hotel housekeeping

It doesn’t happen often, but when it does, it’s enough to make your stomach turn. You check into your hotel, drop your bags, and everything seems perfectly normal. Later that …

Hotels have found ways to let us check in on an app, unlock our room with a phone and message the front desk without speaking to anyone. Yet when it …

Hotels have spent years looking for ways to reduce housekeeping costs. At first, some offered guests incentives to skip daily room service. Then COVID arrived, and many hotels discovered they …

Most of us have a little routine before checking out of a hotel. We make sure we didn’t leave anything in a drawer, take one last look in the bathroom, …

When you walk into a hotel room, the bed might look inviting. But when you go to get in, one thing becomes clear — those sheets are tucked in really …

When staying in a hotel, I try to make my room feel more “homey.” I’ll unpack things immediately, keep my stuff organized instead of just throwing it all over the …

Most of us don’t have a whole lot of interaction with hotel housekeepers. A quick “hello” as you pass by in the morning, maybe a note on the pillow to …

Hotels have become increasingly high-tech, with advanced check-ins, keyless room entry, and smart devices in every room. Yet, there’s one area where they’ve lagged behind: housekeeping. While many industries have …

There are an endless number of things that will never go back to the way they were. To be honest, some of that is good news, and some of it …

The act of tipping has been around since at least the Middle Ages. However even today, tipping has its international fans and its foes. Some countries, like the U.S., embraced …