I assume that many people (myself included) are a bit messier at a hotel than they are at home. The trash cans don’t have lids and people are putting food in them all the time. Not to mention crumbs all over, especially because since COVID, most hotels haven’t gone back to daily cleanings. So how are the hotels not infested with ants, fruit flies, etc?
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As someone that has been travelling a lot recently…
1. Not sure where you are staying at, but the hotels I’ve been visiting emptied all the trash on a daily basis and the floors looked like they had been cleaned just prior to my arrival (swirl marks on tile and clearly vacuumed carpets).
2. Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve seen bugs/vermin in any hotel ever in my life, including in Florida. Also in general the windows don’t open in most hotels for whatever reason and I’m thinking bugs may be part of that.
3. I did not think about this until I read this post; but I think the reality is that in general I don’t eat in hotel rooms unless its a suite with a kitchen or something; as it just ‘feels’ like a bedroom and I’m OCD about not eating where I sleep. If I’m by myself I will 100% of the time eat at the hotel bar. If ya’ll eating in the beds, dat’s just nasty yo.
Your assumption is incorrect. I’m far neater in hotels because I know people have to pick up after me and I’m not a monster.
They clean every room every day, probably more thoroughly than most people do in their own homes. Unless you specifically request otherwise, that includes washing all the bedding and towels, so there’s nowhere for an infestation to start.
Regular fumigation. And they might not do a good cleaning daily, but they do when someone checks out. And most guests aren’t complete slobs.
It takes time for pests to move in. As hotels do a thorough cleaning every day, they don’t give time for pests to realize there is a good source.
Plus several have exterminators who spray preventative stuff as well.
They clean a lot, of course it varies from one to another and those who don’t clean/maintain their facilities do get infestations, but in nicer places they clean rooms daily to empty trash cans and vacuum, sheets get changed often and common areas tend to be cleaned more than once a day
As long as housekeeping does their job we are usually good. In the 8 years ive worked at my hotel we havent had a single issue with bugs. Plus we spray every 2 weeks
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