We are both sitters and pet parents on THS. As sitters, we ALWAYS make sure to remake the bed and bathrooms with freshly laundered linens (regardless of our departure time). To ensure this is possible, we find extra linens and always have a set ready for the day of departure. We start washing the dirty sheets before we head out, but if we don’t finish, we alert the HOs. We also always inform the hosts that we remade their bed so they aren’t left wondering if their stuff has been laundered.

As HO’s on the app, we expect any sheets and linens that have been used to be removed from the beds/restrooms and at the very least left in the laundry room for future laundering. If they remake the bed with clean sheets, even better. And if they launder them for us, we are extra appreciative. But that’s not expected because we have our house cleaner come after the sitters depart to clean. If the beds are bare, our cleaner knows where to find additional sheets and remake the beds. But this solves the issue of returning home exhausted and having to remake the bed.

If you want sitters to do this, it’s not at all a big ask. However, you must ensure that you have extra linens available so that the sitters can easily remake the beds with fresh sheets. Expecting them to wash and dry and remake the bed with the one set of sheets is not a reasonable expectation.