You walk into your hotel room, admire the neatly made bed, breathe in that unmistakable “freshly cleaned” smell, and instantly feel at ease. After all, the room has just been prepared for a new guest.
But cleanliness and germs aren’t always the same thing.
While hotel rooms are cleaned between stays, some objects are touched repeatedly by guests and housekeeping staff throughout the day. Others are easy to overlook during routine cleaning because they’re handled so often. That’s why experts have long advised travellers to pay a little extra attention to the surfaces they touch the most, rather than worrying about what simply looks dirty.
Here are some of the germiest places hiding in an otherwise spotless-looking hotel room.
Images: Canva (for representative purposes only)