Traveler puts towels on hotel floor to avoid walking barefoot. Is she ‘too paranoid?’: ‘Are socks not an option?’

When you’re staying in a hotel room, you hope that housekeeping has done a good job sanitizing between guests.

Unfortunately, however, hotel rooms are dirtier than most people realize. As one 2012 study revealed, 81 percent of hotel room surfaces sampled tested positive for fecal bacteria. Most hotel guests don’t think much about this, trusting that hotel management handles cleanliness properly. However, some travelers take hygienic precautions that the general public may find “extreme.”