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Budget and the Bees
Budget and the Bees
Latrice Perez

7 Reasons Housekeepers Say They Would Never Use the Hotel Ice Bucket or Glasses

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You check into your hotel room, tired after a long day of travel. Immediately, you notice the complimentary ice bucket and the neatly arranged glasses, gleaming under the lights. While it seems like the perfect setup for a relaxing in-room drink, you might want to pause. In fact, before you fill that bucket, you should consider what those items have been through.

Hotel housekeepers, the heroes who see what really goes on behind closed doors, have shared some unsettling secrets. As a result, many of them say they would never use these common amenities in their own hotel stays. Below are seven cringe-worthy reasons why the hotel ice bucket and glasses are best left untouched.

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