White sheets and towels have become the standard for linens when it comes to renting out your place for vacation rental. Now, I love pretty colours and patterns, but there are some very good reasons to save these for your own personal residence and not your vacation rental. Let me explain to you why I ONLY recommend white towels and sheets for your Airbnb!
White Towels for Your Airbnb
White fluffy towels are magical. They are instantly appreciated by anyone who has enjoyed staying in a luxury hotel. They immediately convey the feeling that everything is fresh and clean, and this impression is essential if you are looking for 5 star ratings. Because white towels show everything, your guests will be able to see at a glance that they are freshly laundered and feel the sense of trust that comes from knowing the space has been cleaned and is prepared especially for them.
Knowing how to properly wash towels, as well as how to select decent towels, is a wonderful place to start. Remember though that despite your best efforts, those towels may still become mildewed and unpleasant, and may have to be replaced. This can happen regardless of colour.
Towel upkeep is crucial, as is preserving clean towels in the proper location. Towels should be stored in clean, dry spaces. White towels can be bleached just a little, with each wash to keep them looking fresh and clean for a long time without the unattractive bleach stains that you'd get if you were using colourful towels. The bleach will also help to keep your towels smelling clean.
Towels that are white are usually more durable than towels that are coloured. Because white towels do not fade, you will not need to replace them as frequently as coloured towels. They are also easier to match and blend into older sets, as white is always available.
If you're continually trying to figure out how to get the odour out of towels, your towels are not clean enough—and they're not drying fast enough between uses.
This can be especially true when you have multiple guests staying over at your Airbnb at a rapid rate. This is one of the reasons I recommend keeping lots on hand, so that you will always have a fresh set and be able to properly launder dirty sets at your leisure.
White towels can serve as a visible reminder that your towels need to be bleached or switched out as needed, and when you are no longer able to get them bright white, it is time to retire them and use them for rags for cleaning.
White Sheets for Your Airbnb
For vacation rentals white sheets are also the standard.
While getting coloured or patterned sheets to disguise stains may be tempting, visitors expect white bedding. It gives customers a more hotel-like atmosphere, and they just look and feel cleaner.
When was the last time you have been in a hotel bed where the linens weren’t white? Fresh white linens on your bed will make your rental listing images appear more professional and attract more reservations because the both the bed and bedding are a critical part of your rental. If you are determined to incorporate colour save it for the outer coverings but keep the more intimate sheets and pillowslips white.
As with your towels ,there are the added advantages of being able to bleach white sheets, they are easy to mix and match, they are always in style and readily available when you need to replace pieces.
Now more than ever, sanitary measures are critical in the vacation rental field. Not only are people worried about Covid, but they are also worried about pests. Being able to spot things like bed bugs is a must, if you want to handle the situation quickly, to prevent infestation, and not cause an issue with having bad reviews. Catching these bugs and pests is easier to do when you have white sheets, and there are many tips and tricks you can use should it come to that, but early detection is your best defence.
It's no surprise that white bedding is the most popular choice in most hotels. White bed linen is not only easy to clean, but it also has a relaxing influence of calm, allowing you to sleep peacefully. This effect can be replicated on your Airbnb guests, and you're highly likely to receive many positive reviews!
In Conclusion
Guests perceive white as crisp and clean, it is photogenic and easy to maintain, if the appropriate steps are taken. Your guests' lotions and other products will stain coloured towels and bedding. White, on the other hand, may be restored to its former dazzling hue with the use of a decent whitener.
Based on psychological studies, it is seen that, "Some of the positive meanings that white can convey include cleanliness, freshness, and simplicity." White is attributed to good hygienic conditions.
White linens also make your Airbnb look clean and appealing to visitors. While coloured towels and linens give a splash of colour, they also cover stains and this is a fact that something savy visitors are also well aware of.
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