A 4ft chocolate cake and WW2 medals are amongst the list of bizarre things discovered in Travelodge hotels across Milton Keynes this year.
Today, the UK’s first budget hotel brand, Travelodge, has revealed some of the interesting items left behind in its 563 hotels, including its three hotels in Milton Keynes, during the last 12 months.
With millions of people annually staying in a Travelodge hotel across the length and breadth of the UK, the hotel teams do have an array of interesting items left behind that they need to reunite with their customers. Detailed below are some of the more unusual treasures that have been left by customers in the company’s Milton Keynes Travelodge hotels:
· Plans to set up a business making home-baked chocolate brownies
· A pull up banner used for a zoom meeting backdrop
· A set of Louis Vuitton suitcases
· A confidential set of company results
· A set of manuals on how to fly a plane
· A 4ft chocolate cupcake
· A wedding proposal poem
· A set of WW2 medals
· A cuckoo clock
· A sack full of chocolate gold coins
Other interesting items left behind at Travelodge hotels across the UK include a money tree bearing £50 notes to the value of £10,000, a William Shakespeare outfit & skull, and a R2-D2 robot.
Shakila Ahmed, Travelodge Spokeswoman, said: “With millions of customers annually staying at our 563 UK hotels, we do get a range of interesting items left behind. This year’s audit for our three hotels in Milton Keynes includes party guests leaving behind a 4ft chocolate cupcake, a baker’s plans to set up a chocolate brownie business, a wedding proposal poem and a framed set of WWII medals which was found by a housekeeping team member.
“Interestingly, as we kept some of our hotels open during both lockdowns to support local communities and provide accommodation for key workers, local authorities and for businesses that could travel for work we have seen a rise in items being left behind by medical professionals. This includes a stethoscope, scrubs, crocs and a nurse’s personal diary documenting their experience of working through the pandemic plus lots of personalised face masks.
"When it comes to why so many of our customers forget their treasured items, it’s basically due to us all being time poor, juggling multiple tasks and being in a hurry to get from A to B. In the rush, valuable possessions are easily forgotten.”
