Must-Have Features of a Hotel Housekeeping Trolley

A hotel housekeeping trolley is an essential piece of equipment. Keeping your rooms clean is paramount to keeping your hotel reputation high and getting good reviews.

Guests don’t think twice about reviewing a hotel online and reporting that the room was not as clean as they expected. And according to hospitalitynet, unclean rooms are one of the most common complaints about a hotel.

Hotel housekeeping trolleys come in all shapes and sizes. The one you choose depends on the type of hotel. For example, a small boutique hotel might not have the corridor space or room space for a large housekeeping trolley. In this case, a small cleaning bag on wheels might be the best option.

A full-sized housekeeping trolley will have room for replenishing amenities, shelves for stacking clean linen replacements and one or more linen bags for taking soiled and dirty linen back to the laundry. The trolley might have a stand at the base and a rail for hooking a vacuum cleaner, bucket and mop, or steam cleaner.

When a trolley is used in a public area, security can be a concern. The trolley can have lockable cabinets to keep items safe while the housekeeper or room attendant is in the room cleaning.

Another security solution is to have in-room housekeeping trolleys. These trolleys can be as little as 50cm x 100cm in size. They are designed to be taller and narrower at the base so that the trolley can be moved into the room during cleaning. They can also be pushed against the door to prevent inadvertent disturbance during the cleaning process.

The small housekeeping trolley, TrolleyMate is designed for easy manoeuvrability around small spaces. This means it can be taken into a room while it is cleaned, keeping supplies safe. The TrolleyMate has stackable amenity caddies, literature pouches, cleaning material pockets and a laundry bag. It has a retractable handle for mobility along corridors.

Linen and laundry trolleys are useful for hotels with a large number of rooms. This means the housekeeping trolley can be used solely for restocking and carrying cleaning products while the heavy-duty linen trolley can carry a large quantity of bedding and towels. Linen carts range from small (140 litres) to large (582 litres). This combination improves hotel operations as the room attendants need fewer trips back to the laundry and make cleaning quicker and more efficient.

Extra large housekeeping trolleys and linen trolleys can be motorised to reduce the strain on hotel staff who are pushing them along long corridors. This optional feature can be retrofitted to an existing trolley.

As the UK & EU distributor for Forbes Industries housekeeping equipment, we can supply housekeeping trolley spare parts and replacement bags. Many of our housekeeping trolleys have lasted for decades when refurbished with spare parts, bags and new wheels. Ask us about our refurbishment services.

The best housekeeping trolley is one that is the right size to match your hotel type and guest service requirements. Where space is limited a small housekeeping trolley or in-room housekeeping trolley will be the best option. If your hotel has a high number of guest rooms to service, a large housekeeping trolley used in combination with a heavy-duty, high-volume linen trolley can assist your staff in serving your guests well.

Talk to our experienced customer care team who will walk you through the options.