How To Choose The Right Bed Linen

The best hotel bedding is a substantial investment to help ensure your guests the perfect night’s sleep during their stay. Each room in your hotel or guest house should typically require at least two sets of linen per bed, combining highly durable fabric, a luxurious texture and elegant styling. But to further enhance your hotel’s reputation, it should consistently wash to the highest standards of cleanliness and hygiene.

An ideal material is cotton, traditionally chosen for its soft, flexible texture, reliable longevity and excellent performance. Cotton, gossypium in Latin, is a crop that has been grown since antiquity. It’s a main crop in India, America, Brazil and many other countries, but the most prized is Egyptian cotton.

What Is The Best Quality Bed Linen?

Superior cotton bedding relies on the density of the thread count, and is woven on looms with horizontal weft threads and vertical warp threads. A higher density of threads in a square inch means a closely finished weave, resulting in high-quality bedding. Many standard sheets only achieve a thread count of up to 180, and thread counts of 200 or more are considered to be of a reliable, higher quality.

In our collection, we have excellent Egyptian cotton bedlinen with 200 and 300 thread counts that is durable and supremely comfortable. It’s a perfect choice for hotels or guest houses that want to combine luxurious comfort with economy. Many of our Egyptian cottons have thread counts of 400 and 550, but for the ultimate luxury, we have beautiful hotel bedding with counts of 800 and 1,000 threads per inch, which are highly durable products and super soft with a lustrous texture.

How To Maintain Bed Linen Quality & Freshness

Cotton reliably holds its shape providing years of excellent service, and it is generally easy to maintain. Alternatively, choose our easy care bed linen of polyester and cotton blends for a soft and comfortable stay for every guest. They wash and dry with minimal creasing, while maintaining an elegantly smart appearance, so are a perfect option for any busy hotel or guest house.

Cotton bed linen is easily maintained as it only needs a wash of 40°C to destroy bacteria and germs. However, remember to only wash cotton bedlinen with cottons in the same colour, as other fibres can damage or discolour cotton. What’s more, is that cotton bedding doesn’t even need fabric conditioner, as cotton has a naturally soft texture that improves with use. Cotton bedding should also only need washing every seven to ten days, without any loss of quality.

You can easily keep your cotton bed linen from wrinkling, by drying it outdoors on a windy day to reduce any stubborn wrinkles, giving it a wonderful, fresh aroma. In wet weather, use a tumble drier on a moderately low heat setting. Ironing immediately also helps smooth out creases fairly quickly, meaning each room in your hotel can be ready for your guests in a matter of minutes!