Archive · 10 Nov 2025
Dubai Hotel Staff Share List of Room Items Guests Can Take Home
Imagine you're staying at a fancy hotel in Dubai.
The hotel made a fun video to show you what little goodies you can pack in your suitcase when you leave.
Things like tiny bottles of shampoo, conditioner, soap, and a little toothbrush kit are yours to keep!
You can also take the little slippers, a pen, a notepad, and the tea bags.
But don't try to take the TV, the lamp, or the phone – those belong to the hotel.
Also, taking the towels, sheets, or blankets is a big no-no and is like stealing.
The video helps everyone know what's a free souvenir and what's not.
A viral video from Dubai's Donatello Hotel clarifies which room items guests can take home.
Complimentary items guests can take include toiletries, dental kits, slippers, pens, and beverages.
Items explicitly forbidden to take include electronics like TVs and lamps, as well as the safe.
Taking towels, bedsheets, pillow covers, or blankets is considered theft by the hotel.
Guests are also prohibited from taking cutlery, glasses, cups, hair dryers, and irons.
- Who
- Staff at Dubai's Donatello Hotel and social media users.
- What
- A viral video revealed which hotel room items guests are allowed to take home and which ones are considered hotel property and must not be taken.
- When
- November 10, 2025
- Where
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Why
- To clarify guest expectations about complimentary items and prevent guests from taking hotel property.
Guest's Perspective
Hotel's Perspective
Taking Room Amenities
Guest's Perspective
Guests may assume many small items are free to take.
Hotel's Perspective
Hotels provide a specific list of complimentary items guests are allowed to take.
Items Not Permitted
Guest's Perspective
Some guests might not know which items are considered hotel property and not for taking.
Hotel's Perspective
Items like TVs, remotes, lamps, towels, and linens are explicitly not for guests to take and taking them is considered theft.
- Hotel Name
- Donatello Hotel Dubai
- Location
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
- Content Type
- Viral Social Media Video (Instagram Reel)
- Date of Publication
- November 10, 2025
- Items Allowed to Take
- Toiletries, dental kit, shaving kit, shower cap, cotton buds, nail filer, slippers, water bottles, coffee/tea bags, pens, notepads, sanitary bags, laundry bags.
- Items Not Allowed to Take
- TV, remote, telephone, lamp, clock, safe, towels, bedsheets, pillow covers, blankets, spoons, glasses, plates, cups, hair dryers, irons.