Toilet paper and bidet faucet: what tourists steal from hotels. What and how tourists steal from expensive hotels

Island police are looking for two foreigners who stole an elephant statue outside a restaurant

Police on the popular tourist island of Ko Samui are looking for two young Americans who stole a statue of a large wooden elephant that stood at the entrance to a restaurant. The theft took place late at night from Sunday to Monday.

When the restaurant staff arrived at work, they immediately noticed that one of the two decorative elephants was missing and checked the video footage from the security cameras. According to the results of the viewing, it turned out that two foreigners approached the restaurant at 2:25 a.m. on the night of Sunday to Monday, together they lifted a heavy elephant and carried it down the street.

The theft was committed by American tourists Drew Davidson and John Johnson. They came to Thailand in early June with a friend.

All three are in their early twenties. Friends lived in hotel The Lodge Bophut Beach Hotel... Corso rented a truck with a Virginia driver's license. Researching his profile in social network helped to identify two of his former fellow students.

After committing the theft, the friends, not realizing the seriousness of the crime, continued exploring the island. During Monday, they actively explored local attractions and shared photos. Friends will certainly be tried for theft, and before that, the case, for sure, will receive wide publicity in the media.

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Update: Three American tourists who stole an elephant statue from Koh Samui in Thailand were arrested tonight on Koh Phangan. Drew Davidson, John Johnson and Andrew Corso were stopped by police in a rented pickup truck with a kidnapped elephant hidden in the back of a car.

All three were taken into custody and will be sent to Koh Samui, where they committed a crime and are accused of theft.

Their main spoils were 14 rolls of toilet paper and dug up flowers.

In general, Russians are not assholes. Rather, no more assholes than all other nations and peoples. But how can we prove it to the world now? After a couple Russian tourists from Nefteyugansk caught in Turkey stealing 14 rolls of toilet paper from a hotel room? And the news about it bypassed many news resources. Moreover, vacationers - a businessman and his girlfriend - apparently committed theft on trifles throughout their week-long vacation. Pocketing a couple of rolls a day. Now what will people in other countries think of us?

Our tourists, of course, stole more. Together with the paper, they wanted to appropriate the hotel dressing gowns and five liters of Baileys.

They also found hotel slippers in their luggage. As well as local flowers that our vacationers dug up under the windows of the hotel by the roots. But all this is somehow possible, if not to understand with the mind, then at least to measure it with a common yardstick. Slippers are generally a thing for individual use, they had the right to take them, and many do so. And tourists from all countries come across an attempt to steal bathrobes, because it is not for nothing that this is not a gift, but a thing that belongs to the hotel, given to a tourist for temporary use, is written in the rooms in three languages ​​at once: English, French and German. With "Beilis", you can also somehow get into the situation. People were supposed to have free alcohol, but they did not use it, but carried it out of the bar to their room and poured it into plastic bottles. In reserve. Apparently, that, leaving, a good mess on the doorstep of the hotel. Not that the beauty is outrageous, but you can understand the situation. Who hasn't grabbed an apple or an orange when leaving the restaurant after the included breakfast? Not five liters of Baileys. I agree. But the same train of thought in the head of the first and second can be traced. As for plants, it is in the Russian mentality to share the plantings for free. To pinch off the process, to plant - this is our everything. So people did it out of habit. Guilty, but deserving of leniency. But toilet paper! How could they ?! So dishonor the country!

The Turks, of course, are also scruffers. Maybe people all week didn’t ... how to put it mildly ... didn’t relieve themselves on a large scale - they saved paper! What they saved, then in the end they took it for themselves. It is due to them. And they are from them - 213 dollars 43 cents. It's not worth it! Toilet paper, it is generally in stores with a fixed price: eight rolls - 100 rubles. That is, for 14 rolls the red price is three dollars! So what a shame for a penny ...

In Russia, they are used to learning about large-scale embezzlements from the news. There they "sawed off" the budget, here they took the money offshore, then they deceived the equity holders, then the benefactors, and they stole, stole, stole. But we are always talking about millions! It is not a shame to look foreigners in the eye on such a grand scale. And here ... Fourteen rolls of toilet paper! This is some kind of shame ...

That would give them a good time for this at home! You ask: for what exactly? And for the fact that they do not know how to steal gracefully. In our country, after all, it is mainly for this that people are imprisoned, isn't it?

And, of course, for the spoiled general reputation. Expressed in the fact that the Russians today, it seems, are no longer the same. Previously, they walked in such a way that Turkey was shaking, but now? They're pulling the toilet paper! Crushed. Blown away. They went out in the same way that they do not drown either in water or in "Beilis".

The administration of one of the Turkish hotels on the eve detained two tourists from Surgut, who were trying to take away 14 rolls of toilet paper, five liters of liquor, fruits, slippers, dressing gowns, towels and even plants uprooted that grew in the hotel garden.

All this time, the hotel security team was watching the couple. And on the day before leaving, she demanded tourists to open their suitcases and show their contents.

