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. 1 A former hotel manager has revealed the one disgusting item people should avoid using Credit: Getty Images 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].
" READ MORE TRAVEL HOTEL HELL Hotel receptionist reveals 'guest no-nos' including important booking site tip PASS IT ON If you need to renew your passport next year - now is the time to do it 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.
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