TEN suitcases full of Santa outfits were among the bizarre items left behinds in hotel rooms last year.

The UK hotel chain Travelodge has revealed some of the more interesting possessions left behind in their 525 hotels in 2016.

A children’s Wendy house, a message in a bottle and ten suitcases full of Santa outfits were some of the most notable items found in Brighton Travelodge’s Lost and Found office.

Shakila Ahmed, Travelodge Spokeswoman said: “With over 18 million customers annually staying across our 525 UK Travelodge hotels for a variety of reasons we do get some interesting and precious items being left behind such as a cat called Yoda, a necklace made of £50 notes and wedding vows from the 1950’s.”

Other fascinating items left behind in Brighton’s Travelodge hotel in West Street include a bookmakers betting journal, a jewel encrusted crown, a collection of stories written by a child and a Amazon Echo computer device.

Miss Ahmed said: “Our customers tell us that the pace of modern life is fast and furious and time is off the essence especially when getting from A to B therefore valuable possessions are easily being forgotten.”

It was not just in the Brighton Travelodge where such bizarre items were found, with keys to a haveli (a mansion) in India left behind at Heathrow Airport, and three generations of gnomes in Dundee.

One fashion conscious customer left behind a trio of prosthetic legs at Manchester Piccadilly Travelodge. Each leg wore a different designer shoe.

Miss Ahmed said lots of high value items are left behind in hotels.

She said: “As more business customers are now staying with Travelodge than ever before, this year’s inventory list includes some interesting business related items such as a set of annual corporate accounts, a suitcase of invoices, a new Mercedes AMG car, a Swarovski encrusted waving lucky cat charm belonging to a successful businessman and a forty year old teddy bear whose owner is a CEO.”

A barrister left their wig behind in the London Covent Garden Travelodge.

A round the world cruise ticket was found in Southampton Travelodge and a three piece Tom Ford suit was left in the London Docklands Travelodge.

All items left behind in Travelodge hotels which have not been claimed within three months are donated to local charity shops.

The businessman in the Bicester Travelodge who lost a Swarovski encrusted waving cat was so distraught that he arranged for a special overnight courier to collect it for him.