“It’s very hard because we have a lot of pressure to clean the rooms on time.”Hotels are still figuring out how to reduce guest room services. That can benefit housekeepers in another way: Changing sheets, including repeatedly lifting heavy mattresses, is one common contributor to repetitive stress injury, Ms. Since Americans, on average, change their own sheets at home only once every 24 days, according to MattressAdvisor.com, a review and sales site, sleeping for a few days on the same hotel sheets probably isn’t a hardship. The Mondrian South Beach hotel in Miami offers free coffee if guests reuse their towels. At Kixby, a boutique hotel in New York, guests who choose to keep the same towels for at least two nights receive 15 percent off their next stay.

Source: New York Times November 26, 2019 17:26 UTC