Do you ever leave your laptop in your hotel room?
May 17, 2007, 3:18 pm
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I generally leave it in the room. I will however at times us a cable lock or lock it up in a hard case suitcase.
May 17, 2007, 4:04 pm
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I've been lugging these things around long enough that I no longer worry much about leaving them in a hotel room. I always stash my laptop out of sight when leaving it - sometimes in places that would take a pretty thorough search to turn up. And if there is an in-room safe large enough I always put it in there.
Backing up your hard drive regularly, and before you travel, is smart.
Backing up your hard drive regularly, and before you travel, is smart.
May 18, 2007, 12:53 am
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One of the hotels I stayed with recently had a two-plug power outlet in the safe itself! I thought that was pretty nice, let you charge things while keeping them up and out of sight.
I'm not sure which hotel it was now, but I want to say it's the D2 in Chiang Mai. I've never seen that anywhere else (though I tend to stay in 3-star properties).
I'm not sure which hotel it was now, but I want to say it's the D2 in Chiang Mai. I've never seen that anywhere else (though I tend to stay in 3-star properties).
May 18, 2007, 6:47 am
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Don't worry about the hotel staff - they're not going to risk their jobs by stealing from guests. But, the door is usually standing wide open when housekeeping is cleaning. So, I always just pick up my laptop and stick it in a drawer - so at least it is out of sight from other 'guests' passing in the hallway.
May 18, 2007, 7:30 am
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I lock my laptop in the safe when it's big enough, and otherwise tuck it away where it would be hard to find unless someone were committed to finding it.
So far, so good.
So far, so good.
May 18, 2007, 9:07 am
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I never thought twice about it-until my counterpart had it stolen from a Holiday Inn last year (took it on a family vacation no less). Security could tell that only the hotel maid had accessed the room, but provided no apologies,etc. Our company replaced the computer and we all use the "Do Not Disturb" sign, tv on, strategy from now on.
May 18, 2007, 1:16 pm
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I always leave it in my hotel room, usually in a drawer. If there's a safe large enough to hold it, I'll put it in there, but most often, I'm on a locked club floor and IMHO, I don't feel there's much need.
The camera equipment always goes in the safe, as do some of the credit cards and some cash.
The camera equipment always goes in the safe, as do some of the credit cards and some cash.