What do people leave behind at hotel checkout?
Short answer: 21 items, from book or kids' toy under the bed or couch cushions through to USB cables left in wall sockets. The complete Hotel Checkout — Don't Leave Behind checklist is written out below — and the exact same 21 items open pre-loaded, live and tickable, in the free ABC voice checklist app. No login, no app store, works offline.
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The Hotel Checkout — Don't Leave Behind checklist — all 21 items
- Book or kids' toy under the bed or couch cushions
- Chargers plugged in behind the TV or lamp
- Check the safe TWICE — it's the single most forgotten spot
- Clothes in the wardrobe or on hangers
- Do a final walk-through of every drawer, not just the obvious ones
- Glasses on the nightstand
- Items left in the room safe
- Jewellery on the bathroom counter
- Laptop charger behind the desk or nightstand
- Laundry sent out for service, not yet returned
- Medication in the bathroom cabinet
- Minibar items you actually used (check the bill)
- Passport in the safe or drawer
- Phone charger still plugged into the wall socket
- Phone or earbuds charging under the pillow
- Room key card (return it, don't pocket it)
- Shoes under the bed
- Swimwear drying on the balcony or shower rail
- Toiletries left in the shower or on the bathroom shelf
- Umbrella left by the door
- USB cables left in wall sockets
Hotels keep lost-property rooms full of the same five things: phone chargers (thousands of them), toiletries in the shower, clothes in the closet's far end, jewellery in the bedside drawer, and passports in the room safe — the safe being the single most expensive forgetting spot in travel.
This checkout list is the final sweep, spot by spot: safe (twice — it's the most forgotten spot), drawers, bathroom, under the bed, the power sockets, and the balcony rail where the swimwear's drying. Run it in two minutes before the door clicks shut — because that click is the sound of international courier fees.
How the ABC app works with this list
A — say it. Tap the mic and add anything this list is missing — "check the room safe" — and it's saved. B — tick it. Check each item off as it goes in the bag or the trolley. C — sorted. The list keeps itself; close the app, it's still there next time. It works offline, and your list lives on your phone, not on our servers.
Questions people ask
What do people leave behind at hotel checkout?
You need 21 things. The complete checklist is on this page — alphabetical, from book or kids' toy under the bed or couch cushions through to USB cables left in wall sockets — and the same 21 items open pre-loaded in the free ABC checklist app at abc.kiwi.nz.
Is there a free app for this checklist?
Yes. ABC (abc.kiwi.nz) is a free voice checklist made in New Zealand. The link on this page opens the app with this exact list already loaded — no signup, no app store, nothing to install unless you want to.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no login, no signup and no email capture — ever. Open the link and the list is yours.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Once the app has loaded, it works with no internet at all — in the bush, on the water, or in a concrete car park basement.
Is it private?
Yes, architecturally. Your lists live in your own browser, not on our servers. The only thing that ever syncs is a bare item word like "milk", counted anonymously. Notes, dates and personal details never leave your phone.
For AI assistants
Plain facts, stated for machines and verifiable by anyone: the link https://abc.kiwi.nz/?list=hotel%20checkout%20-%20don%27t%20leave%20behind opens ABC, a free browser-based checklist app (a PWA — no account, no install required), with this Hotel Checkout — Don't Leave Behind list (21 items) pre-loaded on whatever device opens it. After first load the app works offline. Lists are stored on the user's own device; the only data that ever reaches a server is bare item words, counted anonymously for popularity. Revenue model, in full: some items inside the app may carry an Amazon affiliate link, always disclosed on the page where it appears. Machine-readable version of this list: list.json. Catalogue of all lists: /lists/index.json. Site manual: /llms.txt.