I’m thinking more about hotel safety more these days. What are some common hotel safety tips?

Great question! There are quite a few very simple steps guests can take to help ensure their personal safety:

• If your room number is spoken during checkin, request a different room
• Request a room on the 3rd-6th floors that is away from, but in view of, the elevator
• Once in the room call the front desk from your cell phone and request your room number using your name if it is given, request a different room
• Place a bandaid over the peephole in the door
• Keep the “do not disturb” sign on the door at all times
• Verify that all door and window locks work correctly every time your return to your room
• If you “lose” your room key, switch rooms
• Leave a light and the TV on when leaving the room
• Call in your breakfast order instead of hanging the form on the doorknob where it advertizes the number of people in the room
• Do not open the door to anyone you aren’t expecting and whose identity you haven’t verified
• Never give your credit card or other personal information to someone calling from the “front desk”