of the décor.

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How to Get Blood Out of Sheets

Housekeeping getting blood out of sheets

As stains go, blood is one of the worst.

It’s easy to see a blood stain and feel like Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth, driven to the brink of madness by that spot that…just…won’t…come…out.

But getting blood stains out of hotel bed sheets doesn’t have to feel like an impossible task. Whether the stain is fresh or has had time to soak in overnight, there are numerous methods for restoring your sheets to pristine condition.

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