Men, Women and Hotel Rooms

A staff report on guests at the 474-room Novotel New York hotel found that in general, men packed more luggage, used fewer towels, kept a cleaner room, ordered more adult movies and tipped better than wome. Some other differences:

Most popular minibar item

Men: Beer

Women: Evian water

Most popular room-service item (besides breakfast)

Men: burger

Women: club sandwich

Items most frequently left behind

Men: underwear, socks

Women: nightgowns, makeup

Locked themselves out of the room (out of 210 who did this in 1996)

Men: 40%

Women: 60%

Source: Novotel New York 1996 Guest Report