If you own a boutique hotel in Vancouver, you are weighing a weighted blanket amenity against two numbers, the review score it lifts and the housekeeping minutes it adds.
If you run a spa in Calgary, you are weighing a treatment add-on against the cost of sanitising it between clients.
If you manage rentals in Toronto and Montreal, you are weighing a five-star detail against the guest who spills wine on it in week two. Wholesale weighted blankets are bought differently by each of you, and the quote that suits one business is wrong for the other two.
The guide below covers what each business is buying and the stock it needs.
What Each Business Is Buying, and How Much of It
A weighted blanket programme is two items, the inner blanket and the removable cover, and the ratio between them is where the money goes. The specification itself, from fill to weight to safety procedure, is covered in [choosing wholesale weighted blankets for hotels, spas and wellness facilities] The guide below assumes it and starts where the owner’s questions start.
Boutique and Luxury Hotels: An Amenity That Earns Its Housekeeping Time
For a hotel owner the blanket is a pillow-menu line, and the two costs are the stock and the minutes. A blanket offered on request is taken by 10 to 20 percent of guests, so a 100-room property stocks 10 to 20 inner blankets rather than 100. The cover changes between guests the way a duvet cover does. The housekeeping cost is a cover change on the rooms that asked, not on every room. A cover in the same bamboo as the sheets your luxury rooms already run reads as part of the bed rather than an addition. The guest who requested it mentions it in the review.
Business | Stock basis | Inner blankets | Covers per blanket |
Boutique or luxury hotel, pillow menu | 10 to 20 percent of rooms | 10 to 20 per 100 rooms | Three |
Spa or wellness studio | One per treatment room in use, plus one | Rooms plus one | Four, one per session slot in the day |
Vacation rental or Airbnb portfolio | One per unit, placed | One per unit, plus 10 percent spares | Two, one on and one in the wash |
Spas and Wellness Studios: A Treatment Add-On That Sanitises in Minutes
For a spa owner the blanket is billable, and the question is whether it can be turned between clients without slowing the room. The cover is the answer. One cover per session slot means the therapist strips and replaces it with the table linens, and the inner blanket stays on the table all day. A spa that already changes percale duvet covers between treatments adds the blanket cover to the same routine. Four covers per blanket keeps a six-session day supplied with one laundry run.
Vacation Rentals and Airbnb: A Detail That Has to Survive the Guest
For a property manager the blanket is placed, not offered, so every unit needs one and every guest will use it. The concern is damage and replacement, because there is no housekeeper on site to catch a spill before checkout. Two covers per unit, with the spare left in the closet for the cleaner, keep the blanket presentable between turnovers. A 10 percent spare stock of inner blankets covers the one that comes back stained. A portfolio that runs its own percale programme across managed properties treats the blanket as one more item on the linen count per unit.
What Moves the Unit Price
Four things move the price of a wholesale weighted blanket, and a quote that does not itemise them is hard to compare across suppliers.
- Fill: glass microbeads cost more than plastic pellets per pound and produce a thinner, cooler blanket
- Weight: a 20-pound blanket carries a third more fill and freight than a 15-pound one
- Cover fabric: cotton sateen, bamboo viscose and minky polyester sit at different price points
- Construction: smaller pockets and double-stitched seams add sewing time and add service life
Freight is the fifth line. A carton of weighted blankets is heavy for its size. Delivery to Vancouver or Calgary from an eastern warehouse costs more per unit than delivery to Toronto or Montreal, so request a quote with the delivery address on it. Covers cost a fraction of the blanket and are the item that turns. That is why the cover order is placed first and sized larger, on the same three-to-one logic as commercial duvet covers in a laundry operation.
Choose Between Stocked, Custom and Private Label
The order type decides the minimum, the lead time and whether you can specify the weight and the cover fabric. Most first orders are stocked, and most reorders that follow a successful programme move to custom or private label.
Stocked Blankets and Covers
Stocked weighted blankets ship by the carton from Northern Linens’ Canadian and US warehouses, usually within a few business days, in the standard weights and the standard cover fabrics. A property trying the amenity for the first time orders a carton of blankets and three cartons of covers. The property samples one of each in its own laundry and reorders on the same specification. The minimum is the carton, which suits a single property.
Order type | You choose | Minimum | Lead time | Best for |
Stocked | Standard weight, size and cover fabric from the range | By the carton | A few business days from stock | A first order, a single property, a trial |
Custom | Weight, size, fill, pocket construction and cover fabric | Higher, quoted on the spec | Confirmed before the order is accepted | A property standardising on its own spec |
Private label | Everything in custom, plus your label, packaging and care card | Quoted on the run | Confirmed before the order is accepted | A hotel group, a spa brand or a retailer |
Custom Runs
A custom run lets you fix the weight to your guest profile, the size to your beds or tables, and the cover fabric to the sheets already on them. A luxury property that runs bamboo sheets orders bamboo covers so the blanket reads as part of the bed rather than an addition to it. The approved specification is kept on file, and every reorder is cut, filled and sewn to it, so the third delivery matches the first. Custom minimums are higher than stocked and are quoted on the specification, and the lead time is confirmed before the order is accepted rather than after.
