Stay dirty and save money at hotels

ORLANDO, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - Next time you book a vacation reservation you may want to select a hotel that pays you to stay dirty. It's a concept in the travel industry known as "greenwashing," or allowing guests to reuse towels and sheets and cutting back on washing lenins.  The underlying motive is to help the hotel save money and conserve energy and water. 

But you can benefit from this too!   Lots of travel experts say it's a smart move for hotels to give back to the very people who help them stay eco-friendly and save money on housekeeping. But not every hotel chain practices "Greenwashing," nor do they pass along the savings to you. 

At more than 150 Sheraton and Westin properties in North America, you get rewarded for opting out of daily housekeeping. In other words, if you stay more than one night, every morning you hang that sign on the door and tell the maid to not enter the room, you get a hotel credit for food and beverages. This is only at select Sheratons and Westins.

Locally, the Swan and Dolphin at Walt Disney World Resort has embraced this campaign.