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Dirty Laundry

May 26, 2005 at 10:43 AM | 0 Comments

Kick 'em when their up, kick 'em when their down.

T&L's Andrea Bennett brings us a little good news bad news story on the current state of hotel bedding.

The good news: Hotel bedding is getting washed more often

The bad news: Not everywhere

White duvets are replacing those hideous stain hiding busy floral pattern bedspreads at many hotels worldwide, however, going white doesn't necessarily mean you are getting a "pure" bedspread at check-in.

Starwood says their duvet covers are "carefully inspected every day and changed if necessary." While Wyndham seems to have adopted a Jet Blue-esque policy,   "deep cleaning [only] once per quarter."

If you don't want the question of your bedspread cleanliness to be a hotel judgment call, Bennett suggests you head to a Marriott, which is the only large-scale hotel company that now guarantees duvet covers are washed between guests--at least at the higher end Marriott's.

Our policy? We go old school--taking the bed spread all the way down shortly after we enter the room.

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