Hiring professional commercial cleaners has a lot of benefits, whether you work in hospitality, education, or an office environment. But as you figure out yearly budgets, you will of course need to determine how often you should schedule commercial cleaning services. Will once a week do, or do you need to have them come in daily? Well, how often you should schedule cleaning really depends on what your facility is.
Schools and Educational Facilities
Schools and educational facilities should have professional cleaners come daily or at least a few times a week. This is because schools, whether elementary or college, receive a lot of daily foot traffic. Dirt gets tracked in, and germs quickly spread. On top of that, kids learn better when they have clean facilities – especially the bathrooms. Believe it or not, clean school bathrooms have a direct link to student morale, which affects their willingness to learn.
Remember to not just put a pause on your cleaning schedule during the summer. Many K-12 schools have summer school or day camps for at least part of the summer. Meanwhile, most higher education facilities, like colleges and universities, have summer classes. Besides that, the end of summer is the perfect time to deep-clean your school building before the new school year before the students return.
Office Buildings
For office buildings, you have some leeway on how often you need to schedule professional cleaners. Depending on the layout, the number of employees that work in the building, and how often clients and visitors come in, a cleaning team could come in a few times a week or once a month. However, weekly to bi-weekly cleaning is generally the best option. A clean office gives visiting clients a good impression and also improves employee morale.
Scheduling cleaners to come in more frequently is especially beneficial during cold and flu season. After all, when employees come in sick, germs spread to others, bringing down productivity. Your cleaning team can disinfect desks, monitors, meeting rooms, bathrooms, and break rooms to keep germs at bay.
Hotels
Hotels typically have their own cleaning staff for the guest rooms and suites, but many outsource their cleaning services for the rest of the hotel. These services are best done a few times a week, especially during the busy seasons. You don’t need one-star reviews on Yelp or other sites because your lobby or public bathrooms clearly haven’t been cleaned. After all, guests don’t just see their hotel room – they will judge you on the cleanliness of the entire hotel.
On a side note, most hotels have an event room or function room of some kind that they rent out for proms, reunions, weddings, and more. For these rooms to be profitable, it is essential that they be professionally cleaned both before and after the event.
How often you schedule your commercial cleaning services is ultimately up to you. But before you do, consider your building, the importance of cleanliness on first impressions and morale, and how it can improve your business. Once you know how often you need cleaning services to come in, contact us to get set up.