Former Hotel Employee Shares 7 Things You Should Never Do In A Hotel Because Of How Nasty They Are

This is a real threat to even the best hotels and can ruin a reputation. Our family owned hotel is managed by a 5-diamond collection (to keep it anonymous given our location, can’t say which) and although we’ve luckily never had an incident, our team inspects around mattress at head of bed every day, every bed. Even Aman has had to deal with the occasional bed bug scare.

I ALWAYS do this, even when staying at other peoples houses. I'm not crazy, in fact in my family I'm the most relaxed about germs, but I don't want bedbugs. Also, never put your suitcase on the floor because you don't want bedbugs coming home with you

Been a Flight Attendant for 43 years stayed in hotels a lot. Have always been to damn tired to care.

You have mites living on your eyelashes that fornicate on your face at night. You're welcome.

How do you even do this?

This honestly wouldn’t surprise me. We don’t have those little room brewers in our rooms, but have Kuerigs on request & free of charge. Coffee & espresso drinks are included in stay and most guests buy the breakfast buffet or make reservations at our restaurants, so rarely have had complaints about lack of coffee makers.

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You know what? We shouldn't be surprised by anything anymore lol 🤪

How am I supposed to function? :(

Why would someone do that? Nasty.

Like our hotel, many are doing away with comforter or bedspread because they’re pricey to wash, repair, replace. We have duvets and covers and a knitted throw much like the picture above. We change covers & throws on turnovers or if spill or stain happens. For turnovers, we spray the actual insert with an industrial, CoVid-safe disinfectant before applying the new cover. Always. Between each guests.

I'm not a germaphobe but I just hate sleeping in hotel beds where hundreds of others have slept. The rule is that as soon as my husband and I walk in my husband takes any covers or blankets off the bed and puts it in the closet.

Well, that explains how it gets dirty.

I worked at a Motel,A small one in town. We washed blankets every week, comforters 3 times a month, unless of course we knew people had been nasty. So, all of it was washed with everything when they left. It was just a very small motel, in a very small town.

Not really a problem unless you are visiting the US. Most hotels do not have ice buckets in the rooms, or ice machines in the corridors to fill them from. If you need an ice bucket for your champagne, room service will normally provide it.

...and why didn't your hotel clean EVERYTHING regularly? That's a bigger problem, don't you think?

It's pretty easy to see if the ice bucket is dirty or smells. Then you wash it. We usually try to book a room with a jetted tub so we can relax after a day of sightseeing so I always take cleaners with me because I prefer to make sure the bath film is gone especially if we use it more than once a day and don't have housekeeping come in every day.

We clean the glasses. They get swapped out with clean glasses, the dirty glasses go in a dishwasher. It's required by our health and safety rules. This is in BC Canada.

this might be the case in crappy travel hotels but every hotel I have stayed in has the glasses in a bag taped after they have been washed.

Ours are typical, larger rocks glasses & we replace them daily. They’re etched, have our logo in color and the day of the week below. Yes, we have an amenities team that goes to all 215 rooms daily and this is a small part of their job.

If I see lipstick on the glass from a previous person, I make sure I drink from the opposite rim of the glass.

I actually saw our room cleaner, clean the toilet then wash the glasses under the cold tap, using her fingers, then wipe the glasses with the same cloth. I always take my own paper cups and coffee mugs and a packet of distinfectant wipes to wipe taps, door handles, bedside tables, TV remote, and the electric kettle.

I don't think it's common for people to s**t in the shower.

A number one, maybe. I don't know what kind of establishment you work in where people do a number two in the shower. Are the toilets filthy or something?

Reading these posts I doubt it was extremely common for your housekeepers to clean everything between guests LOL

Even if someone shits in the shower (which I highly doubt) why would you need to wear shoes after it has been properly cleaned? You would clearly see or smell any residue left over.

Jesus where has this lady been working?

Ours are hardwood and, admittedly, spot mopped by housekeeping. We do an actual mop on turnovers.

Never, ever wash floors? Come on, this isn't believable as they would be visibly dirty.

This isn't true.

not true we have seen housekeeping mop our floors US and overseas

Our housekeeping even uses white mop to make sure it’s clean. Whatever place this woman worked in is just disgusting and doesn’t follow any haccp rules..