Linen and laundry service means Cape Coral STR Cleaning washes, dries, folds and resets bed and bath linen between stays and partway through seasonal bookings, and deals with the specific problem of linen that has been stored through a long, humid empty summer.
The seasonal pattern here creates a linen problem no other market has in the same form. Properties sit closed for months with linen in them, then need it all at once when the season starts.
Linen stored through a Southwest Florida summer in a closed house does not come out the way it went in, however clean it was when it was folded.
What happens to linen over an empty summer?
It takes on the air around it. A closet in a house that has been shut up through months of heat and humidity holds moisture, and sheets and towels stored in it come out smelling closed-up rather than fresh.
A guest arriving for the first booking of the season does not conclude the house was empty for six months. They conclude the linen is dirty, which is a poor start to the year.
What prevents it?
Storing linen somewhere that breathes rather than sealed in plastic, not leaving a property entirely without air conditioning for months on end, and re-washing the first set of the season rather than putting stored linen straight onto a bed.
On a long seasonal booking the same logic applies mid-stay: fresh sets in every few weeks, and a proper look at what comes out rather than assuming it is fine because nobody complained.
Should linen be re-washed before the first booking of the season?
Yes, if it has been stored through the summer in a closed-up house. It will smell of the closet it sat in even though it was clean when folded, and that is the first impression of the season.
Do linens get changed during a seasonal booking?
Yes, at the mid-stay visits rather than only at the end. A guest staying two or three months wears linen far past a weekly renter's use and washes it themselves, so an owner who only inspects at checkout finds out too late.
How should linen be stored between seasons?
Somewhere that breathes rather than sealed in plastic bins, and ideally not in a property left entirely without air conditioning. Sealed storage in this climate holds moisture in with the linen rather than keeping it out.