Hotel Room Safes.

Use them all thr time. How can someone else have access as you set the code?

Just heard on 'You and Yours ' that it is unwise to keep photos of passport and driving licenses on your phone. If someone gets into your account they can use the information for even greater crimes. Maybe take a hard copy around with you, what do people think? Good programme today featuring horrendous fraud.

I use the safe, never ever had any problems and have done a lot of traveling.

Mojack26

Use them all thr time. How can someone else have access as you set the code?

There will be an override code.

saintpiran

Just heard on 'You and Yours ' that it is unwise to keep photos of passport and driving licenses on your phone. If someone gets into your account they can use the information for even greater crimes. Maybe take a hard copy around with you, what do people think? Good programme today featuring horrendous fraud.

& that’s why I am against put an id with every fiddle f—t on my phone. I don’t trust that it won’t be hacked.

I wish the hotel safes were large enough to take a laptop, which is the most valuable thing I take away with me.

Certainly, if there is a safe, I have always used it, and if there is not one, which was common years ago when I started travelling, I always asked the hotel manager if I could place an envelope with traveller's cheques or cash in the hotel safe. My passport too, unless I was in a country where you are by law required to have proof of identity on you at all times.

If you don’t use the safe and your stuff gets nicked you will have problem with your insurance

Primrose53

Those hotel safes are pretty useless. They can be opened with just a smart bash as we found out when ours got jammed.

A neighbour of mine hid a lot of euro notes (family of 6) under a carpet in their hotel room and that was discovered and stolen. That was in Gran Canaria.

I had my passport, some money and travellers cheques stolen from.my hotel lroom in Gran Canaria years ago.

I didn't use the room safe. And left my stuff in a bedside draw. So that taught me a lesson. Pay the extra if needed. Always get a hotel safe.

Gran Canaria use to have a very poor reputation for hotel and tourists thefts years ago.

Don't know whether that has changed. I wouldn't go there again for a holiday