when you go to a hotel, do you like the top sheets tightly tucked in or do you pull them out

[debm55]

before sleeping? I pull the top sheet out. Otherwise I feel like I am in a straight jacket.
Edit to add--does anyone know why they do it tucked in so tightly?

[Effete Snob]

1. I pull it out everywhere I go

[jimfields33]

16. I keep it tucked in. At home, I don't.

I think it’s the sheets they use at hotels are so nice. Much nicer than mine anyway. Plus they are washed the day we arrive at the hotel. At home once a week or so (emphasis on so). Lol.

[debm55]

17. It doesn't bother you not to be able to move your feet? Do you know why they tuck them in so

tightly? I always wondered about that.

[jimfields33]

24. When I get in, I do move around some to get my feet to move.

But I don’t like my feet exposed while sleeping.

[nature-lover]

2. Comedian, Louie Anderson, talks about having to pirouette to the bathroom after a night in a hotel.

I think of that comment every time I loosen the sheets at a hotel.

[Paladin]

3. I'll do my best, not to lose sleep over the matter. (nt)

[debm55]

15. HAHA- but I want a good night sleep and I can't get it with tightly tucked sheets.

[3catwoman3]

4. Pull them out.

My feet must be free.

[Polly Hennessey]

10. My feet, too. Feet and body must be able to dangle and move freely.

If not free, I feel mummified.

[debm55]

13. Agree 100%

[debm55]

11. Agree

[debm55]

14. Me too--but why do they do it,. Most people I know pull them out.

[Silent Type]

5. No tucked in topsheet for me. If I can't get my feet out, I panic.

In fact, I've told my ICE (In Case of Emergency) that if I end up in a nursing home to make sure they don't tuck the sheets in. Of course, that assumes that a nursing home will actually give a chit.

[debm55]

12. True

[LakeArenal]

6. I am George Constanza

Also ya know how some people like to move their foot to feel the cool sheets?

I hate that . Ugh.

[debm55]

8. Oh I remember that. Even as a kid I hated tucked in top sheets--need to move my feet. Also do not

sleep in one position.

[Jirel]

7. Fully out.

There is no comfort in sleeping in a tightened down bed.

[MOMFUDSKI]

9. pull them out

everywhere

[Chipper Chat]

18. It's to give the bed a finished look.

If they dangle that can leave a bad first impression. Also the guest may be suspicious that the housekeeper didn't change the sheets.

[debm55]

20. Oh, I see now why they do it. Thank you. It does make sense.

But I'll still pull them out.

[Chipper Chat]

23. Former hotel manager here.

[GreenWave]

19. I sleep on top of them!

Extra padding to keep those bedbugs at bay.

[debm55]

21. Oh my didn't think of that.

[sinkingfeeling]

22. Pull them out. My feet have claustrophobia.

[thatcrowwoman]

25. I like them tucked, but I loosen them enough so my feet have some wiggle room. 👣

I like my sheets smooth, not rumpled. If the top sheet comes completely untucked, I’ll be wrestling the rest of the night to keep some cover from Mr. Grip-the-sheet-and-roll-over.

I usually sleep on my left side, but roll to the right side a couple times overnight. I thermo-regulate by sticking a foot out from under the covers.

🕊tcw

[Niagara]

26. My 1st action with the bed in a hotel or airbnb is to...

Pull both the flat and fitted sheets off from any corner of the bed to check for bedbugs.



Then I proceed to re-tuck everything back in place. Apparently I like to be swaddled as I like tightly tucked sheets. I sleep better that way.

[True Dough]

27. debm, you're provoking a rant!

I'm annoyed by so many hotels now using duvets and sometimes there's not even a top sheet underneath! Even when there is, it's waaay too hot if the duvet is pulled up but if you throw it off you, then it gets chilly fast. There is no in between!

What happened to having a few blankets? I guess it's cheaper the other way.

[debm55]

29. I agree. Either too hot or too cold. I can remember a blanket at the bottom of the bed.

[Niagara]

32. You're better off bringing your own blankets, True.

I use to work housekeeping in two separate hotels and those duvets only get washed on occasion.

I remove the duvet all together and place my blanket(s) where the duvet should be.


I always suggest to people when they leave home to bring their own comfy pillows and blankets if they have the room to do so.
I've also never have traveled by plane either.

[True Dough]

35. I appreciate the advice, Niagara.

Our own challenge is that we're sometimes travelling with two large dogs. Squeezing in the blankets and pillows would be a challenge, as would keeping the dog hair off of them.

Dogs are disgusting to some people -- and that's fair, they lick their own butts and sniff other dogs butts and eat any leftover crap they can find on the side of the road.

But I think lying down to sleep in a bed with a seldom-washed duvet cover that numerous unknown individuals were doing who knows what activities on or were incontinent or whatever. Well... gross!

[Niagara]

36. Oh, wonderful, True.

You do travel in a vehicle, with dogs.


The secret to getting everything to fit into the suitcases is to roll the articles of clothing and blankets instead of folding, a person can cram a lot more in the suitcases that way.



Give it a whirl the next time that you travel.

[Ocelot II]

28. On the rare occasions when I stay in a hotel, I loosen the sheets.

I don't like the feeling of them pinning down my feet. And it's always a good idea to check for bedbugs.

[debm55]

30. Me too.

[Effete Snob]

31. Sanitize the remote control

They wash the sheets, but guess what the last guy was watching with the remote in his hand.

You’d wish it was just bedbugs.

[debm55]

33. I don't know if you're right or pulling our legs. However, it does make sense.

[Effete Snob]

34. That's not what I was pulling

Do you remember that diplomat or whatever that was accused of sexually assaulting a hotel employee in a $5000 a night or whatever hotel room?

At first people where aghast that there were apparent semen stains all over the room, the walls, the furniture etc., and everyone was like “aha, he did it!”

Then, DNA testing showed the semen to have come from something like eight different men and none of them were that guy.

I was the most unsurprised person on the planet. What do people think goes on in a $5000 a night hotel room?

Well, I think pretty much the same thing that goes on in a $79 motel out by the interstate. It just costs more.

It’s like when people said “Aha! They’ve recovered semen from material in the waste basket in the Duke Lacrosse players’ house!”

I was like, yeah, that’s pretty much what you’ll find in there, yep….

[debm55]

37. -------

[Effete Snob]

38. And they have the TV remote in their hand...

…because you know what they’re watching on the TV.

And they have to turn the TV off eventually.

It’s not like anyone sanitizes the remote.



I use alcohol wipes on it.

[debm55]

39. a------------I never thought of that. But now that you mention it, it true

and yuk