I use safety pins at the corners, that helps a lot. 
Hehe, my thoughts excactly, coming to career! Well, at least, i had kind of a dream as a young student that i would like to do something related to travelling! Well, scrubbing the toilet it is! When my husband took part in an jousting tournament last summer he introduced himself as the quickest maid in the country, hehe, could not help himself, could he, especially since many āknightsā have a tendency to be/get a bit full of themselves, also when it comes to mottoes and intros!
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Tank you all for your replies! I made up my mind; I will keep making the beds!
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My husband is from Sweden (we are headed there tomorrowā¦brrrr 
) he have a family flat in Stockholm, that I would love to ABB, but I digress. Knowing my family members and friends in Sweden it is very common for budget housing to not provide lines, or charge a small fee. I think you could easily get away with charging a fee to ārentā the linens, or people would bring themselves. We have 3 rentals, 2 in the US and 1 in Spain. We do not get the ālinenā question much in the US, but I get it frequently in Spain. There are certain holiday areas where it is common to hire linens or bring your own. I say charge! Send some warm weather to Stockholm for meā¦
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My rate for a single room/private bathroom in my home is $50 per night, in Europe, and I make up the bed.
Having said that, I think if I arrived in a place and all the linens were provided and
neatly folded and the end of the bed, I probably would not give it a second thought.
I donāt think its a big deal, if done properly.
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The rise of home sharing might be influencing the way things are done now, but in the US two markets that traditionally expect users to bring their own linens are the Adirondacks and Cape Cod. Mostly because month-long or summer-long rentals were always the norm, although less so now.
I agree with @Elizabeth - if done properly and professionally - leaving the sheets neatly folded at the foot of the bed - I wouldnāt think twice about it.
I have never rented a place on the Cape that didnāt provide linens.
I think that it would be fine if a) I was aware of the situation before booking b) the accommodation was really cheap and c) the bed linen was in sealed and hygienic bags from the laundry.
Why is this???
So that Iād be sure that they were genuinely clean sheets/blankets/duvet and not just piled there by the previous guest. If the host canāt be bothered to even take a couple of minutes to make the bed, Iād want to be sure that he/she wasnāt being lax in the laundry department also.
Solely my opinion but if a host canāt be bothered to make the bed, Iād be a bit worried that he/she wasnāt particularly careful about the laundry - especially if it was bargain accommodation.
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And what is it about a made up bed that makes you think the linens on it are clean? What if they were leaving the clean stack there so that you could see that the bed/mattress protector is unstained? An analogyā¦I used to hang the towels in the bathroom, now I leave them folded on the bed. I did it because itās just one tiny step less for me but I could also see where a folded towel on the bed seems cleaner than what could be a used towel hanging in the bathroom.
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Strangely, I once had the same problem! I thought that a towel hanging on the rail in the bathroom looked more homely and inviting but soon realised that it actually looked used.
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Can always tell when linens on a bed arenāt clean. They have sleep crumples. Sometimes dusty bits. But often even if the dusty bits and the hair has been removed the sleep crumples and smell of someone else remain.
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For sure. I will admit to being tempted once not to change bedlinen after a one-night stay, tight changeover time and my back was bad. I can remember sniffing the pillows and smelling hair products. I concluded that there is no getting away with it, put my back brace on and got on with it. It takes 10 minutes max, surely, to make a bed. I mean thatās what we do, no? Provide a bed??
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The way I look at this whole making beds or not; 100% of guests will at least appreciate a nice looking made bed (or 95%+), and 50% will be totally confused if it isnāt. And it takes 5-10 minutes. Why even go there?
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Me too!
The houses Iāve rent on the Cape even made the bed(!)
@Ash953 and @anon67190644 - there was a host on this forum that talked about his family establishment and how it is common to not offer linens and the families who come back season after season bring their own. I think it is pretty old skool, as I mentioned in my post. Usually seen in rentals that are rented by the month or season. I know that was very common in the Adirondacks even just a few years ago, but not as much anymore. Competition has changed that.
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I often thought about that, also relating to me having become an Airbnb host, some 3 1/2 years ago. I am sure something I learned from my parents made me take this step.
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Iām in the neighbor Finland and would never rent a place where I should bring my own linen when Iām on a holiday . Our guests come from overseas and I would never imagine them to bring their linen with them.