Name: Anabyn Global Ventures LLP
Address: 287/87/CA, Anchapalam, Methala, Thrissur, Kerala, 680669, IN
Telephone: +91-9495613121
Price range: $$

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Explainer

Spend in this order

Explainer

An 80-room hotel with $12,000

In this article

The priority order
A worked budget
If the budget is smaller
What can wait
Match the linen to the new room
Timing
Build your own budget

Short answer: spend first on bath towels, then on sheets and pillowcases, then on bath mats and hand towels, then robes. Leave duvet inners, mattress protectors and decorative pieces until last unless they are failing. Replace whole rooms, not single items across the hotel.

The priority order

Spend in this order

Bath towels

On bare skin every day.

Sheets and pillowcases

Eight hours a night.

Hand towels and bath mats

The first look at the bathroom.

Bathrobes

Noticed when good.

Duvet covers

Seen more than touched.

Protectors, runners, cushions

Replace on condition.

Priority	Item	Why
1	Bath towels	Used on bare skin every day. Thin or grey towels are the most-mentioned linen complaint
2	Sheets and pillowcases	The guest spends eight hours on them
3	Hand towels and bath mats	Seen on arrival. They set the first impression of the bathroom
4	Bathrobes	Noticed when good, forgiven when absent in mid-range rooms
5	Duvet covers	Large and visible, but less touched than the sheet
6	Protectors, inners, runners, cushions	Replace on condition

A worked budget

An 80-room hotel with $12,000

Bath towelsHand towelsBath matsSheet setsLeft for robes, freight, duty

Budget$12,000

An 80-room hotel with $12,000 for linen. Prices are from our published FOB bands. Add your own freight and duty.

Item	Quantity (par 3)	FOB price used	Cost
Bath towels, 550 GSM	480	$2.50	$1,200
Hand towels	480	$1.15	$552
Bath mats	240	$2.30	$552
Sheet sets, 300 thread count	240 sets	$9.50	$2,280
Subtotal			$4,584

That leaves more than $7,000 for freight, duty, clearing and a first batch of robes. Terry robes for 80 rooms at one per room and par 3 would be 240 pieces, about $2,700 at $11.25 each.

Bath towels below 2,000 pieces per SKU are priced as a trial run, at a small premium, so ask for the exact figure.

If the budget is smaller

Replace by floor. Do the top two floors completely and sell them as refurbished rooms. See mixing old and new linen.
Towels only. If you can afford one thing, change the bath towels across the whole hotel.
Go up one weight, not two. Moving from 450 to 550 GSM is what a guest feels. Going on to 650 GSM costs more at purchase and in every wash.

What can wait

Duvet inners and pillows, if they are clean and hold their loft.
Mattress protectors, unless stained or torn.
Bed runners and cushions, which change with the decor scheme anyway.

Match the linen to the new room

A refurb often changes the mattress. Measure the new mattress depth before ordering sheets. See the bed-making spec. If the bathroom design has changed, check the towel rail width and hook positions against your towel sizes.

Timing

Linen should arrive two to three weeks before the first refurbished rooms reopen. Production takes 30 to 45 days, plus shipping. Count back with the pre-opening countdown.

Build your own budget

The hotel linen budget calculator turns rooms and par level into quantities and cost. When you have a figure, send us the list and we'll quote it in priority order so you can see where the money runs out.