Bedding in Hostels

[chefzen]

So, I'm going to Europe for all of October, and I'm wondering about the bedding situation in Hostels. I have read in a number of places that a lot of hostels do not allow sleeping bages due to the potential for bedbugs and such pests and that they require you to have a hostel sheet. Here's what I'm wondering:

If I just bring a hostel sheet and a small fleece blanket, will I be warm enough at night in places like Amsterdam, Prague and Vienna?

Are the blankets that hostels rent out skanktified or are they actually clean and comfortable?

Do any of y'all have any recommendations on hostel sheets? Good brands/materials and such, what a good price would be? (I've been seeing them for anywhere from $20usd - $101usd.

Any help you can offer would be much appreciated.

Cheers

ZEN!!!

[MuvverRussia]

I've yet to stay in a hostel that didn't have clean bedding. That includes decent places in Western Europe, ranging to somewhere that was little better than a homeless shelter in Poland.

Likewise I don't bother with hostel sheets, blankets etc. They give you (more than) enough bedding and even if it isn't included in the rate it's normally pretty cheap.

[Tracie]

I bought my sleep sheet at MEC and used it a lot over a couple of months. I used it as a laundry bag whenever I needed to do a load. It does take up room in your pack though.

All of the hostels that I've stayed have always had very clean sheets. Mostly the white kind that they bleach the germs out of. Nothing yucky so far.