I work at a hotel. My manager took out the coffee pots with the carafe and put in individual coffee makers that go directly into the cup. He didn’t trust the housekeepers were cleaning them with new towels and proper cleaned. As for finding hidden cameras turn on your WiFi on your phone and do a WiFi search. It will pick up wireless cameras

As a former housekeeper in a senior assisted living complex, I was encouraged to clean faster even if it meant ignoring air filters and under furniture. The residents often said it had been a few years since they had seen anyone clean thoughly. If it had been their choice, I'd still be working there; and one even told me the residents were blamed for housekeepers not staying more than a few months though I found the majority of them were quite nice.

I travel extensively for work and staying in hotels it’s always a stressful event. Always carry sanitizing wipes and wipe EVERYTHING in that room, never use the glassware or the coffee maker. If you travel a lot, like I do, you can purchase a traveler’s cover for pillows and mattress. Do not use the comforter. The only thing usually washed is the linen and pillow cases. If you travel for just a few days, do not use housekeeping services. The thought of someone going through my belongings while I’m away is not something I want to worry about. It doesn’t matter if it’s a Motel 6 or a luxury hotel, treat them all as if they are dirty and do your due diligence when staying in one. My 2 cents

In 2017, I did part time at a hotel in Cambridge UK, the lady that was teaching me told me to use the dirty towel that was on the bathroom floor to dry the drinking glasses , I told her no. I used clean pillow case. I didn’t work there long.

I feel like this video is a double edge sword. On the one hand I'm glad to know about these little things to look out for when I travel. On the other hand, my vacation is going to turn into a full on investigation, which will make me wonder if I should've stayed home in the first place! 🤦🏾‍♀️

I was at a hotel in Israel and I had a stuffed lion with me. I usually put the lion in my bag when I left for the day but I forgot one time. When I came back to the hotel later in the evening I saw that my stuffed lion was tucked into the covers. Most places I've been to just put the stuffed animal on top of the covers or on the table next to the bed, so it was really sweet that they tucked my lion into my bed

Well I guess the upside would be that if somebody died in the room you're staying in, it's a lot cleaner than all the others.🤷‍♂️

And than there are people who think camping is gross... I ratter sleep in my own tent with my own stuff, which I know for sure, is clean. Especially after seeing this episode!

when the receptionist say"if you make it for one night you will get free food" at the end you realize you're the free food💀

My dad once asked for a clean glass, and the housekeeper took a dirty glass from her cart, wiped it with her dirty towel, and handed it to him. NEVER, EVER drink from those "clean" glasses in your room

I have 4 uncles who work/worked for a pest control company, so sure as HECK know about bed bugs 🥵 A good way to check for them is to 1. Leave your luggage and clothes in your bags and not on the floor! Put them on a counter or table 2. Lift the linens/sheets and mattresses and look for any teeny tiny black dots with a flash light These aren't a Guarantee, but my family has never had bed bugs before. Hopefully this helps someone out there! Bye yall!

My ex bf used to work at a motel, his coworker was proudly bragging about stealing money/mail and identities and signing people's numbers up for bonuses for something she was a part of. When he said that's illegal, she went to upper management and lied about him having an underage relationship and was taken off work schedule while investigation was going on. Meanwhile she's running around bragging that she singlehandedly had a man fired, big emphasis on the misandry. All because, she did crime and he didn't like it. Backstabbing is something that's rampant inside of motel settings, especially from those who aim for management, that extra 2 dollars an hour is something that drives the worst of them absolutely wild, we quickly learned that if someone's trying really hard to be your friend, or flirting with you, they're trying to trick you into saying something inappropriate so they have the chance to become the manager's pet so they can fish for a better position within the company, if they see that someone else is going to get that position. They don't CARE that the person they're targeting has a handicapped girlfriend and is the sole breadwinner and keeping her alive.

if I walked into a hotel room to find a picture of my cat(s) waiting for me, I'd be so creeped out that I'd never return. While hotels may find doing crap like that admirable, I find is asinine and extremely creepy. If I want the hotel to know my cats name, I'll let them know when I check in. Geesh!

