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If you’re a frequent traveller, you’ve likely come across hotel rooms with signs offering perks to saying no to daily housekeeping. While this may seem like a good way to save on water usage, bedding, and towels, it’s actually not the best practice from an industry perspective.

We’ve done some digging and found a few key reasons in favour of allowing housekeeping to enter your room on a daily basis.

First off, it’s crucial for supporting staff jobs and ensuring hygienic, comfortable, and safe accommodation. Next time you leave a Do Not Disturb sign on your door, consider this: Regular cleaning allows hotels to maintain a higher level of sanitation, prevents the need for deep cleaning — and allows you to enjoy a freshly-cleaned room.

Regular upkeep also prevents stains, damage, and wear on furniture, appliances, and floors, extending their lifespan and saving money on repairs or replacements.

When cleaning tasks are handled every day, dirt, dust, and germs don’t have the chance to build up. This reduces the spread of bacteria and allergens, leading to fewer illnesses and better overall health for everyone in the space.

Opting in for housekeeping also gives staff consistent working hours. Reduced demand for housekeeping can lead to contract worker cutbacks. As well, when a room hasn’t been cleaned for several days, it takes more work for staff to get it ready for the next guest, even though the turn-around time to clean a room is the same as for daily service.

It’s far easier to maintain a tidy space with a few minutes of effort each day than to face hours of deep cleaning later.

If a room has a maintenance issue, this too can be checked early on (if your Do Not Disturb sign is kept off the door), before it has the chance to escalate.

Since daily housekeeping service is already included in the hotel rate, why not help keep housekeeping staff employed and your trash bins, sinks, and floors clean!