Setting a Trolley / Maids Cart
A Room Valet trolley must be adequately supplied to enable a guest room to be cleaned and stocked efficiently.
1. Room attendant must set a trolley as per the standard, like bed sheets in one
shelf, towels in another, bathroom amenities in a separate drawer.
2. Room attendant can be compared as a giant tool box, It should be stocked with all the required amenities to complete a complete shifts room cleaning.
3. The maids cart should be spacious enough to carry all the required supplies for one
shifts work.
4. The cart should be light weight, easy to clean and easily manoeuvrable.
5. The cart has to be always well organized and well stocked before starting each shift.
6. A well stocked maids cart will avoid unnecessary trips to the floor pantry.
7. The amount of supplies loaded on to the cart depends upon the number of rooms,
type of rooms to be serviced on the assigned floor.
8. The carts are normally stocked from the floor pantry.
9. Never over stock or under stock the cart: Overstocking will increase the risk of
accidents or damage to the supplies. Whereas under stocking can slow down the
efficiency of cleaning because of the regular trips to the floor pantry to collect the
required items.
10. Record the items loaded on the cart on the Room assignment sheet.