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Everyome talling about chains, but isn’t the main issue someone robbing you when you’re not inside??
Most hotels do provide a safe for (smallish) valuables.
Most those safes are laughably bad at security. Especially when the hotel can reset the pin incase a guest forgets and the instructions on how are on the internet.
I mean, what valuables are you leaving in your hotel room? The only thing in there for me is usually my clothes, and while they may be kinda nice, they’re really far from resell-them-at-a-profit-nice.
Laptop, passport, cash beyond what I’m willing to keep in my wallet
Makes sense. Mostly stopped taking my laptop (don’t wanna be able to work on holidays), tend to have passport with me (probably makes it more likely to be stolen, but makes me feel better), and tend to only get what I am willing to have with me from the ATM (only works because my destinations tend to have enough ATMs, and I have a card that doesn’t charge FX fees).
So all in all, a bit situational, I guess.
Yup, get an account with a bank with international ATM-fee reimbursement and stop carrying so much cash.
In the US, two good options are Schwab and Fidelity, and there are probably others.
This is the lock picking lawyer and today I’m going to show you why you should always lock your hotel door with the chain…
He did a video on chains though…
Rubber bands win…
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So basically every hotel is a ghetto motel where you should move the dresser in front of the door.
Or just use the chain that literally every hotel room has on the door.
And when you aren’t in the room?
Hire a roomsitter to chain the door when you leave
Take the dresser outside first, and block the door from the outside instead.
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Nah, that’s pretty easy to defeat too
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Doesn’t anyone think of hotel chain profits these days??
The only real solution here is to allow guests to bring their own locks. So there could be one lock provided by the hotel and accessible by the maids, and a second lock with a deadbolt that you could provide your own core for.
If you want your room cleaned, leave your lock unlocked.
If you want to do that, you put down a deposit (like $100-200 for a locksmith to come) to get the master key for changing the lock, and you get the deposit back at checkout once they prove you’ve removed it (could be a digital check). That way the hotel is never out anything aside from the inconvenience of calling a locksmith, and guests get the option of better security and privacy.
