Professional thieves tend to hang around hotels and resorts, especially the lobbies, looking for tourists and travelers that are easy pickings. Here are some travel tips that may help you feel more safe and secure in your hotel room when you are traveling, or are on vacation.
Try and book a room that is located on the second, third, fourth, or fifth floors, as ground floor hotel rooms are easier to break in to. You should always keep in mind that rooms located above the fifth floor may not be easily accessible by many fire engine ladders if a fire breaks out in your hotel.
Always check to make sure that the door to your room locks properly, and that the windows and sliding doors open, but also lock securely.
It really isn’t a good idea to hang a “please clean the room” sign on the door knob when you go out, because it can signal to a would be thief that there is probably no one in the room.
Do not give your hotel room number to anyone that you don’t know and trust.
There is a small, battery-operated, motion-sensitive, burglar alarm that can be hung on the inside hotel door knob, or there is a wedge-shaped alarm that you can wedge under the door that accomplishes the same thing. If someone tries to open your door, the alarm will sound.
There are two less sophisticated methods you could use. You can move a chair in front of the hotel door, or wedge a standard rubber door stopper under the door. Either of these methods are also effective.