In fact, one recent study showed that UK holidaymakers purloin more than £3million worth of tea bags from hotels every year.

While taking away the little shampoos, biscuits and soaps is perfectly acceptable, pilfering other hotel items is not.

Items and that can and will be reused are out of bounds. Commonly stolen hotel goods include linen, batteries, light bulbs, cutlery and picture frames.

Towels also should not be taken yet 68 percent of British travellers are said to have admitted to towel theft, reported The Telegraph.

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