When Arriving and Checking into the Hotel
1. Keep a close eye on your luggage, purse, etc when checking in.
2. Your room number is a matter of security, and the fewer people that know your whereabouts, the better. There?s no need to announce it to the entire hotel lobby.
3. Instruct the desk not to give out your name and room number and ask for them to call you if someone inquires about you.
4. If the lobby is busy, thieves will often take advantage of the distractions to take your things with them.
5. When registering, sign only your last name and first initial. Don?t use titles or degrees. Makes it harder to determine gender, marital status or profession. If you are a women traveling alone, you might consider booking your room as Mr. and Mrs.
6. If you arrive in a bus or cab, stay with your luggage until it is brought into the hotel lobby.
7. Immediately upon check in, get two business cards or matchbooks with the hotel name and address on them. Place one by the phone in the room so you know where you are and keep the other on you when you leave so you know where to come back to. If you get lost, you have the address and phone number handy.
8. If you are staying in an older room which still has the older guest door locks with metal key, one of first signs of how a hotel treats the issue of security is to observe how hotel room keys are controlled.
9. Don't leave your credit card lying on the check-in counter while you complete your registration. Also make sure the credit card that is handed back to you by the hotel clerk is really yours.
2009-10-12
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