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It’s been a while since my boys were babies, but I used a fitted sheet on the pack and play. I would not expect a place I was renting to have baby linens. I would bring my own. You could tell your guests that baby linens are et provided althoug you do have a pack n play available.
Kids tend to be attached to their blankies. We wouldn’t go anywhere without their own blankies. 
Today I looked up the difference between a pack and play and playpen…and it seemed there was a size difference? I guess that is what is confusing to me with baby linens, etc.
Then I learned that a pack and play can be used as a crib and as a play pen? And then not all pack and plays are the same size. So the parents’ sheets may not fit if they have a different size at home? sigh…
I think once I see it in person after guests leave…then I may purchase two patterned fitted sheets. That way if parents stain them it won’t be too noticeable. I just can’t justify guaranteeing pearly white sheets that parents may need to wash daily - when I know that they likely will allow staining. I had way too much experience when guests would wash my white towels. They didn’t want to be charged for staining - so they washed, dried, and folded them. Then I would unfold and voila! - stains set in and I had to toss.
I think I will provide like smtucker suggested with the fitted sheet and mattress protector.
If there are permanent stains (but it is clean) - then too bad. If a parent is sooo picky then they can drive 45 minutes to Walmart to purchase new ones. I cannot imagine that all parents have spotless sheets, baby clothes, baby bibs, etc.
In the pack n plays I had (I had two, once for each twin) the base part was wipeable as it was made of plastic. It was also padded so the mattress pad might be superfluous. They can double as a crib or a playpen. When you use it as a playpen, take the sheets out.
We would use ours at the park or beach or if we took the babies overnight somewhere.
Keep in mind that once babies are standing, they throw up less. The force of gravity!
And most of the time when babies spit up, it’s a small amount that mostly gets on your clothes or theirs. It’s mainly spit up after giving a bottle or breast. Once they are eating solid food, they are usually standing or at least sitting up and because of gravity that doesn’t tend to come up. (Unless they are actually sick and if they are you shouldn’t be traveling with them.)
Yes…that’s why it is a good idea that I wait to order until I have seen it with my own eyes. I was thinking the same thing with a mattress protector. I just assumed the “mattress” was plastic and wipeable anyway.
I read another article today that mentioned the parents put something down in case baby takes off diaper and has a party all night…what?? That just got my mind going again with a vivid imagination…
I am not throwing away a brand new set of fitted sheets I orderd because baby had a party in his pants…lol. And then replacing at my expense? - oh hell no!
LOL!! It does happen but is pretty rare. You just brought memories of one of mine doing that. He was about 15 months old maybe. I heard him laughing delightfully in his room during nap time where he had discovered how to take it off and was having a blast playing with all the pieces. It was actually hilarious but I did tell him in no uncertain terms that he could not do that… If it happens you just put on overalls or something he can’t get off by himself. 
Update… This same boy is now working on a an essay as we speak for his class on war and the state. He’s writing about Truman and the Korean War. He will graduate from college next year. I don’t know where the time goes. so proud of my boys!!! Motherhood rocks!
Oh wow…lol!
So if I have guests who happen to have baby with diaper off party…and parents just wash the sheets - and then tumble dry setting the party stains in - would you refuse to use if for your baby??
I do get that parents want pristine white sheets for their kids…but at the same time I feel like I am providing a courtesy so they don’t have to fly on the plane with all this stuff. It’s kind of like providing dog sheets for your couch. They are clean but if they happened to not be perfect…I would still think they are appreciated.
I am almost at the point of only allowing the couples and baby boomer guests to have the “nice” pretty dish drying towels. And the millenials with kids can have the stained ones…I honestly cannot even imagine some of these millenial guests have anything nice at home.
Well, without getting too graphic, the “party” was well away from the sheets. It was more like scattered around on the carpet, LOL. And I discovered it right away too because of how amused he was with it.
I think you may be thinking that every diaper mess is a blow out and it really isn’t. Today’s diapers are really watertight and messes just don’t leak out easily. Get some patterned or printed crib sheets and the stains that you might occasionally get wont be such an issue or visible. I would not spend a lot of money on baby sheets!
