Never, Ever Use Hotel Ice Buckets—and 10 Other Germ-Ridden Spots in Every Hotel Room

Paying more doesn’t exempt you

Let’s get this common misconception out of the way: High-end hotels don’t have fewer micro-organisms. In fact, they can have many more. “You would think paying more for a hotel would also net you a cleaner room, but investigative reporters have found that not always to be the case,” says Jennifer Stagg, MD, naturopathic physician and author of Unzip Your Genes: 5 Choices To Reveal A Radically Radiant You.