If you sleep well at a hotel, it is not necessarily because the bedding is high-end, but rather because special care is given to it. A precise gesture changes everything.
What a pleasure to slip into a perfectly made hotel bed. Of course, the quality of the sheets and mattress, the softness of the mattress topper and the quality of the pillows play an important role in comfort. All of this can also be reproduced at home, provided you pay the price. But that’s not enough! Hotels do something that no one would suspect to ensure that the bed remains comfortable night after night. And the latter has the advantage of costing nothing at all.
After working for many years in a 5-star hotel, a housekeeper elaborated on what makes a hotel bed so comfortable. She readily admits that the mattress topper is a key point, especially since they are regularly cleaned and even replaced in order to keep their loft so comfortable. But that’s not the only tip she recommends, especially if you don’t necessarily want to invest in an accessory. She confesses that no one does this at home even though according to her it is what makes all the difference.
She explains that over time a hollow forms in the mattress where the sleeper sits. To avoid this, hotels systematically flip and rotate the mattress once a month. At home, you just need to adopt the same habit. Once a month, take a few minutes to flip and rotate your mattress. This simple gesture distributes the weight of the body in a balanced manner and prevents the foam or springs from always settling in the same place. Result: the mattress retains its original firmness and comfort for longer. This little monthly ritual extends the life of the mattress by several years and keeps the “hotel bed” feeling much longer. To remember, you can write a reminder on the calendar, for example, the first weekend of each month.
Another pro tip: let the bed breathe every morning before remaking it. Hotels never pull the sheets straight after guests leave. They leave the mattress and sheets out in the open air for a few hours for the moisture to evaporate. At home, it’s the same principle: open the window, turn down the duvet and wait around ten minutes before making the bed.
