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Stayover

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

/ˈsteɪəʊvə/nounCommon term

In tourism & hospitality, stayover means: In housekeeping, a room whose guest is staying another night, so it needs daily cleaning but not a full departure clean.

In Turkish: konaklayan oda, devam eden oda, stayover

How it is used

Room attendants' daily lists separate stayovers from departures and arrivals. A stayover clean usually means making the bed, tidying, emptying the bins and replacing used towels; departure rooms get a full clean. In everyday English, a stayover is a night spent at someone else's place.

Example sentences

  1. I have eight stayovers and six departures on my list today.

  2. Please start with the departures; the stayovers can wait until after lunch.

Common collocations

  • stayover room
  • stayover clean
  • stayovers and departures
  • stayover guest
  • room statusThe current condition of a room in the hotel system, such as vacant clean, vacant dirty, occupied or out of order.
  • make up a roomTo clean and tidy a hotel room, make the bed and replace towels and supplies so that it is ready for the guest.
  • room attendantA housekeeping employee who cleans guest rooms, makes the beds and restocks towels and supplies.
  • check outTo pay your bill, return your key and leave a hotel at the end of your stay.

More terms: Housekeeping

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