Revealed: 35 Shocking Secrets & Tips By Hotel Employees They Never Tell Guests

Contrary to what you would obviously assume, hotel’s actually want you to steal their towels, soaps, and shampoos. It is not only their way of making you feel like you really got your bang for your buck and had a memorable stay, but it is also advertising for them. If you leave with a memory from the hotel, perhaps with their logo on the towel it will keep the hotel in your mind. Furthermore, ordering towels in bulk does not actually cost them so much. However other items such as the iron, they will bill your credit card.

A hotel worker reveals the secret to cancel your reservation without paying any fee. If you wait to cancel after the cancellation time, call first and ask to change the date of your stay. Hopefully, another clerk will answer the phone and then the cancellation fee will no longer be relevant as there will be a new cancellation date. Some clerks will even help you with this hack.

Some maids are able to control their desire for vengeance on others. In the past, hotel maids have reported colleagues for misconduct against a rude guest or saw them getting payback first hand. An anonymous maid on the Huffington Post confessed that one of her co-workers used a bathroom towel to mop the floor in one of the rooms and simply hung it back up for re-use when the guests return.

Wait, what?! Most hotels pay their housekeepers per room that they clean, which means that if you keep your room as clean as possible, they will be able to clean more rooms and eventually get a higher paycheck.  And in general, they will just like you much more.

In case you were wondering (and we know you were), hotel maids do in fact enjoy snooping around your hotel room, you are not just paranoid. With long and somewhat boring days, they find it very exciting to find a stain on your bed and come up with all kinds of conspiracy theories of how it got there. They also find it super interesting to explore your possessions and figure out what kind of person you are, and makeup fantasy stories of what you do. Whatever it takes to get through the day, right?

Once you book a room, some hotels are actually looking at your personal social media accounts, such as your Facebook and Instagram. It is so important to them that you have a pleasant stay that they want to know exactly what you like and what your personality is. With this, they will aim to tailor your room to the type of person you are. Although this is slightly creepy, it surely makes for a great time and will help them keep their hotel successful.

As we’ve gone over, hotel maids don’t usually have the time to clean the room as spotless as they’d prefer. When they reach the bathroom, instead of scrubbing the tubs, they’ll just run the faucet or shower and rinse it out instead! Therefore, the next time you check into your hotel room, you might want to make sure the tub smells like bleach or cleaner. If it doesn’t, dump some of that fancy hotel shampoo in there and let it run for a minute or two.