There is no such thing as privacy on social media. As to the "Golden Keys" logo. Anybody could duplicate them. As to leaving valuable items in your room, remember the lowest paid persons in the hotel are the housekeeping people, and they have a key to your room.

1st thing I do in a Hotel when I walk in is remove the comforter of the bed and check that the sheets have been changed but the comforter stays off and I never use them. They never wash them like the sheets 🤔

I used to work at a hotel and there was Black Mold growing in the ventilation system. I told the manager at least 3 times before I quit and he would NEVER do anything about it.

I NEVER leave anything valuable in the room, always take it with me if I'm still staying there

I few years ago i watched a show about these issues....one that you failed to mention is that many HOTELS/MOTELS rarely wash the comforters on the beds and many tested positive for seven, vaginal secretions, rectal matter and so on. Comes as no surprise as many couples enjoy sexual bliss in the room. Something to consider next time you lay/sit on the bed or other furniture.

Yet more reasons for me to be thankful I have my own RV for my travels stays. I know who cleans and maintains it, everyone who's ever slept in it. I would bet many rental RV's have the same issues as hotel rooms, not knowing what staff and guest have done in and to them. And any travel where your luggage is next to other travelers luggage or where their luggage has recently been, risks bed bugs migrating to yours. To avoid this, place scented dryer sheets in every compartment of all your bags and luggage. The scented sheets work as a repellent, keeping your bags and luggage bug free. Which keeps your home bug free.

Wait, so if the valet damages or destroys your car, YOU have to pay for it? I would think the establishment and/or valet would be on the hook for repairs. The valet did the damage, the establishment they work for hired them and supposedly would vouch for them ( I mean, they have them there for the convenience of their customers you'd hope they actually vet them )

This video came right on time as I'm going to a resort tomorrow for my birthday :) I'm already so grossed out and will be sure to check for bed bugs before unpacking my stuff. I have never used hotel glasses anyways, but that is super nasty for them to use a toilet brush to clean them!!! WTF?? It's a wonder people survive some vacations.

I actually had two keycard-related incidents at two separate hotels. The first instance, I ended up forgetting that there was a magnetic plate on my phone that was for a special car mount, and this demagnetized the card without our knowledge when I stuck it in the same pocket as my phone, so my husband and I were confused as to why the card wasn't working on the door. On the second instance, there was a malfunction with the keycard system that made it impossible for the keycards to work on any doors.

True high end hotels get high end clients because of the trust. Conscientious and discreet is what makes a reputation. I worked in hotels and restaurants. The good ones must have high discipline and rigorous ethics

Well if you want to post everything on social media don't expect to have privacy 😂

If your car insurance doesn’t cover damage caused by a valet at the hotel you’re staying at then time to lawyer up and sue the hotel

All hotel companies will be mad at this man after they see their secrets being unleashed

To avoid hotels checking out your social media - either don't post personal information on such platforms or tailor the privacy settings! If you put your life on social media don't be surprised if people you don't know access same.

I'm watching this as I'm in a hotel for vacation and best part is, I just came in and sat on the couch 😭😭😭 I swear this ain't a lie and I am horrified

22:11 This is def true as my father (Grhs) died in our hotel room as well. Everything else is def disturbing though -- I'll be traveling in a few months to another country, and NOW I have other fears to add to my list 0.0

Note to self. Next time I go to a hotel, bring disposable cups, and my own coffee percolator. I can only imagine how they clean the plates and silverware… hrm… I wonder how much one could win in a lawsuit against one of these hotels for their bad cleaning practices? Maybe next time I go to a hotel, if I get sick while at that hotel, I will turn that into a lawsuit 😈

If you put something on social media expect it to be exploited for good or bad. People need to be aware of that and accept it. What goes on the Internet, STAYS on the internet for all to see.

The stalking thing is so creepy, if I see a picture or they know one of my relatives names I am running out of there without paying and might even sue or place charges😭 it's just too creepy😮

The solution is to sue all these hotels!!!!!.

Not to mention the ice bucket. Spring breakers use those as throw up buckets 😮. Good one again; thanks!😊

Okay the safe one is kinda true there’s a device used by Maintenance for a guests peace of mind but the safes also have a universal code. To combat this the doors also have RFID locks that log a minimum of 1076 entries into the room and upon request they can investigate the previous entries during the time of theft

Always be nice to service employees. Maids, waiters, etc. Never know what they might do to things you expect to be clean.

