# How often do you get maid service when you stay at a hotel?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-get-maid-service-when-you-stay-at-a-hotel/635012>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 17, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-get-maid-service-when-you-stay-at-a-hotel/635012 "2012-09-17T22:00:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-get-maid-service-when-you-stay-at-a-hotel/635012/41 "2012-09-19T07:00:01Z")

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Every day, but when I’m on a business trip and in meetings all day and dinners at night they don’t have to do much. Empty the trash, fold the towels, make the bed. But I don’t mind doing it myself when staying at a house rental.

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-get-maid-service-when-you-stay-at-a-hotel/635012/42 "2012-09-19T07:11:20Z")

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I voted “rarely”. When I’m away with work I don’t work standard working hours and often have to sleep during the day so I just leave the DND sign up as a matter of course. I’ll remove it every now and then if I specifically want the towels and bedding changed.

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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-get-maid-service-when-you-stay-at-a-hotel/635012/43 "2012-09-19T11:25:52Z")

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I want a clean room every day of my stay. I don’t like traveling and staying in hotels, but having a clean room and fresh towels every day makes it tolerable. And whether it’s me for 5 days or a different person every night, the room will be cleaned - it’s not like I’m creating more work for the staff.

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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-get-maid-service-when-you-stay-at-a-hotel/635012/44 "2012-09-19T12:52:01Z")

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I don’t really need the maid service, but unless I happen to actually be in the room and actually not want to see anybody including the best-looking man in the world, the DND sign stays inside. Coming in to fluff up the pillow is somebody’s job; if enough people refuse maid service, there will be maids out of jobs while the prices don’t get any lower for customers.

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