Safety in Your Hotel

• Keep your hotel door locked at all times. Meet visitors in the lobby.
• Do not leave money and other valuables in your hotel room while you are out. Use the hotel safe.
• Let someone know when you expect to return if you will be out late at night.
• If you are alone, do not get on an elevator if there is a suspicious-looking person inside.
• Read the fire safety instructions in your hotel room. Locate the nearest fire exit and alternate exits. Count the doors between your room and the nearest exit in case you have to crawl through a smoke-filled corridor.
  

• Taxis. Only use taxis clearly identified with official markings.
• Trains. Well organized robbery of passengers is a serious problem, especially at night. Food or drink from strangers could be drugged. Criminals may spray sleeping gas in train compartments. Lock your compartment, or take turns sleeping in shifts with traveling companions. If alone, tie down your luggage, strap your valuables to you and sleep on top of them.
• Buses. The same criminal activity found on trains is found on buses.
  

• When you rent a car, choose a type commonly available. Have identifying markings removed. Cars with universal door locks and power windows allow you to control access to the car. An air conditioner allows you to drive with windows closed. Thieves can snatch purses through open windows of moving cars.
• Keep car doors locked at all times. Wear seat belts.
• Avoid driving at night.
• Keep valuables out of sight, locked in the trunk/boot.
• Don’t park your car on the street overnight. If a secure site is not available, select a well-lit area.
• Never pick up hitchhikers.
• Don’t get out of the car if there are suspicious looking individuals nearby. Drive away.
  

• Carjackers and thieves operate at gas stations, parking lots, in city traffic, and along the highway. Be suspicious of anyone who tries to get your attention.
• Criminals may masquerade as good samaritans, or they may ask for assistance, and then steal your luggage or car. Usually they work in groups, one person carrying on the pretense while the others rob you.
• Other criminals try to drive you off the road, or cause an “accident,” by rear-ending you.
• In some urban areas, thieves simply smash car windows at traffic lights, grab your valuables and get away.