I recently checked into a hotel. I found that the sheets and towels hadn’t been replaced from the previous (?) guest. The manager got upset at me when I told her the problem. AMF!

I would usually wash the glass with soap & sanitiser then pour warm to hot water in the cups and let it cool down before actually using it.

I always look under the beds, behind the beds, behind the dressers, etc. Ive found all kinds of cool stuff

I worked front desk for many years, that book "Heads in Beds" is great, and pretty accurate for the most part. I say for the most part, because I'm sure some of the things in there were regional. But I love that book. I worked as a bartender in a hotel for a short time as well, that was interesting. haha

If you think it’s creepy for a hotel to print a picture of your family from social media and put it in your room then maybe you should rethink posting pictures of your family on the internet for everyone to see.

I am mortified! In 2008 I took my dream vacation to Mexico. I took a lot of precautions staying at the resort, but I never dreamed anyone would use the coffee pot to clean their dirty underwear! And yes, I did make coffee with it. For a whole week!

Okay, having been in the hospitality industry for a long time, there are so many things to say here. One is with concierges, but not just concierges. Whenever you go to a town anywhere like where I lived in the Caribbean, if you ask people where you should eat, they will always send you to where their friends work or where they get what's called a kickback. The trick is to ask a lot of people and to look up the reviews yourself. Put a little work into it people. It is worth it! The next thing is cleanliness of the rooms. I have worked in places where I've seen management tell the maids that people only stayed one night so just to make the bed and people would never know. I have also watched the housekeepers use a spoon or a fork, lick it and wipe it on their hip and put it back in the drawer. Same with glassware and plates and so forth. Wash everything that you use in a hotel room! Please! The thing is you need to be diligent and watch out for what you are using and what you have used. If you use a towel or sheets or whatever pull the sheets off the bed and put them in a pile. Take the towels, make sure they are wet enough that they have to be washed again. Look out for yourselves...and each other!

My wife left an expensive coat at a Microtell in Henrietta NY & when she called them they said they didn’t have it. Only when we personally went there & confronted them did they give it back!

A man i worked with went to NY with his wife on vacation. They stayed in a nice hotel and brought home bed bugs. He was not happy!!

And thank you Be Amazed for these great tips

We opened the door with our pass card and found the room still full of the guests belonging and clothing. We notified the staff and were told they checked out. We assured them that they were not gone and made them send a person to check out the room. When confirmed, they finally issued us a different room. It was ridiculous, if the room had been cleaned, the staff would have known that it wasn’t vacant!

My husband and I got bedbugs after staying at a super 8 motel in Texas We had to throw out a ton of stuff when we got home and it took almost a year to get rid of them completely

3:51 You can always rinse the glasses off to be safe. I’m more worried about whether or not the germs from the previous guest were killed.

Oh no, I’m sure the hotel will be paying to fix it. If the man can afford the Lamborghini, then he can definitely afford the lawyer fees that would come from suing the hotel.

I once stayed in a hotel in DC and it costs HUNDREDS of dollars if you accidentally move the stuff on the table with the snacks and stuff like the coffee maker.

I went on a school trip once, we went out to a show then came back to a pair of bloody underware in the bathroom. Noted the whole group was out at the same time, and since it was a school trip we had to be with the group or at least in the same space at the same time. I don't care if a housekeeper needs to use the bathroom, thats understandable, just don't leave ur period undies on the floor

If I had a hotel chain, I’d advertise that my housekeepers had the time, staff, and supervision to thoroughly clean

If a hotel ever 'personalized' my stay with social media information, it would be super creepy and I would instantly leave.

Thanks for the minibar auto charge information.

If the camera is wireless it can be jammed with a camera jammer that jams 900 and 1200 mhz bands Jamming those camera bands are not illegal as long as you do not jam police radio in the 900 MHz band

The hotel should pay for damages to the car not the owner!

I am INFURIATED! Even when trying to read a label is impossible, now I think hotels are a spot for criminals to steal money out.

