A FAMILY of rubber ducks, a case of designer handbags, confidential company documents and a diamond watch have all made the list of bizarre items left behind at a Bicester hotel last year.

Budget hotel brand, Travelodge, has revealed some of the interesting items that guests at its 571 hotels across the UK have forgotten to take home.

Its Bicester Lost and Found office has seen belongings such as a suitcase full of designer handbags worth £20k, company financial results and a diamond Rolex watch.

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Some of the other unusual treasures that have been left at the company’s hotels in Oxfordshire include a Chinese lucky waving cat, a Mandarin translator tablet, a pack of London attraction tickets and a box of assorted biscuits.

This year’s Travelodge’s lost and found company inventory report has revealed a growing trend in wedding props and wedding attire with even a Best Man being left behind at its hotels.

In Oxfordshire, six boxes of wedding favours and 100 heart-shaped balloons for a wedding were forgotten.

The housekeeping team at Leamington Spa Travelodge were surprised to find a 5ft unicorn made out of flowers occupying one of the bridal group party rooms.

The team at Liverpool John Lennon Airport Travelodge found a huge full silver moon on a bed which was a photograph back drop attraction at a guest’s wedding the night before.

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One forgetful guest staying at London City Travelodge forgot to pack his Tiffany engagement ring that he placed in his pillowcase. He had made a special journey to London from the Hebrides to purchase the ring.

Luckily the hotel manager found the ring box as soon as he left the hotel and speedily managed to get to Heathrow airport and reunite the gentleman with the engagement ring before his flight.

The hotel manager at Torquay Travelodge was put through his paces when he found a Best Man who had overslept and been left behind by the wedding party.

The manager had less than an hour to arrange a sea tractor and get the Best Man to Burgh Island for his brother’s wedding.

A spokesperson from Travelodge, Shakila Ahmed, said: “For thousands of different reasons, we do get a range of interesting items left behind.

“This year’s audit includes: a pair of Alpacas called Ant & Dec, a 65-year-old lucky Bonsai tree, an Aston Martin, a dissertation, a gingerbread village with residents and a precious 20-year-old celebrity autograph book.

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“As we have more business customers staying in our hotels than ever before, we are seeing a continuous rise in important business papers, valuable items and lucky charms being left behind in our hotels.

“When it comes to why so many of our customers forget their treasured items, it’s basically due to us all being time poor, juggling multiple tasks and being in a hurry to get from A to B. In the rush, valuable possessions are easily forgotten.”

All items in the hotel’s Lost and Found which have not been claimed within three months, are donated to local British Heart Foundation Charity Shops, Travelodge’s charity partner.