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Travel Safety Tips
With the holiday season approaching, this is a good time to review personal security tips for travelers staying in motels and hotels.
1. Don’t open the door to your room to unexpected visitors. If someone claims to a hotel employee, call the front desk first to verify why they were sent. A common ruse is to have a female knock on your door with some story about needing help. When you open the door, her male associate forces his way into the room.
2. Use all of the latches, locks, and chains provided on your room door. Remember that others may have a key to your room.
3. Upon entering your room, be sure all connecting doors to other rooms, and sliding glass doors to balcony or patio are locked.
4. Do not leave valuables in your vehicle. Car break-ins are very common at hotels/motels.
5. Keep your room key secured at all times. Do not leave it, or anything that identifies your room number, on the table in the restaurant or on the bar. No one needs to know your room.
6. When coming and going late at night, use the main entrance.
7. If away from the room for an extended time, leave valuables secured at the front desk.
8. Look out to the parking lot when leaving, and scan the lot as you go to your car.
9. A simple rubber doorstop can be dropped in your luggage, and used to increase the security of your room door when you go to bed.
10. Don’t leave your gun behind when you leave. Hotel staff are always finding handguns under pillows and mattresses, or in the nightstand.
www.rangemaster.com
With the holiday season approaching, this is a good time to review personal security tips for travelers staying in motels and hotels.
1. Don’t open the door to your room to unexpected visitors. If someone claims to a hotel employee, call the front desk first to verify why they were sent. A common ruse is to have a female knock on your door with some story about needing help. When you open the door, her male associate forces his way into the room.
2. Use all of the latches, locks, and chains provided on your room door. Remember that others may have a key to your room.
3. Upon entering your room, be sure all connecting doors to other rooms, and sliding glass doors to balcony or patio are locked.
4. Do not leave valuables in your vehicle. Car break-ins are very common at hotels/motels.
5. Keep your room key secured at all times. Do not leave it, or anything that identifies your room number, on the table in the restaurant or on the bar. No one needs to know your room.
6. When coming and going late at night, use the main entrance.
7. If away from the room for an extended time, leave valuables secured at the front desk.
8. Look out to the parking lot when leaving, and scan the lot as you go to your car.
9. A simple rubber doorstop can be dropped in your luggage, and used to increase the security of your room door when you go to bed.
10. Don’t leave your gun behind when you leave. Hotel staff are always finding handguns under pillows and mattresses, or in the nightstand.
www.rangemaster.com
