I believe they call those “dark sky certified” lights.
We supply the best or the same as what we enjoy on our own bed. Those are Down duvets and pillows, 100% cotton sheets, pillow cases and duvet covers. The way I shop and sew it is the best price/ offer ratio for us, and we are a 200$ per night str, so for those prices I feel it is mandatory to offer these quality amenities.
Most guests may not even realize how nice these really are and what they do add to their positive experiences here. Those that can tell the difference, (as we do when traveling) certainly do appreciate the natural fibers et al.
One guest group out of hundreds asked for poly fill… I did have to look around to find them, but I only spent about 30$ on the two pillows she used that weekend, because we already had a nice poly fill quilt.
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Would you please share the details? Thanx in advance.
I love a very neat and tidy bed, first impressions can make a difference (in my opinion). I like when guests sleep under the covers, as it keeps my duvet clean. I have often thought that some guests are sleeping on top of the duvet, or not using the top sheet. I now make the bed and fold the top of the top sheet over the duvet, so when they pull back the duvet, the top sheet will come with. Since doing this, I find that most people are sleeping between the sheets…and this host is happy. I do have throws in the closet for extra but they are rarely used. Four pillows on the bed, two are down and two are a heavier flatter kind (not poofy), with and extra in a drawer. I use 100% cotton sheets as well, hung on the line when ever I can. Guests are there to have a restful night sleep so I do think the bed is ultimately the most important part of their stay. I may be a little anal in the bed making department, but I’m me.
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2 pillows per person, I read in bed. The pillow cases as well as sheets and duvet covers are washed with every new guests. When I stay in a hotel/airbnb and a coverlet is being used, I toss it in the closet right away because I am think that it is not washed often and has been on the bed with many guests prior to me, and it creeps me out. I am a person that travels with my own pillow as well. I provide 2 down pillows and 2 polyfil/memory foam pillows on our kings bed for guest.
I really don’t know 
They weren’t expensive towels to start with- I think I got them at Walmart for about $8/bath towel. They are pretty thick, though.
I only host one guest at a time and have had about 80 guests. But none of the gals seem to wear makeup or only a bit, and certainly haven’t ever wiped any off with the towels.
My guests tend not to be towel hogs either. I always leave 2 bath towels, a hand towel and a washcloth, but a lot of the guests will only use one bathtowel and a handtowel in a week. So I don’t end up with piles of towels that get washed 100 times.
I also wash them in cool water and hang them to dry, use mild laundry soap and no fabric softeners.
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I like a neat and tidy bed as well. However, it doesn’t seem to matter how I do my bed I still have several guests that do not sleep between the sheets. I really believe it is a cultural thing.
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I’m still using many of the same towels. I have very good quality towels. I also started in 20216. And I use colored towels. I prefer that. White feels too much like a hotel/motel.
I use colored towels, too. I’ve read many posts by hosts who authoritatively assert that you should always use white bedding and towels because otherwise guests may have doubts about them being clean. Which is absurd to me. Anyone who can’t tell something is clean by the way it looks and smells is an idiot, IMO.
And using bleach on things definitely shortens their lifespan.
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I think that quite often they actually sleep on top of everything, using their own bedding. Absurd to me but I also am cold so couldn’t bring enough bedding to be comfortable much of the time. I am surprised the number of times that the bedding hasn’t even been cracked open. Not a lot, but often enough to definitely take note.
Ditto. A duvet is miserable in warm weather. I take the padding out of the sheet cover.
I have lived in South Florida for over thirty years. During that time, I have used a duvet every single night. (This is usually without using AC). I also have duvets on the beds of my rentals and have done for many years.
As regards:
Can you explain what that means? Thanks.
But…
Our airbnb has air conditioning, so the temp in the home is always the same year round. I don’t mean to be sarcastic, but why would a duvet in summer be different in the winter? Seems to me that (at least in our case) it would make no difference…
I sleep warm. The room has to be around 60 for me to want more than a top sheet. So when confronted with a duvet, I take the padding out of the buttoned end of the two attached sheets and just sleep either inside of them like a cocoon or treat them like a single top sheet.
As a host (assuming you are) you have to understand that not everyone wants a 60 room to sleep in. We have discussed temperature so very many times here and concluded that everyone is different.
I’m not sure that you’re actually talking about a duvet here? Two attached sheets?
I think @DavRaph just doesn’t know what these things are called. Pretty sure he means he takes the cover off the duvet (what he calls “padding”), and just uses the cover (what he calls 2 sheets) to sleep under. 
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And I can’t imagine anyone sleeping inside a duvet cover! Wow! A new one for me.
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In Britain, and I believe in Europe as well, both the cover and the padding are referred to as a duvet and are often sold as a unit.
Here, they are sold individually - the duvet and the duvet cover. (The cover is often in a set which includes pillowcases).
I’m pretty sure it was the same in England.
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Of course- it’s the same everywhere, not just Britain. You can buy duvets with a cover and when the cover is on it, people just call it a duvet (or doona in some countries) and you can also buy duvet covers seperately. But I’ve never heard anyone call the duvet itself “padding”.
Padding is a thick material you lay over something else to make it cushier.
And commercial duvet covers are not 2 sheets sewn together- they are made of fabric yardage.
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