LOL Peter, I was going to say the same thing when I saw it back at the top of my list!!

Hey, don't call me a monster, Peter!
I never would have known of this had another not posted a link.

Aw, thanks Steeler. My favorite and the one that started my Fodor's addiction. Smile.

Here's the answer to not wanting to use hotel washcloths--
http://wondercloth.com/content/default.asp

I found the Wonder Cloth when planning my second trip to Europe after finding out on my first trip the European hotels didn't provide washcloths. I love it. Travel with it all the time. All my make up rinses out and it dries quickly (I use cloths only on my face and a bath puff for the rest). All the germs are mine.

DH would never let me get away with packing sheets, but that's OK because I don't plan to spend any of my travel time making up beds. Just turn the bedspread to the bottom of the bed (or into a corner) and make sure sheets are clean. Usually have my pillow if it's a car trip. Tempted to start packing a pillowcase when we fly.

After my first trip to Europe I learned to take washcloths. I bought a bundle (12) of baby washcloths to take with me. They take up almost no room, dry quickly, are cheap so I could toss them if I wanted to. Now I always throw a few of them in my suitcase, even in the US, just in case the hotel is tight with the linens. I NEVER touch the bedspread - even in the most expensive hotels. I do love the places that have the duvet covers that are laundered after every guest and tend to stay there if possible.

Oh sheet! The monster from the deep resurfaces.

OMG - I didn't realize this was an old thread for until half thru it. I hate the bedspread and the blanket but don't bring my own. If I were rich I would though or have new ones put on the bed.

I travel with a queen size top sheet to lay atop the coverlet or comforter. I then can sit or recline on top of the bed and feel comfortable. At bedtime, I remove their comforter to another bed or area and use the sheets provided me. If I travel by car, I always take my pillow.

I travel with my own bed.

OK, now who's going to chime in and claim that they bring their own bedroom suite of furniture, and their own toilet seat?

I travel with a fully equipped laundry – washing machine, dryer, ironing board and iron, spray starch, stain remover, fabric softener and a variety of detergents.

I am struggling with the carry on requirements, and the liquids and gels requirements have really cramped my style.

If you could see the bill for my excess baggage ..........

Oh this thread is hilarious! What can I say? I have a friend who not only brings her own sheets and towels for hotel rooms and cruises, but also does this at friends and relatives homes. Accept the neurosis as it is.

Just so she isn't bringing BEDBUGS!

I can just imagine the day she picks up a bedbug. FREAKOUT! That would be the end of hotel rooms period.Forever.

Don't trust those foreign bogs.
I never travel without my thunderbox

After all those stories about the bedbug infestations in New York, the EU is bringing in regulations to make all hotels install walk-under insecticidal sprays in their lobbies for those with US passports.
All credit card readers will automatically spray any user who hasn't got a PIN

Time this was reactivated - you can't bee too careful, I think.

There are risks EVERYWHERE!

I don't know how I missed this post for 8 years.

I have always travelled with my own pillow. One time when I was little, I left it in the room after check out and made my parents go back to get it. I have since upgraded to taking a blanket, washcloths, towels and an extra pillowcase. I can't tell you how useful they have been on some trips.

Just checking up on my thread. I think the concept is not so strange now compared to 2003 when I first posted ... and I'd already been doing it for a couple of years then. I'm married now and my husband is totally into it. It's really not a bother, we have a king flat, 4 cases, and a lightweight down comforter that fits very nicely into a carry-on sized bag (though we do check it when flying). When driving we each take a pillow too, and use 2 of the hotel pillows as well if they don't stink. It makes the hotel bed very similar to our bed at home, so we sleep very well.

We're not doing the towels even though at one point I thought about doing it. It's really just a matter of time spent in contact with them. If we had to sleep on them, we'd bring our own.

I still bag the remote.

Sorry fussy, this bizarre behavior is no less strange nine years later.

But we are all in your debt for having resurrected this ancient thread. New eyes are rolling all around the globe. Soon you'll go viral.