Guest room/guest bed - linens on or off between guests?

[rainyday]

I got curious about this after reading another thread where someone talked about possibly taking off and washing the linens on the guest bed before guests come. I was surprised because I always strip the bed right after guests leave and wash all the linens, including the blankets. I never make it back up until a day or two before new guests are arriving.

Do you leave your guest bed made up?

[Alyantavid]

I do leave it made up.

I wash the sheets after the guests leave, make the bed up, then wash them again before I know someone's coming to stay. I realize that's a little strange, but that's how I do it.

[ChristyMarie]

I strip the bed and wash/switch sheets when guests leave. If it has been long enough for them to get stuff I will wash them if I'm expecting guests - but this only happens in the guest room in the basement. I just washed those a couple of weeks ago and now people will use it often enough that there will be no wasted/stuffy washes needed through the holiday season. Other beds are used enough that they don't get stuffy.

But I would never have a bare bed or leave dirty linens on - that would drive me crazy.

[Irishmommy]

When I did have a guest bedroom that was only used for company, I always had the bed freshly made and ready to go. As soon as guests left, the room was cleaned/linens changed, ready for the next time. Much less stress.

[MissMommyNiceNice]

I voted other. We leave them on all the time, and no one really sleeps there. If someone stays for more than a few days, I'll wash them after they leave. We keep the cats & dog out of those rooms and we rarely go in there so it's not like they're getting dirty in between visitors.

[newbymom05]

Originally Posted by Alyantavid

I do leave it made up.

I wash the sheets after the guests leave, make the bed up, then wash them again before I know someone's coming to stay. I realize that's a little strange, but that's how I do it.

This is what we do too in our office/guestroom. I don't want dirty linens on the bed and even if they start out clean, between the toddler, the preschooler and the dog they aren't going to stay that way. Not only will I wash and change the sheets,most of the time I'll vacuum the futon mattress too.

ETA I voted other since I strip the bed and remake it, but then wash them before guests arrive. We get guests about every 3-4 months.

[sweetcheeks]

I wash them after someone visits and remake the bed right away. It's the only set of linens I have for that bed and the guest room is usually where DH ends up if he's snoring too much. So I figure if I'm going to kick him out of our bed, I might as well have a nice bed ready for him to sleep in.

[noobmom]

I voted other for the same reason as the other "Other" voters.

I strip the bed and remake it with clean sheets after the guests leave. If it's been long enough between guests (more than like 2 weeks), I'll then wash the sheets AGAIN before the guests arrive. Recently we've been using the guest room for naps, so this would need to be done anyway, but I do it this way even when no one has slept on the sheets in the meantime.

I ALWAYS wash the sheets between different sets of guests, even if they were only slept on one night. I'm slightly horrified to think that someone might not do this when I stay at their house.

[Chloe'sMama]

No guest room here, but often we have guests back to back who use the air mattress. I usually leave the bed made until we have the next guests coming and change them that day (we only leave teh bed up if it is going to be 2 or less days between visits)

[hopefulfaith]

Originally Posted by Irishmommy

When I did have a guest bedroom that was only used for company, I always had the bed freshly made and ready to go. As soon as guests left, the room was cleaned/linens changed, ready for the next time. Much less stress.

Me too.

[rainyday]

Originally Posted by noobmom

I voted other for the same reason as the other "Other" voters.

I strip the bed and remake it with clean sheets after the guests leave. If it's been long enough between guests (more than like 2 weeks), I'll then wash the sheets AGAIN before the guests arrive. Recently we've been using the guest room for naps, so this would need to be done anyway, but I do it this way even when no one has slept on the sheets in the meantime.

I ALWAYS wash the sheets between different sets of guests, even if they were only slept on one night. I'm slightly horrified to think that someone might not do this when I stay at their house.

I was way more than slightly horrified when someone told me that they didn't necessarily change the sheets for family members--especially because the person who told me this is an in-law of mine!

[rainyday]

Originally Posted by ChristyMarie

But I would never have a bare bed or leave dirty linens on - that would drive me crazy.

I strip the bed and leave the mattress to air out for about a day. Then I make it up with the bedspread only - no sheets - so it looks nice.

[katelove]

Originally Posted by rainyday

I strip the bed and leave the mattress to air out for about a day. Then I make it up with the bedspread only - no sheets - so it looks nice.

That's what I do too and then I would probably wash/change the bedspread just before a guest arrived because it would have cat hair and grubby little pawprints all over it

[Coconut Chronicles]

Originally Posted by noobmom

I strip the bed and remake it with clean sheets after the guests leave. If it's been long enough between guests (more than like 2 weeks), I'll then wash the sheets AGAIN before the guests arrive.

This is what I do also. We have two guest rooms and each room has two sets of sheets. We tend to have a lot of guests though...

[Drummer's Wife]

I voted: I strip dirty linens and leave them off until guests are coming

but in reality, I usually re-make the bed a few days later... and then re-wash before we have guests.

[sunnysandiegan]

Our guest bed is DD's bed and then she sleeps on her trundle bed or the floor. If we have two adult guests, then they each get a bed in DD's room and she sleeps elsewhere (tent in a room is her fave). Obviously, DD's bed is taken care of on a regular basis. With the trundle bed, I keep the mattress cover on it and that's it. It is stored under DD's bed, so no one sees it unless we are expecting guests. Our kitten likes it under there, though, so I wash the mattress cover before guests come. We have three sets of sheets for the two beds. I always rotate them when washing DD's bed linens, so there is no need to wash sheets right before guests. They are all fresh and I just make the bed before guests arrive. We also have two comforters and two duvets and two shams and two regular pillows. I just switch them frequently (when I take care of DD's bedding) so everything remains fresh in-between guests.

[maggiemae]

Originally Posted by noobmom

I'm slightly horrified to think that someone might not do this when I stay at their house.

me too!

[ChristyMarie]

Originally Posted by rainyday

I strip the bed and leave the mattress to air out for about a day. Then I make it up with the bedspread only - no sheets - so it looks nice.

AAACK! But then what if someone ends up staying over unexpectedly and you have to make up the bed? Then it isn't ready. Or what if you forget because you usually don't do it that way and send a guest in with no linens?

No no no, I have way too many issues to go that route.

[rainyday]

Originally Posted by ChristyMarie

AAACK! But then what if someone ends up staying over unexpectedly and you have to make up the bed? Then it isn't ready. Or what if you forget because you usually don't do it that way and send a guest in with no linens?

No no no, I have way too many issues to go that route.

If I had an unexpected guest, I'd just go make the bed up. I always have clean mattress pads, linens, and blankets or quilts ready to go.

I don't forget to make up the bed because I always go in the guest room before the guests arrive and make sure everything is set up - clean out any miscellaneous things that have gotten set in there, dust if needed, set out towels, and so on.

[JollyGG]

My brother visits monthly for his navy reserve weekend. So I usually don't worry too much about changing the sheets between his visits. If he was the last one to sleep in the bed and he only slept in it one night I see no need to change the sheets between his visits.

When my parents or someone else comes I change the sheets before they come. If someone has visited since the last time my brother slept in the bed I wash the sheets before when I'm expecting him.

But I also freely admit I'm not a very good housekeeper.