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Reliability of safes in hotels in Egypt
Please share where is the best place to keep the money you brought with you. Is it safe to store them in a safe, because the hotel staff has the keys? Especially if you are absent from the room for a day (on excursions), is it probably dangerous to carry them with you? Really needed advice. Thank you.
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keep money and documents - only in a safe! This is safe, because you yourself encode access (as a rule, these are four digits, the instruction for coding in Russian usually hangs next to the safe, everything is very simple). We kept money there, and cameras, and videos. And you can also store it in a suitcase if you have it on a combination lock. There is also a free safe at the reception. So choose whichever is more convenient for you. Have a great and safe holiday!
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answered 17 years ago
in Islamic countries, they cut off the hand for theft. staff won't take it.
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answered 17 years ago
There is no unequivocal advice, money can be stolen everywhere, this has not happened to me in Egypt, but you can do the following: put money in the safe at the reception, call the hotel manager for a meeting and calmly talk to him about it, say that you have money and you are worried about their safety, and what are the security measures in this hotel - it will intimidate the manager and you can prove their existence if the money is stolen
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answered 17 years ago
When the safe was in the room, I kept it in the safe, if not, then in a suitcase with a lock ... there were no complaints (pah-pah) Read reviews about the hotel, if someone writes that they were robbed, then you need to be on your guard.
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answered 17 years ago
I have not lost any money, gold, or equipment in Egypt. Even tips were not always accepted. If the money was on the bedside table, then it was there until the evening. But if on the bed, then they took away. Documents and money were kept in a safe. You type the code for yourself. The instructions are next to the safe.
Good luck
Good luck
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answered 17 years ago
Safes are usually electronic in the room, so only you have access. Maybe at the reception (with a key). At the expense of the suitcase - everything is individual - they didn’t touch anything personally with us - they forgot to put the camera and camera in the safe upon arrival, but it’s better not to play with temptation.
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answered 17 years ago
Safes are usually electronic in the room, so only you have access. Maybe at the reception (with a key). At the expense of the suitcase - everything is individual - they didn’t touch anything personally with us - they forgot to put the camera and camera in the safe upon arrival, but it’s better not to play with temptation.
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answered 17 years ago
The safe, although electronic, also has a mechanical key, near such a house itself. In Egypt, they left money in it, everything was normal. The keys are kept by their security team and the cleaners have no access.
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answered 17 years ago
I left money and other valuables in the room safe - perfectly safe. Sometimes I even forgot to close the safe, but nothing was missing.
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answered 17 years ago
Small sums forgotten in a drawer never disappeared. If there is a safe in the room, there is no problem at all. From the safe at the reception, too, nothing was ever missing. Be sure to keep documents, return tickets and large amounts in a safe, but don’t bother with the rest, draw less attention to this issue from the staff and everything will be fine.
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answered 17 years ago
Thanks for the advice. It's just that in Turkey, in a 5 * hotel, money was stolen from people from a safe when they were on an excursion. The police came, shook their heads and that was it.
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answered 17 years ago
These safes are made in rank, open like two fingers on the asphalt. By the way, the staff could not steal, and no one canceled the guest performers.
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answered 17 years ago
Gentlemen, use plastic cards, there are ATMs almost everywhere, and if $ 50-70 is lost, it’s not so insulting.
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answered 17 years ago
Put money in a bedside table or in a bag and no one will take it from you - do not put it on the bed, table, on the nightstand - the cleaner may perceive this as a generous Baksheesh))) I lost a gold bracelet in the hotel in Taba - before leaving I was advised to ask did they find him at the reception, to my surprise, he lay safe and sound with them! Faith does not allow Arabs to steal!!!
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answered 17 years ago
Very rarely heard that the locals steal - it is practically impossible.
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answered 17 years ago
Ouch! Arabs steal. More like stealing. I had a digital camera stolen from my room during a previous vacation with my friends. Therefore, do not leave anything in plain sight: either a safe or a lockable bag.
