Guest Room
Category: Entertaining Guests
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When entertaining overnight guests, prepare the guest room to make your company feel special and welcome in your home. The little things mean a lot.
This hospitality checklist provides ideas and things you can do to help your overnight guests enjoy their stay even more.
Wash bedding the day before guests arrive.
Use fabric softener and a dryer sheet to make the sheets smell fresh.
Clean guest bedroom and bathroom using non-perfumed cleaners
Rubbing alcohol and water mixture is a good disinfectant for most bathroom surfaces, and it does not leave an odor.
If preparing meals, remember to ask guests if they have any food allergies.
Clean the guest bathroom
In the guest bathroom, ensure that extra toilet paper is easy to locate, a plunger is accessible, and air freshener is available.
Provide extra blankets in the guest's bedroom.
An electric blanket or heated mattress pad is especially nice when entertaining overnight guests in your home. This allows them to warm the bed (if desired) without having to get up and find another blanket.
Consider putting a small chocolate on the guest's pillow. This is a sweet touch that says, "Welcome."
Add a freshness to the room with your decor
Display a bouquet of roses or fresh lavender. Set out a bowl of fresh fruit (especially oranges), scented candles arranged on a decorative plate, or a new package of potpourri.
Be sure to ask your guests if they are sensitive to any smells.
Order a bath towel with the guests name embroidered on it
This is the perfect way to make a guest feel special.
Include a basket of extras in the bedroom or bathroom drawer
Typical items a guest may forget to bring: Personal hygiene items, new toothbrush and paste, tweezers, small scissors, first aid, pain medicine, lotion, shampoo and conditioner, blow dryer.
Provide extra pillows (both firm and soft)
A pillow with allergen cover is best.
Before overnight guests arrive, ask if they sleep best on a hard or soft bed.
A firm bed can be made softer by adding a piece of foam. A soft mattress may become firmer if it is turned over.
Place tissue and bottled water on a nightstand, next to the bed.
Lighted alarm clock with radio should be easily visible from the bed
Choose a clock that does not make a ticking noise.
Provide robe and slippers, if possible.
Place plug-in nightlight in bathroom and/or hallway
Place a reading lamp next to the bed
Set a few different magazines in a nice basket for your guest to read
Put a nice notepad and pen in a bedroom drawer