A FORMER hotel manager has revealed the one common item travellers should avoid using in their hotel room.
Melissa Hanks took to TikTok to share the disgusting reason why travellers should never use an ice bucket.
Posting to her 76,000 followers, Melissa revealed some of the gross items found in the ice buckets.
She said: “Some of the things that I found in ice buckets were food, people using them as rubbish bins, they used it as an ashtray even though you are not allowed to smoke in hotel rooms.
“For some reason there was lingerie in one – and of course somebody using an ice bucket as a container to be sick in.
“When that happens, you should definitely throw away your ice bucket [to avoid the spread of germs].”
Social media users flocked to leave comments on the video.
One person wrote: “That’s why we should use the plastic bag to line the bucket.”
While another added: “I found when travelling overseas ice machines seem to be a very North American hotel thing.
“Even a hot country like Australia has no ice machines.”
The former hotel manager also advised holiday-goers to always check for bedbugs.
She said: “Don’t put anything on the bed until you’ve checked it because if you do have anything, they can and they will get on your luggage and your clothes.
“Check the mattress, the pillows and behind the baseboard.
“If there’s a heavy infestation, once you pull back the comforter you’ll actually see them on the sheets especially if they’re a light colour”
Meanwhile one traveller revealed her horror holiday experience when she let her friends book the hotel.
Sarah Johnson probably thought he friends would find somewhere cheap and cheerful for them to stay, but the group ended up in a gross hotel complete with stained mattresses and Pirates of of Caribbean decor.
In a now viral TikTok, Sarah shared some snaps from the place the group allegedly booked for the trip.
The first snap shows a picture of three single beds, all without any sheets on and very suspiciously stained mattresses – not exactly what you want on any sort of getaway.
Bizarrely, the windows of the bedroom are blocked out with huge posters from Disney‘s Pirates of the Caribbean with the character’s glaring down at the sleeping area.
It only got worse from there though – the kitchen looked like it hadn’t had a deep clean in a long time, maybe ever.
The shower floor was coated in a thick layer of dirt and grime, and the handle of one door came right off in Sarah’s hand in another picture.
Unsurprisingly, people were both shocked and disgusted by what Sarah claimed was her hotel.
Sarah didn’t reveal if her and her group of friends actually ended up sleeping in the strange hotel room, but she ended the video with a snap of the view from the plane window, suggesting that she jetted off home again.
