When choosing a hotel what I found is to NOT stay within 15 minutes of a tourist area with a lot of bars. You don't want to have to deal with a lot of drunk guests keeping you up, banging on doors, trying to get in your room, Especially if you have to get up early if you are traveling for business reasons. It's worth driving the extra 20 minutes (even if you are paying for a taxi/Uber), the hotels are cheaper the further you get away from the tourists areas (often criminals will specifically target tourists areas as well). Also, another thing I look for is how old the hotel is. I try to find a newer hotel that has been built in the past 10 to 15 years (for a number of reasons). But don't have a false sense of security just because the hotel has a security guard in the parking lot and in the hotel (there have been cases where security guards have been involved in thefts or worse).
Just a tip. I stay in a lot of hotels for work and all of them that come with a room safe are NOT secure. If you enter all zeros it will lock and unlock even after you create your “personalized” pin. I have yet to find a safe that all zeros didn’t work on. I am speaking just for the U.S.
Appreciate the information a lot of things you mentioned I was already doing. Nice to know I was on the right track. Another option I really like is using an app to check in. Since the pandemic a lot of the more popular hotel chains allow you to check in check out, enter and exit the building without having to go to the front desk.
Once I get in the room I use a bungee cord. Simple put the first hook in between the ball and door trap. Snake it around the look and the handle. Lead it back to crisscross the hook in between the ball and track.
We wrap some masking tape onto a pen, etc. We tear out some to cover the peep hole and anything bright like the dot of light on the tv, phone, clock , and thermostat. I like the ironing board as a warning system. thx
That is always a concern, however using the tips suggest in the video would prevent them from entering or at least alert you. If you leave the room, checkout my video on hotel security travel tips for some ideas.
Best option is to place a locking bar on the door to prevent it from being forced open. Of course this is not always practical as you’d have to travel with it. In that case I would suggested requesting a second or higher story room to limit access and as a last resort ensure the lock works and can’t be opened from the outside. Hope this helps.
We stopped by a store to pick up a wooden rod or adjustable curtain rod ( thats what we got) that fits the length of the window track n put it on the window track.
Good tips , but! Don't leave your do not disturb sign outside the door! It's NOT a deterrent. It only helsp serves to let thieves know which rooms are occupied and gives them a break in tool to help them break into your room. The thieves only target occupied rooms because they know stuff is potentially inside......duh....so if they don't know you're in a room or think irs empty, voila! They move on to the next room that is ...... always turn off the tv and lights when you leave. And use scotch tape discreetly to mark the door when you leave, not the sign.
This terribly laughable advice. There’s no statistic that states thieves are more likely to attack occupied rooms, in matter of fact, it states just the opposite. With that premise exposed, everything thereafter is null.
