I set up my entire house rental with ease of cleaning and maintenance in mind. (And I am lucky, I allow several days in between bookings. I have a 50 hour/week day job, so I have to do it to stay sane. But it allows me to do a little each night before the next booking.)
I have no carpeting in the house, only hardwood floors. The floors are finished with a heavy duty tung oil (Waterlox brand) so that I can mop with white vinegar and water and do spot touch ups in high traffic areas.(which I have not had to do yet, touch up, that is) Having a freshly mopped floor is something that just says "sparkling clean" outright!
It seems that floors figure prominently into easy cleaning methods. I do not have an area rug under my dining room table (not at home, either,) only the wood floor. I think about all the food that would get dropped onto that rug. Ugh. For the same reason I do not have throw rugs in the kitchen. Only the nice user-friendly white pine floor.
I use throw rugs in seating areas and next to the beds. These are woven rugs from the dollar store that can be machine washed. This was important to me to help prevent bed bugs. Each throw rug has a non skid gripper underneath it. I like these rugs because I can shake them out from the porch and I don't have to haul a vacuum cleaner up and down three flights of stairs. I can even shake out the grippers. These rugs were so inexpensive that I have an extra set for each bedroom.
I have each mattress on a platform bed with NO bed skirts. This is also to help keep bed bugs from roosting, but now I don't have to maintain a bed skirt. AND it's easy to run my duster cloth thingy all the way under the beds. Easy and clean. (Bonus: I didn't have to buy box spring mattresses.)
And speaking of machine washable, EVERYTHING is machine washable. All of the throw pillows in the living room have removeable covers. Lap blankets are machine washable. Bathroom rugs are machine washable. Porch furniture cushions have removeable slipcovers that are, yes, machine washable. Placemats and cloth napkins are machine washable. All of my window coverings are simple white or off white cotton, easy wash.
When I do the first round of cleaning at the house, I get all the laundry going first. I have a big basement laundry with long clotheslines. I will hang up everything as it comes out of the washer. That saves time (and money) hauling things in and out of the dryer.
I have a stash of cleaning supplies on each floor (three floors including the basement.) This includes barkeeper's friend, microfiber cloths, rags, lint free cloths, a spray bottle of white vinegar and water, a mini dust pan and brush, magic eraser, a UV flashlight, a dust mop, lint roller, scotch tape, black sharpie and scissors.
And yes, yes, yes to having many extra sets of bed linens on hand. Even mattress pads, pillow protectors and duvet covers. I have huge unfinished attic (locked when I have guests in the house) and I hang the clean linens on hangers from the rafters and that keeps them sorta wrinkle free and on hand. Oh yeah, on the topic of mattress pads: these go over the waterproof, bed bug covers on each mattress. In case there is a liquid spill (or whatever) on a mattress, it's easy clean up and no mattress gets ruined.
And yes, yes, yes to only leaving two pillows and one duvet out on the beds. I make it very clear to guests that there are extra linens in each bedroom closet and they should feel free to use them if they like. But they are to leave them out on the bed when they check out so I know to wash them. That works out nicely. Same with towels. I hang one oversized bath towel, one hand towel and one washcloth per guest and tell them there are more in the linen closet. And there are. Most folks don't even use extras, though I like a second towel for my hair when I am a guest.