Best place to hide money? And some hotel question

SeeJayJensen

Hi. My uncle travels quite a lot - being a plant engineer and all. He often overnights at some small hotels or motels (?) to avoid getting into an accident on the road. Or when he takes a plane. What are some of the tips where he can safely hide his money and other tech that hotel burglars won't know? He does the under-the-bed thing and putting a mug or glass on the handle before going to sleep. He also covers the peephole with tissue and closes his windows.  What else can be done? Also, sometimes, IDK who but someone lost his booking for accommodation and some single rooms are expensive. How can he get the best deals for a hotel stay on short notice? 

Zanderman

OP, that's a whole raft of questions!  Not all of which make sense.
I'd have thought your uncle, if he travels so much, would know the answers already.
Where are you based?  Your other thread, about your grandfather's mysterious hospital investment, seems to suggest you might not be UK-based?

ETA - why is your uncle carrying money anyway?  2 or 3 debit/credit cards are all that he'd need in most hotels, with maybe a few quid in cash tucked away. And these should be on his person, never left in a hotel room. The days of carrying wads of cash when travelling on business have long gone (unless the business is dodgy of course!).  Which begs the question, again, of where in the world you're talking about. 

Grumpy_chap

SeeJayJensen said:

Hi. My uncle travels quite a lot - being a plant engineer and all. He often overnights at some small hotels or motels (?) to avoid getting into an accident on the road. Or when he takes a plane. What are some of the tips where he can safely hide his money and other tech that hotel burglars won't know? He does the under-the-bed thing and putting a mug or glass on the handle before going to sleep. He also covers the peephole with tissue and closes his windows.  What else can be done? Also, sometimes, IDK who but someone lost his booking for accommodation and some single rooms are expensive. How can he get the best deals for a hotel stay on short notice? 

I am not sure that I understand what the question is in there.
Why is your Uncle staying in such dive places when, presumably, the cost is paid by the employer?
Why does your Uncle lose his room bookings?

SeeJayJensen

Grumpy_chap said:

SeeJayJensen said:

Hi. My uncle travels quite a lot - being a plant engineer and all. He often overnights at some small hotels or motels (?) to avoid getting into an accident on the road. Or when he takes a plane. What are some of the tips where he can safely hide his money and other tech that hotel burglars won't know? He does the under-the-bed thing and putting a mug or glass on the handle before going to sleep. He also covers the peephole with tissue and closes his windows.  What else can be done? Also, sometimes, IDK who but someone lost his booking for accommodation and some single rooms are expensive. How can he get the best deals for a hotel stay on short notice? 

I am not sure that I understand what the question is in there.
Why is your Uncle staying in such dive places when, presumably, the cost is paid by the employer?
Why does your Uncle lose his room bookings?

1) I guess so they can save some money? 
2)  I don't know. When he tells us about his trips, he casually includes that information, without any other explanation.

SeeJayJensen

Zanderman said:

OP, that's a whole raft of questions!  Not all of which make sense.
I'd have thought your uncle, if he travels so much, would know the answers already.
Where are you based?  Your other thread, about your grandfather's mysterious hospital investment, seems to suggest you might not be UK-based?

ETA - why is your uncle carrying money anyway?  2 or 3 debit/credit cards are all that he'd need in most hotels, with maybe a few quid in cash tucked away. And these should be on his person, never left in a hotel room. The days of carrying wads of cash when travelling on business have long gone (unless the business is dodgy of course!).  Which begs the question, again, of where in the world you're talking about. 

Sorry! I just wrote it all down before I forget it. Yes, he does travel a lot but even though he's intelligent and good at what he does, he's also thoughtless. Thanks for mentioning the debit/credit cards. Totally forgot about them. Money for his necessities and other things. 

So, whenever he goes out of the hotel room, he should bring out the important stuff (his laptop, company files) with him wherever he goes?

Pollycat

SeeJayJensen said:

Zanderman said:

OP, that's a whole raft of questions!  Not all of which make sense.
I'd have thought your uncle, if he travels so much, would know the answers already.
Where are you based?  Your other thread, about your grandfather's mysterious hospital investment, seems to suggest you might not be UK-based?

ETA - why is your uncle carrying money anyway?  2 or 3 debit/credit cards are all that he'd need in most hotels, with maybe a few quid in cash tucked away. And these should be on his person, never left in a hotel room. The days of carrying wads of cash when travelling on business have long gone (unless the business is dodgy of course!).  Which begs the question, again, of where in the world you're talking about. 

Sorry! I just wrote it all down before I forget it. Yes, he does travel a lot but even though he's intelligent and good at what he does, he's also thoughtless. Thanks for mentioning the debit/credit cards. Totally forgot about them. Money for his necessities and other things. 

So, whenever he goes out of the hotel room, he should bring out the important stuff (his laptop, company files) with him wherever he goes?

As someone else has said, if he didn't "stay in such dive places", his belongings would probably be secure in his hotel room.

He either saves money and worries about his laptop and company files in the room or he books into decent hotels.

Does your uncle live somewhere other than the UK?

comeandgo

After 20 years of travelling as a single female and staying in uk hotels once or twice a week I think I have only once been concerned about hotel I had booked and did not stay there again.  One of the things suggested for single females is not to have a ground floor room.  As my computer was a company supplied one I took no special care of it, money was in my purse, not that I had a lot, only a few pounds as rooms had to be paid by card.  I used booking.com as my starting place to find accommodation and never had any problems with it.

Doshwaster

in 20 years of regular travelling I don't think I've ever had anything stolen from a hotel room. You are far more likely to be mugged or pickpocketed on the streets.

However, I always keep an emergency credit card in my hotel room case of theft or loss of my wallet and don't carry my passport around with me unless it is needed that day.  If you want somewhere to hide a few things, put them in with your used clothes. Nobody is going to want to dig through your smelly socks and pants to look for valuables.

Pollycat

I have a sneaky feeling that the OP's uncle doesn't live in the UK.

From another thread about her grandfather, she's not sure which country he lives in (grandfather).

So perhaps people's experiences of hotels in this country isn't relevant.

[Deleted User]

You're more likely to have stuff stolen by inside staff rather than people targeting hotels on the off-chance something is worth stealing. If you were in a £50 a night equivalent in a ropey area, how many thieves would try and break in on the expectation the rooms would all contain high end kit left unattended? As opposed to staying somewhere for a few days and cleaner helps themselves to some small things that might go unnoticed immediately? Far more likely to get mugged in the street for a phone or laptop.

Watch lock picking lawyer on youtube if you want something to worry about like how bad the safes are. Maybe get a fake can of deodorant or whatever to store bundled up cash in, not the sort of thing people would think to check/grab from a hotel when they were rushing

eDicky

Deleted_User said:

Maybe get a fake can of deodorant or whatever to store bundled up cash in, not the sort of thing people would think to check/grab from a hotel when they were rushing

This is a method of concealment that I used for many years in days gone by, I don't know how available or effective they are now. It was a can of shaving foam, full size so sufficient to store a decent roll of banknotes, with a small reservoir of foam at the top so still functional. The screw thread on the removable base was reverse to normal.

A friend of mine was making them artisanally in those days, I wouldn't know where to obtain one now. These days I carry cards, in my pocket.