Originally Posted by
l'etoile
There was a recent attack at a Wyndham in New York where a hotel employee did know the woman was alone, made a copy of her room key, went in and raped her.
I just looked up this story, which is mentioned only on a couple of blogs, with a dead link to that most reliable of sources, the NY Post. The Post reported that she was drinking in the bar of the hotel in the wee hours of the morning with an off-duty bartender from the hotel. After she went to bed, he somehow managed to get a card key, got into her room, and attempted to sexually assault her. She managed to push him out and call 911, and he was arrested.
This story, while unpleasant to think about, has nothing to do with booking a room under one name or two. She was out with a bad character and ended up in a bad situation. Obviously, he knew she would be alone, because she was having drinks with him--not because she told the front desk that she was traveling solo.
The moral of the story is still "use your deadbolt."