How clean do you leave a holiday place?

SCFC1961

"We went away somewhere recently as a large family group and the owners of the accommodation were willing to let us have the cost of the cleaning refunded, but we would have to pay it upfront first and then pass their inspection, so rather than face the prospect of cleaning the place and then still not getting the money back, we chose to pay it, but it did stick in my throat a bit. This is after they had asked for a list of all our occupations at booking time to see if we were 'suitable' to rent their accommodation. It wasn't me doing the booking or I would have walked away. I do understand that some people are really disrespectful and trash places, but that has nothing to do with their occupations at all"


I agree with you, they would not have received a booking from me!

melanzana

sparrer wrote: »

melanzana if the press is to be believed it's rock 'stars' ?

I leave a room as clean and tidy as I found it, occasionally (but rarely thank goodness) cleaner. I strip the beds on leaving, having been in business myself I know how time consuming it is. When I used to stay self catering it only took a few seconds to wipe down the kitchen area after washing up, I do it at home so it's habit anyway.

Aha. Entitlement culture!

.we have paid for this. We are rock stars...or...We Are not rock stars but we are on holidays and have paid for this, so we don't have to clean anything.

I get you.

But honestly, it doesn't take much to do a bit of a tidy up. It's what we were brought up to do.. Well me anyway!

savetosave

My brother in law would win a medal, he not only cleaned and stripped the beds in the cottage they stayed in last week, he then washed all the towels, tea towels and bedding, remade the beds AND mowed the lawn. Crazy!

nonnatus

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Carry on ladies, excuse my changing the subject...


(I leave Holiday Homes as I find them because I've "been there, done that" cleaning them. But I don't pay as much attention to Hotels with large teams of chambermaids...)

catkins

lostinrates wrote: »

I wouldn't leave a dirty loo, when ever I had used it, I would not buy bleach though.

I leave used towels in the sink, or on the loo ready to scoop for laundry, rather than hung up, but it don't get what the alternative is here? Just dropping them when you've dried like a fetid teenager?

I don't strip the bed. When I stay as a house guest anywhere I ask rather than do as well. I know some people would rather do it themselves.

So apart from the bed, not sure we're doing much different, But I would not bleach/vaccuum a hotel after a weekend stay. Nor would I stay somewhere that felt like it needed it before I got there tbh!

Every thing we do impacts a little on financial health. No one more than OS know the important of the little spends impacting on the big ones, Just the same with jobs. I feel guilty every time I scan my own shopping at a supermarket because I know longterm it will cost jobs.

No, I've never bought bleach or any other cleaning item. Usually a holiday let will have some cleaning items and in a hotel or B&B I just use the loo brush to give a good clean.


When I worked as a chambermaid some guests would leave their wet towels thrown on the bed which I thought was out of order.


I don't use self scan in supermarkets precisely because I don't want to do staff out of a job but I honestly do not feel that way about cleaning a holiday home or stripping a bed in a hotel.


There is no way all hotel guests are going to strip the beds and even in a room where the bed has been stripped it still had to be remade, the bathroom cleaned, the room tidied, hoovered etc so plenty of work to be done.


In my experience hotels do not always have enough staff and it can be a real struggle to get all the rooms ready on time. Being a chambermaid was one of the worst jobs I have ever had and that was partly due to the time constraints. Messy guests just made the job more difficult.


If I am staying more than one night in a hotel or B&B I always make the bed so, again, that is one less thing for cleaners to do or even tell the reception that the room will not need cleaning etc.


I think some of my attitude may also be due to being ocd. Even when eating out I will stack the plates, cups, saucers etc. I also put any rubbish such as empty sugar packets all together tidily.


I don't think everyone should do that in cafes, restaurants etc but it does always surprise me to see the mess some people leave tables in with rubbish spread all round them.

liz545

melanzana wrote: »

Come on...no one here is going to say they trashed the place. Because we, and they, don't do that.

It happens all the time though. I've read some awfully scary stories.

Who does that trashing, and why...I'd love to know.,

I recently went on holiday with a group of people, most of whom were relatively tidy and considerate, but there was one person who gave me a bit of insight into the mind of people who leave holiday rentals in a state. She continually let her dog on the furniture, kids left mess everywhere, and the dog had an accident on the carpet. Whenever someone mentioned this to her, her response was always "Oh, it's okay, we're paying to be here, so they expect to clean it."

She has a cleaner at home as well, so I think she'd gotten very used to having people pick up after her and her family. I think some people just get into an entitled mindset where they think because they're paying, they don't have to take any responsibility for themselves.

raphanius

I always leave aholiday home clean and tidy, sweep up crumbs, wipe down kitchen, strip beds, clean bathroom and if anything gets broken i leave a note with details and an apology. It only takes an hour on the last day and its better than sitting around while waiting for the train.

nuttyp

When we arrive at a caravan or chalet holiday we always have to clean with anti bac spray just in case, also wash up all the items we will be using.


If we are ina hotel, and we will be in September in florida I always wipe things over with anti bac wipes like the sink etc.


When we leave I always take out the rubbish, leave the used towels in the bath or shower. I try and leave it how I want to find it. nothing worse than finding a dirty room on arrival.

Byatt

I don't strip the bed, but pull the duvet/sheets back to show bed was used. I leave used towels in a tidy pile on the floor, everything else is cleaned/tidied.

I'm probably more tidy in someone ele's place than my own ! Although I always clean before I go away! :cool:

lobbyludd

honestly?

In a hotel I put the used towels wherever they've asked me to put them to separate them from the non-used towels, rubbish is in the bin and I take all my things with me but that is absolutely it.

In a holiday let I strip the beds if it's been requested, ditto used towels wherever it's been requested we leave them and take the bins out etc. We tidy and clean as we go along, and I take all my things with me, but I am no more worrying about spotlessness and scrubbing the ubend on departure than I am pulling out the fridge to dust behind, cleaning the guttering or washing the sheets.

It's not smeared with goo or damaged or filthy but it does require a between-occupants-clean and provision of clean linen, and yes I do expect that to be part of what I pay for. I've never been refused a repeat booking so we can't be that disgusting.

FYI we take everything with us when camping but I don't cut/feed or rake the grass, trim the hedgerows or clean the toilet block on site either.