{"id":87490,"date":"2024-10-31T08:37:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T01:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/?p=87490"},"modified":"2024-10-31T08:37:42","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T01:37:42","slug":"12-insider-stories-from-hotel-workers-that-are-hard-to-believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/12-insider-stories-from-hotel-workers-that-are-hard-to-believe\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Insider Stories From Hotel Workers That Are Hard to Believe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve ever wondered what really goes on behind the scenes at your favorite hotel, the truth is there\u2019s a lot more than meets the eye. In fact, some of it might make you think twice before your next stay. In this article, we\u2019ve gathered 12 jaw-dropping insider stories from hotel staff that will leave you speechless\u2014and maybe a little wary the next time you check in.\n</p><ul>\n<li>\u201cIf you ever need to cancel a hotel reservation, but it\u2019s already past the cancelation deadline, just call and move your reservation up a few days. Wait 5 minutes. Call back, now well within the cancelation window, and cancel your stay for free.\u201d King_Whistle \/ Reddit\n</li><li>\u201cI worked in numerous luxury 5-star properties worldwide. You will be surprised if you know the food quality in buffets. I\u2019ve seen yellow food coloring added and labelled as \u2019saffron sauce\u2019, pan fried sea bass? It\u2019s pan fried white fish that comes in generic bags labelled \u2019white fish\u2019. People change the expiration date on stuff so that the food cost doesn\u2019t increase.\u201d Bigfatpie \/ Reddit\n</li><li>\u201cThose tiny free bottles of shampoo you find in your hotel room? Please don\u2019t use them. We\u2019re not allowed to tell guests this, but those bottles are often refilled with expired product.<br>\nInstead of replacing them, housekeeping collects the bottles, refills them from large bulk containers, and reseals them. The problem? Those bulk containers have been sitting in storage for months, often past their expiration date.\u201d\n\n<p><img decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/wl-brightside.cf.tsp.li%5C/resize%5C/728x%5C/jpg%5C/c97%5C/d3c%5C/7672a35b8fb20567be6a5f40e9.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' title='\"\"'>\n</p><ul>\n<li>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t hurt to ask if there\u2019s a better rate. Depending on the property, if you\u2019re nice, the front desk has the power to do a lot with your rate. At one property I worked at if we were almost full, and it was past 9 pm I could cut $50 off the rate if I felt like it, at most though I can only really give a 10% discount, but I can do it for almost any reason.\u201d Laid_Low_Ludlow \/ Reddit\n</li><li>\u201cSpread a towel out on the counter before putting your stuff on it, because I know some of my coworkers would go from floor to shower to toilet to sink with the same rag. I know people who would do twelve rooms or more with two rags: bathroom and not bathroom. Nobody cared, the goal was to remove all traces of the last guest and make it smell nice.\u201d v1508 \/ Reddit\n</li><li>\u201cNever sleep directly on a pillow in a hotel. Always bring your own pillowcase and cover it. We can\u2019t tell guests this, but the hotel pillows are actually rarely washed. The pillowcases get changed, sure, but the pillows themselves? They\u2019re only cleaned if there\u2019s an obvious stain or odor. Most of the time, they just get reused over and over again. I\u2019ve seen pillows in rooms that have been there for months, maybe even years, without being properly cleaned.\u201d\n\n<p><img decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/wl-brightside.cf.tsp.li%5C/resize%5C/728x%5C/jpg%5C/3d8%5C/40e%5C/20441a5654b0fb8146fadbc86e.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' title='\"\"'>\n</p><ul>\n<li>\u201cNoise complaints will be promptly ignored. Why? Because sound carries from several rooms above you, and most people don\u2019t know which room is being loud even when it\u2019s right next to them.\n</li><li>Being one room off is the difference between asking someone to keep it down, and waking up the Rage Lady at 3am. I\u2019ll go up and listen to see if I can pinpoint the room, but if I can\u2019t, then you\u2019re just gonna have to deal with it.\u201d Ceraunius \/ Reddit\n</li><li>\u201cIf you like big bathrooms, ask for a handicap accessible room with a \u2019roll in shower\u2019, normally about twice the size of a standard bathroom, but without the tub.\u201d maevtr \/ Reddit\n</li><li>\u201cHousekeepers only change the sheets, not the coverlet or the second blanket, unless it\u2019s been stained, and we\u2019re unable to hide it.\u201d MissMarionette \/ Reddit\n\n<p><img decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/wl-brightside.cf.tsp.li%5C/resize%5C/728x%5C/jpg%5C/5b5%5C/ede%5C/9fce285236874064f6f8438d5a.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' title='\"\"'>\n</p><ul>\n<li>\u201cI worked the night shift at a hotel and had to prepare breakfast. I will never eat scrambled eggs at a hotel again, unless I see the cook actually breaking the eggs.\n</li><li>It\u2019s disgusting how much food can just be bought en masse and prepared in under 5 minutes. Ready-to-cook egg mix. Just pour it into a pan and heat the ooze up&hellip; 5 minutes later: scrambled \u2019eggs\u2019. Doesn\u2019t taste good at all.\u201d Dire87 \/ Reddit\n</li><li>\u201cIf you don\u2019t like your room, ask for the manager after the first night and kindly state that you felt an itching in the night, and you think that something bit you. After investigation, you found an approximately 1.5 cm long black bug on your sheets. Tell them that that might have been a \u2019bedbug\u2019.\n</li><li>Just whisper that word, so no other guest hears it. Say that if they find a different room for you, you don\u2019t need to include this detail in your trip advisor review. If you were friendly and polite \u2014 free upgrades to suites this time and the next times.\u201d Unknown author \/ Reddit\n</li><li>\u201cAsk the hotel to remove such fees as Wi-Fi, newspaper, gym and pool. These are often included, but they will remove if requested.\u201d S***AndF***y \/ Reddit\n\n<p>Source: Brightside\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>If you\u2019ve ever wondered what really goes on behind the scenes at your favorite hotel, the truth is there\u2019s a lot more than meets the eye. In fact, some of it might make you think twice before your next stay. 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