For some Britons, they don’t take the risk of unhygienic hotel rooms, and bring their own selection of products to make sure their home away from home is in tip-top shape. This is proven by a recent survey from End of Tenancy Cleaning Company, which found Britons are extremely particular when checking into the hotel, and over half of them bring cleaning products with them to a hotel.
Laura, discussed an experience in Manchester which had one particular key thing missing.
“[I] went to Manchester with friends and we were given a room with no windows. Not only was it stuffy and hot, but the walls were painted black and the light switches weren’t working.”
Rebecca added that the room “looked (and smelled) like it was done on purpose to cover something up.”
“When we went to complain and ask for another room, the manager’s only compromise was to give us a ‘smoking’ room – again with no windows! Safe to stay we didn’t stay.”
A study conducted by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) found that seat pockets, washroom handles, tray tables and seat belts are the filthiest surfaces on a plane.
To conduct their investigation, the team took a total of 18 short-haul flights between Ottawa and Montreal, flying with Canada’s three major airlines — Air Canada, WestJet and Porter — at various times throughout the day.
On each flight, the following surfaces were swabbed: seatbelt, tray table, headrest, seat pocket and washroom handle.
Those samples were analysed in a lab at the University of Guelph by microbiologist Keith Warriner where the discovery was made.
“I was really amazed about how much we actually recovered from them,” he said. “Some of them are scarier than others.”
Yeast and mould were detected on the majority of flights along with E. Coli bacteria.
