10 Improvised Hotel Room Theft Prevention Security Measures

Regardless of hotel stars or Airbnb ratings, you’re vulnerable to in-room theft while you’re out. These are on the fly tactics for prevention and deterrence.

Hotel room theft is committed by opportunists, other guests and even the staff. Incident statistics are underestimated because they are rarely reported to the police and hotels prefer to keep such info discreet, meaning it happens more than most people think.

Security is the protection of a person, organization or property from attack. The kind of protection, the entities involved and the types of attacks are infinitely ranging but share one commonality: preservation. [Excerpt]

The following are improvised security measures you can implement in your own hotel room using materials and devices you’ll most likely already have on your person as well present in the room itself: