We use the wash and fold in our town. They charge by weight. All linens/towels are white and I have four sets for each bed.
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Hi. We ask our guests to start a regular sized load of towels (including kitchen and bath mats) on normal cycle (if they don’t mind - most don’t) and to leave the bedding on the unmade beds. The cleaner(s) can then more easily check the bedding for stains and tears while still on the beds, bag them up, label, and drop them off at our excellent laundry business in town, who also spread them out and inspect for stains, pre-treating if necessary, and wash and fold with a 1-3 day service (according to how slammed they are). We ask our owners to have 2-3 extra sets of bedding per bed to make this system work and we deduct the laundry service charge from the monthly owner checks we send out. The bedding is cleaner (when we wash bedding during turnovers we use the quick cycle, and don’t have time to wash and dry more than one load), folded beautifully, the owners’ washers and dryers get less wear and tear, and our cleaners can concentrate on cleaning, restocking and preparing for the next guests. We think it works out better for everyone, and the amount we deduct is reasonable and an apparent non-issue for the owners. Getting a head start on the towels and bath mats allows us to get them dried and put away during the turnover.
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I find towels to be stained more often than sheets for some reason. I also find permanently stained towels more useful than ruined sheets. So maybe it is useful to have them launder towels but I’d be concerned about them setting the stains in towels as well.
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People tend to grab towels to wipe up spills rather than use a paper towel or cloth.
I’m staying with a friend in Canada right now and I saw her 25 year old roommate use the clean dish towel that was hanging on the oven handle to wipe up the grease that had splattered on the top of the stove while she was cooking.
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It all depends on your time management and what als you could spend your time on.
We do the laundry ourselves, but recently we decided to outsource the ironing. Because it takes too much time, and physically it’s getting harder too.
A few years ago we invested in new equipment and I have a good source for cheap commercial grade detergent. Energy comes from Solar-boiler and Photovoltaic.
It takes about 40 minutes per load for both washer and dryer, so set the timer on my phone, and go to the machines in between my other chores. That way we do about 12 loads on a day, a complete 40 bed turnover including towels.
We had an empty shop on the main road so my husband turned it into a laundry, We can do all our own laundry; the cleaners just bring it here for me, The business ended up being successful, with lots of local trade and many tourists in the area,
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