During housekeeping, hotels use different colored cloths to wipe your drinking glasses, cutlery, toilets and sinks to avoid contamination. They just didn’t bother separating these cloths after wiping and moving to the next room. It doesn’t hurt to ask if there’s a better rate. Depending on the property, if you’re nice, the front desk has the power to do a lot with your rate. At one property I worked at if we were almost full, and it was past 9 pm, I could cut $50 off the rate if I felt like it, at most, though I can only really give a 10% discount, but I can do it for almost any reason.”
“Spread a towel out on the counter before putting your stuff on it, because I know some of my coworkers would go from floor to shower to toilet to sink with the same rag. I know people who would do twelve rooms or more with two rags: bathroom and not bathroom. Nobody cared, the goal was to remove all traces of the last guest and make it smell nice.” Never sleep directly on a pillow in a hotel. Always bring your own pillowcase and cover it. We can’t tell guests this