Should I expect visitors to bring their own towels?

[xcurlyluciex]

Ok, so scenario got me thinking - not entirely sure what is right or wrong here, so just asking for opinions.
PIL visit us every couple of months. They travel 200 miles each way and usually only stay one night. They don't bring their own towels, so I provide them with a clean one each.
My DM & DF also visit same number of times but always bring their own towels to use.
BIL visits, never brings a towel (or much else for that matter)
It's got me thinking - if you go visit family/friends do you take your own towels? I don't usually, but now I'm thinking I should. I know you get towels if you stay in a hotel, but if you went to say a holiday you might not. Is there some towel etiquette?

I supply towels to guests

No. The host supplies towels.

I’d never take towels or expect anyone to bring them.

I always supply towels for visitors.

I supply towels...it's kind of the 'host's job?

I would supply towels to guests but would also take my own so I'm not sure!

I would always provide towels for people visiting me. I would never think to take a towel with me if I was visiting someone.

We have one regular guest who brings a towel and it took me ages to stop being a little bit offended. I fully expect guests to help themselves to towels. Even travelodge give towels so I don't know why family/friends wouldn't give towels to visitors.

Oh yeah defo.

And their own soap, sugar, tea bags, kettle, toaster, pillows, bedsheets, duvet, duvet cover, plates, and cutlery, and glasses and cups.

Maybe if this was an Air BnB situation, definitely not for family.

Host supplies.

No, it wouldn't occur to me to pack a towel for a stay with a relative / friend. Similarly, I always leave some out for people staying with us.

I always provide towels & toiletries for guests but always offer to bring my own when I (rarely) stay at someone else's house.

No, the host provides everything bar toiletries.

I even have an (old) dressing gown hanging in the spare room just for my MIL. My sister has some little thin slippers for guests from IKEA or Muji, I can't remember which.

People shouldn't have to lug around bulky items to stay in a friend or relatives home.

Not only do I provide towels, I always have towels that are guest towels only (i.e. they match the guest bedroom....). Everyone gets 2 towels, a body towel and a hair towel. I would hate to have to pack bulky towels to use somewhere.

No point lugging towels with you host always provides.

That said mil and fil always expects 2-3 towels between them and want them changed every day which I find OTT (I just hang towels up and use them for a few days at least).

I always put out towels for guests, but always take my own when visiting. Some bring towels, some don’t. I usually mention to anyone coming on a plane or public transport that they don’t need to, because it saves on luggage space. Though obviously they can bring their own if they wish

I usually message people to say "shall we bring towels, bedding etc.?"
Most people say no but sometimes they have a lot of people staying at once (e.g. at Christmas) or don't have room for spare towels (e.g. my parents) so I just ask.

If hosting I would just have a few clean towels available just in case they dont bring their own. Nbd

I always supply my guests with towels.

If I was short of towels for some reason, then I might tell guests to bring a couple. But I’d be a bit embarrassed.
Actually scrub that, if I was short of towels I’d go out and buy a couple.
Normally I give geusts my best, fluffiest towels.

I would never think to bring towels and would automatically supply them.

Of course we provide towels for guests. Not changed every day, of course, but one normal size, one bath towel. On family visits I've never brought my own.
It was different at younger age when staying with friends for a night or two, or they came to visit. We'd always ask what to bring to make as little work as possible bc often ppl didn't have their own washing machines or simply not that many spares.

Of course you don't take towels with you. Host supplies.

It wouldn't even cross my mind to take towels when I visit someone and I'd be surprised if someone whipped out their own towel when they came to mine.

Having said that, I think some hosts dh I'm looking at you can forget that towels need to be actively searched out. So you happily go off to bed, forgetting to give the poor guest a towel making that final face wash at night or early morning shower a challenge! So maybe your guests have been burnt by this before and now are cautious?

Always provide towels for guests. And everything else. And when they host me they do the same. Surely it is silly to bring your own towels when travelling a great distance?