What’s the purpose of the fabric strip across hotel beds?

Most of us have stayed at a hotel at some point in our life, and no matter if our experience has been a pleasant one or not, we’ve probably noticed the long strip of fabric lying across the foot of the beds and wondered about its purpose.

Well, if you are a frequent visitor of different hotels you are probably already familiar with the function it serves. However, those of you who believe it’s only there just to make the bed look better, you might be wrong.

In fact, the fabric strip placed across beds at hotels is there for a reason.

Namely, one of the purposes it serves is to protect the bedding. Namely, guests often toss their suitcases and clothes on the bed when entering the room, so the fabric runner on the bed acts like a protective barrier. Since their color is often dark, they don’t get as dirty as the white sheets, right?

Further, it also serves as a food placement, with guests placing their food on it in order to avoid spills and crumbs on the linen.

Many of the guests rest their feet on the linen, again, protecting the white sheets from getting dirty.

The not so good thing about the fabric strip placed across hotel beds is that it doesn’t get cleaned as often as the bed sheets because it doesn’t get dirty as much.

Since bed runners protect the bed from getting dirty by the guests’ shoes, feet, and luggage and are not that clean, you may want to take them off completely before taking a good night sleep.

Next time you are at a hotel room and you spot a bed runner, you’ll know its purpose.

Although it seems like a minor detail, it plays a big part in style, comfort, and cleanliness.

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Stephanie Church
Stephanie Church
Stephanie Church’s been a freelance writer for 10 years covering everything from true crime and reality TV to celebrity and lifestyle content.

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