Reusing The Sheets
Yes, this is STILL a problem. If there aren’t visible stains, some hotels don’t clean the sheets regularly between guests. According to a 2016 Inside Edition investigation, 3 out of 9 hotels tested secretly didn’t change sheets. Gross, right?!?
An Inside Edition report from June 2020 STILL found the same horrifying results in at least 3 hotels in NYC: the Hampton Inn Times Square Central, the Hyatt Place in Times Square, and Trump International.
None of these hotels changed all the linens or cleaned thoroughly between visits, the report found, despite the strict COVID-related cleaning measures that hotels should be following right now. Of course, sheets should always be replaced.
After all, previous guests’ bodily fluids, hair, and germs could lurk around. Pro tip: Ask your hotel to change the sheets after you’ve checked in before you get comfy.
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OMG – I quit my job and have taken the summer off to travel. The Quality Inn in Tyler TX has been the most disgusting hotel I have every stayed at. Bugs, flys, roaches, no pool, dirty, door didn’t close properly, safety issues, horrible and gross complementary breakfast. I wrote to the company and told them they really needed to fix that hotel. It’s not fair the Stagg have to work in that environment.
When I stay in a hotel/motel I bring along my can of Lysol and spray it on toilets, remote controls sinks and bathtub or shower floors. It may sound extreme, but after reading about housekeeping unprofessional lazy cleaning I’ll protect myself from infectious diseases. Housekeeping used to be a high standard of cleanliness. I’ve witnessed after covid was so called over, a housekeeping employee was not wearing gloves cleaning toilets and making up beds. Yikes!!
When Covid hit I purchased a hand held uv lite for about $70 from Amazon and ran it over the tv remote remote and and all touchable surfaces.
You are absolutely right to carry an anti-bacterial spray. When I travel I do the same thing. I spray everything until all surfaces are damp, then leave the room for a couple of hours because the fumes are overwhelming. Additionally, I never use the furniture drawers even though I spray them as well.
I carry spray Lysol and a can of Hot Shot bedbug spray. You know that mattresses are infrequently cleaned or changed; most of the time a mattress stays until it’s too late and bedbugs are visible.
No surprise. Unclean carpets, sheets, linens, etc. invite BEDBUGS which can adhere to you or your clothing, go home, and infect everything you have. Local health inspectors are few and far between.
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finally got the courage to go ahead and give you
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