We all have done this before

[Hellion]

:devil How many of you have taken the extra soaps shampoos,towels,and other things from hotels and motels you stayed at in the past.

I still have the ashtray from the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas from 6 years ago when I went out there.

Share your list of things you took,alot of people do this all the time.

[dr mojo]

all the time! we needed something to sit on at DEMF so we took a sheet from our room to use.

[dr mojo]

sheets, towels, ashtrays, coffee makers, those little tiny bottles of individual one time use shampoo and conditioners. if your lucky you might get one with mouthwash or even a shower cap! i must say though that hotels do have such nice pillows...

[BrassFusion]

sheets, towels, ashtrays, coffee makers, those little tiny bottles of individual one time use shampoo and conditioners.  if your lucky you might get one with mouthwash or even a shower cap!  i must say though that hotels do have such nice pillows...

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

My sister stole one of the bibles placed by the Gideons.

And that's why she's going to hell.

[Homicidalheathen]

I accidently took a towel a week ago. I used it by the pool and forgot I had put it in my bag. But they are white, pilly and hard so I don't take them unless its on accident....and I am too picky about what soap I use so I don't take anything really. I figure its included in the cost......they probably assume you will take something.

[BrassFusion]

Or that you'll use it

[Aralis]

I take the soaps...shampoos and lotions. I have a collection of them. They are good for when you travel and or as a backup.

[BrassFusion]

When you check out and they clean the room for the last time before someone new checks in, wouldn't they throw away the unused shampoo bottles anyway? You never know if someone could've opened them and tampered with it in some way. I've never worked in a hotel so I don't know if some chains have a policy about that. Seems likely...

[AstralCrux]

Most have tamper evident seals so that the housekeeping staff can tell if they need to be replaced. But, yeah take the shampoo/lotion/soap, but they will charge you or ban you for stealing towels and the bigger stuff.

All hotels ask is that you don't get too noisy, if you have kids don't let them run around by themselves, and don't call the desk 50 million times for stupid stuff. The desk staff fields enough calls and they generally will talk with you if you come to the desk, but they can't just "chat" on the phone because they get so many calls.

[Gothmama25]

The only things I ever took from a hotel was shampoo, towels, a pillow(disney world resorts have the best pillows), and a phonebook

[Paper Hearts]

Rice paper pages from the King James' in the night-stand make wonderful cigarette wrappers.