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How housekeeping actually runs.

Most writing about housekeeping is written by people who have never turned a room. These are written from operations we run ourselves — with the numbers we can stand over, and none we can't.

How long does it take to clean a hotel room? The big chains run to a standard they never publish. Housekeepers report a nominal thirty minutes and a real twenty — why the two diverge, and the three places the difference comes out.

More on the way: standard minutes by room type, how many rooms a housekeeper should clean per shift, and a 30-point inspection sheet you can use as it is.

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Housekeeping software for hotelsRooms ordered by arrival, a live board for reception, room checks scored out of 30. Airbnb & short-let cleaningTurnovers across a city, photo sets per property, mid-stay linen rules that hold. Housekeeping cost calculatorWhat a room turn actually costs you, in your own numbers. Case studiesOperations that run on this, written up properly — including what it didn't fix.