10 unnecessary ridiculous facts about hotels

We at the hotel… motel…Holiday Inn…. Whether you book a fancy suite, go for the cheaper highway option, or that solo staycation, hotel rooms have something magical about them. Did you know this?

1. Biblical. According to several studies among hotels, the most stolen item ever. ‘Thou shalt not steal’ doesn't really apply anymore, in my opinion.

2. By the way, the Dutch are quite decent internationally. ‘Only’ 15 percent say they have ever stolen something. For comparison: 43 percent of Colombian hotel guests say they have stolen something. And no, we're not talking about shampoo bottles and soaps.

3. Crazy but true: even when you have a non-smoking room in a hotel where smoking is allowed elsewhere, you still inhale harmful tobacco substances. American research showed that these spread widely through the air circulation system. Uhl.

4. Objects that are the most contaminated in a hotel room? Not even the toilet seat, but the remote control, the phone, and the light switch.

5. Johnny Depp and Kate Moss completely ruined a hotel room in the New York Mark Hotel in 1994. The police had to get involved, Depp was sued but settled the damages. The actor claimed he was trying to catch an armadillo, but the animal was never found. Wow...

6. In the Netherlands, The Hague is the city with the cleanest hotel rooms. Worldwide, Tokyo, Warsaw, and Helsinki score the best.

7. The hotel with the most rooms ever is located in Saudi Arabia. The Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower has no less than eight thousand rooms, spread over three towers. Wow.

8. When hotel guests are asked via a sign in the bathroom to reuse towels, 35 percent are willing to do so. But mind-blowing: when the sign states that most hotel guests reuse their towels, 44 percent do it.

9. The oldest hotel in the world is located in Japan. The five-star accommodation in Hayakawa has the oldest hot spring in the world, built in 705, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

10. The Burj al Arab hotel in Dubai (the most expensive hotel in the world) has more than six staff members per hotel guest. Oh, and how cool: the hotel has a menu for the type of pillow you want.