12 security rules for hotel guests

Before arrival

1. Before booking a room, pay attention to what surrounds the hotel. It is believed if the area of ​​security among the local residents? Is it possible to safely walk in the neighborhood at night? Is the crime rate is high in the city that you plan to visit? Is there a threat terrorist acts?

Well before the trip to check reviews on sites like FlyerTalk, Milepoint, Lonely Planet and TripAdvisor, to get more information about the place in which the hotel is located. You can also use the "Street View" in Google Maps, to make sure that the area around the hotel is normal.

2. When you choose a hotel, make sure that the reception is open 24 hours a day. Learn how to close the room: with a card or something different. Do you have at the automatic gate to allow only guests.

At the time of registration and after settlement

3. When you register, ask for a room not on the ground floor. Experts recommend choosing rooms are not below the third floor and no higher than sixth.

So you're high enough to plunderers could not get into the room, and low enough so that in case of fire ladder fire got to your window.

In addition, the rooms on the first floor of the lower level of privacy, if you do not like to close the curtains. Also remember that the first floor is not necessarily close to the ground, especially if the hotel is situated on a hill.

4. Settled in the room, always close the door of the castle. Do not leave the door open, even if you just decide to run for a moment in the hotel lobby. You'd be surprised if you knew how often people confuse the room and erroneously come to the neighbor. And nothing, the keys are perfect.

Therefore, the night closes in the chain latch and other safety elements which are at the door. This will protect you from the unexpected nocturnal visits.

5. If someone knocks on the door and it seems the hotel staff, but you no one called, first call the reception and ask if they sent someone really. Before opening, look through the peephole.

In hotels higher class Hotel staff can visit you in the afternoon, to offer services to prepare a bed for the night. In this case, a member of staff will be dressed in the form of a badge on his chest.

If you do not feel safe, open the door with a chain or not open or respond to a knock.

6. Documents and securities in a safe place. Of course, in-room safes can provide you absolute security, but it will at least protect you from random strangers.

Unfortunately, it can not provide absolute security - it is an understatement. So it's better to just take all his papers with them or give them to the staff at the reception desk for him to put them in the safe.

7. In an American Airlines at the time of instructing pilots to give this advice:

When traveling alone and leave the hotel room, leave a note indicating where you go and when. If you something happens, this note will be a great help in the search.

8. If you invite to your room, which you do not know too well, make sure that the jewelry, money and documents taken away in hard to reach places. For example, it is possible to remove them in the upper corner of the cabinet or shelf for hidden drawer. There, your documents are more secure than in a safe or in a drawer bedside tables, if only because that stranger will leave more time for their detection.

And of course, the safest - does not invite people to the room in which you are not sure, or at least not to leave them unattended.

When you leave the room

9. If you leave the room, leave the included TV or radio. This will create the appearance that you're still in the room. You can be left on the door icon "Do not disturb". Despite the fact that the thieves probably know these tricks, they prefer to choose another room. Why take the risk? Especially if there are a lot of quiet and empty rooms.

If the hotel still has a sign "Please clean room", do not hang it in its absence - a warning that you are not in the room.

additional tips

The American Association of hotels and motels (AH & LA) offers a few additional tips.

10. If you lose your room key is making the change, to deactivate lost. I thought that someone had stolen the key and can come at any time, spoil your stay.

11. Make sure all windows and balcony doors in the room tightly closed. Even if your room is located on the upper floors, it can penetrate into, for example, from the neighboring balconies or out the window of the room on the floor above yours.

12. After checking to find out where the door for evacuation. This can easily be done by examining the hotel plan on the scheme is attached to your door from the inside. Or you can walk to the exit and see it yourself. All this saves time in an emergency.

conclusion

Wherever you traveled, Control their environment. Everything that you do to prevent identity theft, help you push away potential burglars who decide to look for a lighter sacrifice.

Turn on the "radar" to detect enemies and plan what you can do to protect themselves in case of attack. So attackers will not be able to catch you off guard.

And what are you doing to keep their property in the hotel?