Strange Towel Question

[robind]

So, with no changing of towels everyday, how do you keep track of whose towel is whose.

I am traveling w/ 2 families and while I use the same towels mutiple days at home, I don't really want to be sharing the SAME towel w/ other family members.

Any ideas on whose, towel is whose?

 

[Chuck S]

Designate the location on the rack for each persons towel, or buy a pack of assorted stickers and assign everyone a different sticker to put on their towels. Buy enough so the stickers can be replaced, as they will likely fall off after each use.

Or you could use safety pins and different color ribbons.

 

[Judy WI]

Sorry I am one who doesn't reuse a towel, even at home, I know really bad of me and also they never seem to dry at WDW. So I get a towel pack (or 2) and/or do a load of laundry.

 

[edk35]

Sorry I am one who doesn't reuse a towel, even at home, I know really bad of me and also they never seem to dry at WDW. So I get a towel pack (or 2) and/or do a load of laundry.

You know what...I used to always get a new towel...all of my family did here at home. Then a couple of years ago..we started using our towels 2-3 days before washing. Although at Disney...I always wash them every day. I don't know why but there we do. My dd now uses a clean towel every day at home...she got MRSA back last fall...and it would not go away for quite some time....and our doctor said to make sure she used fresh towels daily and also change out her sheets often.

 

[disneydisneydoo]

We use the pant hangers with the clips to hang the towels. And then we hang the hanger on the shower rod during the day. The towels don't seem to dry bunched up on the rack. We also tie something onto each hanger so we can identify whose towel is whose. Seems to work pretty well that way.

 

[Maistre Gracey]

Mine's always the one with the mystery stain on it.

MG

 

[tryntje]

Luckily, the room we had at AKL had a washer / dryer in the room. What an absolute pleasure that was. I did the towels while we were at dinner and tumbled them overnight, so they were ready to go in the morning.

The housekeeper in our room also suggested that many people will go down to the pool each day and get a clean towel, and keep exchanging out clean towels for soiled ones using pool towels, and not use the room towels until the last day.

 

[Deb & Bill]

...The housekeeper in our room also suggested that many people will go down to the pool each day and get a clean towel, and keep exchanging out clean towels for soiled ones using pool towels, and not use the room towels until the last day.

Aw, please don't use the pool towels to supplement your room towels. That's just an increase in dues to us members. If you want more towels pay for daily Trash & Towel service or wash them yourself.

We designate a towel bar for each person. My husband and son each get a space right by the shower. I get the one by the jacuzzi tub. We use the same towel at home for a week and don't have a problem. I'm usually pretty clean when I get out of the shower.

 

[Chuck S]

Wasn't there a request in one of the member publications a number of years ago to NOT use pool towels? The reason being that they have to be laundered differently because of the pool chemicals, noting it would raise dues.

 

[marynvince]

How ridiculous a question. Perhaps you should sew in little tags with names on each towel. Yikes.

 

[lovinthemouse]

When we have traveled with another family we were in a 2 bdrm and we just threw them in the washer each day. It seemed easier than trying to sort out towel racks. When it is just my family in a studio we assign spots on towel bars.

 

[Inkmahm]

How ridiculous a question. Perhaps you should sew in little tags with names on each towel. Yikes.

It was a good question. I like the answer about using the pants hanger to dry the towels easier.

I don't need a clean towel every day as long as I'm using MY towel. There's just an "ick" factor to using someone else's used towel, even if it would be my DH's. Things dry slowly so I like the hanger idea. Better for the environment, too, for you "green" people out there. Less washing and drying.

 

[Bopsmom]

Before our trip in June I went to Walmart and bought suction cup hooks in the "bath fixtures" section for each person-(there were 4 of us) I put 2 on the side of the shower and 2 on the shower door. Everyone had their own hook. These were the Lock-Hook kind-where you lift the hook to apply the suction pressure. They worked great, stayed on and we just stuck them in the OL for other trips.

 

[DVCtinkerbell]

Bops-Great idea!

 

[Bopsmom]

Bops-Great idea!

I always try to be of help.

 

[Amy&Dan]

How ridiculous a question. Perhaps you should sew in little tags with names on each towel. Yikes.

The best thing to do when you see a "ridiculous" question is to skip right over it. What's more ridiculous, a question you perceive as dumb or taking the time to respond to it?


OP: It does get confusing, you have gotten good suggestions (as have I). I have to tell you this drove me nuts in our studio for 15 nights in June! Even though it was just the four of us, in a studio there is less space to hang things.

I like the safety pin idea with a ribbon and also the suction hook idea. I can take not having my bed made each day and I don't mind running the vacum. But I really missed getting clean towels each day!

 

[DisDaydreamer]

How ridiculous a question. Perhaps you should sew in little tags with names on each towel. Yikes.

Frankly, it is just DW and me now... so we just handle it like home, but when others are involved.... that is a different situation. I don't see this as a ridiculous question, but rather a question about the uncharted territory.

Short of marking the towels with markers... just have a place to hang them that is specific to the owner.

Don't borrow towels from the pool... seems easy and solves the problem, but it does create problems for the laundry. And it costs more when you figure out how many people could do this.

JMHO... and from time to time... that means nothing...

 

[keys2kingdom]

The housekeeper in our room also suggested that many people will go down to the pool each day and get a clean towel, and keep exchanging out clean towels for soiled ones using pool towels, and not use the room towels until the last day.

Naughty, naughty. Bad housekeeper.

We use the same towel at home for a week and don't have a problem. I'm usually pretty clean when I get out of the shower.

Ditto in our house although I've found people think it's gross and I usually don't discuss it. My DH came from one of those 'new towel everyday' homes and I put a quick stop to that. His stepmother did a couple of loads of laundry every day. It's a combination of laziness and environmental impact that makes me refuse to change towels more than once a week. I even bought some towels from Lands End that are quick drying in 33% less time than a regular towel. Quite nifty.

Wasn't there a request in one of the member publications a number of years ago to NOT use pool towels? The reason being that they have to be laundered differently because of the pool chemicals, noting it would raise dues.

Yes there was. And I believe there was a 'reminder' not too long ago.

 

[keys2kingdom]

Mine's always the one with the mystery stain on it.

MG

Eww poor MG! I think you might be excused for swapping it for a pool towel just this once.

 

[calypso*a*go-go]

We haven't dealt with this personally...however I, too, think it is a good question and worth a courteous reply -- my suggestion would be to buy some plastic clothespins that come in assorted colors. You could designate a different color for each person and just place that clothespin on the corner of their towel.

Gosh...for that matter, just buy the wooden clothespins and use a Sharpie marker and write each person's name on one!