Cut hotel cleaning costs

Start with room cost

A lower detergent invoice may simply reflect lower occupancy. Add product, delivery, handling, measuring equipment and training costs for one month, then divide by occupied room-nights in that period. Keep laundry and public-area costs separate when you need to identify where a change occurred.

Also record repeat cleaning, complaints and supervisor observations. A useful comparison requires comparable cleaning standards: lower expenditure accompanied by more rework is not an operational improvement.

A transparent hypothetical example

An 80-room hotel at 70% occupancy over 30 days records 1,680 occupied room-nights. If the cleaning programme being compared costs 18,000 currency units, the cost is 10.71 per occupied room-night. A comparable trial costing 15,600 gives 9.29; the difference is 2,400, or approximately 13.3%.

These are invented teaching figures, not a customer result or an APEX savings claim. Compare identical cost categories in one currency, with comparable quality and occupancy. Include any setup or maintenance expense.

Where concentrates add value

A concentrated formulation may allow a smaller supplied volume than the prepared product volume, but financial impact depends on approved preparation, packaging and freight terms. Appropriate measuring equipment may help control consumption when staff are trained and use is checked.

Request the prepared litres per pack and use the product-page cost calculator. That figure compares material cost only; add preparation time, storage and measuring equipment before deciding.

Decide after a defined trial

Start with a floor or room group with a reliable consumption record. Fix the work scope, train staff and record issued stock, actual use, time and rework. Review a representative operating period with purchasing and housekeeping. Expand only when suitability and total cost improve, or a clear operational benefit justifies any price difference.