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Hello. I'm wondering how and where can I hide valuables in the room?
And also is it possible to leave at the reception or in the safe in the room. Share tips.
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usually in Egypt, safes are not reception and are usually free. Hide there. It's safe there.
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answered 15 years ago
Nominated question for the title of "Idiot Question of the Month" =))))
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answered 15 years ago
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How and where to hide valuables in the room:
you can under the bed (usually they don’t look under it, judging by the fact that ALWAYS and in ANY hotel under the bed, dust is not washed there); maybe somewhere under the mattress; you can somehow in the bathroom in the drain tank ...
Or you can just take a safe for a couple of dollars a day (if it's paid) or just use it in the room if it's free (depending on the hotel)
Is it possible to leave at the reception or in the safe in the room:
It's possible, why not? in some hotels there is no safe in the room and everyone carries valuables in the safe at the reception. Usually the service is paid
In a safe, of course, it’s more reliable than just in a bedside table, but keep in mind that there is a chance that the safe will be opened (there were cases with people). So, in general, I don’t recommend taking valuables. You can carry a camera with you, money too ... But without gold etc. on vacation you can get by
How and where to hide valuables in the room:
you can under the bed (usually they don’t look under it, judging by the fact that ALWAYS and in ANY hotel under the bed, dust is not washed there); maybe somewhere under the mattress; you can somehow in the bathroom in the drain tank ...
Or you can just take a safe for a couple of dollars a day (if it's paid) or just use it in the room if it's free (depending on the hotel)
Is it possible to leave at the reception or in the safe in the room:
It's possible, why not? in some hotels there is no safe in the room and everyone carries valuables in the safe at the reception. Usually the service is paid
In a safe, of course, it’s more reliable than just in a bedside table, but keep in mind that there is a chance that the safe will be opened (there were cases with people). So, in general, I don’t recommend taking valuables. You can carry a camera with you, money too ... But without gold etc. on vacation you can get by
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answered 15 years ago
Tickets, documents and money left in the safe at the reception. The camera was usually in the room
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answered 15 years ago
If you do not have money to rent a safe, carry all valuables with you, swim in the sea in turn, one in the water, the other guards things on the beach. And walk around the city, clutching a bundle with "valuable things"! Have a nice rest!
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answered 15 years ago
Valuables are best kept in a safe.
And you are calmer, and there is no temptation for the staff :)
And you are calmer, and there is no temptation for the staff :)
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answered 15 years ago
I will add that in most hotels, in addition to the safe at the reception, there is also a small safe in the room, it is free and you compose the cipher for it yourself.
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answered 15 years ago
if there is no safe in the room, then leave documents, tickets and money at the reception, paying for this service is worth your peace of mind on vacation.
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if there is no safe in the room (it is always free), and you do not want to store valuables in the safe at the reception (although safes are free there), keep all your valuables in a suitcase with a combination lock. The housekeeping staff will not dare to pick up the code on the suitcase in order to break into it and steal your valuables. :))
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answered 15 years ago
if you are afraid for valuables, do not trust the safes in the room, do not believe in the uniqueness of the code on your suitcase lock and the face of the receptionist does not inspire confidence - do not take them to Egypt at all or always carry them with you!
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answered 15 years ago
I recommend leaving money in the safe at the reception. Because the safe in the room opens perfectly with a key and a couple of bills are pulled out of the pack, imperceptibly so. Checked on myself. Hotel 5*. At the reception, this is a little more difficult. Cameras, laptops and other extras are best stored in a suitcase with a combination lock.
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answered 15 years ago
I DO NOT RECOMMEND storing valuables in a safe in the room!!!!!! This safe opens elementary!!!!! If it’s a safe, then at the reception ... But judging by the cameras, laptops, mobile phones .. Dividish servants don’t care, but they respect the money to pull money .. that way imperceptibly, and more often they do it at the end of the holiday (on the last day or evening) . Tested on myself. Have a nice holiday!!!!
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answered 15 years ago
It depends on what is considered "value" .. For me, on vacation, it's money, a passport and a return ticket. It is better to put all this in a safe (anyway in the room or at the reception). I just leave the camera in the room. Phone always with you, gold on you)))
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answered 15 years ago
Horror. Why do some people think other people are stupid.
Imagine that you are the owner of a hotel and you want tourists to feel good in your hotel (there are 99% of such owners).
In particular, so that tourists have a place to store their treasures and you don’t have a showdown with the theft of things (after all, they don’t steal into your pocket).
Most hosts install in-room safes for this. But then there is the other side of the coin - what to do if the tourist forgot the code or left without opening the safe.
To do this, there is a safe opening procedure - a master code and a safe power off system. And everything is done in such a way that a simple cleaner could not do this. This is not four zeros, m power from the central distributor.
Everything can be hacked. But what is more reliable - a knot under the mattress or a system?
Imagine that you are the owner of a hotel and you want tourists to feel good in your hotel (there are 99% of such owners).
In particular, so that tourists have a place to store their treasures and you don’t have a showdown with the theft of things (after all, they don’t steal into your pocket).
Most hosts install in-room safes for this. But then there is the other side of the coin - what to do if the tourist forgot the code or left without opening the safe.
To do this, there is a safe opening procedure - a master code and a safe power off system. And everything is done in such a way that a simple cleaner could not do this. This is not four zeros, m power from the central distributor.
Everything can be hacked. But what is more reliable - a knot under the mattress or a system?
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answered 15 years ago
I repeatedly forgot to close the safe in my room, which contained valuables. Once even wide open. But I didn't miss anything. Therefore, I see no problem to store things in the room.
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answered 15 years ago
and I also remembered something else: we often left cameras and mobile phones on the beach on sun loungers when we went swimming in the sea, and not once did anyone lose anything ("Sofitel", Taba). Although there was a case: in the evening they put a beach towel from a sun lounger. But then it turned out that someone had handed it over by mistake instead of his own. And that was the only bad incident.
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answered 15 years ago
hot line, I seem to have expressed myself clearly about the safe - and I think that the owner of the hotel will not open my safe in the room, but a skilled guy from the servants will do it under the guise of a reception. I had an incident at the Hilton, well, very unpleasant, so I just gave a recommendation from my own experience as a vacationer .. And I repeat about the cameras - no one covets them either in the room or on the beach, only rustling banknotes are respected. Moreover, they don’t pick everything up clean, and so that it doesn’t catch the eye very much. So be careful !!!
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answered 15 years ago
to Alla__ . I put it even clearer. And nowhere did he write that the owner of the hotel opens the safes.
Safes are installed in order to store valuables in them. This is not 100% protection, but the most reliable available in the hotel. If the hotel steals from safes, then you can’t save it under the mattress either. And they don't open as easily as some people think.
Traveled a lot, lived in many hotels. In Egypt - more than 50. Never had a problem with safes.
But I also have no illusions - there are cases of theft.
Safes are installed in order to store valuables in them. This is not 100% protection, but the most reliable available in the hotel. If the hotel steals from safes, then you can’t save it under the mattress either. And they don't open as easily as some people think.
Traveled a lot, lived in many hotels. In Egypt - more than 50. Never had a problem with safes.
But I also have no illusions - there are cases of theft.
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answered 15 years ago