[boshravie]

Hi guys

I am just wondering how many of you do carpet cleaning in hotels?
Is it a good prospect?
What about pricing, for example how much do you charge per rooms?
This is on a monthly bases, so its regular.

Many thanks for your reply.


Regards

Bosh

[Ian Gourlay]

Just checked out of a Motel in Bradford as company arrived to clean carpets,

They had Textherm system

Did not get price per room but found out they charge £80 per matteres but I think that is if a drunk has messed it .

[carpet guy]

My hotel work is very infrequent, not from choice, the managers have a budget and the housekeepers struggle to get any extra cleaning done.

Monthly contract sounds a very attractive prospect !

WOW

Imagine using a Tex' on a mattress 

[ollie]

I have a couple of hotels i do regularily, I charge £1.60 psm and do an average of 15 rooms per month (around £3-400 per month) I also look after one of the owners own home and his 5 rental props so I do free little extras for him if he has a bad spillage etc to keep him sweet. ( The owners dont want furniture moved and the carpets are polyprop so I dont mind dropping to £1.60 psm)
ollie

[colin thomas]

i clean the rooms in a hotel, just an average place not particularly 'posh', i charge £20 per room regardless of size, some take a few minutes some 10 minutes but that is provided they want me to do at least 10 rooms, if it's less rooms i charge more. i use a truck-mount and i like to have a helper with me to pre-spray, that way it is so much quicker, i also don't move beds but i do pull the bedside cabinets aside to clean behind them.

colin
ps i also clean peed-on mattresses in a conference centre and i charge £75 + vat, £88.12

[Ian Gourlay]

Rob

Should have made it clear it was HWE on mattress client gets charged an extra night aswell as the cleaning bill.

[boshravie]

Well cbt

I think your charges for rooms are great for £20.00, but do they call you exactly every month?
The one we do, we only charge £12.00 per room (only traffic area) most of them are around 24 square meter plus they have a large conference room which we have charged £150.00 and any extra hall way or corridors we charge from £60.00 to £100.00

So is that to cheep?

Regards

Bosh

[colin thomas]

bosh, no it's not a regular clean, probably 3/4 or so times a year, also clean the restaurant carpet and hallways at various times of the year, i will say that i would possibly charge less if it was very regular, ie monthly. are your prices too cheap? i think it's what you earn by the hour that matters, even if you are only charging 20p per sq mtr as long as your earning the hourly rate you want, so be it,

colin

[boshravie]

Thanks colin

Yes you are right, its just difficult to work it out by hour, for example yesterday we went there and spouse to do 10 rooms, but their lift broke down so we end up logging all the equipment up and down, but I see what you mean by how much I like to earn per hour.

And that is £100.00 per hour if I could have 

Many thanks for your advice


Regards,

Bosh

[carpet guy]

Amazed a hotel would pay £88 for a mattress clean....................they can replace then for that !

[lands]

Amazed a hotel would pay £88 for a mattress clean....................they can replace then for that !

when was the last time you bought a mattress (that will last)

[colin thomas]

your right pete, these are really good quality mattresses, it's all i can do to drag them off the bed to work on them they are so heavy

     colin

[AquaMagic]

We have a hotel that we do 20 rooms bimonthly and the hallways twice a year.

Dene

[boshravie]

hi guys
so how much would you charge for rooms like this in a 5 star hotel, 3-4 times per year.

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[carpet guy]

If they buy poor quality furniture and curtains, they will probably pay minimum prices

rob m

[carpet guy]

Bought a mattress last week Silentnight, not a cheapie, but still only £110. Hotels get large discounts as they buy in volume.

rob m

[lands]

am about to do a massive mailing campaign for Hotels as my area is rife with them. Can anyone offer tips for content as this is new to me.

[carpet guy]

Go in and speak to the housekeeper, there is really no alternative and she will give you a trial, unless happy with existiong provider.

They don't all provide regular work !!!!!!!!!!!!

rob m

[lands]

That'll take me weeks. Live in margate. Billions of em

[carpet guy]

You can only do one at a time!