Staying overnight in friends house ... do you strip the bed ?

[laceygo]

Am going to be staying at a friends house overnight which I haven't done for years , and just wondered what people usually do re the bed when they leave friends /families homes . Do you just tidy it ? Strip the sheets ?

It never even crossed my mind to strip a bed at a friends. Mine you I’ve not stayed at a friends in years but I’d be mortified if they stripped them here. They’re guests it’s nkt needed at all and my duvets aren’t pristine so I’d be embarrassed

Enough people don't like the bed stripped that I wouldn't do it. I would make the bed and leave the room spic and span.

I don't mind either way - guest linen goes straight in the washing machine that day, so I'm happy if people strip, don't mind if they leave it.

I always strip the bed when visiting friends or relatives.

Nope, I'd make the bed how, but also ask if they wanted it stripped.

Re flushing, I'd always flush unless it's likely to wake someone up in the next room. If I know there's someone in an adjoining room, I'll usually ask if they want the loo flushed in the night.

I always ask, but get annoyed when people strip mine (which is most of our guests - only my parents don't do it, assuming they'll be the most likely to be staying there next time (although I'd still wash them in between unless it was only a few days). I prefer to know the bed is freshly made for guests' arrival. So if sheets are stripped, I have to wash them, then will have to strip and wash again for next guests (there could be paw prints or cat hair otherwise).

I have a washing routine, and don't like leaving a bed stripped as the cat might sleep on it (much easier to wash a duvet cover than all the under gubbins.

And if you MUST strip, please do everything- don't leave the bottom pillows covered, those pillowcases will need cleaning too. Naming no names...

I'd tidy the bed but not strip. I'd prefer the bed left made up so I can wash the sheets when I fancy it. 're flushing, depends on whether there's small children in the house that might be woken and never sleep again looking at you ds1

I'd be annoyed if a guest did it without asking and would say no if they did ask. I think leaving the room as you found it is the polite thing to do. Always, always flush, I do not want to be faced with anyone else's wee or worse.

It wouldn't occur to me to strip it and if someone did it at my house I'd feel they'd forced me into doing a wash I probably wasn't planning yet

No I wouldn't. If someone did it here it would annoy me as I would have to put clean ones on straight away, then the cat would sleep on them and I would have to wash again next time somebody stayed over.

I ask ‘would you like me to strip the bed’ and then I do or don’t do it.

Personally I prefer it if guests do not stop their bed because I get my cleaner to change bedding and it looks neater left on until she comes.

I also ask what their night time toilet protocol is re flushing not flushing if there isn’t s guest en suite.