To ask guests to remove bed sheets on last day of stay?

[Moobear22]

DH family stay over from time to time.
they never remove sheets.
we work full time. Who do they think removes the bed sheets?
to be fair to them, whenever I have stayed at PIL house they insist we leave the beds without stripping sheets when we go.
i don’t have time for excess housework and was always taught to strip bedsheets as a guest.
how do I ask politely for them to strip bed? I want to be welcoming and not rude.

Just think of all the beds we could have stripped if we hadn’t read this thread ? 🤣

Wow it takes a minute to strip the bed. I would never expect a guest to do this and have never done it as a guest.

What!! How long does it take you to strip a few sheets. Id never ask a guest to do that. I work full time too, so what? Get some coverless duvets. They go in the machine and are dry an hour later.

you could have done it while you writing this post to moan about them not doing it! I find some guests offer and others just do it. Sometimes those who offer I tell them to leave the sheets on as I'm not going to wash them immediately and the bed looks tidier made than unmade.

Either ask/tell them or don’t make a fuss. It’s literally a one minute job to strip a bed. Your full time job is irrelevant.
To be brutal, if I stayed with family who asked me to strip my bed, I’d feel very unwelcome. Are they truly so grotty you don’t want to touch their sheets? Because that’s how you’d make me feel.

As a guest I would ask but in Airbnb I always strip the bed and fold it and leave on the end of the bed or chair. I met one owner as we were leaving and told her and she was thrilled as it saved her time with a quick turn around. I did used to look after a four bedroom holiday home so maybe that is why I always do it now.

It wouldn’t bother me in the least if you asked me to do it.😄

My dad taught me that stripping sheets was the polite thing to do, but I always ask the host's preference - I'm surprised they haven't asked you what you'd prefer.

So, during the course of your life, every time you’ve stayed in someone else’s home or they’ve stayed in yours, guests have stripped the bed?

I'd be horrified if guests stripped the bed because let's face it mattresses/pillows/duvets aren't always pristine underneath the bedding

I would never think to do it if I was staying somewhere

I would never expect guests to strip the bed. I don’t expect them to make it up, so why expect them to strip it?

You expect your guests to strip the beds, but not your DH!! There's your issue.

This. Your problem isn't your guests.

DH strips them and takes them to the laundrette. And collects

I only remove bedsheets before someone comes - that way I always have freshly washed sheets for them to sleep on.
If you do it just after they leave and remake the bed, then that lovely freshness isn't there for the guests weeks later.

Yep same. Guests stripping their own beds is not something I'd expect as a host or as a guest.

You don't have time to strip a bed but you have time to start a thread and post about it?

OP - you're being ridiculous. Stripping a bed takes a couple of minutes max.

I think asking guests to strip beds is weird. You wouldn't hand them the Dyson and a can of Pledge and ask them to hoover and polish, would you?
I never came across the idea of expecting guests to strip their own beds until I heard it on MN.
It seems very unhospitable. I don't like the concept at all.

Exactly, in the same way if I'm the guest I will usually ask if they want the bed stripping before I go.

Years ago we heard something on the radio that in Sweden it's the norm for guests to being their own sheets and then take them home, my late OH was very keen on this idea as we were hosting a large New Year's Eve party but I wouldn't let him do it!

I agree with whoever said it takes 60 seconds. To me it’s an easy part of being a welcoming host , though I’ve also appreciated when someone’s offered eg when we’ve had our hands full with a small baby

I've never stripped beds staying in someone's home it's a bit intrusive. Hotels I do and clear away all rubbish as they only get a few minutes each room. So a couple less thing's for them to do.

I could imagine asking or expecting someone to do this. Seems rude as a be host to impose housework on be guests! You do you though. If you really want it, you need to ask.

I would hate the bed being stripped by guests. It feels a bit aggressive, a bit like "now do some laundry you dirty lazy cow!" 😜

I don't have lots of different guests so if, say, my parents have stayed a night or two the chances are the sheets don't need changing because the next visit will also be them!

Also it might not suit H (who does the laundry in our house and hates having his "system" messed up) to do a sheet wash so it's all sitting around in a messy pile with the mattress and duvet getting dusty in the meantime. I much prefer to put clean fresh sheets on just before we guests rather than after the last guests leave.

I think asking guests to strip beds is weird. You wouldn't hand them the Dyson and a can of Pledge and ask them to hoover and polish, would you?

You'd be surprised... This is MN. I expect some demand for a contribution to wear and tear on the carpet, and count and charge for number of loo roll sheets used.