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January 4, 2007 at 12:34 am #143522hbabileneParticipant
I wanted to know if anyone has accounts with Hotels and if so can yo give me some input on what you charge.
January 4, 2007 at 2:18 am #148419AnonymousInactiveI don’t do many hotels, but the ones I do are priced like this:
* $20/room with a minimum of 10 rooms at that price. This is for normal sized room. $25 with protectant.
* Suites are of course higher priced.
* Common areas are .18 to .21/square ft. . . . Protectect for another .08/square ft.If I’m called for just one room, my minimum is $65.00. Hotels are usually price shoppers, but our Dry In One Hour is a real plus. Good luck.
January 4, 2007 at 4:50 pm #148420hbabileneParticipantThanks this helps. I gave them about the same figures. So I’m on the right track.
January 6, 2007 at 2:30 am #148421FL18ParticipantHi Mark,
My name is Mike. We clean about 20 or 30 hotels every 3 to 4 months. I have all the info you need. I have some proposals I can send you as I did for Nevyln in Georgia. I’m not sure how many are going to bite on $20.00 a room. Just depends on the area. Hope all is well. One tip—offer to do a room as a free demo. They hardly say no and after seeing what you can do, you will get the job.
Mike Nowlin
956-607-2776January 6, 2007 at 4:38 am #148422hbottumwaParticipantFrom past experience, having done two at the same time, in my area they both wanted them done on Sunday or Monday. (least amount of rooms rented) I don’t work Sunday’s and the main motel was done weekly. (10 rooms). I worked the weekly motel first and the second was monthly in the afternoon. Also when the rooms were done together it was great. When there was one room done on the 4th floor, then two far apart on the sixth floor, then… well that stunk!!! You can’t come out on it to make it worth your while. Getting them all done in a few days is the way to go if posible, once or twice a year. Like anything else, some are not what you want, some are good, and some are great! January is a great time to experment to find the best! Good luck!
January 6, 2007 at 4:46 pm #148423AnonymousInactiveBudget hotels (Super 8, Motel 6, local mom and pops) will only do rooms when they get too dirty which is too late and they are all about price. Mid-range hotels (Comfort Inn, Fairfield Inn, Holiday Inn Express) will do rooms and commons once a year usually based on franchise requirements and price is important but service is equally important. Full to limited service (Marriott, Hilton, Hampton) will require carpets cleaned as often as quarterly, the carpets are better quality, dry in 1 hour is huge and price is usually based on what their budget says…a busier hotel usually has more money to spend.
January 7, 2007 at 10:48 pm #148424pachecoParticipantJust a thought..
I have some arrangements with some bed and breakfasts and Mainstay Suites and Sleep Inn. Mainstay has rooms for longer term tenants, weeks to months at a time. The rooms can get pretty bad. Great business though. They like the quiet of the process and to date I have cleaned every loveseat, chair, sofa and recliner and most of the carpeting in the Mainstay here in Lancaster. Cleaned all of the halls, stairs, most of the rooms at Sleep Inn.
It is great and easy business and I highly recommend it to all.
January 8, 2007 at 12:50 am #148425CJonesParticipantDave,
What do you usually charge per sq ft? For furniture? Just curious in the hotel setting! Thanks!January 8, 2007 at 10:47 pm #148426hbabileneParticipantThanks Mike, I would like to see those proposals. I’m sure they can help, email your information to me. I appreciate it
And thanks again.January 9, 2007 at 12:36 am #148427pachecoParticipantJeff,
I have never been able to figure out how to charge per square foot…not that I am not so smart maybe, I did take Purdue calculus 2 sem for my degree, I just could never wrap my mind around charging for the walking areas around a bed and through the MBR and kids rooms and paths around beds and moving or not moving furniture and how all of that works in the real world…So we charge by the room, and have never charged by the sqft. I have checked the pricing comparisons and I feel that it all comes out a wash. (Easier to calculate, add, subtract discount and add tax…my math today stinks and I can more easily calculate this way…my hat is off to those of you that charge by the sq ft…when I am driving down the road my mind would explode trying to figure up a price.)
We charge $45/room or area. Smaller than an average sized room is perhaps $35…larger maybe $60-$67.50…. I have never cleaned a B&B room or motel room for les than $35 ea in quantity…no reason to, they can rent the room that evening and get their money back, plus. Also, we have an advantage that no one has…we are quiet and can clean a room with occupant next door, or across the hall.
Furniture: sofas $79 – $89 Love seats $69 Chairs and recliners $39 – $49.
Most of the time I might use the upper figure and perhaps discount 15%.
Sometimes I do not…I never ever give any discounts after 5PM or on Saturdays…
I hope this helps a little. Hope to see you in LV.
Dave
January 9, 2007 at 5:03 pm #148428hern7146ParticipantHey Mike,
I would like to see your proposals also if you dont mind.
Thanks
TimJanuary 9, 2007 at 9:49 pm #148429pachecoParticipantLow tech here…
I just use the quote book and give the item and cost and any discount..I have done a few proposals, but they are stupidly simple.
Absolutely nothing fancy at all or that formal….
Sorry,
DaveP.S.
(Just spent 3 hrs in MainStay Suites cleaning 1 room of massive amts of Kool Aid, another with yellow dye from a magic marker and coffee removal from the lobby cafe area…Will make up the bill tonight but it will exceed $250…
no proposal, they just automatically call me now.)January 10, 2007 at 1:07 pm #148430pachecoParticipantOne more thing for consumption…if anyone can get into the motels etc…get the cleanup business. Be the one they call when the maid enters the room and it was destroyed by a party or whatever. We can clean and charge for it and they then in turn CHARGE THE CUSTOMER!!!! In these cases the motel does not eat the charges, they pass them on to the customers credit card.
It is nice business!
I am calling some of my motel customers today since Jan and Feb are slow months. I have cleaned a lot of rooms last 2 years in Jan…will go after some more today.
Hope this helps someone get some business.
Dave
January 10, 2007 at 10:06 pm #148431ammonchildParticipantFind out what they want done based on a yearly schedule. The money is in the common areas;halls,conf. rms, lobby… Not the rooms. If they are having these high traffic areas done 2-4x per year–its not enough. I do 2 super 8 each month; mainly 2-3 hall ways of 1200-1400sf ea(thats 4-6 total) take about 1.25-1.5 hours each hall(upto $119 ea) BUT-they have to have them pre vac’d. Ive done some rooms, but I hate doing them.
January 11, 2007 at 2:28 am #148432pachecoParticipantMatt…
I know better than to ask this, but I will anyway…any of the owners Pennsylvania Dutch? No one, and I mean no one is tighter than these folks.
The problem with some chains is this…the Franchisor requires them to replace carpeting on a schedule…many just limp along. It is going to take some time educating these folks…quite challenging.
Thanks for your wisdom, it is appreciated.
Dave
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