Fresh bedding for a guest staying one night? Do I bother?

Sarastro

Nick_C wrote: »

My first reaction was "of course you should change the sheets". But I'm sure I'm not the only person on this forum who has ever got into bed with someone else and not worried about the sheets!

Hopefully you knew who they were though!

Arthurian

My vote is to always give guests fresh, clean sheets and towels. Not ironed, but clean. Be kind. I don't think you should assume that an entire generation doesn't mind sleeping in someone else's dirty sheets. One day they will be used to higher standards and remember how you looked after them. One day, they might be choosing your nursing home - what if people routinely say then that the elderly don't mind sleeping in other people's dirty sheets, just look at how they live? If you are too dog tired to do it, leave fresh sheets in the room, apologise, and ask them to make up their own bed.

happyandcontented

Arthurian wrote: »

My vote is to always give guests fresh, clean sheets and towels. Not ironed, but clean. Be kind. I don't think you should assume that an entire generation doesn't mind sleeping in someone else's dirty sheets. One day they will be used to higher standards and remember how you looked after them. One day, they might be choosing your nursing home - what if people routinely say then that the elderly don't mind sleeping in other people's dirty sheets, just look at how they live? If you are too dog tired to do it, leave fresh sheets in the room, apologise, and ask them to make up their own bed.

:T This, exactly.

melanzana

Oh believe me I know those for whom I will provide pristine beds. They will remember.

Teens and college people won't as long as they are fed to the gills.

Remember we are talking about an OP that mentioned 3 days. That is not a hanging offence for youngsters.

They will remember lots of food. Nothing else!

Evertonized

Absolutely. Like @lamewolf said, the thought of sleeping in dirty (used) covers is very off-putting.

lessonlearned

Again like Melanzana says there is a distinction between “guests” and my sons mates.

When I have “proper guests”, ie those who sleep in a bed then they get the full works. We’re talking boutique hotel standard here......

Crisp clean bed linen......always pure white, Egyptian cotton. Snowy white fluffy hotel quality towels, proper bath sheets not those minuscule bath towels that barely cover the essentials, an electric blanket, extra throws left at the foot of the bed. Fresh water in a covered carafe by the bed, early morning tea and biscuits in bed. Plus they are advised that they are free to make tea in the night if they can’t sleep etc.

They get 5 star treatment. :rotfl: and they love it.

But no I didn’t do that for nine teenage lads on their sleepovers. They were more than happy dossing down in the lounge, they must have been because they kept coming back for more. It was a regular feature at LL Towers for several years.

They were grand lads, never any bother. Just had to make sure I had several loaves, a couple packs of butter and a couple jars of marmalade so they could load up on tea and toast in the morning.

MandM90

lessonlearned wrote: »

Again like Melanzana says there is a distinction between “guests” and my sons mates.

When I have “proper guests”, ie those who sleep in a bed then they get the full works. We’re talking boutique hotel standard here......

Crisp clean bed linen......always pure white, Egyptian cotton. Snowy white fluffy hotel quality towels, proper bath sheets not those minuscule bath towels that barely cover the essentials, an electric blanket, extra throws left at the foot of the bed. Fresh water in a covered carafe by the bed, early morning tea and biscuits in bed. Plus they are advised that they are free to make tea in the night if they can’t sleep etc.

They get 5 star treatment. :rotfl: and they love it.

But no I didn’t do that for nine teenage lads on their sleepovers. They were more than happy dossing down in the lounge, they must have been because they kept coming back for more. It was a regular feature at LL Towers for several years.

They were grand lads, never any bother. Just had to make sure I had several loaves, a couple packs of butter and a couple jars of marmalade so they could load up on tea and toast in the morning.

Erm, can I come and stay?

lessonlearned

MandM90 wrote: »

Erm, can I come and stay?

Last week I had friends come to stay. They initially intended staying 2 nights, they ended up staying for 4. :rotfl:

Mojisola

Arthurian wrote: »

I don't think you should assume that an entire generation doesn't mind sleeping in someone else's dirty sheets.

This ^

It's ridiculous to assume that everyone of a certain age acts the same way.

happyandcontented

lessonlearned wrote: »

Again like Melanzana says there is a distinction between “guests” and my sons mates.

When I have “proper guests”, ie those who sleep in a bed then they get the full works. We’re talking boutique hotel standard here......

Crisp clean bed linen......always pure white, Egyptian cotton. Snowy white fluffy hotel quality towels, proper bath sheets not those minuscule bath towels that barely cover the essentials, an electric blanket, extra throws left at the foot of the bed. Fresh water in a covered carafe by the bed, early morning tea and biscuits in bed. Plus they are advised that they are free to make tea in the night if they can’t sleep etc.

They get 5 star treatment. :rotfl: and they love it.

But no I didn’t do that for nine teenage lads on their sleepovers. They were more than happy dossing down in the lounge, they must have been because they kept coming back for more. It was a regular feature at LL Towers for several years.

They were grand lads, never any bother. Just had to make sure I had several loaves, a couple packs of butter and a couple jars of marmalade so they could load up on tea and toast in the morning.

I agree, but the OP wasn't talking about this scenario.

It is one Uni mate staying over and they have a spare bed. If the sheets that were on the bed had been slept in it just wouldn't occur to me not to change them.