You know what’s good when be amazed posts

...now i understand the whole plot of the game; smart people travel light with something additional and that is a "camping gear" I thought it was all way through the survival mode, but it was to set camp on the middle of the room to be safe....

Love your video Be Amazed and keep up the great work you are awesome

After watching this, I guess I'll be bringing my own sleeping bag, a water filter, and a metal detector to my next hotel stay

The hotels cyber stalking is a good example why I keep ALL my SOCIALS, PRIVATE!!!

When i went ony first overseas international tour of Spain, France, and Italy, even though i went with a group from the proffesional choir i was in at the time, the 4 and 5 star hotels we stayed at gave an exception to not being allowed to say if youre even sahing at said hotel. It had been arranged with my mother, my choir director, and the tour guide, and it was for my mother to be able to contact me every night just to make i was doing ok and such. I actually didnt mind it at all.....

Thank you. I am never staying in another hotel/motel again. If necessary, I'd rather sleep in my car. At least I've built up a tolerance to those germs.

If hotel staff expose your personal information it is a breach of privacy and you can sue

11:28 my sister definitely needs to know about dis, I hope hotels use my social media to know that I'm not just an owner of more than 20 plushies, but that I'm also a gamer 😅😊

You know thsi channel is popular when its 4 mins ago and it has comments

I worked at many motels in Australia (housekeeping). I never saw signs of bed bugs. The only issue I found was not washing blankets or duvets often. We were told to spot clean and marks and only change it if it was really bad. We washed dishes with detergent not polish lol

Can you imagine the poor man sleeping in a Nashville hotel and waking up to see the male clerk sucking on his toes 😮😅😮😅

A lot of the cheaper sketchy hotels won’t even buy new furniture they’ll just take stuff out of dumpsters. If you go to a hotel look at the label of the mattress you’re sleeping on it’s probably over 20 years old

Remember the hot tubs inside the rooms back in the day ? Wonder how well those were cleaned between guests ? ❤❤❤😮

I remember the time when my mom and I went to a hotel in Birmingham, UK for a concert. The night was ok but in the morning, we left our phones and cards in our room and went to the breakfast place just to come back to someone in our room, despite not checking out. Luckily, nothing was stolen. (Note I was 11 at the time) The food really didn't taste good though.

I am really, really glad that I have never stayed in a hotel with glass glasses. Every place I've ever stayed had disposable plastic cups sealed in plastic wrap.

I worked housekeeping and because of this I do not like staying at hotels. Times I do, I disinfect that shit.

I once worked at a pizza delivery place where the manager would regularly have us deliver free pizzas to certain hotel desk clerks, who were then expected to show their gratitude by steering their guests to us when the pre-internet question "Where's a good place to get pizza?" would be asked as they checked in. It was informal and no money changed hands, so I wouldn't call it corruption. But there were times when the desk clerks would phone us and ask if they could have one of those freebies today. We'd oblige.

If you're unlucky enough to bring home bedbugs your only option is to heat your house above 122F (50C). They're resistant to most insectisides.

Absolutely amazed at the content, but also at the narrator's voice inflexions!! Makes the vid so much more interesting! Congrats!

We stayed in a few. If you are going to I would bring some of those dollar store cheap plastic glasses and stop by a home Depot or at Lowe's and get a heat treat gun that you use for shrink wrapping. We've stayed in some pretty questionable places but those two items were always a must in our kit that way you're not drinking out of the hotel glasses and if you have any qualms about sleeping on the matress you can heat treat it cuz the only real way to get rid of bedbugs is killing them with heat initially heat treats your luggage before you leave the room. 16:33

My husband works in pest control. He checks for bed bugs every single time we stay somewhere

Never, ever let yourself think about how many people have had sex on your hotel bed...or chair...or couch....

Your vids make my day!

