They don’t always wash the coffeepots
Coffeepots are among the most used items in a hotel but also one of the most neglected ones in terms of regular washing and cleaning. When was the last time you washed yours? If you can’t remember what happens in your own kitchen, imagine the chaos in a hotel. In fact, ABC News exposed several hotels for not using soap or other cleaners to disinfect their coffeepots. Furthermore, according to a study conducted by the University of Valencia which sampled nine hotel Nespresso machines, all collected bacteria in less than a year of use.
The solution? Just bring your own mini French Press or disinfect the items on your own before using them, at least until this pesky virus recedes; and who knows? Maybe hotels will decide on their own to stop providing in-room coffeepots.
They don’t change their mattresses often
It’s no secret that mattresses don’t come cheap. That’s one of the reasons premium hotels change their mattresses every three to five years, according to Traveller.com. When it comes to cheaper hotels, the time frame is even longer, namely every eight to ten years. If you think hotels are changing their mattresses now, when there are even fewer guests and fewer profits, just because there’s a global pandemic going on, think again. Most hotels just hide the fact that a mattress is torn or stained, either by flipping it on the other side or cleaning the stain, if possible. It would simply cost too much to replace a mattress every time there’s a problem with it.
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I worked at a hotel that, when they ran out of auto-dispensing laundry chemicals had us use the little guest boxes. Problem is, they didn’t ensure everyone that did the laundry knew about it. A lot of laundry was done without and detergent or bleach. I for one, got extremely ill and almost died.