You might think that if you pay big bucks to stay in a luxury hotel, there'll be a better standard of hygiene, but that isn’t always the case.

A study by Travelmath found that not only is the average hotel room dirtier than a home, plane and school, but that 3-star hotels were much cleaner than 4-star and 5-star hotels.

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