Others work in lobbies, lounges, and conference and banquet rooms, where they clean carpets and move and set up furniture. Some housekeepers make sewing repairs or upholster furniture. They also send to the lost-and-found department any articles that previous guests may have left in the rooms when they checked out.Īside from doing laundry and cleaning guest rooms, housekeepers replace light bulbs, wash windows, empty ashtrays, and clean hallways and stairs. If housekeepers notice anything in a room that is not working properly, they report it to their supervisor, the executive housekeeper. Before leaving, they check to make sure that the room is spotless and ready for new guests.
The housekeepers replace soiled linen and towels restock soap, tissues, and drinking glasses disinfect bathroom surfaces dust and polish the furniture remove all trash vacuum the carpet and wash any uncarpeted floors. Using a large wheeling cart to hold supplies, guest room housekeepers bring clean linen, bedding, cleansers, and all other necessary cleaning equipment to the rooms. An especially thorough cleaning is done after the occupants of a room check out. Other housekeepers only clean guest rooms.
