Esther Sturrus, a flight attendant for the Dutch airline KLM, has become a valuable source of travel advice due to her extensive global travels with the airline.
From her experience, she has shared numerous tips to enhance the travel experience for holidaymakers on her TikTok account @esthersturrus.
One tip that has garnered significant attention is the advice to put a shoe in your hotel safe.
In a video that has garnered over 1.2 million views and 50,000 likes since its posting a few months ago, Sturrus shares her collection of "hotel hacks," including her six top tips.
This practical tip stands out and is one that you'll likely find yourself using every time you're in a hotel.
In her video, she wrote on TikTok, as she placed a navy blue high heel inside. "Worried about forgetting something from your locker? Put your heel/shoe in it so you won't forget it!"
According to Sturrus, putting your shoe in the safe alongside your valuable items serves as a foolproof way to remember them.
She suggests that guests wouldn't leave the room without both shoes, so it acts as a natural reminder to check the safe for any valuables that they might have otherwise accidentally forgotten.
According to Sturrus, putting your shoe in the safe alongside your valuable items serves as a foolproof way to remember them.
She suggests that guests wouldn't leave the room without both shoes, so it acts as a natural reminder to check the safe for any valuables that they might have otherwise accidentally forgotten
In addition to the aforementioned tips, Sturrus shared another practical idea in her video. She suggested using shower caps to cover the soles of shoes before packing them in a suitcase. This clever hack helps prevent your clothes and other belongings from getting dirty or stained during travel.
Many people leave comments under the video:
One person wrote: Doesnt this defeat the point of the safe? its to leave valuables in when youre not there, but if you need your shoes when youre not there then you arent using the safe anyway. And if you are that forgetful that you have to leave a shoe in the safe so you dont forget valuable stuff, you are probably inclined to forget to put both your shoes on when you go out, and even more likely to forget the code you set on the safe.
Another said: Not if you‘ve used the aircraft loo you don’t!!
Another wrote: So you can't leave without your shoe and your valuables - You're welcome
Or bear with me…set a reminder alarm on your phone…
