A recent story about a hotel housekeeper in Miami who found in $6,000 in cash in a guestroom got me to thinking about items guests leave behind. As travelers, we’ve all experienced that sensation upon arriving at the airport that our luggage feels pleasantly lighter – only to realize we left half our belongings in the closet of our hotel room.
Curious, I decided to pay a visit to OPUS hotel’s housekeeping department to see what was kicking around Lost and Found. There I found boxes and boxes of guest belongings. Most of it looked like junk abandoned by guests, but hotels undertake too many frantic dumpster dives to make assumptions about what guests may or may not deem as valuable.
While I was perusing the log book, a group of housekeeping staff filed in after their shift, and one of them deposited an item on the desk before me.
“A bra?” I asked, staring. It was one big bra.
“Happens all the time,” said Alejandro, one of the housemen.
“Usually it’s men’s underwear,” said Mila, making a face. (more…)
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