Travelodge reveals interesting item left behind in Torquay
Plenty has been abandoned by customers in all of their UK sites, with wedding items dominating the list
A message in a bottle with a wedding proposal inside is what you might find in Torquay Travelodge's lost and found.
The budget hotel brand has revealed some of they interesting items left behind.
Items associated with weddings seem to dominate the list, including a money tree valued at ÂŁ10,000 that was forgotten by a bride's mother in Birmingham.
One forgetful bridesmaid staying at Burford Cotswolds Travelodge forgot to take a 3ft Italian diffuser bottle to the wedding reception venue, which had been especially imported over from Florence, Italy.
Luckily the hotel manager arranged for the diffuser to be safely transported to the venue ahead of the bride arriving.
This year, Travelodge kept some of its UK hotels open during both lockdowns to support key workers, local authorities and businesses that could travel for work.
Teams which are located close to hospitals reported finding a range of interesting items left behind by customers in the medical profession.
This has included a stethoscope being left behind by a doctor at High Wycombe Travelodge, a lab coat being left behind at Manchester Upper Brook Street Travelodge and a scrub set forgotten to be packed at London Central Kings Cross Travelodge.
The hotel team at Chelmsford Travelodge went the extra mile to reunite a customer who was a nurse with her precious diary that documented her professional career throughout the Covid-19 pandemic to date.
Forgetful business travellers have also left behind an array of expensive and interesting items. This includes keys to a brand new Bentley car being left behind at Chester Central Bridge Street Travelodge.
A guest staying at London City Travelodge Plus forgot his bespoke MOVA metallic globe which highlighted his world-wide companies and sent his PA to collect it.
A stockbroker staying at London Central Bank Travelodge forgot a file which contained ÂŁ500,000 share certificates whilst a construction boss was devastated when he left behind his lucky personalised Hilti drill at Solihull Travelodge.
A CEO staying at Aberdeen Travelodge missed his flight home as he had to return back to the hotel to pick up his lucky penny that he has been carrying around for 40 years.