To ask guests to bring their own towels

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I feel I may bu here but I realised today that I haven't enough spare towels for guests who are close family coming to stay one night Christmas/Boxing Day.

I've no idea what they'll think but was going to ask if they can bring their own to stay on Christmas night. Feel a bit embarrassed to ask but otherwise have to dash out now and get some and just got back from horrendous town shopping... plus £££ when we never have guests ever normally !

Just explain you’ve not got enough spares and ask them to bring their own. I’m sure they won’t mind a bit.

I'd have no problem with that. Better use of the world's resources than you buying towels that won't get used again.

I wouldn't mind being asked to bring a towel with me but would hate to get to my destination and find I was expected to share, even with family members.

Can you not just pop to ASDA or Tesco?

New towels new washing a good few times before they’re really absorbent so I think they’d probably prefer to bring their own than have brand new ones.

Who is coming? Is there one particular one out of the group you could ask and see if they’d bring extras for themselves and the others.

No I'd be fine with that, I do usually take one with me anyway if I'm at a friends and there are loads of us staying as I think it's unfair for her to have to do masses of laundry for one/two nights.

So long as they're driving, no problem at all. If they're coming by public transport, towels are pretty bulky to pack, especially if you're also carrying lots of presents, so please prioritise giving towels to anyone in that situation!

Ok thank you I actually forgot the thread
I am busy panicking about absolutely everything. I own three towels for myself and dh two but they're my towels. I don't own any guest towels. Thanks for the replies.
In laws now have rather fluffy and pretty missoni towels thanks to dh stopping off on way from work. Apparently this was easier than listening to me go on about a distinct lack of guest towels over the phone.

Bloody cheek. Reading this thread might still ask guests to bring towels and then return the towels to shop and exchange them for a gift for myself.
They're his relatives after all

When we're visiting anyone or they're visiting here there's always a phone call Shall I bring anyhting? and I usually say Towels would be good. OH once heard that in Sweden it's the norm that people take sheets when they visit, he always says he'll ask our guests to do the same.