turndown service

{{Short description|Hotel service: preparing the bed for use}}

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In the hospitality industry, turndown service is the practice of staff entering a guest's room and "turning down" the bed linen of the bed, preparing the bed for use.{{citation |url=http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/7/8/101823/9440/hotels/Our_Set_List_for_the_Ultimate_Hotel_Turndown_Service |title=Our Set List for the Ultimate Hotel Turndown Service |last=Shallcross|first=Juliana |date=July 8, 2011 |access-date=Jan 1, 2014 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108071104/http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/7/8/101823/9440/hotels/Our_Set_List_for_the_Ultimate_Hotel_Turndown_Service |archive-date=Jan 8, 2014}}

In multiple countries, an item of confectionery such as a chocolate{{cite news|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0713/p18s03-hfes.html|title=Mozart played on kazoos? Welcome to Salzburg! |last=Sukel|first=Kayt|date=July 13, 2006|work=The Christian Science Monitor|publisher=Christian Science Publishing Society|accessdate=7 May 2013}} or a mint{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l75dAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Pl4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=2964,1997440&dq=turndown-service+mint&hl=en|title='Voice' Of Motel 6 Believable|last=Lewis Grizzard|author-link=Lewis Grizzard|date=June 11, 1988|work=The Press-Courier|publisher=Thomson Newspapers|accessdate=7 May 2013}} is sometimes left on top of a pillow on the bed that has been turned down.

Some hotels have more elaborate turndown services, such as bed-time stories for children and cocktails served to couples.{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-daily-meal/hotel-turndown-service_b_2295845.html|title=7 Hotels With Extraordinary Nightly Turndown Services|last=Mack|first=Lauren|date=December 18, 2012|work=The Huffington Post|accessdate=7 May 2013}}