Meaning & use
turndown service
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Meaning
noununcountablespecialist
A hotel service in the evening in which staff fold back the bed covers and tidy the room, often leaving a small treat.
Grammar: Usually uncountable: offer turndown service, not a turndown service.
Patterns
- turndown service in the evening
- request turndown service
The hotel offers turndown service every evening between six and nine.
We came back to find turndown service had left chocolates on our pillows.
You can skip turndown service by placing a card on the door.
Common combinations
- offer turndown service
- Few budget hotels offer turndown service.
- request turndown service
- We requested turndown service for the second night.
- evening turndown service
- The evening turndown service includes fresh towels.
- complimentary turndown service
- The suite comes with complimentary turndown service.
- decline turndown service
- They declined turndown service to save water.
Synonyms and how they differ
- housekeeping
- Housekeeping is the whole cleaning operation of a hotel, while turndown service is a specific evening visit to prepare the bed.
- room service
- Room service brings food and drink to your room, which is quite different from preparing the bed.
- bed preparation
- Bed preparation is a plain description of the task and is rarely used on hotel menus.
Word family
Commonly confused: turndown service or turn down?
turndown service vs turn down
Turn down as a phrasal verb usually means to refuse an offer or lower the volume. Turndown service is a hotel routine and is written as one compound.
Practice
At the hotel, ___ means staff come in the evening to fold back the bed and tidy the room.
Choose one answer.
Turndown service is the evening bed preparation. Room service brings meals, valet service handles cars or clothes, and a wake-up service calls you in the morning.
Make it your own
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