How clean do you leave the villas?

[DonnaL]

The only thing different we do from all the above is actually take the trash to the trash room rather than leave it in the bins and I don't strip the beds.......if the sofabed has been used we do leave that out and I leave any other beds unmade so it's quite obvious they have been used also....even though during our stay we make them every day....I just can't stand getting into an unmade bed and besides, an unmade bed makes the entire room look messy.......

 

[Muushka]

We have stayed at Wyndham TS a few times and each time they gave us a sheet with a list of tasks on it that we were required to do, otherwise face a financial penalty. I wonder why DVC does not do this?

 

[50 years Too!]

Good idea Barb.

 

[50 years Too!]

Wow, some of you do way more than I do. I do try not to have trash about, wash the dishes, etc.
But, I'm afraid if you clean too well without actually disinfecting, they won't clean the tub, counter, etc.
Thoughts?

Deb

 

[Muushka]

I don't actually "clean". I tidy up. Meaning when they walk in the door, the trash is gone, there ae no dirty dishes out, they are being washed in the DW. The beds are stripped as are all places where towels hang. The counters are not sparkling, but certainly nothing on them. Hopefully as was mentioned, if they don't have to do all that stuff they can concentrate on the actual cleaning.

Hi Deb

 

[dis-happy]

In addition to:

towels in neat pile in tub
dishes in the dishwaster, turn it on
clean out fridge
empty trash can if overflowing from fridge leftovers
leave sofa bed open


We also call housekeeping when we're leaving so they know the room is free to clean. We usually get out of there pretty early in the morning and this prevents housekeeping from knocking on doors HOPING someone has left so they can get started. So, early risers, make sure you call housekeeping!!!

 

[Uncleromulus]

We tidy up a bit but that's about it. No serious cleaning of any sort--that's what Mousekeeping gets paid to do.

 

[msabol01]

I also fall into the camp of organize but not clean. I pile towels in on location, usually one bathroom's floor. I will start using the tub, even though most hotels say to just place your dirties on the floor. I will also clear the fridge, run any remaining dishes through the DW, and make sure all trash and recyclibles are in their appropriate container. Maybe I am a cynic, but even if we as members clean, I don't think mousekeeping if going to look at it as an opportunity to do a deeper clean. Rather they will either do their required stuff like sanitize dishes and/or take advantage of your work to ease their day. It is a tough job afterall and their humans.

The exception, last visit my son had a touch of a stomach bug and vomitted in one of the bathrooms. That is beyond any expectation of Mousekeeping, so we cleaned the bathroom and ran the soiled towels through the wash. Also, we had another couple with us and our trash piled up quickly so I ran most of the trash to the trash room.

 

[photobob]

I see a lot of the same things posted here that I do:

strip the bed, pile of towels, take out the trash, load and start dishwasher, wipe counters and oven, all tables and chairs back in their place, nothing left on the balcony, etc.

I agree that the sooner the mousekeepers are done with their job the sooner the next family can get in there and enjoy!!!

That's our way of thinking also..

 

[shortypots]

I was a little disappointed that we didn't have some sort of "check out list" provided at the resort. Marriott's I believe provide this so it does make it easier for their housekeeping staff.

One of the other things I think I need to recommend is a donation box for food shelters for any unopened food that people decide not to bring with them. Shelters would love this food, but when we are on vacation, we do not want to have to go and find them.

Folks are also mentioning the recyclables. I do not even remember there being a second garbage bin in the room to collect recyclables separately. I do not even remember having a second garbage bag, and the first one wasn't all that big so with 5 people in a 2bd, it got full fast, especially with the beer drinking that occurred.

As for what we did, we pretty much only cleaned out the fridge, put the dishes in the dishwasher (and turned it on) and left the beds unmade. I guess we are in the boat that if you do not tell us what you want done, we are on vacation so we won't go overboard. We even left the garbage in the room.

 

[Chuck S]

I don't usually strip the beds, as we usually use them to "collect" everythig that has to go out to the car.

I do wash the dishes, get the trash bags tied up, pile up the towels, clean the fridge and leave the sleeper couch open. as we are usually at Disney for 9 to 10 days at a time, the vacuum usually gets run at least once during our stay.

 

[marvali]

We make sure all towels/washrags that were used are piled either on the floor or in the tub (if we didn't use the tub/whirlpool, we don't put them there to dirty it up). This gives us one last chance to make sure there isn't anything that belongs to us mixed in to be left behind.

We gather up all trash from counters, tabletops, etc. and put in the trash cans. We will put any dirty dishes in the DW and run it also. We do a number of meals in the room, so we try to keep the counters, etc. wiped down as we go.

We clean out the fridge, and wipe up any messes/spills in the fridge or on the counters. We also leave the sofabed pulled out if used, but we haven't ever stripped the beds, although we will pull up all the covers to provide easy access to see if we are leaving anything behind.

We also try to put any brochures/TV controls/etc. back where we remember finding them when we arrived. And if during our stay we used the iron, vacuum, etc. we put those back where they were.

We will tip if there was any special requests we had during our stay that caused extra effort. This summer will be our first stay long enough to go through TnT service, so we may tip on that day also.

 

[lagunn]

One of the other things I think I need to recommend is a donation box for food shelters for any unopened food that people decide not to bring with them. Shelters would love this food, but when we are on vacation, we do not want to have to go and find them.

What a brilliant idea.

 

[Chim Chiminy]

We usually put dishes in dishwasher and turn it on, take out the trash, strip the beds, and pile the towels in the tub. I try to keep the place clean during our stay, it's just DH and I so we don't get it too messy.

Cyndi

Ditto, only we are a family of four and most trips involve uncles or other family.
We leave a tip, usually $1 per person per day.