When it's time to check out of a hotel room, everyone grabs the toiletries left in the bathroom, and maybe the leftover tea bags or coffee, even if the hotel only provides instant coffee, which you don't drink. You rationalize that they're only going to through it away anyway. But how many people go farther than that, and steal the towels, the robes or the dishes?
A new poll from Hotels.com provides the answer. They asked people what items they had stolen from hotel rooms. The poll asked the question of 8,500 travelers from 28 different countries.
The results found that Danes are the most moral travelers, with 88 percent of them saying they have not stolen anything from their hotel rooms. The Dutch and Norwegian travelers were also on higher moral standing, with 85 and 84 percent, respectively, saying they took nothing from the hotel.
The country with the most sticky fingers is Colombia, where 57 percent said they had stolen something from their hotel room.
Thirty percent of Indian travelers say they took books and magazines from the room. Seventeen percent of Americans made the towels and linens "complimentary." Seven percent of Colombian travelers have taken robes or pillows home with them. The Finns are the most brazen thieves, with electronics being the most popular thing to steal. The Chinese like furnishings, such as lamps, clocks and artwork, with 13 percent admitting to that.
How do they get the artwork out the door? Do they take it out of the frame? These are mysteries that provide hotel detectives with jobs.
The poll relies on the honesty of respondents, so its accuracy may be debatable, which makes one wonder if people lied, did they actually steal more things then they will admit to?
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