please clean room

Meaning

This phrase is a direct request to hotel staff to tidy up, vacuum, and make the bed in your hotel room. It is commonly printed on door hangers (do not disturb signs) or said directly to housekeeping. The tone is polite but concise.

Examples

• I hung the 'please clean room' sign on the doorknob before leaving.

  I hung the 'please clean room' sign on the doorknob before leaving.

• Could you please clean room 405 when you have a moment?

  Could you please clean room 405 when you have a moment?

• I saw the 'please clean room' card, so I didn't knock.

  I saw the 'please clean room' card, so I didn't knock.

• We are going out for lunch, so please clean room 12.

  We are going out for lunch, so please clean room 12.

• If you want fresh sheets, put the 'please clean room' sign outside.

  If you want fresh sheets, put the 'please clean room' sign outside.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ Please clean room to me.

  ✓ Please clean my room.

  Do not use 'to me' after 'clean'. You can say 'clean my room' or specify the room number like 'clean room 202'.

• ✗ I want you clean room.

  ✓ Could you please clean the room?

  'I want you clean room' is grammatically incorrect and sounds rude. Use polite questions or the standard door hanger phrase.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Before we go to the museum, let's hang the '___' sign on the door.

  💡 The sign asking housekeeping to tidy up.

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  please clean room

• Excuse me, we are leaving now, so ___ 104.

  💡 A command/request to tidy up a specific room number.

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  please clean room