A flight attendant with an abundance of experience travelling the world has revealed why you should never touch hotel remote controls, especially if you're especially conscious of germs.
Kat Kamalani has around a million followers on her official TikTok account @katkamalani, often uploading useful life hacks relating to travel.
Staying in hundreds of hotel rooms across her career - the cabin crew member knows all of the best tips and tricks to making the most of your holiday digs, as well as what to avoid completely.
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The Express reports Kat has made two viral TikTok videos with over 1.5 million views explaining her top tips on what to do while staying at her hotel. She began one of the videos by saying: “Tips from a flight attendant that you should be doing every single time you check into a hotel.”
Kat then went on to speak about germs on cups for your toothbrush in hotel bathrooms. She added: “Starting out, if you don’t have a dishwater in your hotel room, I would never use the glass cups.”
She continued: “The reason being is you don’t know if they have been cleaned properly or if they have just been rinsed out from the last people who stayed in that hotel room. If you have a cup that is fully sealed, then you know they are good to use.”
Another item you should look out for is the hotel remote control for the television. Kat said: “These remotes have seen so many hands with so many people staying in the hotel room, and you have no idea if they are being sanitised “
The flight attendant advised those using the remotes to 'grab a rice bag and wrap your remote in it'.
Kat's other top tips for staying in a hotel include an easy and cheap hack for if your hotel does not offer breakfast in the morning. She said: “What you can do is heat up the water in your coffee maker, bring one of those instant oatmeal packets and just pour it into your cup. All you have to do is pour the hot water in and you have instant oatmeal for the morning.”
Meanwhile, in another video, Kat said that if your hotel does not have a refrigerator you can use an ice bucket to store your food. She also advised never to put your luggage anywhere near your bed as 'it has been through an airport and is disgusting'.
The flight attendant also had an easy hack for checking if a hotel has bed bugs. She advised travellers to make sure you 'check on the corner' adding: “The next thing you are going to want to do is to take off any decorative pillows or comforters. They never wash those."
Kat also had some safety tips for those travelling. She said: “Never say your hotel number out loud, just in case there is anybody allowed and you don’t want them knowing where you will be staying.”
She also advised that the first thing you should do when staying in a hotel room is 'make sure there is no one behind you when going into your room, and check if there is anybody in the room behind the curtains, under the bed, etc'. Kat’s final tip of the day is to always 'lock the doors' and 'always make sure you lock the top lock' to ensure you feel safe on your holiday.
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