Before You Book
- Research Your Hotel. ...
- Request the Right Room. ...
- Know Where the Emergency Exits Are. ...
- Shut Your Window Curtains. ...
- Don't Publicize Your Personal Details. ...
- Lock and Secure Your Valuables. ...
- Use the Do Not Disturb Sign.
One unique way to secure your valuables inside your hotel room safe is with a device called the Milockie Hotel Safe Lock. It is a special lock device that allows you to secure the safe with your padlock, preventing anyone else from gaining access to your safe. The Milockie Lock fits most hotel safes.
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Always double-check that the door is locked before you leave the room or as soon as you arrive. Burglars can often break into rooms simply because the guests forget to close the door. If you're staying in a hotel with a deadbolt, engage it each time you leave the room. If your room has a chain lock, put it in place.
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One expert estimated that every day in a big-city hotel, there's at least one crime committed—and it's almost always theft. What little anecdotal and quantitative data is available only makes the topic more confusing.
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The best floors in a hotel to stay in for safety and convenience are the second, third, and fourth floors. They are high enough in the building to avoid most burglaries but not too high in case of a fire. They are also more convenient than higher floors for entering and leaving the hotel.
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All hotels have a backdoor or “special way” so the staff can get into the safe in case a guest forgets the code, or loses the key to the safe. Some safes may use a master key or card while others may have a special override code to open the door.
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Hotel safes typically have an override code that is usually set to 1234, 1111, 9999, 0000, 123456, 000000, 111111, or 999999 by default.
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Some accommodation providers have tried to prevent possible mischief by removing 420 as a room number entirely. Over the years other hotel guests have noticed other attempts by hotels to circumvent the enthusiasm of stoners for the number 420.
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Add avoiding rooms on the first and second floor to your hotel safety checklist, as these are the areas most prone to crime. Rooms on the 3rd-6th floors are ideal. Not only is there typically less crime on these floors, but in the event of an emergency, you can quickly get downstairs and evacuate the building.
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Deadbolts: Always engage the deadbolt lock when you are inside the room. This adds an extra layer of security to the standard lock on the doorknob. Remember to lock the deadbolt whenever you leave the room as well.
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Believe it or not, this is one of the best security devices anyone can have when traveling! he explained on Quora. When staying in a hotel, you can put that doorstop under the door preventing someone from breaking in (the chain on the door will stop no one).
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A lot of hotel safe models' default codes are as simple as “0000” or “000000.” Other popular codes include “1-2-3-4” or “1-2-3-4-5-6.”
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Ever wonder what would happen if you forgot the code you set to the hotel safe? Well, most hotels either have a master code or a key for when that happens. The problem, though, is that most hotel employees have access to the code/key and can easily gain entry to your hotel room.
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