Shower caps are usually included in the complimentary toiletries in your hotel room. And according to one flight attendant, they can serve way more uses than just keeping your hair dry when showering.
Taking to TikTok, Dutch flight attendant Esther Sturrus shared three other uses for your shower cap. Her first suggestion was to place the shower cap over the remote control as “these are dirty.” Per her advice, shower caps can also prove useful to stop the dripping noise from the shower at night and to protect your shoes in your suitcase.
Fellow users and travel aficionados flocked to the comments section to express their views, with one remarking: “Never knew this hack – very useful. Great as always!”
Travel specialists at StyleDegree highlighted additional inventive uses for a shower cap while on holiday abroad, including as a “food cover”.
They explained: “If you have a bowl of leftovers and want to protect flies away from your food, snap a shower cap over the bowl to use it as a lid cover.”
Shower caps can also serve as swim caps, accommodate beach attire, prevent liquids from leaking, house soiled clothing, or safeguard your phone during inclement weather.
Why do hotels provide complimentary shower caps?
Deborah, a former hotel employee, clarified on the social media platform Quora: “People used to wash their hair less often so shower caps were more frequently used and were expected.”
These days, however, some hotels have ceased providing them automatically but still make them available on request. Deborah went on to say: “Lots of people like to shower but don’t want to get their hair wet – maybe they want to make a blow out or another hairstyle last longer, for instance.
“But some hotels still have them in the rooms. It’s not that costly to keep them in there, because they are pretty inexpensive and because many of them are never opened so they don’t have to be replaced daily.”
This story originally appeared on Express.co.uk
