Running a hotel is a complex operation and ensuring you always have enough clean sheets and towels for guests is not easy, as you can imagine. In my experience, there are a few ways hotels solve this problem.
First and foremost, hotels typically maintain a large stock of linens. They have enough sheets and towels to cover all the rooms they have, plus a surplus to account for items in the laundry cycle. This surplus often equates to two or three times the number of guest rooms. This holds true whether the hotel owns the lining or they're hiring it from a third party — this link can tell you more about that.
Working with efficient and reliable laundry services also helps a lot. Larger hotels often have on-site laundry facilities that operate around the clock. Smaller hotels, on the other hand, often rely on outsourcing the task to a laundry delivery service.
Lastly, hotels also need to manage their linen inventory effectively. Regular checks and updates of the stock, along with well-organized storage, can prevent any shortage of clean sheets and towels. It's an ongoing concern management always keeps in mind.
