Why is it "illegal" to take pool towels back to your room?

[dianeschlicht]

I actually prefer the way Marriott Vacation Club resorts do it.
They don't have towels at the pool, but rather have pool towels in the room, enough for the occupancy for that unit. You use those towels for the length of your stay. These towels are larger and better than the normal pool towels, and have a color different than the room towels.

Some of the benefits of this system:

Less towel theft
Less leaving towels on pool chairs when people leave the pool
Less laundry expense
Pool crashers more easily identified since they won't have 'official' pool towels

We have stayed at exchange resorts that did this too. THe pool towels were a different color, and I liked that idea.

 

[KristinU]

Your making me feel like a slob! You get clean towels on the third day and maid service on the 5th day. There are always plenty of towels when I arrive, enough for everyone, unless you have more people in the room than you should. Why would you need more towels? I do wrap up in a pool towel when returning from hot tubs at night, but usually take them back the next time we go to the pool. Do people normally use a new towel everyday at home? I don't, hopefully I'm clean when I dry off so one exchange a week is plenty.

I'm right there with you fishermouse - I've always wondered why people don't feel like there are enough towels (aside from the HC accessible shower issues and things like that). I guess we're gross, but at home and on vacation we each use one towel for a week - hang it up after each use and it is dry and good to go for the next day. I'm one of those that hangs their towel up again for re-use at 'regular' hotels as well.

Back on-topic...I have been known to wrap my wet kiddo in a pool towel and take it back to our room. I guess it didn't occur to me to return it to the pool towel receptacle, but I will do so in the future. Although, I do re-use it if we swim the next day.

 

[Mahusky]

I wonder if the have a disney employee in the back counting which pool towels are from the Inn side and which towels are from the Villas side .... As a matter of fact I wonder if they have a whole team of Disney employees counting towels from each resort? Hmmmm......

Or do they have one HUGE laundry facility and it all gets mixed up?

 

[bobbiwoz]

Well, the Marriott way isn't foolproof either. We just stayed at Grande Vista, got 4 pool towels, but our housekeeper took the used ones and didn't return them. We had daily housekeeping, we were on Marriott points not there for timeshare presentation. We had enough for our use, only 2 of us were there. I hope we're not charged! I didn't think of telling at checkout.

Bobbi

 

[Dean]

We have stayed at exchange resorts that did this too. THe pool towels were a different color, and I liked that idea.

Some of those resorts pay close attention and some are just looking for a chance to charge you. We stayed at a resort we own in MX a couple of years ago and returned the pool towels the day before check out. At check out there was a charge on our bill but I had the return receipt right in my pocket so they took it off then and there.

 

[Lady V]

Slightly off topic, but when I see people who just leave towels on the chairs and then those chairs aren't used for an hour or so, I just take their chairs. Never (yet) have had one person beat me up. Why? B/c no one ever shows up to "claim" their saved chairs.

I love you!!

 

[PinkTink63]

I'm right there with you fishermouse - I've always wondered why people don't feel like there are enough towels (aside from the HC accessible shower issues and things like that). I guess we're gross, but at home and on vacation we each use one towel for a week - hang it up after each use and it is dry and good to go for the next day. I'm one of those that hangs their towel up again for re-use at 'regular' hotels as well.

Same here!
We sometimes wrap up in one going back to the room, but then we return the next time we go back out.