Travel Safety Tip #1

Be safe while in your hotel, especially if you are traveling alone. If the hotel clerk reads your room number out loud and others have heard, ask for a different room. Also, don’t answer your door to a stranger. If they claim to be hotel staff, be sure to call down to the front desk and ask if they have sent someone up. Although this may be a little neurotic, I also check closets, the shower and behind curtains to make sure no one is hiding in my room before I lock the door. For extra safety, sometimes I’ll bring a travel door alarm or doorstop if I know the hotel rooms aren’t very secure.