To have never stripped a hotel bed

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I've just been reading a post on Facebook about a man who always strips his bed before leaving his hotel. There's comment after comment (probably around 95%) of people saying that they always strip the bed too.

I always make sure the room is clean and tidy and I put the towels together but I have never stripped the bed. Does everyone do this and I am a bad guest?

YABU- stop being lazy and strip the bed
YANBU - I don't do this either

For your own peace of mind, don't.

Neither have I. We don’t strip them in holiday cottages either.

I used to work in housekeeping, no, no one ever stripped the beds. Used towels in the bath yes, beds? No.

I discussed this once with a friend who owns a hotel. This was in the context of disgusting things that happen in hotels and he said that when they come across a stripped bed, they know there is most probably a horrible surprise lurking in them there sheets.....

My mother strips the bed upon arrival and we always teased her about it, until she found a mattress that had a huge blood stain on it.

If we are checking out I don’t see the point of leaving the towels in the bath, they’ll get changed anyway so we just leave them hanging.

@Yarboosucks

I discussed this once with a friend who owns a hotel. This was in the context of disgusting things that happen in hotels and he said that when they come across a stripped bed, they know there is most probably a horrible surprise lurking in them there sheets.....

My mother strips the bed upon arrival and we always teased her about it, until she found a mattress that had a huge blood stain on it.

Yes, my friend used to work in a hotel and told me about the bundle of sheets with a massive turd hiding inside (not envy!)

I would never even think to strip beds in a hotel!

I don't strip anything when I am a paying customer!

It's a holiday, I am happy to pay for someone to do it.
I don't do the dishes when I eat in a restaurant either, or even carry them back to the kitchen.

It's patronising and a disturbance for everybody.

Nope. That is very odd.

Holiday cottage? Yes, always strip and leave in a pile together with towels.

Hotel? No. Never.

And I've worked as housekeeping for a good while in the past, both doing cottages for a Centre Parcs type resort, and in hotels.

It was rare enough that cottage beds were stripped - if I was lucky, I might get 1 every fortnight (I had 4 cottages per week on changeover day and often got asked to help others finish theirs), there was 1 memorable day I had 2 in 1 day (I was on bigger cottages that week so it really made a good difference to me!).

But I only once ever had a hotel bed stripped (and that was when a "lads" room had been trashed, matress was badly stained, bathroom was destroyed and water all over the floor, 1 pillow torn so feathers all over the place....) - so that 1 actually made a lot more work for me ironically.

Never. You pay hotel rates for someone else do do it.

I’ll do it in holiday rentals, though.

Nope, unless it was an air B&B type place and it was specifically requested.

I always do since I spent a night at a place once that very clearly hadn't changed the bedding after the last guest

Never even occurred to me to strip the bed! I put the towels all together and make sure all my rubbish is in the bin, that kind of thing, I’d never leave the room in a ness but never thought to do anything like strip the bed and I don’t plan to start.

I’ve never done it either.
I wouldn’t stay anywhere that expected it either.
I’m on holiday! I do enough of that crap at home.

No unless told I’ve been told to and never in a hotel .

I always do. I used to work as a chambermaid (as we used to be called back in the 80s when sexism abounded) and loved it when people stripped the beds - it made my job so much quicker and nicer (no bogging sheets or pillows to strip off).

Was the man North American? I'm Canadian-American and it's more common there I'd say, though not required.

It makes me think of the type of people who stack their dirty plates in a restaurant, they think they’re being helpful but are probably causing more hassle than if they just let people do their jobs.

Nope. Part of what you pay for.

I've never done the dishes in a restaurant after my meal either.

I did time as a chambermaid and don’t strip the bed. I do turn it right down to air though, plus open the windows, and rubbish in the bin and towels in the bath like previous posters.

Never - it might make you feel virtuous but it doesn’t help the house keeping staff.

I leave a tip by the bed, but it never occurred to me to strip it.

Nope.
Different in a holiday cottage, they often ask you to. But never a hotel room! Surely this is what you're paying for?

I stay in hotels most weeks and never have I stripped the bed.

Self-catering - yes at the end of the stay i would strip the bet

In hotel - no
In holiday cottage - yes