To think it’s okay to take certain things from a hotel?

You wanted to take the glassware!! Jesus Christ. Turns out there are a lot of thieves on mumsnet lately.

Careful what you steal - they generally have your credit card details and have been known to charge

I think it’s fine to take anything they expect you to use e.g. mini toiletries they will replace when you leave fine to take, shower caps fine to take. Filling up your own bottle of shampoo from their big bottle? Not okay. Mugs and glasses definitely not okay

The line is whether something is reusable. Little bar of soap or bottle of shampoo, not reusable so you can take, same with tea bags, the mugs, towels, sheets, TV, etc. can all be reused so they stay. I can't believe this needs explaining!

Actually, the last hotel I stayed in had full size toiletries and a note saying that if they were taken, you'd be billed for them. Maybe that will get more common as people try to reduce plastic consumption. I do find the little bottles useful though for holidays and things.

The only thing I take from hotels is all the little sachets of coffee, tea and hot chocolate as my kids find having an individual sachet of hot chocolate exciting for some reason, and they are useful if you're going somewhere early in the morning that might not have coffee.

The disposable slippers are fine to take otherwise they go in the bin. Anything else, no! My Mum runs a B & B and the number of people who take the towels is shocking.

I've worked in a few hotels and I've never known anywhere refill the small bottles, it would be beyond messy, time consuming and you dont know if the remaining contents have been contaminated. You only have a small amount of time to do a room and you wouldn't believe the state some people leave them in. If the toiletries have moved or the wrappings are splashed then they are swiped straight into the bin (often unused), surfaces wiped and replacements quickly grabbed off the trolley.
One hotel I worked in had big refillable bottles in the bathrooms. I would never use from these unless they are tamper free (ie can't be opened), please take my advice on this!🤢
As for stealing - Yes, you wouldn't believe what people will steal.
Personally I will only take sample toiletries and an extra pastry at breakfast. I don't even bother with tea/chocolate sachets as they never taste like the ones I prefer.

Fine to take anything that would be otherwise binned after your stay.

Otherwise it is straightforward, undeniable, theft and if you get a kick from it you need to reflect on if you are comfortable being that kind of person for the sake of a mug or tiny bottle of shampoo.

DP always takes the biscuits and they are usually broken by the time he gets home.
He loves a freebie mind you and it makes me laugh when he is proud of his biscuits lol

Are you ok?? That is absolutely stealing!!

That’s slightly odd/ tight but there’s a chance they’d just get binned anyway if they’ve been out on plates so I wouldn’t say that’s stealing. My mum is a bit like this- she finds waste really difficult to tolerate- probably from growing up in the 50’s ( post war rationing)

I do that but it's good for dieting as it's a measured portion 🙈

I came for the Ross comments and wasn't disappointed 😂

Small/single person use toiletries and tea bags - all ok.

Anything else - stealing.

I've a friend that takes away the surplus butter pats in foil you get given when you order something that needs buttering in a cafe , even from other people on the table.

I would have cringed forever and never taken the manager seriously again. That's insane.

Toiletries and mint tea. That's it,

Agreed. Great for kids school trips and sleepovers or nightts for me staying at friends houses etc.Even for longer trips I travel with carry on only most of the time as I’m a light packer and use them then. If you’ve used any of a mini the cleaners will just throw the rest away so may as well take it and save the plastic from landfill and reuse it.

Do you do the same when doing your weekly shop as it's "all part of the shopping experience seeing what I can steal?"

Stealing is stealing. It's a shame that you enjoy doing it.

I use to take the little shampoos, soaps etc but they would then sit in a draw in my house for years so don't even do that anymore. No wouldn't take glasses, mugs etc that is stealing

It's stealing - don't do it!

Don’t take anything, it’s scabby. If I like their mugs soooo much I’ll google them and buy my own.

It's rare for shower caps to be provided these days because they are single use plastic - but if they are I will take them and use again several times.

Stayed in a hotel in North Wales where there was a toy dragon on the bed with a label "Hello, my name is Myfanwy. Please leave me outside the door if you don't want to be disturbed". She was cute, I was tempted but of course I didn't take her.

Went to an away day at a hotel with work and at the tea and coffee station they had a lovely wooden case with a display of fancy tea bags in individual paper cases. About 200. Different fruit and herbal teas to add your own hot water to.

My manager gathered them all up at the end of the event as ‘they were paid for’. Mortifying.

The single use toiletries , fine no qualms about them , same for the drinks sachets .
Anything else is stealing and no different to that of taking something if visiting a friends house .

When I stayed in Disney land Paris the toiletries were in these cute little mini & micky mouse style bottles I took loads of these as they refilled them every day