Oh shit! (pun intended) - now you have me way more scared for my area rugs than a silly ole crib sheet! Damn you…lol 
I am a baby boomer, born in 1959, and I’d never heard of “nice” dish drying towels before you started posting about them here. I air dry dishes as is as drying dishes with towels spreads bacteria. If I see a dish towel, I assume that it is to dry the kitchen counter, clean up spills and dry my hands.
http://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/service_information/information/disease_prevention_general_hygiene
LOL!!! Honestly it’s so rare!!! Only happened to me once, and only with one of my twins!
So how do you dry something you just washed? If you need something right away that maybe dropped on the floor…do you just grab paper towel or wipe with the T-shirt you’re wearing?
You mean to say if there are dish drying towels set aside, along with dish cloths and a sponge…you would assume my dish drying towlels are just rags?
The only things I dry are carbon steel knives which I dry with clean, dry dish towels. I wouldn’t know how to tell the difference between a dish drying towel and a dish cloth. I use microfiber rags to dust and old tee shirts to clean windows. I wouldn’t get them confused with dish towels.
I was referring to millenials. But I have never met an American who cannot tell the difference between a nice dish towel to dry clean dishes with, and whether or not the material should be one used to scrub/hand wash dishes and left in the sink…
That tells me that all you use is rags in your kitchen. Sigh…
This is what I use in my kitchen.
As a parent, I would not expect stain-free sheets for baby bedding as long as I could tell they were washed – I’m always just grateful that there’s a pack and play at all. In the 10 rentals I’ve stayed at, not a single one offered a “proper” fitted sheet for the pack and play (if they even supplied a pack and play). In my own home, I also just wrap the pad with a big sheet, i don’t use a special fitted sheet.
The only reason I’d consider providing a fitted sheet is for liability – some parents also might not think it’s safe as a large sheet can come loose and there’s a suffocation risk. No need to provide blankets – babies and even many toddlers sleep with absolutely nothing in the crib in the U.S. This thread has me thinking I should order a fitted sheet for 10 bucks on Amazon.
Also, if parents are super uptight about bedding, etc. they should just be traveling with their own gear. For people who drive in, they will usually throw it into the car. It’s a complete pain to fly with a pack and play and I’ve never done it. I’ve rented cribs while on vacation (they are delivered to the rental) and when I do that, I do expect a clean crib and sheets, etc because I’m paying anywhere from $60-100 for rental and delivery. When a pack and play is supplied without charge at a rental unit, I expect very little – I often assume the owner has no idea what it even looks like since many times it’s the parents who set it up and break it down.
And what do you use them for? You said you wouldn’t know the difference between using it to dry your hands, clean up spills, or wash dishes with? Do you use them for all the same thing at the same time?
I use them to clean up spills and to wipe my hands. As soon as one is used to clean up a spill, I put it in the washing machine. I try not to spill much. The ones I use to dry my hands get washed daily. I use the dishwasher to wash dishes. I use a sponge and/or a non-stick scrubber pad to wash the dishes that can’t be washed in the dishwasher. The sponge and the scrubber pad get washed in the dishwasher.
So as a guest if I had a pile of dish washing cloths laying on top of beautiful dish drying towels…you wouldn’t be sure which one’s purpose is to wipe up spilled peanut butter and jelly on the counter, OR which one should be used to hand dry the nice pan you just washed that shouldn’t go in the dishwasher?
I refuse to believe this…
But this goes back to women justifying they should use nice bath towels ( meant to dry off their body) and use them to remove mascara and lipstick. Sigh…
I know you refuse to believe this. You keep coming up with new ways to ask the same question. I have never heard of dish washing cloths before you started posting about them. As I said, I wash dishes with sponges and scrubbers. I don’t hand dry dishes because I have a suppressed immune system so I can’t risk using such an unsanitary method of drying dishes. When I wash pots and pans I shake off the water in the sink. Then I put them on the stove so that they can fully dry over the pilot light. I have never seen a dish towel I would call beautiful. I believe that they are meant to be functional not decorative. I use cutting boards when I cook so most spills are cleaned by washing the cutting board.
Ok Ellen. I will believe you then. I wasn’t saying you were lying. I just really had a difficult time believing that if I had four small dish washing cloths (and a sponge) laying directly on top of three nice large dish drying towels, that you would really think the dish drying towels are for wiping up spills. Thank you for teaching me something though. I just have to wonder what one would think those smaller dish cloths are for is all. It must be a mystery…
I don’t think anything should be solely for decorative purposes. But at the same time we don’t want our bed blankets to be used to wipe off muddy shoes…that’s what rags are for.