The safes of many hotels could be opened with a "secret code"
Your money, jewelry or passport may not be so safe inside the small armored box of a hotel. I know how thieves work.
Normally when we go on vacation we take a lot of money, valuables and essential travel documents. Finding out about the reliability of hotel safes is essential before using them.
Hotel room safes are not indestructible safes that a person cannot open without the proper key or combination. The truth is that the protection of the box is much smaller and can be opened without much difficulty.
Safes: opening code
There is a code that many thieves use to open hotel safes. This is not a hacking tactic, but a mistake and negligence on the part of the hotel itself.
When you are going to use one of these boxes, program the combination and then try to open the safe with a random code. Unless you're staying in the worst accommodation in the world, it shouldn't open. Then try to open it with the code 999999. If it was opened, we will tell you that 999999 is the original administrator code, capable of opening the safe at any time. What hotels should do is reset this combination and put a new one... But many don't.
It is important that you do this check to find out if the hotel reset the box correctly
The idea is that you can verify that the hotel has changed the combination and you can relax during your vacation knowing that your belongings are safe.
Other tips
If the safe is not attached to the wall, consider that it will be more insecure, since it increases the possibility that anyone can take it. Do not think that the hotel staff is the one who usually steals from the rooms, this happens very rarely. The most common is that these robberies in hotels are carried out by specialized groups.
If you have to keep something very valuable or very important to you, it is best to go to reception and ask for space in the central safe.
Another option is to put the "Do Not Disturb" sign on the doorknob. This poster
it will confuse thieves into thinking there are people inside.
On the other hand, do not forget that the computer or other valuable object that you have not
been able to keep it locked up, you can hide them inside the suitcase, since the
Robberies are usually fast and it will be difficult for the thief to open it and search, since it will increase the chances of being caught stealing from hotel rooms.
