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“The guest asked the housekeeper to clean a collection of sex toys.”
If only the biggest problem with guests was a little spilled tea… Some guests can be absolutely revolting.
One of the worst stories I ever heard was from a hotel housekeeper who was perturbed when she found an array of unusually large sex toys on the bathroom sink alongside a polite note from the lone male guest who asked her: please wash my toys!
What are these nightmare guests thinking?
Once I stayed at a posh heritage hotel and noticed something unusual on the overhead smoke detector in my guest room, so I called for help.
This led to a very red-faced hotel manager removing a condom that had been fixed to the smoke detector device on the ceiling, and he sheepishly offered that a guest had done this to prevent the detector from going off.
My first thought: I hope the condom was unused.
My second: What if he suspects that I am the condom culprit!
This week you have been sending in your “worst guest” stories AND from shoplifters to sneaky pop-up caterers we love reading them.
Please keep your “worst guest stories” rolling in for a chance to win a great prize.
Readers, please submit your story via the comments section below or via email (property names can be kept anonymous).
We will pick the winner by 31/5/2021.
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Mandy has over two decades of experience in accommodation and tourism industry writing, and she is also an accomplished editor and publisher. As co-Director of Multimedia Pty Ltd, a trusted B2B content provider for the accommodation and education sectors in Australia and New Zealand, she oversees high-quality print and digital content across notable publications, including AccomNews, Resort News, and School News, along with the property listing platform AccomProperties. Mandy’s contributions have been recognised with the Female Leader Award at the Best of Tourism 2023 and the ARAMA Life Member Award in 2024.