Looks can be deceiving
Since there’s often a quick turnaround between guests, perhaps it shouldn’t come as all that much of a surprise that hotels aren’t as clean as they should be. In fact—and only read on if you have a strong stomach—one study found that 81 percent of hotel surfaces contained at least some fecal bacteria. But that was before COVID-19, so things must be different now, right? Not necessarily. While travel experts say they trust certain hotels to be super clean, here’s the general issue: Hotels are in the business of making money, and one way they keep more of that money is by cutting corners where they think they can get away with it. And we hate to break the news to you, but surfaces aren’t the only things you need to worry about in your guest room, though, of course, some spots are dirtier than others. Here are the gross things that hotels are still doing to save cash, despite the pandemic.
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