Hotel guests often leave more than a tip behind

Cellphone chargers. Designer clothing. Computers. Empty suitcases. Dentures. Fake limbs. Sex toys. Ask any hotel housekeeper in the city about the things that guests leave behind, and you're bound to hear a peal of laughter in response. "You wouldn't believe what people forget to take with them," said Vincent Mellet, director of housekeeping services at the Delta Hotel on University St. "We see it all." This summer, Montreal's hotels are more packed than ever, with the city's 481,230 rooms enjoying an occupancy rate of more than 80 per cent. By far the most common items housekeepers find are cellphone chargers and clothes. But occasionally something more unusual is left behind by guests who check out without checking under the bed.
A guest at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel on Rene Levesque Blvd. W. once forgot a prosthetic leg, hotel spokesperson Joanne Papineau said. "We don't know how he got home," she said. Items of an even more intimate nature occasionally turn up. "Every now and then I find a dildo," one housekeeper at the Queen E said in a lowered voice.
A housekeeper at the Holiday Inn Select on Viger Ave. W., who spoke on condition that her name not be used, once found an inflatable doll, she said with a chuckle.
Needless to say, no one called to claim it. Housekeepers do hear from former guests inquiring about lost items, but more often the objects will pile up in a storage room.

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