A noticeable trend right across the entire hotel industry in recent years is the hiring of hotel linens rather than buying a company’s own linens and laundering them in-house. While many major hotels still launder their own linens in-house, most small hotel businesses now hire the linens they require because of the many notable benefits to hiring linens over buying them. These benefits include:

• Time and money savings – Hiring linens is more cost and time effective than buying linens and laundering them on the premises. This is because there’s not only the initial outlay cost, but also the cost of laundering linens, replacing old and worn linens as well as the space occupied by the laundry equipment required to launder the linens.
• Quality service – Most linen hire companies are very flexible and will schedule drop off and pick up times to suit the needs of businesses. You can have the linens your business requires delivered and picked up several days of the week to meet your requirements.
• Seasonal linens – As businesses have different requirements at different times of the year, they can hire the linens they need when they need them. For example, restaurants often chance the colour of their table linens to match the seasons.

These are just three of the many advantages that are now widely associated with hiring fresh linens  from a leading linen hire company as there are many more, including the opportunity to increase or decrease the order when required to meet the needs of your business.

How to Source the Right Linen Hire Company

If you’re to find the right linen hire company, one that will meet the needs of your business now and in the future, there are quite a few factors that you will need to focus on. These factors include the following:

• Customer service – What are their customer service standards like and how easy are they to do business with? You need to find a company that is easy to work with and will consistently meet your linen hire requirements. If they’re not able to meet the needs of your business keep searching!
• Quality products – What are their products like and do they meet your standards? There’s little point in hiring linens that aren’t up to scratch, especially when there are so many excellent providers of linen hire to choose from. Before deciding on a linen hire company in your local area, make sure you inspect the linens and other products that they have to offer.
• Affordable rates – Bearing in mind that companies with premium quality products tend to charge higher rates than companies with run-of-the-mill products, it’s still important to get quotes from several service providers and compare what they have to offer. Shopping around to get the best rates available is very important as this can affect your business’s bottom line.

Whether you run a small bed & breakfast or a large hotel, follow these handy tips to make the right choices about the linens you hire and the service providers that you work with.

Paul Petersen