Hotel hygiene

It was me who said l take J cloths. And unashamedly so. I travel a lot for work, including overseas and they are so handy for lots of things including the odd spillage.

Yes, that's how it works in most hotels, unfortunately. I worked at one and it was the same. When I come to the hotel, I first wash glasses, teaspoons and cups and then wipe the toilet seat with toilet paper or baby wipes:-)).

It might be well used, but most folk with any level of respect for others (and those who also happen to be called Karen) don't use it as an insult.

just rinse them in the sink and give them a dry with a dirty hand towel

I thought this was common knowledge, that they do this?

Wash them yourself in the sink with the soap and give a proper good rinse. That's what I always do.

Yep, I do the same. I leave the do not disturb sign on the door so they don't come in each day and make everything dirty again.

All they do is make the room look clean, they don't actually clean it!

It's a well known term for WOMEN who like to make issues out of nothing. I'm not dictating what people say online - I'm asking them.

It’s a well-known term for someone who likes to make issues out of nothing.
This may come as a shock, but you can’t dictate what people say online.

A sterile dishwasher!?

Whats that?

I always wash the cups and the kettle. Apparently people piss in the kettle for fun. Now I always wash them.

Oh yes - when I worked as a chambermaid as a student we all worked on the basis that it 'just had to look clean' and used the dirty towels and bedding to shine everything up. And if any pillowcases etc looked unused they didn't get changed. Hotels are absolutely grim.

Me too! It described me exactly. 🙁

You don't have to justify not wanting to use grim cups, Thats disgusting even if it were a 3 star hotel. The cleaners' lives are not your problem, you've paid for the hotel and I'd be complaining for sure.

I agree. Same job. Hotel is all about looking clean and they don't supply you properly either.

After contracting cryptosporidium from a 4 star hotel. Yes proven .
I always always clean everything .

Hotels, even the most expensive ones are basically disgusting. this is why I wipe all surfaces I touch when I arrive and thereafter keep the room clean myself. and try not to think about the bedding as I am sure they changed it with dirty hands. maybe next time I might take my own sheets....

It’s a bit different though, isn’t it! Sitting on a seat fully clothed, touching luggage etc. And there are dish washers in restaurants, whereas there aren’t on hotel floors - that’s the whole point.. But I do think you could drive yourself mad if you went down this rabbit hole and started thinking about hotel rooms too deeply!

I was cabin crew for two decades. I’ve seen alsorts , and wouldn’t use the cups or glasses either. The worst thing I saw when I checked into a 5* hotel in Thailand and the toilet overflowed sewerage water all over the bathroom floor the first time I flushed it. The chamber maid mopped up the brown water with the new towels off the rack, then walked out saying “I’ll get you fresh towels”. No cleaning products had been used, and she clearly thought I was being awkward when I asked her to!

I saw an expose on hotels once with hidden cameras. It was grim. They were caught using the cloth they cleaned the toilet with to wipe out the mugs 🤢

Oh my god- how do any of you ever manage to leave the house? 🤣 Do you obsess about who sat in a plane seat before you or who touched your luggage once you checked it in? How do you manage to eat out at restaurants when you don't know how the cutlery and crockery has been cleaned?
I can't believe a PP said they take a J-cloth on holiday to clean the cups 😳 my OH would think I'd gone mad if I suddenly produced a j-cloth from the suitcase 🤣

I used to work in a hotel and I would NEVER use the mugs without washing them first. I also take my own kettle with me because people do the most disgusting things with hotel kettles. If I were you, I'd give the cups a good wash x

Worked in a 10 bed hotel over a pub. All linen changed on changeover and our first job was to fill the sink with soapy water and put the used crockery/ cutlery in. We did polish the bathroom with the used hand towel though.
I once went down to the kitchen to find washing up liquid and ended up watching the sausage, eggs and bacon while the chef went for a ciggie. I'm no chef.
And I was a swine for turning the mixer tap up on the Pepsi.

This happens in every hotel unless you are very lucky and pick one with a housekeeper who cares. They just want an easy quick turnaround. Noone knows that's how they do it but do you ever see washing up liquid and fresh tea towels in cleaning trolley? I will always pre wash anything in a hotel and then rinse it myself rather than leaving dirty. And that includes 5 star hotels.

I’ve read this on MN before so I wash the cups in hotels before using. Or if it’s a posh hotel I ring down and ask for clean cups to be sent up.

I trained in a posh country hotel circa 2017. We were taught to buff the bathroom surfaces and cups with the used guest towels and dust and glass clean with the used pillow cases. It looks clean and sparkly, in reality it's covered in germs.
The bed linen and towels were clean and always replaced between guests. We had a mqmouth 1 hour for a full clean, but this had to include drains, down sofas ans refreshing all toiletries and notepaper/pens etc.
I would be more worried that the little bottles of toiletries are decanted back into the massive ones and reused.......some people are grim.

I knew about this a while ago and since then take my reusable coffee cup with me on holiday. It’s a fully leak proof one so its useful at the airport/I can use it on days out whilst I’m away but also use it at the hotel. I don’t mind just giving it a quick rinse in the bathroom sink/using hand soap if it’s just me using it.

Other stuff like light switches etc being not clean doesn’t bother me - that applies to any switches, handles etc you’re touching when out and about every day.

I stayed in a hotel in Chichester. Each time we went back to our room after housekeeping has been in, I had to go and ask for cups, as they took the used ones each day to put in the dishwasher, and were supposed to replace them, but never seemed to remember 😂

I normally wash them before I use them.