Private Label
A private label run adds your brand to the blanket, the cover, the packaging and the care card. That is how a hotel group or a spa brand turns the amenity into a retail item guests can buy. The custom bedding manufacturing programme covers weighted blankets at the fill weights and dimensions you set, with the spec on file for repeat runs in Canada and the US. A private label order is planned a season ahead, because the run is scheduled rather than pulled from stock.
Sample, Receive and Reorder
A bulk order is only as good as the checks around it. Three of them protect the programme.
Sample in Your Own Laundry
Samples are sent so you can wash them, weigh them and put them on a bed or a treatment table before you commit. Weigh the sample against its label, wash it on the cycle your laundry uses, weigh it again, and check the pockets for migration and the seams for wear. Run the cover through the dryer and check the closure. A sample that passes your laundry passes the order. One that fails in the sample saves you the carton.
- Label weight checked on a scale before and after the first wash
- Pockets checked for bead migration after washing and after a week of use
- Cover closure and corner ties checked after five wash-and-dry cycles
- Handling checked by the housekeeper or therapist who will use it daily
Receiving and Inspection
Weighted blankets arrive by the carton, and the carton is opened on the dock rather than in the storeroom. A sample from each carton is weighed against the label and its seams and closures are inspected. The cover fabric is checked against the approved sample for colour and hand. A weight outside the tolerance on your specification, or a cover that differs from the sample, is raised with us before the carton goes into service. The carton is replaced. Delivery to Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal is scheduled to the property’s receiving hours, and the freight line on the quote covers it.
Reordering on the Same Specification
The first order sets the specification, and the reorder is placed against it rather than described again. Northern Linens keeps the approved weight, size, fill, construction and cover fabric on file for every customer. A reorder six months later, or a second property in the group, receives the same blanket. Send the reorder with the quantity and the delivery address, and the same specification, pricing tier and lead time apply. A change to the specification is a new sample, not a note on the reorder.
Send your property type, room or unit count and delivery city through Request a Quote, and bulk pricing, lead times and product samples come back from us. The weighted blanket range sits in the Blankets and Throws category and on the weighted blanket product page [INTERNAL LINK: weighted blanket product page].
Size on Requests, Order Covers First and Sample Before the Carton
A wholesale weighted blanket programme is costed on the cover turn and the reorder, not on the blanket’s unit price.
- Size hotel stock on 10 to 20 percent of rooms, spa stock on treatment rooms plus one, and rental stock on units plus spares
- Order three covers per blanket, more for a spa, because the cover is the item that turns
- Compare quotes on the landed price to your city, with fill, weight, cover fabric and construction itemised
- Start stocked by the carton, and move to custom or private label once the programme has run a season
- Weigh, wash and inspect a sample in your own laundry, then check every carton on the dock
Tell us what your rooms or treatment tables need, and the samples, the bulk pricing and the lead time come back from Northern Linens.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many weighted blankets does a 40-room boutique hotel need to start?
Four to eight inner blankets and 12 to 24 covers, sized on the 10 to 20 percent of guests who request an offered amenity. Start with one carton of blankets and three of covers, track requests for a season, and reorder on the actual take-up. A property that places a blanket on every bed by default buys five times that stock and launders it five times as often.
Is it cheaper to buy the inner blanket and cover as a set or separately?
Separately, once the programme is running, because the covers are reordered three times as often as the blankets. A set makes sense for the first order, so the cover and blanket are matched. After that, cover-only reorders keep the programme in service at a fraction of the blanket price.
How do I compare a quote from a Vancouver supplier with one from Ontario?
On the landed price. A weighted blanket carton is heavy for its size, so freight can be a larger share of the unit cost than for sheets. Ask both suppliers for the price delivered to your address, with the fill, weight, cover fabric and construction itemised. Compare the total per blanket in service, including its three covers.
Can a vacation rental portfolio spread one order across several cities?
Yes. A stocked order ships from our Canadian and US warehouses to each unit’s address. A custom or private label order is split by delivery point at the time of order. The specification and the pricing tier are the same across the portfolio, and the freight is quoted per destination.
What tolerance should I specify on the blanket’s weight?
Specify it on the order so the check on the dock has a standard. A tolerance of about half a pound on a 15-pound blanket is typical for glass-bead construction, and the sample you weighed before ordering is the reference. A blanket outside the tolerance is replaced under the order, and the tolerance is written into a custom specification for reorders.
