MATTRESS & Protector

Hotel management takes every measure to make its beds welcoming and oozing comfort. Just like how hotel pillows are really comfortable, the mattress and overall appearance is vital to your relaxing experience and hotels may choose a number of strategies to ensure your experience is memorable.

Excellent Pressure Relief and Ample Support Through Design

Most top tier hotels invest in high quality, luxury mattress designs that are between medium to firm range, providing excellent support for the back and relieving vital pressure points. These special mattresses do not just look pretty, but they offer a range of comforts and luxuries that you will not find in your home. They isolate movement, regulate temperature, keep your spine aligned, and offer durability and resilience even after months of use.

Hotel beds use mattresses that can easily accommodate many guests over the year.

Hotels Use Premium Soft Sheets

One of the main reasons why hotel beds are so deliciously comfortable is because they are covered in luxurious and premium soft sheets. The management opts for light, silky, breathable, and crisp material such as silk or Egyptian cotton with a thread count of 300 or higher because of their excellent softness.

The bedsheets used on hotel beds accentuate the feelings of comfort and relaxation, so you feel completely at ease. They are not only soft, but also smell fantastic, thanks to special detergents, fabric softeners, cleaners, and other deodorizing agents that enhance the overall relaxation experience. The pleasant scent gives a feeling of calmness and serenity so you can sleep peacefully through the night.

Hotels also use flat sheets that are regularly ironed, stretched, and properly tucked under the mattress so the lack of wrinkles make it look tidy and inviting. They use the ‘hospital corner’ methods where a bottom sheet and tucking some of it in, while folding the rest over each corner and then tucking it back. This tidy presentation enhances your sleep experience.

When you climb into a hotel bed, you can see that the management takes into account the quality of the sheets to bring you every ounce of comfort possible.

Hotels Use Mattress Toppers

Hotels beds are incredibly comfortable thanks to their use of mattress toppers. These can significantly adjust mattress firmness and the quality of your rest. A mattress topper is simply an added layer of cushioning that rests on top of your old mattress and provides support and extra levels of comfort.

Its main purpose is to cradle your body in a gentle hold to ease all pressure points on your hips, back, shoulders, and knees. The memory foam or latex varieties can also absorb motion which means that you can sleep without disruptions from your partner or child’s excessive tossing and turning.

Mattress toppers can also protect your mattress from deflating or dipping as it acts as a protective cover on top. Hotel mattresses can last longer because they are covered with a topper. You may feel more at ease and completely relaxed when sleeping atop a hotel mattress because of the additional comfort layer. Since the beds we use at home do not come equipped with toppers, they might not provide the same levels of comfort as hotel beds.

Protecting the mattress

Although the surface of a mattress can be cleaned with a vacuum cleaner, it is very difficult to completely clean most standard mattresses. An unprotected mattress can become marked or stained quite quickly as perspiration produced throughout the night easily passes through a standard cloth sheet and creates a characteristic yellowish-brown tidemark where it's absorbed into the upper surface of the mattress. Mattresses are also susceptible to many other contaminants.

The simplest form of a mattress protector is a lightly quilted fitted sheet. It provides minimal protection against liquids and little or no protection from dust mite allergens.

In addition to conventional natural fabrics, new forms of synthetic protector or topper have appeared over the years including memory foam and spacer fabrics. These are more expensive than conventional protectors but add the advantages of pressure relief and in the case of the latter, the ability to be washed.

Waterproof mattress protectors keep the mattress clean by securing it from absorbing body excretions (such as sweat) or other liquids resulting from spills. These can take the form of flat rubberized flannel pads (commonly used under a bedsheet for infants) or special breathable fitted covers. The plastic pads are hot to sleep on and change the feel of the mattress. A urethane laminate on cotton that has good wicking properties is an alternative to a rubberized flannel pad. A protector with a thin laminate that is not pulled too tightly across the bed will not change the feel of the bed. Also, the laminate is still breathable which means that it will not trap body heat.

Most mattress warranties are voided if the mattress gets a stain, so most sleepers use mattress pads to prevent stains.