I remember in 2019 when I took a leap of faith in life I was staying at Motel 6 super eight and other motels all over San Diego County before I got my apartment and even stayed at motels in other parts of the state of California even motels in Florida and in man, Boston and New York City and after watching this video, it’s crazy how I have not experienced any of these things The motels I have stay that are actually fairly clean which is shocking

I was staying in an AirB&B with my family back in 2017. We returned to the property one night only to discover that the power had been cut! Come to find out, the property’s ownership had recently been changed and due to a paperwork snafu, the power bill hadn’t been paid. The new owner paid for us to stay in a proper hotel for the rest of the trip. Not necessarily nasty, but definitely weird. Edit: just remembered another one. Also in 2017, my mom and I were staying in a hotel in Edinburgh, Scotland. We were traveling with my middle school for a history class, taking a bus across England, Scotland, and Wales. It was a wonderful, if intense, two-weeks of studying followed by a week of visiting with my family in England during the spring break. Now for the weirdness: the hotel in Edinburgh didn’t have a washer or dryer accessible to guests. We were there for a total of two days in a three-week long trip. Of course coming from the US, mom and I couldn’t pack enough clothes for the entire trip (checking bags is expensive in the States, okay?). So, what were we gonna do? None of the other hotels we’d stayed in before or were going to had washers and dryers for guests (until the cottage we stayed in with the fam for the break). Well, mom went out and bought some soap flakes and spent quite some time washing our dirty laundry in the bathtub! Probably gross, but it worked. The housekeeper that brought us extra towels to dry everything with apparently gave my mom a few strange looks, but that’s what you get when you don’t offer washing and drying machines to your guests! (That last sentence was sarcasm)

Thanks to this guy i aint EVER going to stay in a hotel until i forget this video Not in a long time...Lol

8:14 oh, yeah, concierges are hooked up. Tip them well and you’ll be surprised what perks you get.

At 11:28, If some hotel stalked me and checked out my social media page, I would immediately ask for a refund and never stay there again. That's just creepy, not to mention an invasion of privacy. Any form of traveling these days is a huge risk to your privacy. 😳😳

I'm sorry but when I was growing up you never heard of bedbugs we grew up thinking it was just a saying like goodnight don't let the bedbugs bite lol never knew it was a real living bug

If I ever go to a hotel and they creep me on social media like that, I'll set my room on fire before leaving.

the one with hotel staff knowing personal information to prepare for a guest, would be a lot worse If most people didn't put everything about their lives online from free open sources LOL 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️

Ahhh. Just what I needed 😊

I have been both a housekeeper and a guest at hotel/motels. Cleaners do have a set amount of time to get the job done and guests can be soooo unhelpful. A guest in room would drop pennies on the floor every day for 2 weeks. I would have to pick them up and put them on the desk they were scattered in front of in order to vacuum the room. Each and every day the pennies were on the floor with none on the desk and I had to deal with it. When they left all the pennies were piled up on the desk. Why?

Reminds me of the old Dennis Miller joke when he used to have his HBO talk show when he said something like you're in room 107 watching TV and realize you're the show in room 108. The deceased guests thing reminds me of that news story in the 2010s where people's hotel water was turning brown. It turned out there was a dead woman found in the hotel'd water tank. Yuck.

Never staying at an airbnb

I remember chewing on remotes as a 5 year old child. Now I know why I was hospitalized after a sweet vacation.

I'm so glad I've never stayed at a hotel, these were ghastly, I mean who puts their keks in a kettle?? 🤢😮 As soon as you said about guests going there to die I immediately thought of Fawlty Towers, The Kipper and the Corpse episode which was insanely hilarious and utterly manic (BBC 1970s), one of the UKs best comedies 😊😂😂 Great video today even if somewhat startling 😮😂😂

Wow, that thing about valet drivers damaging expensive cars is pretty shocking. At many high end hotels the only choice for parking is valet, and it isn't hard for me to imagine some teenager in their first job suddenly being handed the keys to a McLaren or Ferrari going a little nuts and doing something stupid. And although I'm nowhere near rich enough to own one of those cars, I know that the imported parts on them mean even minor damage can rise well into five figures. Yikes! I guess that's just the price you pay for buying a car more expensive than a house.

If you clean the glasses with furniture polish wouldn't it be cloudy and smeared ?

AWESOME VIDEO.! i use to work at a hotel and i know about most of this stuff already. good for letting others know. :)

4:41 I would think you could sue the hotel chain (or at least the contracting valet company).