All stolen goods were neatly packed. The liquor was poured into plastic bottles, fruits were packaged in sachets, slippers, bathrobes, towels and toilet paper were on top. And the roots of the torn plants were moistened with water and wrapped in plastic.

After the would-be thief was caught by the hand, they were forced to pay for the stolen goods and only after that they were released on the plane.

Such situations are not uncommon. We remembered the most that happened in hotels.

Bidet lights and faucet

In March of this year, a Ukrainian tourist was caught in Egypt who was trying to take out a whole set of things from the hotel: toilet paper, fruit, cutlery, light bulbs and even a bidet faucet. Before leaving, the hotel staff asked the thief to show the contents of the suitcase, as they suspected him of theft. During the check, the missing items were found. As a result, the man was fined ten times the value of all property stolen from the hotel.

Toilet seat

Last year, tourists from China stole a toilet seat from a Japanese hotel. The couple found a spare seat under the bed and packed it into a suitcase. When the hotel management asked to show them the luggage, the tourists said that the seat was left in the room by the previous guest. But hotel management said it was a backup. Why the couple chose such a souvenir is not clear. However, after the incident, the couple apologized for what they had done to the hotel staff and promised that this would not happen again.

TV and sneakers

In 2015, a 49-year-old resident of Barnaul stole from private hotel in Crimea TV, tuner and sneakers. At about two o'clock in the morning he made his way to the hotel, had supper, and then lay down to rest. Waking up in the morning, the intruder found a plasma TV on the wall. After removing it from the wall, the attacker took it, taking the tuner with him and changing into someone else's sneakers. Police officers detained the thief in hot pursuit. The man confessed to the theft and wrote a plea.

A bike

At the end of last year, a young couple from Australia was held by the authorities of the small Indonesian island of Gili on a "march of shame" for theft. As it turned out, the Australians stole a bicycle from the hotel in which they lived. The young people, surrounded by the police, were led through the streets of the city with signs on which it was written: “I am a thief. Don't do what I did. " Thus, the authorities punished the couple for stealing someone else's property. After the "march of shame" the young people were expelled from the island. With all this, the couple was never officially charged. According to the city administration, a similar practice of punishing theft has been practiced on the island for many years.

Lived for free

In May of this year, French police detained a homeless man who lived for four days free of charge in a five-star hotel, owing more than two thousand euros. As a 61-year-old man said during interrogation, he "wanted to please himself and not spend the night on the street.". The homeless man presented his documents and checked into the hotel, stating that he would pay later because he was robbed. The man was detained when he wanted to check out and told the hotel staff that he had no money, as someone had stolen his personal belongings. At the same time, the man promised the hotel staff to transfer money through the bank.

Tatiana Poddubskaya

14 rolls of toilet paper, 5 liters of Baileys, slippers, bathrobes, towels and oranges. All this a couple from Surgut tried to take out in two suitcases when checking out from a Turkish hotel.

The staff of one of the resorts of Alania watched for a whole week how a Russian man and woman carried a free "Baileys" from bar to room. A glass of wine. The maids wondered where toilet paper wasted every day. Rolls. The gardener reported to the reception that flowers were plucked from the garden. With the root.

Before leaving, the hotel security forced the couple to open their suitcases. All the loot was neatly packed. Baileys is poured into plastic bottles. Oranges and apples melted in packets. Slippers, bathrobes, towels and toilet paper lay on top. The roots of flowers plucked from the ground are moistened with water.

The Turks invented the most terrible punishment: they made me pay for the contents of the suitcases at the market price, and then they let me go on a plane.

By the way, Aventura Park is not some seedy three-ruble note, but, albeit not a very large, but very decent 5 * hotel near Alanya.

This is a video of Maria and Rustam's suitcases being searched in a Turkish hotel.

PS. The man's name is Rustam Fakhtlislamov, he is 25 years old, his wife is Maria Kasyanova, she is 35. They live in Nefteyugansk. Rustam is a businessman. He has two firms. Three years ago he received his master's degree in the specialty "Oil and Gas Business", he really wanted to work in Rosneft, but it did not work out.

Hotel theft is a global problem

Five liters of Baileys liqueur collected in plastic bottles by a glass, 14 rolls of toilet paper, several kilograms of oranges and apples, slippers, dressing gowns, towels and plants pulled out by the roots and carefully wrapped in wet rags were found in the suitcases of the spouses from Nefteyugansk Turkish hotel. A little earlier, in Egypt, a Ukrainian was caught with a similar catch: light bulbs, shampoo bottles, forks, fruit, bidet faucet ... They are dragged from hotels every day, and this problem is of a global scale.

"Rule S"

In expensive hotels they steal more often - in cheap hotels there is nothing special to take.

We paid! - the guests think. - So, everything here is ours.

They didn't call the police, they just asked to pay for everything. Drawn $ 230. Photo: Vk.com

In part, such people are right: hotel owners include material risks in the price of a room. But this does not mean that the guest can take everything.

