Strangest Things Left in Hotel Rooms

Don’t forget your PJ’s! (Photo: Getty Images)

A pair of fancy pajama bottoms. “I stayed at a client’s gorgeous hotel with my husband, and we took advantage of having no kids in the bed with us,” confessed a travel publicist. “I guess I kicked off my pants at some point, and forgot to pull them out in the morning. They disappeared with the bed change during the day, and I never had the guts to ask for them back. I mean, who kicks off their PJ pants in the night, and leaves them there, except for one reason? They were gorgeous new Roberta Freymann ones, too. I still have the top, and every time I see it in my closet I am mad at myself.”
A pair of mermaid slippers.
A passport. “It was in my pillowcase, where I used to keep it,” says a longtime travel blogger. (Note the used to.)

Yikes! Your passport is definitely not something you want to leave behind. (Photo: iStock)

Extra-fancy underthings. “I left all my brand-new lingerie that I’d purchased for my wedding and honeymoon in a drawer at the Ritz in London,” laments one disappointed newlywed. “When I reached out to housekeeping the next day, they knew nothing about it. Someone had some nice new lingerie!” (Note to housekeeping: really not cool.)
Hand-washed underwear. “I’d left it drying in the sun outside at a five-star hotel.” Ladies, let’s look after our unmentionables!

No one wants to find used undies in their room. Ew! (Photo: Getty Images)

No, really, let’s pay more attention. One frequent business traveler had a cringe-worthy experience when he checked into a hotel in Bordeaux, France, and found a pair of used knickers under the desk. (Note to housekeeping: what the heck?)
An article in the Telegraph quoted a discerning guest who wrote, “My friend found a crack pipe in the coffee maker.” Again, what?
A taxi driver in the resort town of Park City, Utah told me he once found an ax in the back seat at the end of his shift. While it’s not false teeth or a hearing aid, it does seem like the sort of thing one might have good reason not to leave behind. Then again, he was never asked to return it.

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