Originally Posted by
Helsinki Flyer
I never use more than one, but would like to use a good quality one. If I´m only for a single night, I might even reuse the one my wife has used. I simply detest wasting resources like fresh water to wash towels that have been used only once. Many, many times I´ve tried to hang the towels on the rack and still they´ve given me new ones every day. What a waste, IMO.
As we can see, customers have very different preferences.
Hate to break it to you, but at hotels in the US, all the towels are replaced when a guest departs, even if the guest was only staying one night. This for sanitary reasons, as there is simply no way for the housekeeping staff to ensure a towel was not used and refolded/rehung by the guest. Think how nasty it would be to get out of the shower grab a towel, start drying off, and find it covered in dirt (or something worse) from a prior guest. (Yuck!) This may also explain why you only find two of each type of towel when you arrive.
BTW, I too have noticed the quality of the towels has gone downhill the last couple of years, and not just at Marriott/Rens.
Regards,
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