NYT TRAVEL: Say Goodbye to Daily Hotel Room Cleaning
By Danielle Braff
Section: Travel
Source: New York Times
Published Date: March 24, 2023 at 02:00AM
Their sheets were untucked, their garbage can was overflowing, and their soggy towels were in limp piles on the damp bathroom floor.
Ms. VanDerSchie, 44, a high school teacher in River Forest, Ill., assumed that for the $200 a night she was paying, she’d at least get new towels and a quick room refresh daily, without having to make a special request during her three-night stay.
She was wrong.
“It seemed like a money-saving tactic,” Ms. VanDerSchie said. “But the feeling of vacation is enhanced when someone else is looking after us a little, for sure.”
A pandemic disruption, continued
In the early days of the pandemic, the daily cleaning of hotel rooms was among the many routines disrupted. Even people who dared to travel blanched at the idea of a stranger entering their rooms. Many hotels started cleaning only after guests checked out, even letting some lodgings sit empty for a day.
By Danielle Braff
Section: Travel
Source: New York Times
Published Date: March 24, 2023 at 02:00AM
The pandemic put a pause on many hotels’ guaranteed once-a-day cleanings. Now many of them are making the change permanent, even saying guests prefer it.
Stephanie VanDerSchie returned to her hotel room in Wausau, Wis., after a long day of skiing last month with her three young children to find their room disheveled.Their sheets were untucked, their garbage can was overflowing, and their soggy towels were in limp piles on the damp bathroom floor.
Ms. VanDerSchie, 44, a high school teacher in River Forest, Ill., assumed that for the $200 a night she was paying, she’d at least get new towels and a quick room refresh daily, without having to make a special request during her three-night stay.
She was wrong.
“It seemed like a money-saving tactic,” Ms. VanDerSchie said. “But the feeling of vacation is enhanced when someone else is looking after us a little, for sure.”
A pandemic disruption, continued
In the early days of the pandemic, the daily cleaning of hotel rooms was among the many routines disrupted. Even people who dared to travel blanched at the idea of a stranger entering their rooms. Many hotels started cleaning only after guests checked out, even letting some lodgings sit empty for a day.
Read More at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/travel/hotels-end-daily-cleaning.html
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