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Tourism & Hospitality vocabulary · Housekeeping

Make up a room

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

phraseCommon term

In tourism & hospitality, make up a room means: To clean and tidy a hotel room, make the bed and replace towels and supplies so that it is ready for the guest.

In Turkish: odayı toplamak, odayı temizlemek, odayı hazırlamak

How it is used

Guests hang a Make Up Room sign or press a button when they want their room cleaned. Room attendants ask, "Shall I make up the room now or later?" Preparing an empty room for new guests is usually called a check-out clean or departure clean.

Example sentences

  1. Would you like me to make up the room now, or shall I come back later?

  2. The guest in 115 has asked us to make up her room before 11.

Common collocations

  • make up the room
  • Make Up Room sign
  • make up a room for arrival
  • rooms to make up
  • housekeepingThe hotel department that cleans and prepares guest rooms and public areas and looks after towels, sheets and room supplies.
  • room attendantA housekeeping employee who cleans guest rooms, makes the beds and restocks towels and supplies.
  • do not disturbA sign or setting that tells hotel staff not to enter or knock on a room because the guest wants privacy.
  • turndown serviceAn evening housekeeping service in which the room is tidied, the bed is prepared for sleeping and the curtains are closed.

More terms: Housekeeping

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