Because sweat soaks into the fitted sheet and into the mattress protector.
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Some people can sweat I guess. The why not to wash pillows and matress itself after each guest. Who knows may be a profusely sweating guest can sweat through all the pillows and matress protectors. What about curtains . Some people have afwull habits as to blow noses with curtainsā¦or wipe hands . You just never know what kind of guests they where .
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āp.s. I also wash my duvet covers every single time.ā
I think weāre talking about two different things here.
You was the memory foam mattress cover every time? The memory foam topper in our own bed is not meant to be washed and weāveā had them fall apart when we try let alone that it takes like a week to dry and thatās if the weather is nice.
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I think we are talking about 3 or 4 different things. For example:
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A bedspread (duvet cover/quilt/comforter) is generally the top layer on a bed. Itās the one guests are quite likely to sit or lay on naked, perhaps have sex on, stick under a sweaty arm pit or leg pit. Itās the layer the aerosols of all kinds (from sneezes to perfumes) land on. Itās the layer all the dust lands on.
Some people make the leap from the top layer on the bed to the rugs and drapes. It seems routine and sensible to wash the layers that people have almost certainly touched with bare skin each time.
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I was responding to this.
When someone states their low-standards as THE STANDARD, they should have a reality check.
TBF, I didnāt wash the duvet covers each time when I started, but quickly learned from fellow hosts, in no uncertain terms, thatās gross. We get better by being open to feedback.
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I donāt wash my mattress protector every time, is this necessary? I have the zip-on kind. Obviously I wash it if there is a spot on it.
I wash sheets, blankets, pillowcases, bedspreads, duvet covers, blankets, quilts, et cetera all every time. Anything that might conceivably touch a personās body. But I hadnāt thought to do the actual mattress cover, to me that feels like washing the mattress.
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Do you have a laundry service? I count what would be 6 loads per bed, not including towels. How are you able to do this on a 4 or 5 hour turnaround? Or assuming you have three of everything, that would still be at least seven loads every 48 hours for one nighters. My washer and dryer wouldnāt be able to handle that.
Not sure where you get six loads per bed! If all the beds are used and lots of towels it might be four-five loads total. Iāve layered and chosen top coverings (quilt, coverlet, duvet cover, etc) that do not take up much room in the washing machine or dryer.
Most of my guests only use one or two beds; some guests only require one load of laundry. I start laundry as soon as I get in for a turnover. If for some reason I donāt have time to do it all I have three sets of everything and can easily bag it up and take it home to wash.
Who knew that my washing:
memory foam fitted cover (cloth)
fitted mattress protector
fitted bottom sheet
fitted top sheet
cotton quilt (or duvet and duvet cover)
pillowcases
pillowcase protectors
and, if necessary, additional blankets or throws
could cause such a kerfuffle?
Including all towels, itās about 5 loads of laundry. Sometimes more if guests stay longer, especially in the summer. Itās Florida. If itās muggy and theyāve used the pool, they get extra towels (I hate the smell of mildew!!).
People sweat and stink, especially in Florida. Iām doing the laundry, folks.
@Yana You keep going on about how wasteful all the hosts are who donāt follow your stringent āecologicalā rules. I for one would prefer to know that the cotton quilt on the bed (not a bedspread, but a light blanket substitute) is cleaned between guests. I wouldnāt want to sleep in a bed where the blanket/quilt/duvet smelled of perfume or looked like it was used for ā¦ ahemā¦ or drooled or sweated on. Yuck. My giant washer and dryer are utility usage friendly and my bills are lower than 95% of the homes around me.
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Itās stearup conversation because most hosts donāt do it and your 5 loads of laundry after each guest even one nighters makes very little sense to many . And 5* hotels donāt do it . And they know much better than us what to wash and how to wash and with what frequency. They are being inspected and categorised on regular basis ā¦not us Airbnb hosts.
The only reason I would think of doing such enormous amount of laundry if I hosted people with pets .
Our laundry amount is more like yours, @georgiahost. From a room with a double bed and a bath, thatās a max of two loads, washing everything on the bed and everything washable from the bath (including shower curtain liner). Each of our rooms has a cotton coverlet, a cotton blanket, cotton sheets, a cotton mattress cover, and four bed pillows with cotton pillowcases and pillow protectors. All washed each time. Each room also has an extra folded cotton blanket and throw, tied distinctively with a ribbon and washed only when removed from the closet and used.
Same for our room with a queen bed and a bath. Max of two loads.
Our rooms have shutters (no curtains) and wool rugs (not washable). The rugs get professionally cleaned. And they get vacuumed after each guest or several times a week (if no guests).
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I have a King sized bed and linens, hence the additional loads. I forgot that I do the shower curtain and liner.
I have this thing about bedding. I watched CSI too much, or whatever. But I trust no one. I bring a light weight comforter, etc. Specifically for situations where the standards are not crystal clear.
Crystal clarity is toplining whatās been done in terms of cleanliness and hygiene for a guest. Some of them sigh with relief!
I donāt do the mattress cover every time, though. They are also bed bug proofers and murder to change out. However they do get sprayed!
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I had to look it up. Boomers are people born between 1946 and 1964 according to Wikipedia. So yes, many of us are in that category but nevertheless we are not people who stereotype and react in prejudicial ways towards our guests by calling them āgoofyā.
Maybe the OP should have that in her listing? āBoomers only because opinions of anyone younger are goofy?ā A great way to get banned by Airbnb.
Something I do find about the so-called boomers is that normally they are extremely tolerant. Not so in this case, it seems. Iād not want to stay with any host who based her standards on what was acceptable in some cheap hotel thirty years ago.
And for we non-Americans, WTF is a coontie???
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Iām literally LOLing. But itās cootieā¦omg about what a coontie might be.
Also there is currently a new thing/fad about us āboomersā called āok, boomer.ā
Iām lucky enough to have lived long enough to be a meme! Woot!
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Thank you for the links! Iām still not sure what the cootie thing is all about but Iām sure that (to go back to where it was originally quoted) Iām not afraid of any of them.
And as for the boomer thing, what a lot of fuss about nothing. Some people have nothing better to do ā¦ 
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As long as Iāve been alive (a very short time, historically speaking) old people love to insult younger people (long haired hippie druggie freak) and young people love to insult older people (I hope I die before I get old ā¦talkinā 'bout my generation). Now itās boomers and millennials. Pftttā¦ as the Biblical author said āthereās nothing new under the sun.ā
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Yep, thatās my generation. And only one of them did. Although John Entwistle went before his time, I think.
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