35 People Who Work in Hotels Are Sharing Little-Known Facts, Hacks, and Red Flags of the Industry

When you check into a hotel or Airbnb, immediately check under the bed. You won’t find any monsters, but you could find something a lot scarier: trash. Finding trash under your hotel bed is a bad sign. That means the housekeeping staff doesn’t get much time to clean each room or are not paid enough to care. 

If you find trash under your bed, how dirty is the rest of your room? You can bring it up with the front desk and see if they can do anything to make up for it. Of course, if you’d rather not know, you can choose to ignore this tip. Ignorance is bliss; sometimes, the less you know, the better.