4 Quality Hospitality Sheets Characteristics for Short-Term Rentals

The primary goal for any property in the hospitality industry such as short-term rentals is to provide their guests with a comforting and enjoyable experience during their stay. This includes providing good bedding, amenities, and other accessories that will help improve the overall experience. Short-term rental properties are quickly becoming a popular trend for travelers, so it is important that they have the best possible linen and lodging options to remain competitive. Industry experts have been discussing some of the best sheet characteristics for short-term rentals.

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❄ 3 Great Hospitality Gifts for the Holiday Season ❄

The holiday season brings joy to many people. People are excited to reunite with family and friends after a long, busy year. They enjoy traveling during the holiday season to take a break from their daily routine. The holidays also symbolize a time of giving, and properties can advertise hospitality gifts to their guests. People often give presents to show appreciation for one another. The holiday season is a wonderful time for the hospitality industry to showcase great products that can be offered as gifts. Properties can suggest gift ideas through a gift shop. Great hospitality gifts include sheets, towels, and robes.

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Gift Shops: 1 Creative Way to add Revenue to Your Hospitality Business

Many people choose to pursue careers in the hospitality industry because they are passionate about serving other people and giving them memorable experiences. The primary goal for lodging professionals is making sure their guests have a comfortable and relaxing stay at their property. This involves adding high-quality bedding, amenities, food, and beverages. One of the best compliments a property owner can hear from a customer is that they enjoyed something in the property so much that they would like to have one for themselves. This could be sheets, towels, robes, amenities like shampoo or conditioner, etc. Luckily, guests can have their wishes fulfilled and the business can add a stream of revenue if the property offers their desired products for purchase through a gift shop. Sheets are generally the most popular item guests look for, and this blog will primarily focus on how properties can implement a gift shop program for their guests.

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4 Intriguing Hospitality Goals for 2022

Has your hospitality property, inn, or lodge began discussing goals for the 2022 year? Maybe there are some changes to the property pertaining to linens or other areas that you would like to focus your attention on in the remaining weeks of 2021. The bed linen that may stand out the most to guests is hospitality sheets. Guests want to sleep on a soft, comfortable set of sheets that will give them a pleasant night’s sleep. There are so many different angles to focus on when dealing with sheets like what is a good thread count, how many should I order, how should they be laundered, etc. This blog will highlight some important areas to focus on when evaluating the sheets at your property.

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When is It Time to Replace These 4 Common Types Bedding?

Often, property managers think of the bedroom as where their housekeeping staff spends a large portion of their time cleaning and maintaining. Think about how much work is involved with cleaning out a bedroom between each guest stay. The bedding is laundered, bathrooms are cleaned, trash gets emptied, floors are vacuumed, and furniture gets dusted or sanitized. Sheets, blankets, pillows, duvet covers, and comforters are just a few of the many types of bedding that you might offer that needs to get laundered. With this process occurring so frequently, have you pondered how long each piece of bedding should last? This blog will explain when a property should replace its bedding.

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5 Overlooked and Economical Hospitality Products that Increase Guest Satisfaction

Property managers and innkeepers have many roles and responsibilities in order to keep a property running smoothly for its guests. It can be stressful maintaining and ordering hospitality products, preparing meals, and keeping the rooms clean. If you are one who manages a property, have you ever asked yourself what the most important role you have as a manager is? Two common responses are making sure the guest has a pleasant and comfortable experience and managing the cost of doing this. Some common examples might be serving delicious meals, having appropriate amenities like a flat screen television, wifi, and a friendly staff to make the guests feel welcome. This blog will offer five low-cost ideas that can help enhance the overall positive experiences for guests.

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Hospitality Industry 101: How to Efficiently Become an Innkeeping Professional

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, this blog will help make your preparations easier if joining the hospitality industry is something you are interested in pursuing. Whether you want to break into the hospitality industry or if you are already in the industry, this blog recommend some start-up items that will get you started and keep you going in the hospitality industry. 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.Continue reading →

What’s the Best Way to Care for Hotel Sheets?

There’s nothing quite like going to bed beneath a set of freshly washed sheets.

It’s a nice feeling when you’re at home, but something guests at your inn, bed and breakfast or vacation rental property will think of as a given. You check into an establishment, you expect to find clean, high quality hotel-style sheets.

But how do you keep those sheets clean and comfortable week after week, guest after guest? In this blog post, we’ll explore the best ways for you to care for bedding at your hotel, inn, bed and breakfast or vacation rental property.

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3 Christmas Gift Ideas for Innkeepers

The life of being an innkeeper is extremely busy. So busy, in fact, that while the rest of America was braving the crowds on Black Friday, you were at work, immersed in the busiest travel weekend of the year.

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Which Type of Bed Sheets Last the Longest?

Q. How long should my bed sheets last?

This is a question we’re asked frequently by innkeepers who are attempting to keep their costs to a reasonable minimum, and also by customers who only plan to use their bed sheets at home.

No matter who’s doing the asking, though, it’s a wise question to ask. Because bed sheets—especially well-made and comfortable bed sheets—can be costly. And for both hospitality and home use, most experts recommend having a minimum of three sets of sheeting per bed: one on the bed, one in the wash, and one in the closet. In between each use, we recommend laundering and then storing your linens in a well-ventilated space.

But take heart: With proper care, fine bed linens can last for many years, regardless of whether you’re using them exclusively in the home, or in a busy hotel or inn with a heavy guest turnover.

To ensure that your bed sheets will last as long as possible, alternate the use of each set on a weekly basis for home use. For innkeepers, of course, sheets need to be changed each time a guest checks out and a new guest arrives. Depending on the level of turnover, innkeepers will find that the majority of their sheets need to be replaced much sooner than a homeowner will need to replace hers.

For best results when laundering, use a non-chlorine bleach and a gentle liquid detergent not a fabric softener as it will lessen the life of the fabric and add a substance that does not allow the fabric to breathe. Wash on a gentle cycle with warm water, then tumble dry until slightly damp.

Pro tip: Over drying or drying on too hot a setting is the single biggest factor in reducing the life of your sheets. This is why we suggest taking your sheets out while slightly damp. Once smoothed and folded, most sheeting will be less wrinkled. Again, you can touch up with an iron on the hem of the flat sheet and pillowcase hem.

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