Some cheap in-room items lift a hotel's review score in almost every country; others go with lower scores. The strongest effects, with price, stars, size and location held constant.
Points on the 10-point review scale, typical midscale hotel in Germany.
Made by Mikhail Sivashinskiy, Regional Lead at limehome, co-founder of Wandery Hostels and lecturer in Rooms Division Management.
Points on the 10-point scale, typical midscale hotel in Germany.
Which of these are still rare among properties like yours? The free check on the homepage shows three moves for your country and type. Check your property type
A link, not proof that removing them helps.
Not every item works for every type of property.
Yes: strong associations after holding price, stars, size, location and the length of the amenity list constant, with each country modelled on its own and every effect checked over hundreds of resamples. They show where the data points, not what will happen in a single property.
The numbers here are for a typical midscale hotel in Germany. The study models each of the eight countries and six property types separately; the homepage shows the three strongest moves for yours, free.
Publicly displayed listing data from a major online booking platform for every hotel, aparthotel, guesthouse, inn and hostel with at least 20 reviews in Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Austria: 143,182 properties, collected in October 2026. Costs are planning estimates for a 40-room midscale hotel in Germany, purchase or build plus three years of running costs.
The homepage shows the three strongest moves for your country and property type. The full study covers all 240 amenities, eight countries and six property types, with a planner for your own hotel.