Hoteliers all over the world adhere to the "S Rule": we consider small things, the name of which begins with this letter, as a consumable and do not mind if someone takes it with them - as a keepsake and as an advertisement for our hotel, - explains David Elton, co-owner of the British chain Homegrown Hotels.

FOR REFERENCE:"Rule S" establishes a list of things belonging to the hotel that a guest can take away from the room with impunity. This list includes:

• Soap- soap
• Shampoo- shampoo
• Shower gel- shower gel
• Shower cap- shower cap
• Slippers- slippers
• Stationery- stationery set
• Sewing kit- travel sewing kit
• Shoe Shine Kits- set for cleaning / polishing shoes

Somewhere they look calmly at the theft of towels and dressing gowns, but the majority still consider it theft. Dishes, appliances, interior details are definitely theft. Whether they turn a blind eye to her, decide the matter with you quietly, or pinch her in front of other guests - depends on the situation, hotel, country.

The trophies of the Russian couple were counted right in the lobby of a Turkish hotel. Photo: Vk.com

If guests are suspicious, they will be asked to open their bags during check-out. As a rule, thieves are offered to pay for the stolen goods, sometimes a fine. If guests persist, hotel staff can call the police, although threats are usually enough. However, the hotel may simply write off the cost of the lost property from the card you paid for the room. This is spelled out in the rules that you probably did not read.

How to catch hotel thieves

The fight against thieves has been going on for many years. For example, once ashtrays with a logo were dragged from hotels in large quantities. As soon as the simple glass ones were installed, the number of thefts dropped dramatically. Hair dryers were saved by making them stationary. Shampoo, soap, gel are poured into containers.

Microchips have appeared - they are sewn into towels, robes and bedding, and they squeal disgustingly if these things get outside the building. Magnetic keys practically exclude the possibility of strangers entering the room, which means that it will not be possible to blame the theft on someone else.

BY THE WAY:The international travel portal lastminute.com has calculated what items are most often stolen from hotels (shampoos, slippers and other items from the "S Rule" were not taken into account). The top ten includes:

1. Towels / robes.
2. Pillows.
3. Batteries.
4. Light bulbs.
5. Food and drinks from the minibar.
6. Frames from paintings.
7. Pictures / photographs.
8. Curtains.
9. Kettle.
10. Bible (available in Western hotel rooms) .

Somewhere the problem was approached creatively and the inscription "Stolen in ..." is stamped over the hotel's logo. It turns out to be a cool souvenir.

V large networks like the Ritz Carlton or the Hyatt, there are souvenir shops of things with symbols, somewhere I even saw a sign in the bathroom: they say, in our kiosk a set of pure cotton towels costs $ 30, but if you want this one, we will add $ 75 to your bill.

The most unusual cases of hotel theft *

Former General Manager of Starwood Hotel Group Colin Bennett talked about the most daring theft in his 20 years of experience:

- I went into the lobby and began to look around: something was missing. And then I realized: our piano had disappeared. We raised the security, looked at the surveillance cameras. Three men, dressed as movers, calmly entered the hotel, pulled out the tool and rolled it down the street. Nobody even took an ear.

Ten years ago, our correspondents visited the Parisian apartment of the great Anya GIRARDO. The actress boasted about a collection of ashtrays from hotels and remembered about each one where and when she stole it. Photo by Larisa KUDRYAVTSEVA / website

A guest in one of the Berlin hotels took a shower head, a hydromassage nozzle, a toilet seat, a sink and taps.

Work Andy Warhol worth $ 300 thousand were stolen from the Shangri-La hotel in Hong Kong.

An impressive piece of carpet was found missing in Las Vegas.

In a five-star hotel in Dubai, the guest took away the sofa and the minibar (refrigerator with all the contents).

Creative for the top five: “This is the most adorable soap among those that you will steal from the hotel. Enjoy "

A guest of a three-star hotel in Dubrovnik ransacked the kitchen, taking away all the dishes and cutlery.

A five-star hotel in Madrid has lost a double orthopedic mattress.

Hot guest of Hotel du Vin in Birmingham tried to rip the head of a wild boar off the wall in a billiard room. He was forced to calm down, and a few weeks later his friends came to the hotel, bought the stuffed animal and presented it to the would-be thief for the wedding.

In-room sex toys are available at the Residence Hotel in Bath, UK. More than half of the guests, "having played enough", do not return things.

The couple stayed at the American Holiday Inn, which has a car park for caravans and campervans. All the furnishings of the room where they spent the night moved into the spouses' truck.

A guest at the Franklin Hotel in London managed to unscrew the screws and drag off a sign with the room number. They only stopped when they discovered that the guests were wandering about the corridor, not knowing where to stay. Another client, who regularly stayed at this hotel, repeatedly removed the item from the dinner service - until he had collected it all.

* According to lastminute.com. The study involved 500 hotels around the world.

What threatens for theft from the hotel

In Nigeria, a guest at the Transcorp Hilton Abuja who stole two towels was sentenced to three months in prison. And two Australians, who stole a bicycle from a hotel on the Indonesian island of Gili, were taken along the central streets with shameful plaques around their necks.