Business Insider asked hotel employees about the red flags to look for when checking into a hotel. Burnt-out light bulbs and dust in common areas may be signs a hotel isn't clean or well-maintained.

Business Insider asked hotel employees about the red flags to look for when checking into a hotel. Burnt-out light bulbs and dust in common areas may be signs a hotel isn't clean or well-maintained.

The visibly ill front-desk worker who may or may not have given us covid. If only there were signs. Like, bright red flashing signs that could warn us we were about to make a mistake.

Here are hotel red flags, secrets, and hacks straight from hotel employees themselves: 1."Look at the thinness of the sheets and roughness of the towels from being washed too many times.

To help you avoid, or at least prepare for, a less-than-pleasant hotel stay, we asked travel experts to weigh in on the top red flags that you’re about to stay at a bad hotel.