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?

If we're driving, we often do take towels with us because it saves the host some of the laundry - especially if it's a short stay. When people stay with us, we always provide towels, but if they brought their own of course I wouldn't be offended!

I think it's good etiquette for the host to provide towels, I give them 3 each (a bath sheet, a bath towel and a hand towel). I have separate guest towels so they stay nice and fluffy, and wash them on 60 with whites bleach.

I always provide towels, it’s part of hosting surely?

Occasionally we take, mainly to avoid washing, but you could say that for bedding too. It’s such a waste for a really short stay. But we’d provide too when people come and not care/judge either way.

I'm quite happy to use any towel even just a small hand towel my dh likes a massive bath sheet if we was in the car and it was no more effort to take his towel he would but I would expect some sort of towel to be available to me... Not even best guest towels just something

I would never take my own towels to someone's house I had been invited to stay at. Doing so is downright weird.

"I give them 3 each (a bath sheet, a bath towel and a hand towel)."

3 each is overkill! What are you going to do with a bath towel and a bath sheet?

"I was always taught by my dad that a good guest always brings their own towel and a good host makes sure they don’t have to use it."

Well that's just silly. One or the other. No point wasting luggage space even if you have a compressible one.

I definitely wouldn't expect houseguests to bring their own towels- no matter who they are!

3 each is overkill! What are you going to do with a bath towel and a bath sheet?

The bath sheet is to wrap up in after the shower, bath towel for hair and hand towel for face. Most guests don't use all 3 and leave one or two neatly folded but I think it's welcoming to provide them. And they look nice in a fluffy stack!

I hate it when I stay with people and they provide a single crispy towel with bleach stains!

Depends who it is, if it is DS we would always take towels as he probably only possesses 2 . If people visit us I would always provide towels would wouldn't think anything of it if they bought their own

I'm with OneStepSideways - sheet for the body and towel for the hair plus additional hand/face towel :-)

If someone is bringing their own towels it's probably because they don't like yours. 🙊