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

[TakeOrLeaveIt]

I’m curious to know what people think about taking items from hotels. For example, I know things like toiletries (shampoos, soaps) are often seen as fair game, but what about things like mugs and glasses? I’ve stayed at a few places recently, and I was tempted by some of the nicer bits. Obviously, I didn’t take anything major, but it’s got me thinking - where’s the line? Is it stealing or part of the hotel experience?

AIBU to think it’s harmless to take certain things? Or shouldn’t all stay behind?

What do you think?

Well quite, @Fountofwisdom Scuzzy is apt.

But why is it scuzzy to take a teabag but ok(ish) to take a small bottle of conditioner or bodywash?

I don't see the logic here? Either they're both scuzzy or they're not, surely?

Larger items are in a whole other category, but a teabag and a mini-shampoo are at the same level imho.

well I think it’s pretty scuzzy to take the toiletries as well. Because they’re usually rather nasty ones - unless they’re the La Labo ones I’ve encountered in 5 star hotels!

I’m surprised by how many people are disgusted at people taking toiletries and coffee sachets…when you’re paying over £100 a night to stay somewhere, I doubt companies will worry after their huge profit margins. I take them because they’re handy to have in for emergencies, such as when you run out of conditioner in the shower or have a guest round that only drinks decaf. Whoever is looking down on this needs to take the stick out their arse, quite frankly. And stop looking down on people if they are “scuzzy”- everyone is one paycheque away from living on the streets.

This the thing I don't get, teabags are literally pence, and they would factor x per person into the price of the room. If they put 3 out for example, what difference if you drank 3 cups of tea while you stayed or drank 1 cup and took 2 tea bags home? (I don't do this BTW, but I have taken biscuits before and not given it a second thought)
They don't give you a refund of eg 50p if you left all the sugar and biscuits there!

I take toiletries if i think they are particularly nice. And i use them! (I wouldnt take them if i didnt think i would) Some cant be refilled so it's obvious the next guest would get new ones.

My dad often used to go out for coffees and sometimes they were served with a lotus biscuit. He knew DD liked them and usually brought it home and offered it when we were next round. He wouldn't be theiving or scuzzy if he ate it st the time, what difference if he brought it home? He paid the same as the person who ate theirs with the coffee!

That says more about the places you choose to stay?

I've said in hotels where the toiletries were Rituals, Balmain, Temple Spa, Elemis, and Arran (in Scotland). In most cases in large bottles attached to the wall.

The places I stay usually have higher end shampoo’s/conditioner’s etc, and high quality teabags and decent coffee pods - better than what we have at home. I always take the bathroom stuff (as said before my current workplace has a box where we all place them and it gets taken to women’s shelter periodically). I usually drink all the tea and take coffee pods home but if DH is there, lucky to have any leftovers. It’s the first thing we do with a hotel when getting in the room, make ourselves a cuppa while we settle in, and they always have tiny cups so you end up having so many. Wish places would just get decent mugs.

The only thing I ever take from a hotel is the bottles of body lotion from the fairmont (where I’d stay regularly for work). It’s the Le Labo Rose and is like 80 quid for a bottle and I love the stuff. So I grab all the little bottles lol

Oh and they’re the little single use ones. Would never in a million years take the big bottles. The hotel we stay in on holidays uses the big bottles of Crabtree and Evelyn. My daughter loves the conditioner so much but seems to only be available in Hilton hotels and the only place I’ve found them for sale was a eBay where im assuming someone has nicked them and then placed for sale

And they 'rip people off' to cover the cost of the thieving

Same as shops do for shoplifters

Sterilised milk.

My grandad would drink it

Not good at critical thinking, was he?

Just staying in a 4 star hotel which has nice enough toiletries but I use quite specialised stuff on my hair and anything else feels very harsh. And I don’t use liquid soap so I always carry my own soap bar.

Even the hotels which I’ve stayed in which provide La Labo - which is lovely as a PP says - the scent is nice but I don’t rate the quality of the products. I use them as a bath foam. But then I generally have a bottle of that particular La Labo scent on the go. So I don’t need the little bottles of quite thin body lotion …

Er, no! Trashy AF.

So when you stay at a wedding venue that charges £300 a night, they charge that much to make up for the three 2p teabags I took? 🙄

WTAF no you don’t take glasses of mugs from hotels or restaurants. They are there to use while you are staying and they belong to the hotel / restaurant.

are you thick or just extreme CF

I always take the bathroom stuff (as said before my current workplace has a box where we all place them and it gets taken to women’s shelter periodically).

Is this not taking the piss a bit?

Hotels do charge higher prices to cover the cost of the toiletries they provide.
So if you clean them out every time you stay - even if it's for a good cause - aren't you basically getting others to subsidise your charity donation? Without asking them if they're ok with that?

I mean you can buy toiletries to donate. Why don't you just do that?

Sorry, but it just seems wrong somehow, even though I'm all for supporting shelters.
Well-meaning but in CF territory all the same.

I stayed in a hotel not long after lockdown & they only provided paper cups, so I popped to a nearby supermarket & bought a couple of cheap mugs - which I left behind 🤣 I can't imagine nicking mugs🤨

FFS! Can you not afford 99p for a bag of sugar from Tesco? I’m surprised you don’t steal the toilet rolls too because all your friends and family who visit must take a dump or a wee and you don’t want to pay for their wipey-wipey when you can put stolen bog roll on your holder.

God there really are a lot of grabby fuckers in the world…🙄

I take very little. We have tea sugar and coffee at home so why steal them? Single use toiletries I'd use yes, biscuits yes. It just puts hotel costs up and you end up with immovable hair dryers etc

I must take one of those 50p glasses or a flannel. Really? Prob turn up in a car that's £300 per month. Back at home bet you would never say just use that glass we stole it from a hotel we stayed at.

Nope - that's one of the reasons he's an ex. 😆

Taking anything other that what they expect you to take ie toiletries etc is stealing no matter how small it is. If everyone took a glass or mug think of the expense on the hotel to replace them all. It would mean hotel prices going up & the stay less enjoyable if you had to keep calling Reception when you find things missing in the room.