Hotel Secrets EVERY Guest Should Know

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    Don't use wooden luggage racks: If you arrive at a hotel which has a luggage rack, be aware of what it's made of before placing your suitcase on it. After checking the bathroom floor to see that it appears clean, open your bag there. It's literally safer. Bedbugs love wood and they don't come from nasty people, they come from baggage that's been in nasty places.
    3/13 Don't use wooden luggage racks: If you arrive at a hotel which has a luggage rack, be aware of what it's made of before placing your suitcase on it. After checking the bathroom floor to see that it appears clean, open your bag there. It's literally safer. Bedbugs love wood and they don't come from nasty people, they come from baggage that's been in nasty places.
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    Check the peep hole: Definitely inspect the door's peep hole when you arrive. If it has been tampered with or damaged, ask for a different room. ESPN's Erin Andrews was filmed while she was naked in 2009 by a stalker who removed the peephole from her hotel door. Check your peephole to make sure it's not damaged, missing or tampered with, then find a piece of notepaper and 'plug' it in the peephole.'
    4/13 Check the peep hole: Definitely inspect the door's peep hole when you arrive. If it has been tampered with or damaged, ask for a different room. ESPN's Erin Andrews was filmed while she was naked in 2009 by a stalker who removed the peephole from her hotel door. Check your peephole to make sure it's not damaged, missing or tampered with, then find a piece of notepaper and 'plug' it in the peephole.'
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    Staff look through your personal items: Boredom often leads to staff rifling through guests' stuff, reading intimate information about them and giggling over their personal pleasure items.
    5/13 Staff look through your personal items: Boredom often leads to staff rifling through guests' stuff, reading intimate information about them and giggling over their personal pleasure items.
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    There is a protocol for when people die in their room: Deaths in hotels are not quite as rare as guests may think. If a death occurs, once the person is removed, the room is sanitised, cleaned and made available to the next guest - and that can happen a lot faster than you think. However, don't expect much information from the hotel about this. Staff are forbidden to reveal any details of cause of death and room numbers.
    6/13 There is a protocol for when people die in their room: Deaths in hotels are not quite as rare as guests may think. If a death occurs, once the person is removed, the room is sanitised, cleaned and made available to the next guest - and that can happen a lot faster than you think. However, don't expect much information from the hotel about this. Staff are forbidden to reveal any details of cause of death and room numbers.
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    Some hotels check for germs using a UV wand: Your eye will never be able to check as thoroughly as a UV light which will reveal the full, less pleasant truth. Best Western hotels now use ultra violet sterilisation wands that are used to sterilise 'high touch points' in the hotel such as telephones, clocks, light switches, door handles, bathroom fixtures and common areas.
    7/13 Some hotels check for germs using a UV wand: Your eye will never be able to check as thoroughly as a UV light which will reveal the full, less pleasant truth. Best Western hotels now use ultra violet sterilisation wands that are used to sterilise 'high touch points' in the hotel such as telephones, clocks, light switches, door handles, bathroom fixtures and common areas.
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    How do they work out prices for each room: The old industry rule of thumb is that for every $1,000 invested in a room's construction, the hotel should charge $1 in average daily rate. So a room that cost $300,000 to build, should sell on average for $300/night. The quality of a room can be determined by the fixtures in a bathroom, the most expensive area to build in guest rooms.
    8/13 How do they work out prices for each room: The old industry rule of thumb is that for every $1,000 invested in a room's construction, the hotel should charge $1 in average daily rate. So a room that cost $300,000 to build, should sell on average for $300/night. The quality of a room can be determined by the fixtures in a bathroom, the most expensive area to build in guest rooms.
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    Staff don't care as much as you think: For guests who have caused difficulty, it's not unknown for a staff member to seek revenge on their toothbrush or even change their key card to lock them out of their room.
    9/13 Staff don't care as much as you think: For guests who have caused difficulty, it's not unknown for a staff member to seek revenge on their toothbrush or even change their key card to lock them out of their room.
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    This is why check-in takes so long: Systems will scan guests' driver's licences and extract as much data as possible. Identification will be verified, not just for use with a credit card, but sometimes to check if a guest qualifies for any rates they are given, e.g. if they get a discount through work. A history check will also be performed, which brings up previous info and whether the person is enrolled on a rewards program.
    10/13 This is why check-in takes so long: Systems will scan guests' driver's licences and extract as much data as possible. Identification will be verified, not just for use with a credit card, but sometimes to check if a guest qualifies for any rates they are given, e.g. if they get a discount through work. A history check will also be performed, which brings up previous info and whether the person is enrolled on a rewards program.
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    Beware hand towels: Staff almost always find a hand towel on the floor, next to the bed, in any recently-vacated hotel room that was occupied by a guy.
    11/13 Beware hand towels: Staff almost always find a hand towel on the floor, next to the bed, in any recently-vacated hotel room that was occupied by a guy.
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    The hotel has enough for three times the amount of guests: Ideally, a hotel will keep three 'turns', or 'par', of sheets and towels, which means enough supplies to make every room in the hotel, three times over. If an item has a visible stain that doesn't come out in the wash, it will be retired, and if the quality is still reasonable, it will be dyed red or blue and used as a cleaning rag.
    12/13 The hotel has enough for three times the amount of guests: Ideally, a hotel will keep three 'turns', or 'par', of sheets and towels, which means enough supplies to make every room in the hotel, three times over. If an item has a visible stain that doesn't come out in the wash, it will be retired, and if the quality is still reasonable, it will be dyed red or blue and used as a cleaning rag.
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    How often is everything cleaned? Buzzfeed leaked an unnamed three-star hotel chain's cleaning schedule – and the findings are pretty grim... Every three or four months rooms are subjected to a deep clean. This process involves the mattresses being stripped of all linens and mattress covers, and left to air for several hours. The furniture, curtains and carpets, which should never be more than ten years old, are also cleaned.
    13/13 How often is everything cleaned? Buzzfeed leaked an unnamed three-star hotel chain's cleaning schedule – and the findings are pretty grim... Every three or four months rooms are subjected to a deep clean. This process involves the mattresses being stripped of all linens and mattress covers, and left to air for several hours. The furniture, curtains and carpets, which should never be more than ten years old, are also cleaned.

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It's a thought you may not want to linger on - that thousands of people have stayed in your hotel room before you and left a few germs behind. 

Now insiders have revealed lots of hotel secrets that will make you see your next stay in a whole new light.

 

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