Swimming cap, sleep mask, sewing kit:
the single-use classics
They are the items asked for at reception since hotels have existed: the swimming cap for the pool, the sleep mask for the guest from another time zone, the sewing kit for the button before the meeting. This guide describes which of them lie in the room, which reception gives, in which cases they come and how the inner pack belongs on the trolley.
Pool, bed, button
Three items, three places in the house, three different cases.
Swimming cap
- For adults, singly in a poly bag
- Four colourways with white stripe
- Inner pack 100, case 1,000
- Lies at the pool, not in the room
Sleep mask
- Polyester, black, individually wrapped
- Inner pack 200, case 1,000
- On the pillow of the suite, otherwise at reception
- In a paper sachet with Green Elegant
Sewing kit
- 6 threads, 2 buttons, safety pin, needle
- Inner pack 1,000, case 5,000
- On request at reception
- Also in a paper sachet, 2,000 per case
What lies in the room, what reception gives
The most expensive single-use item is the one cleared away unopened. The rule: lay out what almost everyone needs, hand out what every tenth guest needs.
Laying out
Shower cap and vanity kit in the bathroom, in the suite also the sleep mask on the pillow and the shoe shine sponge in the drawer. They are opened at almost every arrival, and what is open is replaced at the room change.
Handing out
Sewing kit, nail file, floss pick, toothpaste, swimming cap and umbrella. They lie at reception or on the housekeeping trolley and come on request. A house with 100 rooms hands out a few dozen sewing kits a month this way instead of clearing away a few hundred.
The sets for apartments
Serviced apartments need what a hotel room does not: the welcome dishwashing set with detergent, sponge and cloth and the cleaning set with all-purpose cleaner and dishwasher tab, both individually packed, for the first night until the first shopping.
| Item | Where | Inner pack | Per case |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shower cap, singly in film | bathroom, laid out | 100 | 5,000 |
| Vanity kit standard | bathroom, laid out | 100 | 2,500 |
| Shoe shine sponge | drawer, laid out | none | 1,000 |
| Sleep mask | pillow of the suite, otherwise reception | 200 | 1,000 |
| Sewing kit | reception | 1,000 | 5,000 |
| Nail file 10 cm | reception | none | 2,000 |
| Floss pick | reception | none | 5,000 |
| Toothpaste 5 g or 10 g | reception | 169 | 2,028 or 1,352 |
| Swimming cap | pool, reception | 100 | 1,000 |
| Hygiene bag box with 25 bags | bathroom | none | 288 |
| Umbrella, 88 cm | reception, on loan | none | 50 |
The kessa glove: The peeling glove belongs in the spa, not in the room. It is used once, so it lies in the changing room or is handed out at the cabin, 500 per case.
From the case of 5,000 to the trolley of 100
The single-use classics come in the largest cases of the range. The trolley gets an inner pack, the store keeps the rest.
The calculation
Rooms times arrivals per month gives the arrivals. For items laid out that is the monthly need, divided by the pieces per case the cases per month. For items handed out the house counts with a tenth of the arrivals, which is enough in practice.
An example
A house with 120 rooms and ten arrivals per room and month has 1,200 arrivals. Shower caps: 1,200 a month, a case of 5,000 lasts four months. Vanity kits: 1,200 a month, a case of 2,500 two months. Sewing kits, handed out: around 120 a month, a case of 5,000 lasts three years, hence better the sewing kit in a paper sachet with 2,000 per case.
| Item | Need per month | Lasts per case |
|---|---|---|
| Shower cap | 1,200 | four months |
| Vanity kit standard | 1,200 | two months |
| Sleep mask, suites only | around 200 | five months |
| Sewing kit, handed out | around 120 | three years, better the small case |
| Swimming cap, pool | around 300 | three months |
Storing
Dry, cool, in the closed case. Film and polyester tolerate years; toothpaste and shaving cream have a best-before date printed on the case, and they are ordered by the date, not by the price per case.
All single-use classics with picture, packaging and pieces per case are on the page Guest accessories for the hotel room.
Frequently asked questions about the classics
What reception and executive housekeepers ask about swimming cap, sleep mask and sewing kit.
Which classics your house needs?
Tell us number of rooms, pool and reception, you receive a proposal with cases and a sample pack.