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answered 17 years ago
somehow in a hurry leaving the room, left the safe in the room open .. came .. saw the open door, got scared that they opened it, and there were documents, equipment, and almost all the money ..
looked in with bated breath .. and there everything (?!) was in place and not even touched (visual memory suggested that it was as it was) .. NOT touched at all! .. go nuts .. and they cleaned the room! cleaner normal"tea"..
this is the case)
looked in with bated breath .. and there everything (?!) was in place and not even touched (visual memory suggested that it was as it was) .. NOT touched at all! .. go nuts .. and they cleaned the room! cleaner normal"tea"..
this is the case)
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answered 17 years ago
I'll tell you this.
each safe has a code"in case of emergency".
this code can open any of your codes
maybe the janitor doesn't know him, but what if?
never stole anything
each safe has a code"in case of emergency".
this code can open any of your codes
maybe the janitor doesn't know him, but what if?
never stole anything
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answered 17 years ago
Gentlemen, I beg you, please don’t write nonsense like"every safe has a code"in case of emergency". These are Chinese safes, they work on the principle of ATMs. In case of an emergency, if you have a code or run out of batteries,"there are four finger-sticks" each has its own round key, so they can open the safe.The keys are stored at the security service.
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answered 17 years ago
Always kept in a safe in the room (with an electronic combination lock) and nothing was lost. It is better to divide the money into 2 parts - one in the safe, the second - to carry with you. And documents - originals in the safe, copies with you.
And the safe in the hotel can really only be opened by security guards (in your presence, if you forgot the code), or by our guest performers...
And the safe in the hotel can really only be opened by security guards (in your presence, if you forgot the code), or by our guest performers...
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answered 17 years ago
In Turkey, the staff plays with safes - they don't steal, but play - the safe opens only in the presence of the master (baksheesh $ 1). The safe master left - it does not open again. In Egypt, we always keep documents and money in a suitcase with a combination lock - in my opinion, the reliability of the locks is on the same level. In some hotels, they steal small things on the penultimate day: cigarettes (this is a tragedy), cream, etc. Haven't experienced major theft.
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answered 17 years ago
We had a safe in the room, we left all the valuables in it, nothing was lost, which is what I wish you :)
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answered 17 years ago
My husband and I weren't so lucky. Three days before departure (Hotel Beach Albatros Resort 4 *, Hurghada), $50 was missing from the purse, which was in an electronic safe with a 6-digit code. At first, it didn’t even cross my mind that they could have been stolen, they thought that they themselves had miscalculated. Although, because all inclusive, we spent money only on excursions + tips and knew exactly the amount that we have. The day before departure, my husband decided to go into the room to change before dinner. Opening the door with his key, he heard a rustle in the bathroom. Looking in, he saw a maid, but not the one we always cleaned. To the question: "What are you doing here?" He replied, "I'm leaving." Although he did not have a cart with towels and specials. cleaning supplies. “Our” maid immediately entered the room and said that this was his friend, with these words the “friend” disappeared. Now the husband is punishing himself for not immediately checking the money in the safe. In the evening, we discovered that a banknote of 5,000 rubles had disappeared from the purse.
I note that not all the money was lost (fortunately), but part of it. Apparently, in the hope that we will not pay attention to it again. Calling the elder, we explained the situation and said that the husband could identify the thief ...
I note that not all the money was lost (fortunately), but part of it. Apparently, in the hope that we will not pay attention to it again. Calling the elder, we explained the situation and said that the husband could identify the thief ...
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answered 14 years ago
We were promised that in the morning they would line up all the maids in front of my husband so that he would point out the scoundrel. But the next day, the hotel administration changed its policy and announced that the money from the safe could not be lost by definition and, if we wanted, we could contact the police. But what kind of police is there, if at 13.30 we already had to leave for the airport. By the way, now I think that they did not disdain small money either. Well, who will inflate the scandal because of $ 10-20? Surely everyone will decide that he himself miscalculated. After all, the money is in the "safe"! Moral: Money loves an account. DO NOT KEEP MONEY IN SAFE! God saves man, who save himself. Good luck!
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answered 14 years ago
People! I really recommend to everyone! Before you put your money in the safe, count them well! You will be surprised when in a couple of days one or maybe two bills will be missing! Like this! And this is with the safe closed!
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answered 14 years ago
