fresh towels

Meaning

This phrase refers to clean, unused, and dry towels provided by a hotel or host. It is commonly used when requesting housekeeping services or asking for replacements during a stay.

Examples

• Could we please get some fresh towels for room 304?

  Could we please get some fresh towels for room 304?

• The maid leaves fresh towels in the bathroom every morning.

  The maid leaves fresh towels in the bathroom every morning.

• I always appreciate having plenty of fresh towels when I stay at a hotel.

  I always appreciate having plenty of fresh towels when I stay at a hotel.

• Excuse me, we need two more fresh towels by the pool.

  Excuse me, we need two more fresh towels by the pool.

• They forgot to bring fresh towels, so I called the front desk.

  They forgot to bring fresh towels, so I called the front desk.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ Can you bring me some new towels?

  ✓ Can you bring me some fresh towels?

  While 'new towels' is understood, 'fresh towels' is the standard, natural way to ask for clean, laundered towels in hospitality. 'New' implies they were just bought from a store.

• ✗ I need a clean towel.

  ✓ I need some fresh towels.

  'Clean towel' is grammatically correct, but 'fresh towels' is the idiomatic colocation used in hotels.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Could you please ask housekeeping to bring some ___ to our room?

  💡 Clean cloths for drying yourself.

  Show answer

  fresh towels

• The hotel provides ___ every day of our stay.

  💡 Clean, washed towels.

  Show answer

  fresh towels