Hilton does away with daily housekeeping for most U.S. hotels: Travel Weekly

Hilton has designed daily housekeeping optional across most of its brands in the U.S. Efficient this 7 days, day by day housekeeping will be performed only on request.

Luxurious makes Waldorf Astoria, Conrad and LXR are exempt from the new plan. Housekeeping products and services also will be done immediately on the fifth working day of any prolonged remain at a U.S. hotel.

“Our friends have told us that they have varying levels of convenience with somebody moving into their rooms following they have checked in,” stated Hilton in a statement. “We encourage our company to contact the front desk to request space cleaning, and our crew customers stand prepared to aid with added towels or facilities.”

In the meantime, Hilton houses in Europe, the Middle East and Africa are at present “running housekeeping as asked for,” even though motels in the Asia-Pacific region are however furnishing each day housekeeping, in accordance to a Hilton spokeswoman.

While on-demand from customers housekeeping providers have become commonplace throughout the pandemic, Hilton is one of the 1st key hospitality players to make it companywide coverage. 

The shift away from day-to-day housekeeping has emerged as a flash point in the marketplace, with some hospitality union teams arguing that much less regular space cleanings build extra difficult work for housekeepers even though threatening their position security.