Buying wholesale hospitality textiles means buying directly from a professional supplier, in pack quantities, with VAT-free prices and volume discounts. Done right, it reduces the cost per room by 30% to 50% compared to buying from retail stores. This guide explains how much you need, how to compare qualities, and how to avoid the most costly mistakes.
What does hospitality textile include?
When you equip an accommodation, textiles are divided into four groups:
- Bed linen: flat and fitted sheets, pillowcases, duvet covers, mattress protectors.
- Bathroom linen: towels in three sizes, bath mats, and bathrobes.
- Coverings: bedspreads, blankets, and duvet inserts according to the season.
- Table linen: tablecloths for restaurants and breakfasts.
A common mistake is buying the groups separately, at different times, and from different suppliers. The result: whites that don't match, uneven qualities, and no volume discounts. Buying the set all at once is almost always cheaper and more consistent.
How much textile do you need? The rule of 3
The professional standard is simple: three sets per bed. One in use, one in laundry, one in reserve. With less than three, any laundry delay or unexpected stain leaves you with an unsellable bed.
For a 2-bedroom tourist apartment (one double bed and two single beds), that means:
- 9 flat sheets and 9 fitted sheets (3 per bed)
- 12–18 pillowcases
- 3 mattress protectors per bed (the most forgotten item and the one that saves the most mattresses)
- 9 bath towels, 9 hand towels, and 9 face towels if you host 3 guests
We did the complete calculation, room by room, in our guide on how many sheets and towels a tourist apartment needs.
How to compare qualities without being misled?
Two numbers count more than any product photo:
For sheets, thread count and composition. A 50% cotton 50% polyester sheet with 144 threads is the hospitality industry standard: it withstands industrial washes and high-temperature ironing. 200-thread count percale elevates the feel for accommodations looking to differentiate themselves. More threads are not always better: it's more expensive to wash and dry. We explain it in detail in which fabric and thread count to choose for hospitality sheets.
For towels, grammage. 450 g/m² for hand and face towels, 520–600 g/m² for bath towels, 650 g/m² for bath mats. Focus spending where the guest notices it and save where they don't. Our guide on which towel grammage to choose develops the complete strategy.
If a supplier does not publish the composition, thread count, and grammage of each product, you cannot compare. That silence is already information.
How do wholesale prices work?
Four differences compared to retail purchases:
- VAT-free prices. In B2B, prices are shown without VAT because companies deduct it. When comparing suppliers, always check that you are comparing taxable bases, not a price with VAT against one without.
- Minimum order per product. Professional textiles are sold in packs (e.g., towels in packs of 30 units for face towels). This is what allows the wholesale price.
- Volume discounts. Serious suppliers apply them automatically based on the order amount. At Lenora, they go up to 15% and are applied automatically in the cart, without phone negotiation.
- Shipping with threshold. The usual is a flat rate that disappears above a certain amount. In our case, free shipping from 100 €.
The 4 most costly mistakes
1. Buying just enough. Buying exactly what you need today means buying again in three months, without a volume discount and risking that the white of the new batch does not match the previous one.
2. Saving on the mattress protector. It's the cheapest product on the bed and protects the most expensive one. A stained mattress cannot be sold; a protector can be changed in two minutes.
3. Choosing based on purchase price and not on life cycle cost. A cheap towel that is replaced every season costs more than a professional one that lasts years of industrial washing. Taking good care of it also extends its life: we explain it in how to wash hospitality textiles.
4. Ignoring laundry cost. Every extra 100 g/m² of grammage means more weight per wash, more water, and more drying time — every day, all year round. Textiles are paid for once; they are washed a thousand times.
How to buy wholesale at Lenora
Lenora Hostelería is the online store of a textile factory with decades of experience in Barcelona. No salespeople, no PDF catalogs, no waiting for a quote: all prices are published, volume discounts are applied automatically, and each product displays its composition, grammage, and thread count.
If you prefer not to calculate piece by piece, our bed and bath packs already include professional quantities per room. And if you are equipping a large project, write to us at info@lenorahosteleria.com and we will prepare it with you.
Frequently asked questions
How many sets of sheets do I need per bed?
Three: one in use, one in laundry, and one in reserve. This is the professional standard in hotels and tourist apartments.
Do wholesale prices include VAT?
No. In B2B sales, prices are shown without VAT (21% in Spain), which is added at checkout. Companies and self-employed individuals deduct it in their tax returns.
What is the minimum order?
It depends on the product: professional textiles are sold in packs. Each product page indicates its pack size before adding it to the cart.
What towel grammage does a hotel buy?
The usual is to combine: 450 g/m² for hand and face towels, 520–600 g/m² for bath towels, and 650 g/m² for bath mats.
Do you ship to all of Spain?
Yes, to the peninsula. Free shipping on orders over 100 €; below that, a flat rate of 5.99 €.