Motels or hotels are our places of accommodation when we need to go out, work or travel. However, when staying at a hotel, you need to know some tips to make your stay better.

According to Sohu, a hotel housekeeping staff has revealed an important tip that everyone should follow when checking in. This tip is related to the electric kettle – a familiar item.

Nowadays, electric kettles, also known as electric kettles, are common items in many hotels and guest rooms, from budget to luxury. And what we need to do right away when checking in is: Boil a full kettle of water and pour it into the toilet as soon as possible! This sharing has made a few people confused. Before, we often heard that we had to check the room for recording devices, hidden cameras or something? Check the hygiene of the mattress, slippers, towels, are they clean or not? Check the room phone, TV, wifi network is usable or not?

Explaining this important sharing, Sohu page said, not all hotels can ensure 100% hygiene standards. Many people only clean the room carelessly. Unscrupulous businesses even “trick” customers in many ways that they do not care about their safety.

The toilet is one of the places that contains the most bacteria in a hotel room. Meanwhile, shower water has a very good disinfecting function. Therefore, hotel staff advise you to use shower water poured into the toilet or corners of the bathroom. This action will help you protect yourself better, avoiding the case of being infected with unwanted diseases from previous users. Besides, boiling water is not only to disinfect the toilet but also to disinfect the inside of the kettle.

Many tourists who do not have electricity bring their own tap water. Bottled tap water available in hotel refrigerators is often more expensive, or there is a risk of being unsafe, so many people often avoid using it. Thus, they will choose to use a kettle to boil tap water themselves.

The scary thing is that we cannot know whether previous customers used the kettle or not. In the case that no one uses it regularly, a lot of dirt and bacteria accumulate inside, which is also harmful to the user’s health.

There are even “weird” customers who use electric kettles to solve their unique needs.

In some cases, people cook noodles, cook soup, boil seafood… with electric kettles. There have even been cases where customers stuffed… underwear and socks into the kettle to boil for sterilization but forgot to take them out, leaving them to be discovered by the housekeeping staff.

That’s why it’s impossible to imagine what the kettle in your room was used for. Carefully boiling water and pouring it out is like “sterilizing” the kettle to make it cleaner. Then, if there is a need to use it, everyone will feel more secure.

This is the most desperate way to prevent unexpected situations, when you cannot trust the quality of the place you will stay. Of course, the most effective way to ensure personal safety is to book rooms at truly reputable hotels. You should not choose a room with an unusual smell or strange phenomena…

In addition, if you have enough luggage space, people often recommend bringing their own personal items. In this case, you can bring tap water, a disinfectant spray bottle, a small portable kettle…